The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-02

Nv Yosk. eept. Se.--With the Chi.
- Ouho and the Philadelphia Ath.
lo0oo having the psnnants Of their
yoGDooc1vo leagues virtually tucked
ioN6v - deep In their uniform shirts
,t1nt No0o Of their rivals can possibly
,s1Dadn" them for the coveted prizes, Il
. - - tAo fans tho country over to
GDeGaloke meutally-end financially,
~ y tAev are 20 willed-on the win
~ 6 H. worlds series.
ne eeotests, too. that take place
on0uA1ly now every fall for the gon-
0lea q the universe have taken n
Vesl6-wido importance rs decidin:
WAak team and club II entitled o ny
baseball supremacy. And 1t IL an
Aonor that carries with IL all that
counts for he best there IL In our
0Soat national game, . sport that IL
row % wide In it, scope that other
AASions have taken It up to an extent
hat u bound to make the pastime ali
aatiooal In q shorter time than Is gen.
esally anticipated.
The worlds series has developed
into the chief baseball event Of each
year. and has been 20 established by
t6o national commission, the supreme
court Of baseball having been put In
fan control Of everything connected
with Il. The wranglings that would
ukOly arise II the clubs themselves
1o0 charge Of the arrangements are
tAos sverted and the rules as laid
down by the commission are lived up
- 70 the minutest point, and thereby
. standard Of craftsmanship has been
established that secures the confidence
q the public. the players and every
body concerned that Is SO absolutely
necessary for IN event Of SO much i'm
Dovtance.
That the national commission has
done It's work well in past series is
shown by the unanimous approval it
has met with.
Ny opinion Is that the worlds series
Of 1910 will be won by the Chicago
Cubs, but by margin Of victories
ever their strong Quaker rivals so
small that IL will take the full seven
games to tell the result.
This II figuring the thing down
pretty close. but the teams from every
angle appear to be so evenly matched
that only the most rabid partisan of
each could hardly predict walkover.
] base my opinion on the fact that
The Cubs will show a bit more class
because Of the predominance of older
and more experienced players on their
team, and where teams are so even
In playing ability that little finesse
that advantage Of class shows, no mat.
ter how slight, will always tell.
Il IL generally acknowledged that
the Cubs have the superior catchers
King had the reputation before he de.
cided to lay of year as being the
best and headiest backstop In the
country. It took him no little time
this year to come back" but / am
ne ss . Sa Ma consider King 9 Ne few .n.
yfosent time as being the same old
important cog in the Cubs makeup
that makes It the most perfect base
ball machine the game has ever seen
Without King the Cubs were not the
sAms perfect piece Of machinery, as
their loss Of the National pennant last
year proves. They have made a pro
Cession OF this seasons race, but
King, the missing cog, had to be back
10 preserve the old frictionless smooth
ness.
Archer Is a good catcher-a grand
one, no doubt-but he Is not yet the
classy man behind the bat that the
veteran Is.
And, as I said before, It Is class that
causes me to pick the Cubs as the next
worlds champions.
Against Killing and Archer the Ath.
lotics will present Thomas and Liv.
ingtsone. The former is an ex-Yankee