The Washington times., 1910-10-13

baseball what il is today, the greatest
OF American sports.
Aside from the pitching and catching
departments there appears 70 be no ad-
vantage on the side Of either team. Both
have Well-balanced inficlds and Outhelds
and there IS not a great deal Of differ
ence IN the hitting strength Of either
section OF either team Frank Chance
Will very likely play first base. but il his
legs are bad he has an excellent SUBJ
sutute IN Archer. The latter's hitting
ability makes him a valuable man for
the team, and Chance has been playing
him at first base in order 20 drill him
INTO the position. Killing has been catch
ing regularly, and while the great
catcher is not the man he was two
years ago, he IS still one OF the best the
game can produce Should Killing fall or
N hitting or throwing Archer is q
ilr5t class man behind the bat, 50 that
the Cubs have no weakness there
The Athletics have been considered
weak behind the bat. While Thomas.
Lapp, and Livingston have never been
citsSed with King and Archer, they
have done some great work this season
N Tue American League peunant race.
and Manager Mack does not seem 20 be
worrying as much over his catching de-
partment as the Philadelphia pubic
Cole. Brown. Pleister. and Overall viii
PROBABLY be the Chicago pitchers with
Reulbach and NcIntire 70 fail ba-k M
On Cole has been one Of The stars OF
the season and can - counted on 20
give the Athletics some trouble, but Il
IS a question what he VIII do under the
strain Of a worlds series. M0rdecaE
Brown VIII no doubt Ce figured grrOn civ
lrd II right ne is q hard rlan 20 beat
The cub team seems 20 pIav IT'S best
game when Brown rs on the .ubLer. for
ne IS clever, hr1dy PLAYER. and can
Dc relied upon 20 work the uarsulen IN
plnches- Overall s weakness is Door con-
troll when he has command ne ranks
as one Of the best pitchers IN the Ma
tional League. Tor he has great speed
and wonderful assortment OF curves
I'feister IS ieft-hander who has not
worked mich this wear owiuc To an in
jury received IN New YORK. but he IS
said 70 have been uT1meI for the Ath-
! letics and IS @ frs--class man. Reul-
/ bach has had q bad season and NcIn-
tire IS an in-and-Out pitcher who can be
gwen TO preference over the others
COombs May Pitch Opener.
Against this stan the Athletics viii
| probably Dit CCOmbS. Bender Moran.
Plank and probably Krause, because. he
/ - a icft-han,ier. The nrsI four. how
ever, viii nc doubt be M8ck'S pitchers
/ Tor the series Jack C0OmCs showed his
| best form this wear and has proved ef-
| tectiye against all the teams n the Am
erlcan League. COOUDs Will probably
/ pitch the opening game OF the series.
! fOr Manager Mack IS counting on the
4 =
| This Will give the Athletes a start on
/ tbs Cubs.
| This has been one OF CHEZ Bender's
/ good years and II The Indian holds 10
/ the form be has shown all season he
I ought 70 prove Q hard man for the Cuos
/ 10 beat Left-handers have something
| on Chicago and for this reason Eddie
/ Plank Is being counted on 10 win. fOI
4 the Gettysburg twirler Is one o. the besl
sOuthpaWs the game has ever produced
n - -
unstesdtness al critical stages and The
Cubs are apt 10 get 70 him easier thar
10 Bender OF COOmbS, but when Morgan
has his spitbOll delivery going right he
Is very effective and he has been q good
man for the Athletics this season
Manager Mack may Try several ner
/ nthe outfield during the series Danny
Murphy will Of course be a fixture n
Flght held and while ne IS not as fast 2
man as Schulte, OF the Cubs. he IS about
the same grade Of q barsman and car
throw as well as the Cub right fielder
CldrinC, Struuk. HartseL- and Lord NAV
ali get a chance % play Oldring has
had a good year wen the Athletics, but
he has been lGyin-- IN for some time q
strengthen a weak ankle Oldring is not
sure fielder on ground balls, and his
throwing arm Is not as strong and trJI,
as HOnman's, but Oldring has been hit-
ting the ball hard all year, and il ].
stiCkwork that viii count IN mos
games StTunk has been playing a few
games lately, but has been doing moth
ing with the bat BriscOe Lord is f2s
man and q wonderful thrOwer. But b,
Is not a consistent hitter Lord car
make long drives and with his speed
ability 70 cover ground and his throw
ing VIII probably be given the prefer
ence over Hartsel- TOpsy. however.
a valuable man on the team because
his experience and he can make a pitch
CT put them over about as well as ar.
man IN the league.
Cubs Have Three Veterans
SheCkard. Holman. and Schultz, C
the Cubs. are al veterans They hav
played In worlds series before an,
know just what every other man on IN
team is going 20 do On d play Their
Is not much difference between the tvv
inheldS, for both teams are particular,
well fortified in this respect
The Athletics are 4 very strong offen
sive combination ana the Cubs sta
work has been on the defensive. tn
Cubs infield has pulled its pitcher OF;
Of many difficult positions by MAXIM
some senSaJiona play when Il was en-
I tirely unexpected Tinker and Ever
have always worked like a machine a
. short and second. and Manager ChanC
declares that Zimmerman has bee
coached to follow EVers' game so we
that second base viii not be weakene
! fsr-f he Of