The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-06
SUMMARY

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Philadelphia should win the worlds
series
The dope proves it. and, with an
even break Of the luck. the Athletics
ought to be returned victors after a
terrific struggle. Nav YORK r,ust gain
nearly % per cent through sheer
breaks of luck in order TO overcome
the superiority Of the American League
exemptions.
The difference between the teams
with every element that goes to make
base ball reduced from the Individual
70 the team. is no: sufficiently great to
inake it certain that the Athletics viii
win. but il is as certain as anything in
baseball can he.
What call luck" is such "a great
element in the game that it can make
la great team look bad. and sometimes
rake a bad team look good. Tile
chances OF luck running in sequence to
one team through seven games arc
small, and n great deal depends upon
the first two. II tho luck should break
for the Giants in the first two games
sufficiently TO give thcm victories, they
rught TO be able To win. ON tho other
hand, ] find that luck faVors the better
team more often than IL does the
weaker ono, and that speed brings
history of baseball FOR the last twenty
years am certain that. in major and
minor leagues, the fast teams always
have been the lucky ones.
Luck in Top Form.
1t is an element upon which no one
can calculate with any certainty. and
the tickle jade has been III her top
form in baseball ever since the game
was conceived. The last worlds series
was an example. The luck broke for
lew York steadily and persistcntlN for
seven games, and just when she seemed
to have given the Giants the scrics.
She turned and took the championship
away from them by one OF the mean
est tricks ever plaIed.
\ worlds championship between the
Giants and the Athletics, aside from all
ether elements. ought TO be tile most
teams are of diamctrically opposite
schools of baseball This is due to tho
characters ana personalities OF the
managers, for. wherever YOU fnd a sue
Cessful baseball club. the personality
Of its leader is indclibly stamped upon
the players. And in the summing up
of the strength and weakness OF the
teams do not forget that the two gen
erals who will lead the clubs in battle
are bigger factors than any individual
player possibly can be.
Cornelius McGillicuddy, as a ball
dious man. lie is Il man OF character,
Of dccency and OF much selfrcspcct
lie is a man who says little. excepting
TO his players, and probably less is
known about the inside" OF the Ath
lctics' system of play than OF any team
in the country His men initiate him
IL conservation of information.
He has collected around him the
to -day-intellectually and morally as
we'll as physically. They are clean
decent living, .gcntlemaniy fellows one
can almost toll by watching them walk
into a hotel that they >are champions
For in baseball morals and intellect
are quito as important as physical
You may search tho history cf the
Athletics for, the last nine ears; and
trouble on the ball field. figured in
fewer turbulent scenes, suffered less
from the punishment of the umpires.
than any team in either major league.
Record OF Rowdyism.
Examine the record OF Inc New, YORK
Giants since McGraw deserted the
American League to take charge of
them. and season after season seasons cay az
r5ysG any nss ba Gfa Clashes with
opponents. and troubles.
The players themselves arc not TO
blame Many of McGraw's PLAYERS are
clean. decent. intelligent fellows. The
difference is between McGraw and
Mack. McGraw believes in hghting, IN
pugnacious methods, in umpire baiting;
II is what the college boys would call
| "mucerish" baseball-but it wins. i'll
the National League. There are seven
clubs willing TO testify that McGraw
always has the best of the umpirinS,
both at homo and abroad.
! Mack wants his men TO refrain from
all argument with ufnpires. to avoid
| clashes with other players, TO play the
gamc hard and in clean style--and he
has been even n more consistent win
ner than McCiraw has been. 1t is Il
| straight fight between two systems OF
PLAYING the game. and. oddly enough,
| Mc(iraw finds himself under n handi-
| cap.
| The question of the morals OF the
two styles of playing the game does
not interest us now, excepting in its
| bearing upon the worlds series. Nc
Grnw las won: has gained advantages
! over rival teams in the National
League by his tactics with umpires and
| his system of upsetting rivals. cspc-
ciaIly pitchers. either by angerinG
them or by shaking their nerve. This
now reacts. In worlds series the
rules are so strict that he is robbed of
| one of his great assets before he starts.
| He cannot indulge in attacks upon
u,npires or personalities toward oppos
ing players Indeed, the danger is
| that the reaction may result in the
! Giants getting the worst of the jeci-
! sions: for empires are human. and they
might urconsciously resent what he
has done to them or their fellows.
| MacIis mon get an even break or bet
tor in their own league because they