The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-21
SPORTING DEPARTMENT
WORLDS SERIES
TO Open OCT. "a
DATES TENTATIVELY AGREED
UPON BY COMMISSION
GREAT PITCHING d.
ELS ARE LIKELY.

Chicago. H.. Sept. 21.-Although the
close battle for the National league
pennant has made It impossible for the
members of the national commission to
formulate early and definite plans for
the 1911 worlds series. Saturday. Oc
tober IA, has been tentatively decided
upon as the date when .he two rival
teams shall clash i'm the first game of
the championship of this and all other
planets.
This was the scmi-onicial announce
mcnt made yesterday by President r.
b. Johnson of the American league,
who returned Sunday morning from
Boston, whore he assisted in the chris
tening Of Robert Mercy and James
McAlecr as club owners.
AS neither the Giants nor the Cubs,
the contonders for the National league
flag. seem TO have n chance To advance
their games of october S, ., 10, II and
| IL i'm order to close October I, the day
that the Athletics terminate the 1911
season, a worlds series opening earlier
than October IA seems improbable.
The Athletics are tied up with five
exhibition games after the close of the
regular season. being scheduled to
meet James McAlcers all-star aggre-
cation at Baltimore. October s, and
Iplaying at washington October . and
10. and at Richmond, Va, October IL
and II.
Connie Mack is Hopeful
1--WE are trying to cinch the pen
nant at the earliest date possible"
said Connie Mack of the Athletics re-
lcently. "Once we are sure Of the nag
II am going To try out all my young
sters and work the veterans just
enough to keep them from going stale
! think we will have to play the Giants
for the worlds championship and, ac
cording to my present way of think
ing these games are going TO be pitch
crs' battles. 1t will be n twirling fight
between Coombs and Bender on the
one side and Mathewson and Marquard
on the other / have other pitchers
that | can depend upon but, naturally
the main job will be put up to the men
mentioned"
Mr.. Mack admitted that the High
landers had done more toward help
ing the Athletics win the champion
ship than any other team in the
League.
1T is one OF the freaks of baseball
luck" said Mr.. Mack "but the High
flanders have helped us to win by beat
ling Detroit with such remarkable reg
lularity. At the same time they have
been unlucky in their efforts to beat
lus."
McGraw Laying Plans.
While they realize that the western
trip will be a continual fight to uphold
/ their lead, the Giants feel that the
present margin gives them opportunity
To begin figuring on their prospective
opponents i'm the annual baseball clas-
sic. It is we'll known that the Attn
lctics have had a scout watching the
/ Giants for two weeks, so as to get a
1 line on their system of attack.
McGraw believes that he can beat
the Athletics with Mathewson and
Maruuard alternating i'm the pitchers
box. but some of the players are not
so confident. The recent hitting rec
ord of the Athletics has made them
worry
Charley Herzog is one of the opti-
mlsts of the club. and recently gave n
very pointed reason for his belief that
the Athletics would lose the worlds
championship in case they faced the
Giants.
"In the first place." said Herzog, ITS
pretty hard for any club In the world
To win four out Of seven games from
Matty and Vanguard But that isn't
the main idea. Wen beat them on
base running. Not that we VIII steal
so many bases, but the moral inhu-
cnce of our base-stealing record will
have a strong effect ON the Athletic
catchers.
I'm other words. we have six play