The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-07

PICKS ROBINS
To MIN SERIES
AND GIVES REASONS
FOR MAKING CHOICE
Says Brooklyn Has No Stars
But Has Nine Good Ball
Players Out Fighting.
BY CARlSTY MATHEWSON
Former Star Or The Giants Ind Man
acers OF The Cincinnati RcdS

ayers or The Cincinnati Reus
The National League has no apoto-
sieS 10 make for i;ruUklyn winning The
pennant. | cant make mat 100 strong.
Every club on the circuit, with rnam-
pionship aspirations and chance,
has had crack at the Dodgers sale'
~ and didn't beat !hcnl out. There
fore, we, of cur league, are going 10
bank on Robbie and his men ~ Win
the title.
The advance dupe on the series is
practically unanimous thai the ked
SOX will make a puShoyer OF 1t. Inc
experts for the most part, have al
ready agreed on that point. But ]
maintain Brooklyn has, al least,
fifty-fifty chance TO come through. l
said that before. and | still stick 10
The statement. ! am not drawing NY
conclusions from the study of Figures
and averages Oil paper. Ny idea is
based On the knowledge | lave accu-
mulated on the bail field while wea.--
ing the "Spangles' Of the Giants and
Cincinnati.
still believe the Dodgers will mako
a better showing and give us more of
run for our money against Carl
gan's club than the Phillies would
have done if they had won.
Machines Won't Win
The Red SoX have Il better mechaI-
ical ball club. 4 more evenly balanced
machine. and they are old campaign
ers. That's all true. The Worlds
Series won't mean much TO lot OF
these fellows who have been in Two
in the last four years. But mechanl-
cal baseball don't win World'S Ser
les or any short series as rule. !
was with some friends Tuesday night
when brooklyn had just cinched the
flag.
"The odds ought TO be two % one
on the Red SoX," said one man in the
party. =,
Don't bet those Odds ! warned.
they. are not natural. No team safuld
garry odds like that in, so short a
SERIES
! admit that brooklyn would prob
ably be beaten if Rohbie's club tries
to play safety first" baSebal!--that
is the game co"Ging To Hoyie. The
Red SoX have had more experience
and are Il greater natural machine.
But don't look for Robbie to 10
this. :1e has taken chances and tried
things at the critical spots all through
the season.. and he has gotten away
with this style. TOO. The BroGnlyn
team las looked good when it did
this and bad when ii stuck 10 straight
away baseball-thc old army game of
moving man up and waiting for the
hit TO bring him in.
Red Sox Prefer Brooklyn
Although. have not talked 10 any
of the members Of the Red SoX re-
Gently. am sure they would tell yoy
they would rather have Brooklyn 10
play than Philadelphia. The Boston
team fears Alexander. and there is no
one twirler on the Brooklyn club that
inspires limidity among the Red SoN.
This very hing may prove costly. Let
Us see now.
The Boston club had been rign'!y
told before the series last Fall that
Alexander was tough bird and 80,
when he beat them the first game, Il
did not upset the team a bit because
they had expected it. almost. New
there is no one man on the BROOKLYN
club agai1'St whom they have been
warned SC an upset in the opener
would do much more damage 10 Inc
Peace of mind of the Red Stockings.
4 pitcher who will 20 in there and
work Il good hcady game against Bos
ton will have better chance of win
ming than one with lot of stuff and
no bear work. II is my opinion that
John CoomhS, one OF the Smar1eSt
pitchers ever 10 mount the mound.
will show game against the Red Sox
which will take the clouds away from
the eyes Of MANY spectators and put
clouds on the lamps of Boston batters
John knows those boys, as | have
pointed out before. He showed what
he still could do when he shut the
Giants out on Monday of this week,
hitting club put together in years.
That is. we nf the club house. do in
the nose-bag News gossip of the league.