The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-07
COMPARISON OF PLAYERS HAS nEru
MADE AND YET ARE DOUBTFUL
Teams Are Drilled for Finals BY Mas
tiers and Rubber Games WIZ
BE Holly Contestsd-

The gong will be sounded on the Polo
grounds in New York city at o'clock
this afternoon and At the same time.
nine Giants. men who have been season
nerve and strength H. required. Will
rush out upon the diamond. prepared to
iight for the highest title IN the base
ball world. Just as they have lined up
IN their respective positions. one man. "A
stranger he who brides himself as an
Athletic" will walk forward. advanc-
ing 10 the hatter's box. prepared to meet
the onslaught and do battle against the
nine men who have planted themselves
FIRMLY FOR the test.
Such will be the scene which will DO
STAGED before $4,000 fans. ready and
anxious To see the battle. TimidneSS is
"a stranger 60 the man who will thus
face the Giants for the opening pop Of
the gun and az he stands there prepared
across the home plate. with nerves and
eye strained. breathless silence will
iau over the vast throng 20 see Just
what this single Athlete viii do. Tho
ball OF viii he leave II 20 by7'
The fans Of Wheeling have played the
game over and over in their minds. and
conclusions have been reached by many,
while there are many Others who have
not dared TO risk a chance. knowing fun
well the strength OF the two opposing
teams. They are strong. and well does
the IAN who studies statistics know 10.
re hUtfA or AT least AfnAfTNnfF tnsAt he
knows where the strong places are.
where the weaker ones are too. lie at
t"mpts 20 figure just how they viii bal
ancc. Just where the weakness OF one
Will stand up against the stronger points
OF the other and vice versa After study
ms over these points hc finds himself 1T
"a loss TO account for a result and ne
wai's-Waits FOR the opening game.
Faced Twice Before.
The teams hly, faced each other in
two diitcreft world series before. they
have battlcd. won and lost Each team
has won a series. and IN cpicsent series
l. deciding contest OF more serious
tess 20 tho owners and players than an
outsl der can realize. II Is the playing
OF "a Rubber contest. IL is the playing
o. a contest that will prove beyond alt
doubt iu their minds. the better of the
two. and as "A result. muscles will lie
strained and nerves tested iu au effort
show his best. and before the series is
over. fans will Toe shown that the series
was the hardest fought ever staged.
WheolinE fans know this. They also
know that the Giants have improN ed
wonderfully during the past couple OF
months while the tAhletics have lost
becaus, OF injuries, and they are
stunned 90 A. "A result. few bets have
been made ON the series. and what few
bots have been made here. have been
made at even Wouy, odds OF amy Kind
being refused
probably after the first game which
will o.. PLAYED to-day, there VIII Doe
change. There vii Dee AN opportunity
afforded C. see just how the two teams
COMPARE with each other. and until after
that game Us completed. 81 vii be lpayed
over in the minds OF the hundreds ot
fans here as well as iu other cities and
90 study. more close. II possible than any
other. made uf the conditions
The time Is short until the gong 10
play will De sounded and fans every
where vii wait nervously uutil that time
and boz fact until the Last man SIS cut, to
get a line on the players