Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-09

He is working every day 10 overcome tne
ailment and hopes to be right Dht uhtii
he shows his ability to dish up the oiu
foolers and until Reulbach demonstrates
that he is as good two years ago.
Chance will rely on Cole and Brown 10
bring a third worlds bunting 10 the west
side
Even if his pitching staff may be short
for the big test Chance is not conceding
the Athletics the series. The peerless
leader is not wont to go into any sort oil
conflict acknowledging defeat. he mas
been quoted as saying that he does not
consider the Philadelphia team one Dlt
stronger than the Tigers OF 1907 and i@Os.
This, though the Big Bear Ia worrying not
little over his slab artists. Is a poilte
way of claiming the worlds championship
a few weeks In advance.
Let's concede the pennants 10 the CUBS
and Athletics and then take an inventory
of the stock on hand and see which team
looks better for the battle for the base
ball throne for the coming year
With the Cub pitchers in their present
condition. the Athletics. with Bender,
Plank and coombs, must be conceded the
better staff. IL Ruelbach and Overall re-
turf TO their top form. the West Side
corps will stack up just as we'll as the
fasteners and perhaps would have to
be conceded a shade in the box. But,
counting on the men available for duty.
Mack's men look better in the Ringing
line. because they have their entire bunch
of hurlers ready for work
Behind the bat there is no comparison
between the two teams. The Cubs lead
the world in catchers. and with Killing
and Archer in shape for the series the
base sealing habbs of the Athletics will
probably be stopped. and there is every
reason 10 believe that they will serve Ed
die Collins, the kingpin base runner OF
the league, the same way. Even il King
We're injured. the Cubs would be strong
behind the log with Archer doing the
catching. Livingstone is slated to do the
catching for the men OF Mack, and he
should do a fair job. He is not in the
King and Archer class. and the Cubs
should work their hit-and-run game and
steal sacks against him just as they did
against Detroit.
At first base the West Side team again
must he given the call Chance and
Harry Davis are both veterans of many
hard fights. and there is little TO choose
between them in the matter of expe-
rience. Chance. however. IL the better
hitter and is faster on the bases. The
two will field about the same.
There is a pretty contest for hoDors at
second base between the two teams. Two
sack that ever slipped on a spiked shoe
will be the rivals in the series.s Johnny
Eyers. perhaps the smartest man on a
ball field in the game today, will meet a
worthy foe in Eddie Collins. Taking their
records for the season, Collins must be
conceded the better man. He will not pull
off some of the fielding stunts the little
| Cub will. nor will he discover an un-
touched second base as readily as Evers.
but he is a good fielder and a much bet
| ter hitter than the Chicago boy. In ad-
dition he is the leading base steaier of the
two leagues. 1t must be remembered that
Evers always Is at his best in an impor-
tant contest. 1t must not be forgotten
| that he outhit Cobb In one OF the world
series between his team and Detroit and
that he Is just as likely TO steal all the
I bases on the circuit any one else
! Evers. on bis mettle. has master and
| he will be on his mettle against the Ath-
l letics The contest between him and Col
| Inns will be wen worth the price of adj
mission II the other players play like
minor leaguers.
At short. Tinker has no peer He is
| hitting better than ever before and is
over the .:op mark. His fielding is as
/ good the best and above all he is a
| scrapper. and, like Evers. never plays as
| we'll as when under a strain Barry il a
| corking good man, but his batting aver
| age is about 40 points below that OF his
Cub rival. Here again the palm goes to
| Chicago.
/ AT third base, the Athletics have the
/ call Baker will field every bit as well
as Steinfeldt, is hitting better, will steal
more bases and will be harder man TO
keep from scoring once he gets on the
\ lines.