Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-28
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CHICAGO, ILL.,. September 2S.-Ed
Walsh, recognized as the star pitcher
of the American League, does not
think that the Athletics are going to win
the worlds championship series from the
Cubs. The star of the White Sox Will
start for his home in Connecticut today.
He told your correspondent just before
he left that he felt sure that the Cubs
would win. His opinion is an unbiased
one and one that is about as fair as it is
possible to get them.
Although an American Lacquer and
naturally strong for the organization
that he is connected with to triumph, he
is candid enough to say that Connie
Macks men are not the equal of the
men that Chance will lead in the COM
ing contest for the highest honors of the
great national game. Walsh should know
better than any one what the CUBS are
capable of doing and what the Athletics
able to do.
He has faced both teams and has won
and lost to them. The Athletics will
not win because they are not as good
team as the Cubs said Walsh.
L am not saying that the Athletics
are not a great team when ] say that,
for l know that Connie Mack has a very
strong combination. There is only one
department of the Athletics that can
be regarded as stronger than that of the
Cubs, but there is not enough advantage
for the Athletics in the pitching stan to
balance the strength of the CUPS as an
al-around team. The great experience
of the National Leaguers and their nerve
in the pinches will win for them even II
their pitchers are not as good.
Connie is making a mistake in working
Jack Coombs as hard as he is. 1t seems
to me-. L really think that Coombs is
weaker now than he was earlier in the
season, because he is being worked too
hard. He did not seem to have the en-
durance when he pitched last sunday
that he has had in the games l have
seen him in earlier in the season. Eddie
Collins is a grand player, without
doubt, and he may be able to do some
things that Johnny Evers cannot do at
times, but Evers is better ball player
because of his headwork and his vast ex-
perience. Barry is faster than Tinker
is. perhaps, but Joe has been through
SO many of these exciting series and
knows what to do under all kinds of
conditions, and will be steadier when it
comes to showdown. I believe. The
cubs outfeld is stronger than that of
the Athletics. There is no question
about that, and when Sheckard. Schultz
and Hoffman hit the ball they hit 1t
so that it counts The Cubs have the
experience, and that is what tells In a
series like the worlds championship.
When you consider what the Cubs
have behind the bat and what the Ath-
letics have the comparison between the
two teams is more and more in favor
of the Cubs. A man like Killing is inval-
liable to a pitcher. He can steady them
when they are going bad and can tell
them Just what to do when they are in
doubt just what to put up OF course. the
Athletics catchers can do that too, but
there is a vast difference in judgments.
In picking the Cubs to win the series l
am just giving my own candid opinion"
Walsh has finished his seasons work
with the Sox. He will go up into the
Maine woods now to hunt for several
weeks and then may take a little try
at the vaudeville stage. for he has
proposition under consideration from one
of the leading managers in the business
to do little stunt in song before the
footlights.
Dougherty and Parent will join him on
his hunting trip little later. when they
get away from the team. The battle be-
tween the Sox and the Senators for sixth
place Is just as much in doubt today as
It was yesterday. for the two teams
broke even In the double-header yester-
day.
Today's game will wind up the season
on the local grounds between the east