The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-08-05
CUBS AND ATHLETICS PICKED TO PLAY
THE WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
Member of the Chicago Team Says Pisbug Is the Club His
Outfit Will Have to Beat-confdent Mack Will Take
Honors Away From Hughie Jennings in the
American League.

Pm not saying this because | nap
pen to be drawing salary for playing
with the Cubs, but it is my hohes'
belief that we are going to cop the
pennant in the National league ana IL
is my opinion that Connie MACK
bunch is certain to land the rag In
the American league.
Can we beat the Athletics! I'm
surprised that you should ask sucn
question. We can beat any team
that ever played baseball. It's true
the Sox trimmed us once, but thatv
a story that hasn't been fully told. so
I'll not attempt to explain It They
couldn't do 1t again.
"The Detroit bunch will be lucky
II It finishes in second place this year
and that outfit known as the Boston
Speed Boys is going to give the Attn:
ietics a run for their coin, but l feel
sure that Connie Mack will land In
front and the Chicago and Philadel-
phia fans will get to see the battle
for worlds championship honors.
81 know the race is by no means
over and we have lot OF games 10
win. but with Reulbach, Overall and
Brown back in condition we have
twirling staff that is second to none
and the rest of the team is as good as
any other Some of the others nave
individual batters who lead us, but as
a team they don't class.
Pm looking for the Giants to blow
I'D pretty soon and 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 it's 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 If I'm not
right. While Pm 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: L
was almost in despair and l verify be-
lieye that the only reason 1 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 Is 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 affectionate-
" 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 1t 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 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 Tiernan were six
eooters and powerfully built. The
Brooklyns were called the Bride
grooms" because a majority of them
had just been married. The Chicagos,
ander 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
srship of Comiskey were similarly
named. 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 1.-THE Spi-
aers." as some of the players were
slightly built, and had thin legs. The
DID Detroit champions were always
called "The Wolverines and the
Pittsburg team bore the name Of
Smoky City" and Pirates" from time
irnmemorial. The Washingtons were
hailed everywhere as "The Senators"
while in Quakertown the Phillies and
the Athletics were the same old
Avals. The Indianapolis team was
nlcknamed the Hoosiers, and the old
IuCIiOPOiSohS VI SAC AAhCiiSoA oScS
citation were known Familiarity as the
Nets. The Louisvilles were the
Colonels, and in 1884 there was such
team as the st. Louis Maroons In
the defunct Union association engi-
neered by H. v. Lucas.
Nowadays we hear Of the Boston
Red Sox of the American league and
the Boston Doves, named for their
reputed owner, George B. Dewey. The
Brooklyns are staggering under the
name Trolley Dodgers and in Chi.