The sun., 1916-10-06

We rise to the defence Of the poor
S%uperbas. During the last few days
we have read realms and reams Of ex-
Of the worlds series n nary a critic
has conceded the Brooklyn club more
than half a nance. A good many have
gone on record with the prediction that
the American Leaguers will end the
battle in -four games.
While We concede that on paper the
Red SoN loom up as a much more
formidable aggregation than the SUI
perbas. We decline to believe that the
carrigan forces are going to walk all
over the Wilbertrobinsons. We must
AZ all times remember that the bodc-
ers won the pennant in the National
League. which. according to the official
classification. Is still a major league. We
must also remember that Dame Fortune
plays a mighty big role In baseball. and
that the Brooklyn club appears to he
one of her favorites.
In a short series Luck very often
crops up with a capital l.. and II Luck
favor the Surerbas as II did very often
during the season. II may cou~nterbs!ance
al the remarkable pitching and defcn-
sivc strength the Red o may he abb
To muster.
what Might Happen.
We might tabulatc all the elislbles of
both clubs and rate them-Ruth. Nia
per cent. Coombs, so per cent, yet that
would never stop Coomhs from going
out and making Ruth ooh like a coun-
try hick taking his first shy at hitting
Senegamhians for cigars at the county
fair. We might rate Harry Hooper at
a6iS per cent. and Hy Myers at 65l+
per cent. yet Myers may go out and
make Hooper. by comparison look about
as formidable as al Indian club swinger
at a Y. VI. {. A. exhibition.
II may be inferred that We look for
Brooklyn TO get most OF the breaks, but
will they really need so many OF them
We see by the averages that the SUI
perhas have quite a prcsentable Ak
sregation of hitters. Might 1t not be
possible for the Ebbets clan to go off
on one OF Its periodic batting jamborees
and clout out victory through sheer
strength with the claymore"
Personally We would eliminate a good
deal OF the Ifs" W. ook for the
Superbas to do some heavy hitting, par
ticularly at Braves Field. where It's
possible u get a homer inside the
grounds and a circuit clout over the
fence Is impossible, at least for the
present day batsman.
Dodgers Are Game.
There isn't any doubt in the minds of
n vast majority on this side of the
bridges that the hest team In the Ma
tional League In not going To play in
the series. Yet Is must not be forgotten
that the Dodgers are a set of fighters
and no fighter Is out until the referee
counts ten. This Is no vapid eulogy
Just an observation CLEANED from follow
ing the National League standing from
day TO day.
! The odds are all against the Superbas
but again remember, odds are thing
made by man aud no man made thing is
reliable. We might cite more cases thar
Il shad has bones were II not for the
fact that there is no such thing IA.
precedent in baseball.
The Braves were supposed 10 go on
IN four games against the Athletics II
1914, but Cowdy and a couple of Other
dark horses. backed up by a pitchlni
stan no better than hat NV presented
h., %l,rooklNn. convinced Connie Macl
that he had better get a new team
Was IL luck or the fact that even ther
the National vas "A major league?
Among newspaper men the Superba'
for the series are rated half as good "a
tho Red Sox, Down In Wall street the,
are ready to give 10 to 7 and bette
that the Red Sox will win, In Brooklyn
the fans have established no recognized
dds on the series, To tell the trutl
they are only lukewarln about thci
clubs chances. They've heard SO mucl
about how the Dodgers were going t.
be beaten that they actually believe II.
Now we're going to give you the "low
down on something Man for man tn