The Washington herald., 1917-09-17
SOx and GIANTS
evenly MATCHED
Both Pilots Of Championship Clubs
Will Depend on Left-handed
Hurlers.

f1urlers.
With nothing but a miracle to pre-
vent the Giants and White Sox from
meeting in the world series. the talk
In baseball circles today Is on the
prospective winner of the stellar title.
Dopesters naturally are figuring on
the pitchers. They believe that Nc
Graw will try to win with his SOUTH
paws. And he has three good ones in
Sallee. Schupp, and Benton Row.
land. however, is not far behind the
Giants leader in this respect The
seneralissimo of the White Sox also
has three gsod port singers in Rus
sell. Williams. and Danforth.. ...
The Giants trio OF left-handers
have won 4s games and lost 10 thus
far. The Chicago fingers have AZ VIC
tories and II defeats to their credit
: OF this sextet the leading honors go
to Sallee and Russell. The former has
won Is. Of his % games; the latter 10
. out OF 70. Schupp has won 10 and lost
Z. Benton won 12 and lost Z. Williams
won II and lost 8. and Danforth won
10 and lost 5.
a.. In the right-handers the White sox
. have it over the Giants. McGraw mas
only one starboard finger on whom
= ne Cdu Tely-EOlA CIAltN- AAS ----0 ''ON
. IA games and lost Z. Cicotte looms up
as Rowlands zone best bet" He
has been the best mainstay OF the
! White Sox, having won % games and
lost u, and Chicago fans pin their
, hopes on him to bring home the
bacon"
The right-handed twirlers OF the
Sox have won a of their games
against Is defeats. while the Giants
rfght-handers have only turned in A
victories to 81 defeats. Tesreau, An
derson, and Demaree have been big
disappointments. they only winning 80
and losing the same amount. In Fa-
Der and Benz Rowland also has two
good right-handers.
From a perusal of these figures It
can be seen that McGraw must rely
on his southpaws to win, as Perritt
cannot pitch every game.
In the other end of the battery the
White Sox have probably the best
catch in either league-Ray Schalk.
McGraw will have the use Of Nc
FCsrthy in the big series. The latter
IS not as good in the receiving as
the Chicago mitt artist, but he more
than overcomes this handicap with
his stick work. The New Yorker is
batting at an average Of 80 while
Schalk is only clouting at a .226 gait.
i Taking up the infield each team has
one of the strongest combinations to
be found in baseball. The Giants
inner-sackers have been classed as
the 100000 infield"-a sobriquet
made famous In the heydey of the
old Athletics. In batting the Giants
quartet are going at an average OF
int ahnya the Soy
perts. Holke, Fletcher and thinner
man are hitting ahead of Gandil, Ris-
berg and Weaver. while Herzog
seems to be the only weak sticker
in the outfit. he having averaged
only rs against Eddie Collins .292.
In the outheld there Is little to
choose from a hitting standpoint.
The Giants boast of two clouters
over the 200 mark-Burns and Kauff.
Felsch is the only White Sox hitting
above the coveted mark He is bat
ting .3oS. Both Robertson and ]. Col
Ilins are hitting close together, the
former .e62 and the latter .264. The
outer garden experts as team, are
hitting at about the same average
.2ss.
Taking 1t as a whole the teams are
pretty nearly evenly matched.
This week will see the last invasion
of the East and West by the teams
OF the respective leagues. The Giants
open today at Chicago with a
lead of IL IL games. having gained
/ IL games on the Phillies during the
last seven days. The White Sox will
begin the week with a lead of IL
games, having increased their ad-
vantage one game over the Red Sox
during the week.
The Giants will play the Cubs and
Pirates during the week, with the
Phillies combating with the Reds
and Cubs.
The White Sox will clash with the
Athletics while the Red Sox will
play the Tigers. On Friday the two
teams will start their final series.
:. The records Of the teams during
the week were: