The Washington times., 1910-08-24

How does . TO 4. with the Cubs at 3 /
and the Athletics at 1. strike you Cor !
the worlds series These VIII probably /
be about the ODDS. although speculation 4
has not yet begun, except in the way :
OF freak bets The belief that the PllI.a- /
deIphia Athletics, viii give the Chi 1
cagoans a grand run for the flag Is
growing every day, principally because
OF the excellent pitching stan Of the
said Athletics, but there Is also a
general belief that, taken as a whole, I
the Cubs are the better ball team and
have a shade the advantage Experts
are divided, and some of them are az
ficted with prejudice There are Ma
tionaI League writers, although not
many. who believe the Athletics VIII
land the big pennant, while there are
rabid American Leaguers- IKE JoAn
Doe. in the Cleveland Press, who are
willing Il. concede a shade 70 The Cubs
Still, the weight of opinion goes 10 the
Cubs and they VIII be faVCrteS ia tne
betting at about the ODDS SU'-7eSJStlr IN
less radical changes take place IN tue
two teams between now and IHe end'pI
the season
But shuclzs. YOU can't tell much about
baseball Remember how the White
SOx bad enough weight OF opinion
against them 10 bounce them I'D 10 the
moon when they beat those same Cuos
Frank Chance is now suffering from
an injury, and should he be OUT or me
worlds series his absence alone would
be enough TO change tHe o4I7 = ION ION
Or should Chief Bender or Eudle Eldl-h
be hurt, the dull siCkenlDS thud HedEa
on all sides would be the drop n AN
Iethics' stock Besides the p0Ss1 llltleS
OF accident due to spIkinS or attending
Reuu bIiCan harmony meetings Il Is pos
sibie for one or more OF the star plLcti-
ers on either team 10 develop q sore
arm The Cubs W1l De more El.+-Le 10
III fortune due 10 desperate playing
because they WI have 10 keep on AT
their present rapid rate in order 70 re-
main ahead Of the Pittsburg Pirates,
who are coming strong since t+1IIs
Wagner struck his stride N batting r. -
the next three weeks the tuoS VIII DC
on the jump, taking chances on thE
bases, and their pitchers nurilnE WIN
al their might Such a state OF aiIalTs
IS q fine foundation for broken bones
and sprained tendons, when saeulI ee
remembered by those VINO make Jheif
bets early
The Athletics viii carry a big wad OF
Eastern coin no matter what tnS con
sensus Of opinion may be-
It is pointed ont ny one enthusiast .-z
who wants the Athletics 10 WIN InaL me
Cuns will have an advantage III -et---
more accustomed TO the co-d NeatLri i-
C-hfrago The series viii not be over
of Those phenomenal sJredks OF deitSttt-
fuE autumn weather when I'itpwSl N--e
series last year happens along Ciilcsi-o
will be as cold as Charity and IlT o-=i-
coarS will SIe strictly de TEeuT- me
CT1nS are veterans In standing tue emmy
stuff in Chicago. and mat may
OF uufta 2 figure Philadelphia Is not
the varneSL place in the world IN d
cold spring or fan but lle lat-e n- ---@e@
in ChicaE0 back or the boards any tilI'=
the Quaker City can produce IN l4e N.--s
Of meteorological cUsscduess-
HuEhev Jennings thinks those lake
breezee viii give the Athletics cold feet
VIII Jheys
IS we have remarked with the poet
fellow before, we would not live al
vvav with Presidential elections every
four years and baseball races every
year 10 Eex the soul OF man Also, We
would not have Walter Johnson win
ezerv dav- II he did there would be
no excitement In going TO see aim
pitch. We consider this going some IN
The matter Of taking a cheerful view OF
the situation when ne was beaten 10y
I'd walsh Yesterday Johnson lost be
cause Walsh pitched better bah, and
that is ali there IS 70 IL Mclean tripled
IN the sixth and DouSnerty followed
with triple that scored Mclean and
there Won are Nothing could be sim
pier The whole game IS Unrurled 10
YOUR wondering eyes BY this SuCcIuct
statement Of the case Mclean Tripied
ana D0ugherty scored him with a triple
sad but true
The Chicago players claim that John
son is not showing the speed which