The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-24
With World Series Over Athletics Are Given Credit Having Better Club Than Chicago
POSITION OF ATHLETICS
IS NOW UNQUESTIONABLE
Worlds Series Marks Passing of One of the Greatest Ball
Teams of All Times, and the Advent of a Dashing
Aggregation That Has Not Reached Its Zenith.

And when they fell they flu like
Lucifer never 10 rise again.
One week ago the CHicaso NStionals
were generally considered one OF the
grandest baseball machines the d-a-
mOnd had ever known, the acme Of
perfection in teamwork and without
peers IN the matter OF strategy on the
field Their prestige made them almost
rr1hibitive favoritcs over the Phila-
delphia Athletics. and Il was being
freely predicted that all that would
be required 90 take back % Chicago
the worlds title would be four games
I'm which the Cubs would assert their
superiority over the champions Of the
American League. just as they had
done over all their rivals IN the Ma
tionaL
Today the Athletics are champions
Of all basebaUGou, while the Cubs
have little To console them.
Not since the white Sox won the series
has there ever been such an upset on
the diamond That the Athletics con-
stitUced a great bail club was known.
but among those who were supposed 90
know. the opinion was virtually uuanl-
NOUS that The Cubs would be recrOwned
kings OF the diamond In fact, ir IS now
acknowledged that ~ Philadelphia that
while f. was expected that the Athletics
would make a 5000 showing, there were
few who really believed there would be
such a sweep Of the series. 50 wide
spread was the belief in the theory Of
the greatness of the Cubs
Strength Unexpected
Where weakness was expected the
Athletics showed streugth-where the
Cubs were supposed 20 be most impress
s.ve they fell down miserahly- The
averages prove Beyond doubt that the
Athletics exccLrd In every single de
pa-rmeE- o. the rye games
JutEit. OuJfelled. 0urrUn, Oltritcled.
outcu@ssed, ourEeneraIed, and out
caught. the Cuhs went down before O.
superior foe and while the re-rogress-1U
OF rEa- clu1 is now assured the Ath-
Ic-.cs are being lcraIded as The great
est aggregation of players ever gath
cred together by the as-u-e Connie
Mack Tor National League folks 90
be forced 10 admit that the greatest
ralI club ON the universe IS not a mem
Der OF that cgearizatign. IS bad blow.
but the facts silence denial and Ban
Johnson is thoroughly justified In say
.uS that the triumph Of the Athletics
eat this iuncturc is PERHAPS the most
valuable achievement u the annals OF
the American League
Pitching Corps Totters.
Ike sciuti!atlnS work Of the Phua-
GeIplIa pitching starr compared to the
utter totreriu= of the Chicago corps WAS
n itself enough To heat the CUBS. but
by addin- 20 this the general excellence
OF the LrEletic-' work CLelL ana az -le
nat r. j. not surprising thai the West
Side Fans are SON stunned lv me lis
lister which overlook their faVori-es.
The declaration that Ll-Le was 10
catcher on the Quaker rolls who could
stop the Cubs was disp-oveI before
haIF OF the series had been played md
while the Athletics ran almost at iii
0u King, supposed 10 be the best yy 81,
Thomas kept Lis opponents well gI-ed
TO the BAGS or else turned them bench
ward whenever they GOT so bold rs 10
attempt 20 steal The discrepancy be-
tween the UatcLg-S was almost as pro-
Uou0ced as between pitchers
Little was expected OF the uakeSh5ft
0ulte.d which the Athletics were forced
90 place iu the field beca-SN OF the in
jury 20 OIGri--. but 10 az least held its
own against the once Ereu- Chicago
trio.