Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-03
CUBS AND ATHLETICS PICKED TO PLAY
The WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
Member Of the Chicago Team Says Pttsburg Is the Club His
Outfit Will Have to Bea-Confdent Mack Will Take
Honors Away From Hughie Jennings in the
American League

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part Of October" said MEMBER o
the Cubs team few days ago.
I'm not saying this because nap
pen to be drawing salary for play'n.
with the Cubs, but it Is my hones
belief that we are going to cop tne
pennant in the National league and II
is my opinion that Connie Mack's
bunch is certain to land the rag IL
the American league.
"Can we beat the Athletics? I'm
surprised that you should ask sucn
a question. We can beat any team
that ever played baseball. It's true
the Sox trimmed us once, but tnat
a story that hasn't been fully told. SO
I'll not attempt to explain 1t. IneS
couldn't do it again.
1.-THE Detroit bunch will be lucky
| If 1t finishes in second place this year
and that outfit known as the Boston
Speed Boys is going to give the Atn.
letics a run for their coin, out 1eei
sure that Connie Mack Will land IN
front and the Chicago and Ph1laoel'
phia fans will get to see the Dattie
for worlds championship honors
II know the race is by no means
over and we have lot Of games TO
win, but with Reulbach, Overall and
Brown back in condition we have a
twirling staff that is second to none
and the rest Of the team is as good as
any other. Some Of the others have
individual batters who lead US, but as
a team they don't class.
I'm looking for the Giants to blow
up pretty soon and I believe 1t Will De
the Pirates who will be at our heels
when the National league race Is
finished. The Pittsburg bunch seems
to have shaken that slump and they
can be expected to come fast from
now on. Some say it was because OF
the failure OF the club management
to pay promised bonuses that the
Pirates didn't play up to last sea-
sons form, but l don't believe 1t.
Every team has its bad days and
think it was just natural fall down
that put the Pirates down IN third
place. I'll bet they beat New York
out of second position. See II I'm not
right. While I'm confident the Cubs
will win anyway, I'd rather be playing
against New York than against FRED
Clarke's crew."
Hughey Jennings remarks that Two
seasons ago, when the Tigers started
on their first eastern trip, they were
absolutely in last place. They were
.276 percentage points behind the
Athletics. They were playing sand
lot ball if sand-lot ball was ever
played. Quoting the manager: i
was almost in despair and verify be-
lieve that the only reason / was not
driven out of Detroit was that the
fans were charitable enough to give
me the credit for winning the pennant
the year before. Well, sir, we started
out on the road and when we came
back we had wiped out all but IL OF
those awful 276 percentage points.
We had played 26 games and had won
20 of them, and it wasn't long until
we were at the top. You know the
rest"
It is an odd fact that the baseball
teams representing leading cities in
the United States are seldom called
by their proper names. When fans
are talking baseball they rarely refer
to John McGraw's great team as the
New York Nationals, but affect1onate-
ly cling to the time-honored name
"Giants." This is the case practically
all over the country, and the reasons
for it are interesting. With two ball
teams in a major league city It is
easier to distinguish between them by
using nicknames than lacking on the
name of the league which each repre-
sents. Hence we have the "Giants"
representing the metropolis in the
National league and the Highland
ers" or yankees" doing the same In
the American league.
In the old days, say twenty years
ago, the same practise prevailed, but
not exactly for the same reason, as
two clubs in a single city, barring
Philadelphia, could not live. The New
Yorks were first nicknamed the
"Giants" in those days because the
players were all big men. Buck Ew-
ing, Tim Keefe, Roger Conner, Bill
Brown, George Gore, Ed Crane, Jim
O'Rourke and Mike Herman were six
footers and powerfully built. The
Brooklyns were called the bride
grooms'' because a majority of them
had just been married. The Chicagos,
under Arson, were known as the
white Stockings" for the reason
that they wore hose of that color, and
the St. Louis Browns under the lead
ership of Comiskey were similarly
So were the old Cincinnati
Reds, while all the Boston teams were
known popularity as the "Beaneaters."
The Clevelands, with Pat Tebeau
at the helm, were dubbed "The Spi-
ders," as some of the players were |
slightly built, and had thin legs. The |
old Detroit champions were always |
called "The Wolverines" and the |
Pittsburg team bore the name Of
Smoky City" and Pirates" from time |