The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-12
tiers Of Athletics Worlds Series Have unh That the East Must Win
WEST HAS NEVER YET
WON TITLE FROM EAST
Wherefore Hunch Players Believe Athletics Will Beat
Cubs This Year-New Workers Pick Chicago
Big Part Assigned Southpaws

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-While almost
al the experts are picking Chance $ Cei-
e5rateG Chicago Cubs as the winners OF
the series 10 be played with the ATT
letics for the honors Of the universe
next month, there are few persons
close followers Of the national game
who insist that Mack's 8Iasnincents VII
vanquish the TEDDY Bears
Those who are asserting that the Shibe
PaTkeTs viii capture the series do not
say the Philadelphia outfit is a better
one than the combination commanded By
Frank Leroy Chance, but they take the
ground that the Cubs viii enter the
series overconEdent. just as they did
in 1906 against the White SOx, accord
ing to ShortStop IN the New York Press
Another argument advanced by the men
who fancy the American Leaguers IS
this
An Eastern club. fighting a Western
team for the worlds title, never has
been beaten
There have been three sets of games
for the worlds championship between
Eastern and Western clubs The first
was in ISIS. when the Giants, managed
by Jim NutTle and captainsd by Buck
Ewing, participated in ten clashes with
the St Louis Browns. led By Charley
CuTniskey- The New TOrks won this
series, six games TO four, the Giants
taking things easily in the last two
contests and allowing The Browns 20
beat them
In 1890 the Brooklyn National League
club and the Louisville American AssO-
citation team hooked up IN the worlds
Ferries, honOrs between the two being
easy The Superbas. then called the
old the Colonies TussIe No was with
out result and there was so little inter
est manifested in the series that the lie
game never was played of
Boston Beat PIttsbuTg-
The next set Of battles between tearas
Of the East and West for basebalTs
principal hOnOrs was reeled or in 1893,
with the BOstCns representing the Amer
lean League and the East and the Pitts
burgs appearing for the National League
and the West The BOstons won five Of
the eight games, the Pirates taking
three out OF the first four.
So, If baseball tradition is to be fol-
lowed. II looks as II the Athletics VIII
have two fag-raising days in I911-Jhe
American League gOnfalon and the
worlds championship emblem.
Practically every person who is an au-
thOrity on baseball has spoken his little
piece and named the winner of the
series Byron Bancroft Johnson natu-
rally says the Athletics are going to win
a majority OF the games from the Cubs
Thomas Joseph Lynch, president OF the
National League. refuses 10 tel which
Of the teams he thinks viii be SUCCESS
fuI IN the coming series. As Lynch
hasn't seen the Athletics play since 1915
and has watched the Cubs pastime only
about a dozen times this year, he is
hardly qualified TO speak with authority
on the subject. All the American
League managers say the White Els-
plants viii trample on the Grizzlies,
while every one OF the National League
leaders opine that the Cubs VIII make
the Shibe Parkers look like a set Of
bush lea guers-
Why Gotham Picks Cubs
A majority Of the fan colony Of
Greater New York VIII pick the Cubs TO
defy successfully the attempts of the
Nfackmen 10 win for the American
League the worlds title. This express
sion Of opinion is not surprising, because
the athletes from Cook county, III, al
ways play maEnifceutly here. while The
men from QUakerdOm only occasionally
reveal their true form in Gotham
This year the Cubs have INDUCED in
seven settOS with the Giants on Che
Polo Grounds The Peerless Leaders
troupe landed six games and lost ONLY
one In every contest save the las
the ChiCaEOans played won 1erfuI bali
and on that day the Him were hanfFf-
capped by some Class L Itching by
Floyd krOh, who has since flown to
louisville
The Athletics viii not be seen here
again this year On their first appear !
ance on the Hilltop the Philadelphiaus
played fair ball. but they did not shat
ter any records for briIliancy last week
When the Mackmen were here in June
however they performed gTandly, mix