Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-30
COOMbS IS MADE
TO ORDER FOR CUBS
Expert Fullerton Expects Chances
Men to Feast on Athletics
Star Twirler.
THINKS BENDER ALSO EASY
And as for Plank, He Cannot Fig.
ure Him a Chance-See
Cub Triumph.
THINKS BENDER ALSO EASY
BY Hugh S. Fullerton.
Base Ball Editor Chicago Examiner.

Base Ball Editor chicago Examiner.
The wiseacres in base ball figure tina,
pitching is everything in a seven-game
series. and on this basis they are cal
culatins the chances of the Chicago Cubs
and the Philadelphia Athletics for the
worlds championship.
Every one comedies that the Cubs are
the better ball club, but they figure that
Philadelphia has the chance of the last
four years to beat the Cubs on pitching
alone They figure that the Cub pitching
staff has deteriorated and that Chance is
going to send his team up against a stiff
pitching proposition
Undoubtedly, unless the pitchers of the
Chicago White Sox could be figured, the
Philadelphia pitchers figure better against
the Cubs than those Of any other team in
the American League. 1t Is queer thing
in base ball that certain pitchers can beat
teams, regardless of the strength Of the
teams or their hitting power. Sometimes
in figuring base ball 1t is necessary to
throw away all form and figure on the
strength of the pitchers alone. There
are many who think that the Athletics
pitchers will stop the Cub batters.
Let us examine the pitchers and see
if this is true.
Coombs is, on his American League
form, the best pitcher the Athletics have.
Undoubtedly he has been wonderfully eff
fective against American League batters.
But this season the American League
batting has been many points off the
regular form. and an analysis of the
games Coombs has pitched shows that
he has had the choice of teams against
which he is effective. That applies to the
season as a whole. although during por-
ton of the season. and that the critical
one, Coombs and Morgan carried the team
against all corners and won the pennant
for them by their effectiveness.
Coombs Is a great pitcher. He is fast.
He is steady and rather a clever stu
dent of batters. He has a good curve and
a fair sptball, which he uses rather lib
orally. He is type of pitcher that the
Cubs have batted against time and again.
They see that kind of pitching and they
will hit Coombs. not hard, but hard
enough He is just the type of pitcher
they beat in close games.
Bender is a great right-handed pitcher.
He Is fast he has q cracking sidearm
curve and a fast overland curve and a
lot of speed. They see that kind of pitch
ing in the National League. and the Cubs
have hit 1t, no matter how fast or how
quick the curve may be.
Cubs Like Bender's Style.
The Cubs, indeed, wait out and hit
curve pitching better than any team in
the country. Besides, Bender's gameness
is doubted by some. His experience In
years Of pitching with the Athletics has
proved that when forced he can be beaten
easily. The Cubs will be after him from
the start, and probably will beat him as
often as he comes. They have absolutely
nothing to fear from Bender that they
would not fear from White Of Pittsburg.
Earl Moore of Philadelphia, Bell OF
Brooklyn or Ferguson Of Boston. He is
easier for them than any Of those.
Eddie Plank was q great pitcher. In
the days when his fast ball was jumping
and his side-arm shooting and his curve
curving Plank was a great pitcher. He
no longer Is great. He has speed, a world
Of 1t, but this season his fast fall has
been laying down the groove as straight
as a die. He has nothing on it," He
never was a curve ball pitcher. relying
mainly on his speed and the hop on his
fast ball The Cubs have been hitting
left-handed pitching this year, especially
the fast species.
Plank Just What % Wanted.
The kind Of left-handed pitching that