Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22

Never in the history of the nauohai
game has there been SO much advance
talk about worlds series as now Is
going on. Unless all indications 1ali'
the set of battles to be played next
month between Connie Mack S Whlte
Elephants, representing the American
League, and Frank Leroy Chances CUBS
representing the National League, VIII
shatter all records for attendance anu
for almost everything else. The base
ball community is awaiting with ln'pa-
thence the coming clash between the pen
nant winners of the junior and senior Ut
CARNATIONS, and the games between tue
champion clubs are likely to attract more
spectators than any previous set or con-
tests in which the chief honors or the
base ball armament were at stake.
This year it is net question so much
as to whether Chicago possesses pet
ter team than Philadelphia, but Whether
part of the National League Is not ae,
cidedly the superior of the American
League. The Cubs are acknowledged 10
have class even by warm adherents OF the
Athletics. The White Elephants, however,
are not recognized generally as being
wonders, which is rather a surprise, as
they have had to face this season only
one joke team-St. Louis.
Persons supposed to know something
about the national pastime aver that
there are just three rea! BAH leans Ill
the National League-ChicagO, PlttSDurg
and New York-and say that the other
clubs. all of which are now going through
the reconstruction period, cannot be taken
seriously and are unable to play good Dall
for more than a week or two at time
The adherents of ,the Athletics (and of
the American League) say there is only
one easy proposition in the Junior ORGAN
ization-St Louisiana that the White Ele-
plants have not received their rlghtIul
amount of credit for having won the
championship of the organization headed
by Byron Bancroft Johnson
The followers of the Cubs point out
that Chances great machine has had an
easy time conquering the Giants and the
Pirates, its two real opponents. ana mas
made the Cincinnati, Philadelphia. ST.
Louis. Brooklyn and Boston clubs look as
though they ought to be either in the
American Association or Eastern League
instead of in the National League.
Supporters of the Athletics come back
with the argument that While the cups
undoubtedly are a wonderful set OF attn
letes. due consideration should be given
to the fact that the White Elephants
have earned their right to be considered
classy by the way they have performed
against their seven opponents.
There is only one team in the Amer
lean League that can be considered a
cinch," remarked the man who is roofing
for the younger organization, land that Is
St. Louis. Yet with Joe Lake on the
knoll the Browns are dangerous-most
DANGEROUS The Mackmen are entitled to
more credit for winning the American
League pennant than are the Cubs for
capturing the National League standard.
This is the way 1 figure things out: Ty
Cobb is a wonder and he is about half a
team himself. Yet Chesty Tyrus couldn't
keep the Athletics from winning major
ity of the games they played against the
| Tiger troupe. The Detroits are great
| band OF hitters, but the PhiladelphiA
pitchers kept them from breaking down
| the fences.
Then take the Boston Red Sox. The
Speed Boys can hit like fiends and are
fast as lightning on the bags. Did they
make the Athletics look IKE second-rat-
ers? Not a bit. The White Elephants
| trampled their Beanville opponents under
foot and are highly regarded in Boston.
1.-THE New York team of 1910 is the
best that ever has represented Gotham In
the American League, but the Athletics
beat the Hilltoppers in a majority Of the
bouts and registered three Of their VIC
| tories when that young wizard of the
mound-Russell Ford-was pitching. If
there is any better pitcher in the Ma
tional League than Ford, l haven't seen
| him.
"The Athletics have found the travelling
rough at all times this year, and in order
| to gain their commanding iedu nave Dcci
forced to take falls out Of such eminent
boxmen as Walter Johnson. Ed Walsh.
Cy Young, Addie Joss, Frank Smith and
Jim Scott. 1 am not knocking the Ma
tional League pitchers, but the American
| League slabmen are much their superior
eff one were going to pick all-sta,
teams in the two leagues the best out
fit in the National would be recruited
almost wholly from three clubs-Chicago
Pittsburg and New York. In the Ameri
can there would be candidates from
practically every club, as even Joe Lake
of st. Louis would be one of the nom
inees of the experts. The American
League is stronger on the whole thar
the National, and this is the year for tn,
Johnsonites to regain the honors of the
base ball universe"
The foregoing is the American League:
side of the argument. The fans who
fancy the Cubs and the National League
cannot see the Athletics with a field glass
Their contention is that while the White
Elephants certainly deserve a lot O.
praise for having won the American
League pennant Mack's juveniles will b'
shown up awfully in the series to b.
the Cub servers are not nearly as goot
as they once were, and that Chicago
might not possibly be the Nationa
Leagues representative in the series i
young King Cole had not done sucl
demon work.
However. the enthusiasts who are pick
ing Chances men to win declare tina
Mordecai Brown will be just as effective
against the White Elephants as he wa:
against the Tigers, that Cole will prove
to be a regular Mathewson and thai