Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-03

looked ike winners weeks ago /
have come through, made good /
on promises. and won the cham |
pionships in the National and Amer.
lean leagues, and are nnow getting |
ready to divide the gate receipts |
OF the big show, while settling be- 1
tween themselves the premiership of |
the game. Each has its followers, and |
each side presents much TO support its /
contention. All the dope favors Boston. |
Boston has batting average for the |
season Of 263; Philadelphia's Is .247. Bos-
toms fielding average is .965, and Phila- |
delphia's Is 1855. Philadelphia has one |
pitcher who has won 20 per cent of his |
games. Boston has five. Phlladelphia's |
pitchers during the season gave $50 bases |
on balls and were hit for LBS safeties
Boston's pitchers walked 430 men and |
were hit safely Liza times. The Philar- |
delphia pitchers struck out $50 of their |
opponents, and the Boston sharpshooters |
set down Go via the Whit route. Grover
Cleveland Alexander hung up a total of |
strike-outs I'm the S7s innings he pitched |
of 2SS. almost one TO the inning, while !
he was hit safely but 252 times so that his
strike-outs almost equal the number of
hits secured from his delivery. He will
be the mainstay for the Moran men in
the coming conflicts. Smoky Joe"
Wood. now said TO be in his best form.
will be the man relied on to offset Alex
ander's prowess. Philadelphia has no
pitcher to compare with Shore, Foster,
Ruth or Leonard. who come in a group
right behind Wood. all with 20 per cent
or more of victories back of them. This
gives the Red sox bN far the better
of the dope on pitchers, and therefore
great advantage, for it Is on the pitching
strength. that most depends. in the ball
game. Boston also has quite a shade in
batting ability, and as good as even in
the field. So. on paper. II looks very
much like Boston.
But, just keep in mind the fact that
the dopesters didn't see the Braves at all
last year. All the statistics were in ia
vor of the Athletics. and it was only odds
that got any support for the Boston
Nationals I'm the betting And a more
complete victory was never won than
gave the honors to the Braves. The
same thing may happen again. They
called Stallings the ''miracleSman," be-
cause he took team apparently hope
lessly last In its league, and drove 1t
straight through all opposition to base
balls highest honors. Now they are
calling Pat Moran the Junk man." be-
cause he took a bunch Of castoffs and
apparent misfits. and made 1t into a
woodworking scoring machine, headed
by q pitcher of the first water, and
carried It through the toughest fight the
National league has ever seen. TO a
chance at the big prize. While Bill Car
rtgsn will be greatly praised for bring
Ing back the Red Sox, his win of the
worlds championship will not be any
where near as popular as will Pat
Moran's. And Moran has a chance
20 win.
Only five 300 hitters left in the Ma
tional league. and hardly more than that
number In the American. The last few
days have surely seen great doings for
the pitchers of the big leagues. Even
Sam Crawford has slipped down below
: the notch. This will be the subject for
great deal OF discussion during the win
ter, and may .engender a lot of talk of
legislation. The twirlers are getting too
much the better OF the situation. but
maybe the fieiders have something TO do
with the hitting slump.
Enough champion wrestiers are float
fairly good sized army. Most of them
have an eye on Omaha. too. but just
what they see out here isn't plain. The
last few trips the wise ones have mAde
10 this village have added much to the
prosperity OF the farmers up around
Dodge.
Nothing was heard from T. o'Neill, late
president OF the Western league. during
the week. except that he declined TO act
for the National league IN the Chicago
inter-city contest. because he is a friend
to both team owners. Which makes one
wonder what he would have done IL he
had been friend to one only.
The Luxus and the Drexels put Omaha
on the map 80 far as amateur ball IL
concerned. And the Luxus team has an
even break at the championship game,
which isn't half bad II shows the quality
OF ball the local boys have been setting
before the fans during the summer.
Jack Holland and Frank Isben are still
carrying on little uprising OF their own
threatening the other Western ownert
with the fate Of going into the Federal
circuit. ana doing a lot of things thai
VIII never happen, unless the tail gets Sc
Z can wag the dog.
Umpires KLEIN. Rigler. o'Laughlin and
Bvans make as dependable quartet Of
adiudieators as could be picked In the
country. and their presence will add q
the dignity of the big series.
Joe stecher IL going to get that bel
next Saturday. and II you want 20 know
just how he stands with the neighbors
20 up to DOdSs and watch them decOrat'
their hero