Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-02
Umpire Picks
Cubs to Win
Jimmy" tombstone Argues that Chi
cago Catchers Will Trim Ath-
letics in Big Series.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, oct l.-"Jimmy"
tombstone, umpireA picks the Chicago
Cubs to beat the Philadelphia Athletics
in the worlds championship series this
fall tombstone and KLEIN were the Ma
tional league umpires for the Pittsburg-
Detroit series last fall
1T looks to me as though tina Chi
cago catchers will stop the Athletics"
said Mr.. tombstone. Chance has two
Of the greatest catchers in the game in
King and Archer. Archer has a better
arm than King, but Johnny is a wise
old owl behind the bat, and his arm is
plenty good enough to stop the best base
runners in the game.
Livingstone, Thomas and Lapp will
hardly be compared with Killing and
Archer by the most rabid American
league rooters. Killing and Archer rank
with Bresnahan, Doom, Mclean, Gibson
and the other star receivers of the Ma
tional league. On the other hand, they
tell me that Street of Washington,
Sullivan of Chicago and Carrigan of
Boston are the premier catchers of the
American league.
1T will take good throwing to keep
the Cubs from running the bases and
scoring runs. American league fans
seem to think that Plank, Bender and
Coombs will prevent the Cubs from
getting on. OF course, If the Athletic
pitchers can keep Chances men from
getting to first the Philadelphia back
stops will have a comparatively easy
| task.
But 1 don't think there is pitching
corps in base ball that can stop the Cub
hitters. Holman, Chance, Tinker, Evers
Schultz and Killing are all going good
| The best pitchers in the National league
have not prevented the Cubs from hitting
the pill. 1 don't think the Philadelphia
pitchers will fare any better against
Chicago than the National league twirline
stars.
IF the Cubs get to first it takes G
great catcher to prevent them from NOV.
ing around. Chances men will run the
sacks wild on a poor throwing catcher
The Athletics pitchers are nearly all ex
perienced men, who know how to wGtcf
the bases and chain runners to the sacks
but the catcher must also be there with
his part OF the propositions good arm
and ability to get the ball away fast
That's the only way you can preven
Chances men from making runs after the,
get on.
Chicago a SITTER argument that Detroi
did in 1907 and 1908. Chicago has a wonder
full base ball machine. There isn't a veal
spot in the whole works. Hoffman, Sheck
ard and Schultz are going great in tn
outfield and in the infield is a regula
stone wall. I've heard a lot about tn
famous old stone wall infields of twent,
years ago. Up in Detroit they will tell 20,
that the Detroit bunch in 1SS7-Brouthers
Dunlap, Rowe and White-was the king o
all infields. Veteran fans In Chicago still
swear by the old White Stocking infield-
Arson, Pfeffer, Williamson and Burns
Down in New York the old-timers are sti
talking about the New York infield of 1856
Roger Connor Dan Richardson, Johnny
Ward and Arthur Whitney
Now, have seen them all work, and 70
can take 1t from me that for general valu
to ball club, the Chicago National In
field Of 1906-7-S-9-1O is the greatest tina
ever came down the pike.
Barring the unexpected, think the 19l
series will prove the most interesting eve
staged. Macks team looks like a ia
stronger aggregation than the one he trie
for the worlds championship in 1906 Harr
Davis, Dannie Murphy, Eddie Plank, Chic
Bender and 'Topsy' Hartsel are all that
: left Of the 1905 Athletics team. Mack wi
enter the series this year with a better II
field and far better outfield. But I can
say as much for his catchers. II they hol
up their end of the battle the result
going to be whole lot closer than a lot
4 persons imagine"