Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-16
By William C. Weart.

that was and may yet be- the greatest
ever developed in the history OF the ma
tionaI game and the Athletics Oh rhi'a-
deIphia. the finest combination ever
turned out by the American League
The Chicago Cubs have reacheo vi
passed the stage of their creates.
veIopment. and i believe that passed IL
the most fitting word. while the Athie'i.s
are still coming and have not yet eAnio-
lied their greatest power, except IA
flashes. II,
The Cubs play the same steady, pfH-
liant game at nearly all times. OF "heh-
ever occasion requires; that Is IL 'ne'
have to put on pressure they 90 SO app"i
emily with as much ease as meoh"iii
can got more speed out of a machine by
the pushing OF button me <A'h'e''c'
have shown their greatest strength thlS
season only in spurIs and at times IL mas
been the pitching department ana not the
Connie Mack machine as a WHO'RE ia
has kept the team in the WHINING ,oa
The Mack machine, treating IL Slhpiy o'
:. machine however has shown improve
Iuent in its cohesive strength as the season
heightened, and much less depended ia.el
upon the work of the tW1rlers IMAM uuiine
d few weeks in midSeason
The ('ubs as a machine OutclaSSed any
thing ever seen in the National League
The Athletics as machine surpass any
thing ever seen i'll the American hooo
Both, in my opinion, are superior W .,i
famous Orioles of Ned HanOn ana the
1901 and 1900, team of brains and strategy
of Jchn McGraw. When the CUPS ana
the Athletics meet, therefore, an Ss it
Ooint TO the greatest contests ever WIZ
messed between the championship teams
of the National League and the American
League.
After studying both teams carefully
the American League pennant winners
from seeing them play seventy odd con
tests this season. and being In a pos pos
ton to get somewhat intimate knoWi,
edge of what has been going on Dehihu
the scenes and the National League
champions. from seeing them pay
eleven games and remembering their
brilliant history of the past, ana TAX.
ire into consideration the strongest
noints of each combination. l believe
mat the Athletics will win the world
series this fall
MANY consider that it is a fooiisn
proposition trying to pick the winner OF
a series that may go Only loui Edes
but the history OF the Worru Eor'
proves that only once could Dame FOR
fune he accused of obtruding her per-
sonality into the affair In l?Oo the
Athletics were fairly beaten by tne
Giants lack of firSt-claSS physlcal COIL
dition and the absence of Waddell play
ing part but the two teams ilneo
nm at the start OF the struggle no one
could gainsay that the better team Won
I'm IeOs the ONLY time that the Amer
lean League won the honor since the
series has been under the auspices e..
of g.. the national commission, IL Is
claimed that the better team was NOT
the White Sox and subsequent events
proved that statement to De pretty
nearly correct .
Tin members of the Detroit team. who
we're thrice defeated by the National
League champions. frankly aamitteo
that the better team won each tii1e-
oria al
factor but there is every reason to ex-
pect that barring this uncertain ele
ment. the games will be fair. square
test of the merits of the rival Teams
and Of the opposing leagues as well.
The teams will meet under conditiohs
moro favorable to first-class playing than
ever before. granting. or course, tha' IrT
weather Is not too cold: Each team VIII
have had the opportunity to recover from
the long strain of the campaign OF WIN
ming the championship In It's league Ev-
cry player. barring some misior.uie -.
tween this and the start OF the series.
uiu have had an opportunity TO rest
nm. both mentally and physically, and
each manager will haze had the Eooo
fortune TO be able to study careIully
every weak and strong point in his own
combination before deciding upon any
changes he may desire 10 MAKE ana
each team leader will have the chance 70
study where his opponent Is strong or
weak. and which is the best system OF
attack and defense to use In certain
emergencies A fairer test Of the merits
of the two championship teams was never
the league races lost in nerve-racking
tension should be made up In the worlds
series
This seasons statistics show that the
Athletics have outbatted. outfelded and
run the bases better than the CUBS. Dut
the question to my mind Is If the Chica-
goans have not taken things easy In
many OF their games. while the Athletics
have seldom let UP In any contest
In batting ability the teams are nearly
equality Each mas ns so-cailed
scientific batsmen, each has Its hunters
and each has it's sluggers, while upon
each is to be found some dangerous bats
men who are likely to break up game
do in the memorable 'AIerkle'' play In
New York, when he drove the ball over
Seymour's head. and as the same player
did when he started the downfall OF Bill
Donovan in that SUNDAY game AT Chlca-
go two years ago.
In team fielding, likewise. there is little
10 choose between the teams. except that
when IL comes to double plays which are
started around the second base bag the
Cubs TO my mind. have the call Either
Tinker Evers works ike lightning as
the middle man in a double play. Collins
sizes uD to their standard in either start
ing such a Dir or acting the middle
man but In the latter respect Barry gives
Tinker one advantage over him In turn
ing trick plays Tinker ana EVerS also
have something on the Collins-Barry COM
bination, but the style Of play of the
White Elephants is such that there Is
about only one man on Mack's team.
Lord. that Joe and Johnny are likely TO
catch mapping
In team play each has its own style.
and each has team work highly de-
welcomed 1t strikes that the Cubs
have been so long together that they
work their system almost automatically
The White Elephants. on the other hand.
work their plays from the bench, where
Connie Mack pulls the invisible wires.
The one sparkles with brilliancy. while
the other. although less snowy, Is none
the less effective
The White Elephants have an advan-
tage over the Cubs which has been
touched upon lightly or not at all by
other writer's This is that they have ten
men playing the game as against nine
for the Cubs. The latter's manager,
Frank Chance. will be in the thick Of the
battle working with and directing his
men, while the Athletics will have their
manager, Connie Mack, the bench
shrewdly observing every move of the
enemy and giving his orders by a system
OF wireless telegraphy which is instantly
understandable to every man OF his team.
Philadelphians count heavily upon the
ability and shrewdness OF Connie Mack,
and in sizing up the comparative abilities
of the two teams this man must not be
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