The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-14
FAMOUS EXPERT.
SAYS PITCHERS
WILL HELP MACK
kllNo'9 ABILITY TO OUTGUESS
BATTER NAY BE NET BY Willy
MAck-PLAY MUST BE CHANG
Ep-ATHLETIcs CAN BE COUNT.
60 ON TO 90 THE UNExPEcT-
Cd.
BY Allen saneree.

BY Allen Sangree.
The really big fight ia on--Cubs VS..
Athletics.
Twice have American League clubs
ts1umphed in these world series
games. Boston beat Pittsburg and
the White Sox beat the Cubs. Char
Icy Murphy was an exceedingly for
tunate young man when he managed
70 get hold of the Chicago National
Leaeuers. Murphy found a club in
its organization Of perfect machine.
History Ia not Of much interest at
present. One naturally 10 figuring on
the Cubs chances this year.
After the Jetfries-Johnson winning
picking fasco, one Is leery about go
Ing ahead on any sporting event. And
yet ] have just a little bit Of conf
dance in picking the Athletics to beat
Chicago this year. If the result is
Otherwise II will have to be account.
Cd for by the poor condition OF
Coombs. Bender and Morgan.
Pitchers Should Win For Athletics.
The situation ia simply this: Phila-
aolphia has q better pitching staff;
Chicago excels in backstcps. When
Mack beats Chicago, he must beat
King.
Il 10 q rather singular notion that
little has been said of Killing this year.
And ~, will you notice that Chicago
could not win q pennant last year
without him. and this year Chicago
wins q pennant with him? Therefore,
hence, King must be great factor in
coping worlds series games.
Well, here IL how he does 1t. He
Kills the hit.and.run from first base.
Give me a moment and I'll explain it.
But. as a starter, let me predict: II
Mack goes along with that Old hit
and-run stun from drst base, King
will kill seven out Of ten runners
The Philadelphia machine has very
little on the Chicago wheels, the aver
ages show that Mack has slight per-
centage on Frank Chance. This deci-
nal viii not figure IL Mack tries to ad.
vance his men from flrst to second.
King Is the artisan. He kills the hit
and-run by wasting the ball. II Col
Nns 10 on dyst and wants to be ad-
vaucod he must figure that King Is
not able to out-guess him.
Mack Must Change Style OF Play.
King has beat all these clubs for q
worlds championship because ne did
out-euess the batter. King killed on
Cobb. He will kill of Collins, II
Mack does not change mis- style Oh
play. 49,
Mack can change his style OF play
nv sending his man to steal. Wnen
the opponent has man ON first base
in a tight place King says to him
self:
II will sign the pitcher for waste
hall I'll keep on signing for waste
ball until that runner goes from nrs'
base and then. I'll peg him out
n Mack is going to win this series
he must give King something new.
think Mack Is smart enough to do this
With the pitchers he's got he can
NAV the offensive game and beal
King to II. King will kill all that
hit-and-run stun from first base. Bu'
King will have trouble II Mack gives
him q new angle on wasting tne pan
Mack has an advantage 10 piIchels
He should win with Coombs, Bender
and Morgan. King has beat DeLrol.
because he knows their system. hIlne
made a joke out Of Ty Cooo
When Cobb came to pat the nrs'
time King said to him: why
YOU just start stealing
second, and I'll show you up" Aftel
that Cobb was a dead one. You see
Mr.. King is pretty clever gazaoo.
Chicago Gone Back.
Evers Is the best run-getter ths
Cubs have. Zimerman will take his
place. I suppose. Well, Zimmerman
may turn out to be a second Robe OF
Habe Adams. But. oil told, the chi
capo machine is not so powerful as II
was three years ago.
n Mack does not win Tor the Am
ericap League this year, then the
league will be outdistanced by the
parent organization.