The Washington herald., 1910-10-02


come 10 the aid Of their particular party
It matters little whether allegiance is
foresworn TO the National League or to
that little brother OF the rich, the Ameri-
can League. the great. big question agitat-
ing the baseball world to-day is tho team
that will take the highest honors. Base
ball has as many partisans as politics.
and already the talk OF the probable
winner has been put forth In dogmatic
fashion by fans who have followed the
fortunes OF the two big leagues this sea-
son,
There appears to be ne question about
the success OF baseball financially and as
a big moral uplift. The news columns
have spread all that out in good clear
print Now, which viii be the champion
team Of the world? Which team VIII
have the solid satisfaction OF looking al
itself in the mirror and saying with par
donable pride and truth: There isn't
anything better on earth"
4 Then. with the race in both the Ma
tional and American Leagues narrowed
down to the Cubs and. the Athletics. Is
there anything in the force and makeup
OF either Frank Chance or Connie Mack
which would prevent these successful
baseball men from admitting supremacy
each 70 himself?
Authorities and oracles all over the
broad country are speaking with an air
Of fnality that sounds good. even If too
loud. There are just as strong advocates
for the championship honors going 10
Chicago and 10 Frank Chance as there
are boosters for the diligent and perse-
vering Connie Mack. who had his dis
appointments five years ago.
!! Il is recognized that when the Cubs
and Athletics meet for the championship
series the fans of the favored regions
will see two perfect fighting machines.
Well fed. well equipped and we'll trained
regiments win engage in that final strug-
gle for supremacy. Two Of, the most
successful generals in the game will be
there 10 lead 10 give orders and direct
the battle. The night will be a battle OF
wits and strategy, and will call out all
the athletic prowess Of the contestants
as we'll as the exercise Of their highly
developed intelkgences along baseball
lines and in the workout of perfect base
ball.
| or course the game viii be worth see
ing. II always helps 10 see the giants in
action, and il doesn't often help TO pick
a loser But with Frank Chance and
Connie Mack arrayed against each other,
with perfect support on the firing lines.
in the trenches and back Of the little red
schoolhouse, IL does not take much urg-
ing to get out and root for the favorites.
New Workers Can Judge
/ New York fans have had plenty Of
/ opportunity 10 size up both these rival
I organizations. Many of the fans do not
take their game too seriously. and have
not delved into the fine points that char
acterize these star performers of the
/ diamond But yet, while not making too
close study of the causes that have
led up 10 the present success Of the Cubs
and the Athletics, it wouldn't be human
on the part of a Manhattan rooter if he
did not pick a winner in the projected
world championship series. OF course,
after an analysis of thet ability as a
whole and the individual merits OF the
men making up the team one can feel at
liberty to put down bet.
/ And there is sign about town which
says that Connie Mack can beat Frank
] Chance this year.
! 1t must be understood that the man in
the stands Ct out there in those sunburn-
ed bleaehers Is not doing all the talking
about the probable winners. Even UNI
pires and professional baseball players
Ibave nut certain statements throwing
hight on the contest into print. And the
opinion of these experts in baseball
knowledge appears TO be about evenly
divided
! This Job of picking winners is not what
lit is cracked up to be. The wonderful
are still remembered. And yet il those
baseball teams play 10 form and do not
upset precedents some comparison of
their relative advantages might lead to
fair conclusion.
/ Don't forget that Frank Chance has
one of the finest working organizations
/ in baseball All the system, mental and
physical. that can be found 10 develop
talent has been put on the job and the
workout is manifest That team runs
with the smoothness of a watchIaaker's
product. and as accurately and as we'll
timed Individually it can't be said that
the Cubs are such world heaters. Let
each man bury his identity in that OF his
team, work only as a unit, and not as the
whole factory, one dependent on the
other; all, Of course. for one and one for
all. and this harmony of thought and
action. commission or omission. is a big
asset that spells success. AT the bat and
in the field Chance has demonstrated his
worth and value as a machinist and the
men who take his orders realize what it
all means 10 have a steady and easy-go-
ing machine.
Now what has been said of this Chicago
team can be said with just as good grace
of the Athletics. Harry Davis, at first,
with Eddie Collins on second. and then
Bakfr there at third. with Barry at
short There is an inf1eld that works
as tremendously as one of Mozart's
themes. And it looms up as ominous as
Chance. Evers, Tinker and Stelnfeldt.
For the Quilted there are Chances old
Istars Who. taken together. have been des-