The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
ashg Management Not Looking for Third Basement But Counts Upon Ebee
CHICAGO IS FAVORITF,
FOR WORLDS SERIES
But Baseball Sharps Think Athletics Will Make Des-
perate Fight-Ernest Lanigan Compares the Two
Teams Man for Man.

boot and shoe merchant from Troy. At
short the cubs have the ad-aurare L
-aFers1an Tinker is Jack Barry-s su-
perior as fielder and az long hit
ter, but the Holy Cross boy IS a clever
performer, nevertheless, ard IN a short
series might play every biz as wen as
Johnny Eevers' side partner.
Baker vs.. Steinfeldt-
Bah players think that Frank Baker.
Of the Athletics. is Harry S-enfeIdt's ST.
DeFior- both il batting and deIdrg- The
AIarJlander is much younger than his
Chicaeo rival and youth must be served.
Baker is not the finished feIder that
steinfeldt is. but turns mere sensational
plays Baker is a terribly hard hitter
and is more likely 10 break u0 q game
than is che Texan
The Chicago outfel5 seems 10 be s1-
perior 10 the Philadelphia clubs sub7lr-
ban trio Briscoe Lord IS q grand Judge
n q fly hau and has an arm Of iron
he is p Door buuter. however. and does
not fancy curve pitching james Tfldeu
ShecEard cannot fling the sphere as FAR
as his Philadelphia rival. buc the Chi
ca@oau VIII make as many classic
catches as the guardian Of The PhnadeI-
phiz port pasture and PROBABLY VIII out
hit Lord and get on the Eases Oftener-
The center FEEDERS OF the two probable
contestants for The EoDors or the base
nrtI lU-E verse are both stars Ee-t=u n
. DiZT-Es has been playing sensational
BAH this year and has been Ee=ul ~ o.
posing GurleIders busy chasing to the
barriers after his drives dis defensive
work also has been of "a high grade OF
the aII-aro.I-d ability. Of ArtEe Holman
. there Is no question He IS not as hand
hitter as oicrlrE, but De inserts his
VIII ouIrieL5 his Quaker rival
Are Most Evenly Matched
In TIE opinion OF The knights Of tie
iiuuorI it is about a stand-1T between
IL r5-Et feeders Of Tire two clubs. Poe
schultz poles many q I1u- drive and 50
does Danny Murphy. who IS now p
mere finished player than he n-es when
ne participated in the worlds sz15ss five
years ago
The consensus Of opinion seems to
De that the two teams are most evenly
matched. and that II the Chicago Va
tzoaaIs and Philadelphia Americans are
/ the entrants in the worlds series OF
1910 the games VIII be the most stub
bornIy fought OF airy set Of contests
ever played for the greatest Ecnors OF
the baseball universe
when The series VIII start provided
/ IL IS played between the cubs and the
Athletics. IS unknown The 1Ilclzmel
wind up their caupa. 81 on Sz-lrlz s.,
October S. while. tle Peerless Leaders,
troupe does not finish its season until
q week later A game could Zoe played
in Chicago or sunday October rs, but
as the American L5aglers VIII have
fun weeks laE-lft while the EaLl1-ls-
are finishing il would hardly De -.ElL
and proper 90 make the Hl--al-e-1 l-azr-5
night the first fray ia The home OF their
enemy
Many Naw Workers had been cg-u-tr z
on going TO Philadelphia this IAN 20
see the games bur now that It IS al
most a. certainty rlaE the TWO New
York clubs are % battle FOR the local
championship. the travel % E--lzlel-
uhla In October VIII Eu- be SO heavy
In aIL rEe-- VIII De three series T-ls
fan between National and American
League r.-l=---a-I ~" struggles
between the CUBS --T -le White lie
infants for tho -.-.. -H-.E-- -.s
battles between the E5~lla-aar- and
the Giants COZ the ClaUuLg-s- OF
Sew York and The ---=.e between the
C-a-s and the Reds Cor the Champion
sinh OF Ohio The Two Boston clubs
viii not meet a-s neither VIII -.1
two ST Louis -aa- El=--lE-lEs BE-
tween the armies ~ E---7 han and
O-CsEnor VIII De resumed In me spring
OF 1911.