Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-08-10
CUBS AND ATHLETICS PICKED TO PLAY
THE WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
Member OF the Chicago Team Says Pttsbro Is tho c, u.
OUTFIT VIII Have to Beat-confident Mack win Tale
HOnOrs Away From Huslie Jennings in the
American League

the worlds championship the latter
part of October" said a member of
the Cubs team few days ago.
I'm not saying this because l hap
nen to be drawing salary for playing
with the Cubs, but it is my honest
belief that we are going to cop the
remnant in the National league and it
Is my opinion that Connie Mack's
bunch is certain to land the rag in
the American league.
Can we beat the Athletics? I'm
surprised that you should ask such
2 question. We can beat any team
that ever played baseball It's true
the Sox trimmed us once, but that's
2 story that hasn't been fully told, so
I'll not attempt to explain it. They
couldn't do it again.
The Detroit bunch will be lucky
If It finishes in second place this year
and that outfit known as the Boston
Speed Boys is going to give the Ath-
Ietics a run for their coin, but I feel
sure that Connie Mack will land in
front and the Chicago and Philadel-
mia fans will get to see the battle
for worlds championship honors.
81 know the race is by no means
over and we have lot of games to
win. but with Reulbach, Overall and
Brown back in condition we have
twirling staff that is second to none
and the rest of the team is as good as
any other. Some of the others have
individual batters who lead us, but as
a team they don't class.
I'm looking for the Giants to blow
I'D pretty soon and believe 1t will be
the Pirates who will be at our heels
when the National league race is
finished. The Pittsburg bunch seems
to have shaken that slump and they
can be expected to come fast from
now on. Some say 1t was because OF
the failure of the club management
to pay promised bonuses that the
Pirates didn't play up to last sea
sons form, but l don't believe it.
Every team has it's bad days and l
think it was just a natural fall down
that put the Pirates down in third
place. I'll bet they beat New York
out of second position. See if I'm not
right. While I'm confident the CUBS
will win anyway, I'd rather be playing
against New York than against Fred
CIarke's crew"
Hughey Jennings remarks that TWO
seasons ago. when the Tigers started
on their first eastern trip, they were
absolutely in last place. They were
.276 percentage points behind the
Athletics. They were playing sand
lot ball if sand-lot ball was ever
played Quoting the manager: l
was almost in despair and verify be-
lieve that the only reason l was not
driven out of Detroit was that the
fans were charitable enough to give
me the credit for winning the pennant
the year before. Well, sir, we started
out on the road, and when we came
back we had wiped out all but 10 OF
those awful 276 percentage points.
We had played &c games and had won
20 of them, and it wasn't long until
we were at the top. You know the
rest"
It is an odd fact that the baseDail
teams representing leading cities Ia
the United States are seldom calleu
by their proper names. When rams
are talking baseball they rarely reler
to John McGraw's great team as tne
New York Nationals, but affect1onate-
" cling to the time-honored name
Giants" This is the case practcaily
all over the country. and the reasons
for it are interesting. With two pan
teams in a major league city 1t is
easier to distinguish between them py
using nicknames than lacking on the
name of the league which each repre-
sents. Hence we have the "Glants
representing the metropolis III 'ne
National league and the Hlghidiu-
ers" or Yankees" doing the same III
the American league.
In the old days, say twenty years
ago. the same practise prevailed ou'
not exactly for the same reason as
two clubs in a single city, barring
PHILADELPHIA, could not live. The Ne"
YOTks were first nfcknameo lne
Giants" in those days because lhe
players were all big men. BUCK Ew,
ing, Tim Keefe, Roger Connor' biii
Brown. George Gore, Ed Crane jim
O'Rourke and Mike Herman were s,A-
footers and powerfully built. ne
Brooklyns were called the bIloe
grooms" because a majority OF them
had Just been married. The Chicagos'
under Arson, were known as the
White Stockings" for the reason
that they wore hose of that color ana
the ST. Louis Browns under the leaa-
ership of Comiskey were similarly
named. So we're the old Cincinnati
Reds. while all the Boston teams were
known popularity as the "Beaneaters'
The CIevelands, with Pat Iepeau
at the helm, were dubbed tine Spl-
ders," as some of the players were
slightly built, and had thin legs nc
old Detroit champions were aiWSys
called The Wolverines, ana lhe
Pittsburg team bore the name
Smoky City" and Pirates" from tinle
immemorial. The Washingtons were
hailed everywhere as THE senator's
while in QuakertoSn the Phillies anu
the Athletics were the same oiu