New Britain herald., 1917-10-02
GIANTS AND SOX STRONG FINISHERS
 
Coming Rivals Both Maintained
 Fast Pace to the End

A>SW O1h, oCL., A."W nile the Win 1ning of pennant and the resultant Participation in the World Series is sspased upon the number of games 4Non during the entire season of lea &Hue play 1t is as a rule the final NWecks Of the schedule in which the are clinched. At this < period of the play the leading teams &Or each league are putting forth their $1reatest efforts in an attempt to kcApture first place and each days struggle is fought out to the finish. xFor this reason it has frequently been said that the true speed of a team in sa World Series can be gauged from tho power of its play near the point where the pennant was mathematically won.
 Based upon this sumption an analysis of the work of the Chicago Americans and the New York Ma uonals in the closing weeks of the present season should afford a some what general outline of the form which may be expected of these two clubs when they meet in the Worlds Series of 1917. On the first day of September the Chicago White Sox wore leading in the American League by 1 1-2 games over the Boston Red Sox while the New York Nationals 1044 t&l0 AAA1ACS HI II10 SS111OI 4ScSu0 by 8 games.
 K In neither case was the lead so great that the runner-up clubs did not have a chance to overtake and pass < &ho pace settlers. Under the circum- b1tances the New York and Chicago afeams were forced to play their best dgAmo and despite an occasional de- bkeat the records show that they Travelled at high speed up to the very moment that the flag was won beyond ]. .peradventure.
 During the first twenty days of I454ptember the New York Nationals 1p1ayed twenty-three games of which | They won sixteen and lost seven, show 52ng a winning average of .696 for that Espertod. In the same number of days Ekhe Chicago White sox played fifteen
 g1mes of which they won all but Ethree for an average of 300. In these Afteen games the Chicago players Accumulated a total of eightytwo runs Esto their opponents ffty-four or an Beverage of close to five and a half runs per game. The Giants aggre- Egated eighty runs in twenty-three kames for an average of three and A half runs per contest while their Proponents collected hfty-six. If the Exposing strength were equal in all kKAmoS, Wn1Cn was not the case now lever, 1t might be assumed that the White Sox attack was stronger than that of the Giants while the latters defense was harder to break through. gThe fact that these clubs did not, of ecourse, face the same opponents must mot be overlooked.
 Edge For Sox Hurlers.
 Much stress has been laid upon
 the respective ability of the pitchers of
 the two clubs and the part that these
 twirlers will play in the winning of sthe World Series. For this reason a :comparison of their box records dur
 ing the period under consideration
 may be helpful to the followers of
 the game. The Giants have used Sal-
 lee. Perritt, sohupp. Tesreau and
 Benton for an average of 34 3-5 in- lnings each in the twenty day period
 while Demaree and Anderson have worked an average of 17 1-2 each.
 For the White Sox C1cotte, Williams sand Faber have borne the brunt of the Spitching, having averaged forty in-
 nings. Danforth and Russell be-
 tween them pitched thirty innings,
 an average of ten innings.
 The work of the pitchers of both bfea1ns showing innings pitched, hits
 allowed and earned runs scored off
 their delivery follows: