Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
Here Lies the Advantage.

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The pitching staff of the Cubs that year
Included Brown. Reulbach, Overall. Pfeis-
ter. Lundgren and Taylor. Manager
Chance depended upon Brown, Reulbach
and Pfeister to beat the Sox. and al
1t was always considered result Of base
ball luck rather than that the White Sox
were superior team to the Cubs
The Chicago Cubs have been credited
ever seen on a diamond. and in the two
years following the loss of the world
series to their home town rivals they
demonstrated that they outclassed De-
troit, which won the American League
pennant in 1907 and 1908, and met the
Cubs for the worlds title.
The Cubs of 1907 and 1908 were prac-
tically the same team which met the
White Sox In 1905. In 1907 Jimmy Slagle,
who has since retired to the minors. re.
placed Artie Hoffman in the outfield, but
the remainder Of the team was the same,
the only change being In the way Man
ager Chance lined his team up. The sea-
son of 1908 found Hoffman back on the
shake-up in the lineup Of the team.
The backbone of the Cubs in their sue
cessful career has been Johnny Killing.
who ranks with the best catchers the
game has ever known, and In their pen
nant-winning seasons the I - have al
ways had King behind the bat. Last
year they lost, and while Archer won a
place among the leading catchers of the
league. the loss of Killing was put down as
the main cause Of the Cubs loss Of the
pennant.
Few changes have been made in the
Cubs pitching staff until this season.
Brown. Reulbach. Overall and Pfeister
are still with the team, but when the last
son Manager Chance strengthened his
team by securing McIntire from Brooklyn
and Richie from Boston, who proved of
valuable aid to the team when Cole, the
Cubs star pitcher of this year, was the
only one that was winning steadily. The
Cubs ALSO had Kroh, a left handler, but
he has been of little use to the team be-
cause Of his loose habits and lack Of con-
dition.
The wonderful machinery of the Chi
cago team. its batting strength. base run
ming and the backstop work of King and
Archer along with the fact that Chance
has had such men as Beaumont and Tim
norman to fall back on when needed in
an emergency, pulled the team through
until 1t is sailing ahead with almost as
tight hold on the National League pen
nant as the Athletics have in the Ameri-
can.
1t is these teams which are practically
sure Of meeting in the next world's series
That the better team has always won in
such a series is matter of question. The
White Sox upset all calculations when
they beat the Cubs in 1906. The Cubs
were considered the better team when
they twice defeated Detroit. and it was
question which was the better team
last year when Pittsburg and Detroit
mixed it up in a series which offered very
little that could be added to base ball
history.
In tackling the athletics the Cubs will
meet an evenly balanced team, speedy
runners, strong in fielding and batting.
and with one OF the best pitching STATS
that have ever landed a pennant for
club in either league. In the Cubs the
Athletics will face a team that has been
credited with being the brainiest set OF
players ever seen together on one team.
club that has always been among the
topmost in batting, fielding and base run
Ming and the strongest defensive COM
bination in either league.
It is in the pitching department that
the Cubs appear weaker than in former
years Cole has been the only consistent
winner this year. Brown, who has rank
ed as a marvel, has shown signs of wear.
while Reulbach is just beginning to show
a return to his regular form. Pfeister
and Overall have been out of the game
McIntire and Richie can be ranked as
only fair In the catching department
Chicago has all the better Of it.
The worlds championship is decided in
a series of seven games. This is hardly
long enough to prove the superiority of;
either team, and there is always room for
questioning the result, but this years
series should furnish one of the most in-
teresting contests in the history of base
ball, and, all things considered, 1t will be
hard to pick a winner.