The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-17
By WILLIAM PEET

n INiladelpnld this afternoon the TWO
best baseball teams start a series TO set
tie the supremacy OF the country
Indications point 10 one of the hardest
I fought series in years. Both clubs are
50 We'll fortified with competent reserve
material that neither team viii miss
seriously the star player il has lost by
injuries
ParUsans OF the Mack men hope %
win through the powerful pitching front
: the team presents. backed up by an sg-
sregation % pinch hitters, Il IS claimed
for the Athletics that when "a run is
needed there IS not weak batter on the
club.
Chicag0s veteran machine, together
with its fine catching department and
past record. make the cubs the favOute
+ m the betting. but the chances are that
( after the first game odds viii switch 70
even money.
The advance guard Of Washingtonlans
. left the Capital for the Quaker City
/ yesterday afternoon 90 obtain comforta-
I bile hotel quarters and snatch q good
nights rest TOR the opening game. 1t is
estimated that about 3ol local fans viii
see the first TWO games. including the
stockholders OF The Nationals and Off
ciaIs
Regular organized parties including a
big delegation from the Metropolitan
Club. viii leave on the first train out Of
the Capital this morning
/ Sporting Editor Tic Washington Herald;
Please Irlut whether Ct would vtr ln this
b-,. and they willing 60 take Eour opinion #
F the sane. A bets that the airshIp which landed
b.tv~sn the state War, and Navy and The White
House buildings Friday weighed more than -
. pounds without 'ae driver. In yolr OPINION. who
sins. l.. =. L.
/ AusveT-A wins
Dr. Cox, the club physician. in discuss
ing the recent case of Pitcher Bill Hin
richs, who was stricken last summer
with infantile paralysis. and who has
I been sent 20 his home In California,
/ vouchsafed the following information
"Hinrichs viii never play ball again. lie
/ viii probably be able TO use his right arm
enough 10 make living, but baseball
+ is out OF the question"
/ A local fan sends, in the following dope,
/ his idea on the worlds series outlook
81 think fl was 'Pudd'n Head Wilson
I who said. A difference of opinion was
what made horse racing possible and
as there have been so many articles late
| IS on how the Athletics will win, OF why
( they will win the worlds series / think
| il would be just as well TO set up an
opposite opinion.
by good luck and not good judgment
/ Ohey are often confusedl, I thought the
Pittsburgs would win the worlds series
! last year. Although I may be mistaken
/ this time, I cannot see where the AJh-
} let!cs have such a wonderful chance OF
/ beating the Chicagos In the present
/ worlds series, and ! viii De very much
surprised II the Athletics win even two
games.
/ zone can easily understand why Phila-
delphia is by far the favorite here. Wash
Ifngton and Philadelphia being both in
( the American League. OF course all
/ baseball dope. so-called. is Of but little
or no avail. as the unforeseen often hap
pens and upsets all our best calculations
/ However one OF the best pointers or cues
/ 10 go by in a large event where there is
any betting whatever is the New York
/ Stock Exchange or Curb; that is, the indi-
vidual bets that are placed by the differ
ent brokers at these places. II is a
matter of business largely, and not senti-
ment, and if one will watch the betting
I at these places he will ind that IN nine
/ cases out of ten the long odds win.
AT present Chicago is the fayodte, and
although not many bets have been placed
as yet. before the series starts the odds
will probably increase Ia favor Of the
| Chicagos
7 have seen the Philadelphias IN ac-
ton, and all Of their best pitchers, and
do not see how 1t is that they are slated
/ to work such destruction with the Chit
| cago Cubs. The Cubs I consider-and I
/ think il is well knOwn-are all hard hit
/ tiers. with the exception OF their pitchers.
They have won every series they have
played this year. which establishes a
! new record.
J The Philadelphia have good infeld.
a fast and snappy one. but can their work
/ be compared with that Of Chicago. either
man for man or team for team?
! Tinker has broken up more games IN
/ New York against the Giants than any
other man on the Chicago team, and
will no doubt break UP more than one
game with the Philadelphia. 1t is much
10 be regretted that Johnny Evers IS out
| OF the game, as he Is considered I'm the
| East and West as one Of the finest ball
players that ever stood in two shoes.
/ However, l think that Zimmerman will
show up well, as all utility men generally
do, and although it cannot be said that