The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-13

shoulders ABOVE them all STANDS I
Chief Bender, red-,kin OF the
Chippewa tribe, who was sent to the
Carlisle school for his education and .
promptly evinced his fondness for the .
great white mans game. After leav- /
ing college he joined the Harrisburg, /
Pa, team, and in 1903 was brought ,
into the big league by Connie Mack.
He became one of famous quintette !
of twirlers which brought Philadel |
phia into it's second league champion |
ship in 1905. In the world series he
was the pitching hero of the only eeme
which the athletics" took from the
Giants" that year. On the ether
hand, to him is charged the only de-
feat suffered by the Athletics" in
the series with Chicago last year,
though this came after he had allowed
but one hit for eight innings.
Coombs is q years old. He played
at Colby College, in Maine, and gradu-
ated at once into big league company
with the Athletics in 1906 He is eX-
actly the same height as his pitching
mate, Chief" Bender, feet l inch
He is a holder of records, one of them
being the famous Ginning victory
over Boston in 1907. During the 1910
season he went SO innings at one
stretch without letting an opposing
club score on him.
Bender and Coombs will be called
upon it is believed to do most of the
pitching in the series at hand but as
the Giants are said to be weaker be-
fore left-handers it is possible that the
two south paws Plank and Krause,
will be given a chance to distinguish
themselves. Plank was one of trio
of twirlers who won for Philadelphia
its first taste of league championship
in Macks second year. Veteran
though he is, at the age of SO, he is
still able to do effective work.
The backstoppins for Philadelphia
will be same as last year Ira Thorn
as. who took the measure Of the ia
nous John King, of Chicago, in last
years series, will be first choice be
hind the bat, and Lapp, who caught
one game last year, will be a close
second. Lapp is young, and this sea
sons play has improved him.
big Chief" Meyers, Wilson and
Hartley will catch for the Giants. But
it is needless to give biogrphaical
sketches of all the newer stars of the
forthcoming series. Experts agree
that in no wise can the outcome o.
the series or of a single game be ex
pected to rest with a single player un
less it be the pitchers.
Team for team the opponents are a!
evenly matched as any two that eve
fought for the worlds title. Expert!
agree as to this and recalling thei
, mistaken judgment in picking the Chi
cago Cubs as a favorite last year. the,
are prone to play safe and declare tn,
outcome of the present series to be
matter of delightfully."- doubtful un
certainty"
In the betting, odds have been giyel
both ways Local experts look bacl
! to the wonderful rush of the Giants
through the closing stages of tn,
league fight and pin their faith to Nc
, Graw's rush them off their feet
slogan and the pitching of RUDE
! and "Matty' supported by the al
). round excellence of the team.
3. Philadelphia supporters take re
i. count of the fact that their favoritel
. are already World Champions an,
q that they won the title by trouncin'
+ the Chicago National League Club
, which gave New York close race 70
, this years league title. They believ
o that General Mack has plotted out
winning campaign and that his mel
= with an average of 300 at the bat ant
with what they consider the finest in
a field in either league, will take worlC
= honors as handily as they captured
;, the league pennant this year.
s In batting the Giants" lead tn
: National League of .271, concedini
e % points to the Athletics who lead tn,
America League with .294. In extr;
e base hitting the margin of differnc
e is smaller, but still slightly in favo
e of the Athletics. In the base runnin,
s department the experts give advan
S tage to McGraws men, six of whom
are leaders in feetfootedness among
V the National League runners. Alto
e gether the men have stolen 346 base