The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-05
SCHUPP.CICOTTE
MAY BE OPPOSED
These Two Pitchers Are Likely to Open
the Worlds Series at Chicago
on Saturday.

> New York, Oct. 5.---When the Chicago
) Americans and the New York Nationals
respective winners of their league cham
picns!ips, meet in the opening game oi
the 1917 world series at Comiskey park
Chicago, tomorrow, the contest vii
bring together teams of virtually equa
offensive and defensive strength. So faI
as 1t is possible to ascertain in advance
there is little if any advantage in favor
u one or the other combination. An
snalysis of the work of the individual
players and the teams as units shows
that if there is a preference in one di-
vision this margin of strength is coun-
ter balanced by the opponents edge in
another department of the play.
! Both the White Sox and the Giants
are clubs of unusual calibre with brill
liant young players holding down GER
| tain positions while older and veteran
professionals, scattered throughout the
combinations, steady the teams and give
| that touch of experience necessary to
perfect any machine. If there is any
outstanding advantage which will count
in the contests of the next few days it
may be that the preponderance Of play
ers who have taken part in previous
world series will favor the New York
Giants. Even this is probematical, how
ever, for the history of this baseball
classic is not wanting in examples where
youthful players, unnoted by fame, have
proved the stars and deciding factors in
the battle for the interleague champion
ship.
From every angle of comparison the
conclusion is reached that the series
about to begin will prove one of the
most exciting and closely fought since
these contests were taken in charge by
the national commission in 1905 and |
made an annual climax to the baseball |
season. A study of the records of the |
players and the teams in their respec-
tive leagues develops the fact that so |
far as figures and averages can disclose
there is little margin of advantage for
their club. Taking the personnel of the
teams as they are expected 10 enter the
battle, the statistics show that the
Giants are trifie stronger in hitting,
while the White Sox have a few points
the better of the fielding. The National
league standard bearers appear to have
the edge in double plays, but the Chi
ago combination offsets this with more
stolen bases, indicating greater speed
upon the baseines.
1t is one of the axioms of world Sc
les play that the winning of the first
game carries greater weight than the
mere numerical value of victory and
or this reason it is customary for the
managers of the rival teams to send their
,est pitcher to the mound in order to
rain the lead and have the same twirler
lvailable for the third, fifth, even sew
nth game, should the occasion arise. {
for this reason the general expectation a
S that Manager Rowland will select Ci- G
otte to face the Giants, while Manager G
ieGraw will depend upon Schupp.
Both these twirlers are among the !
tar pitchers of their leagues, with re- G
records for the pennant season n
lst closed. Cicotte is right handler r
18th pitching average of .667, earned a
lns per inning of "a, and close to l50 v
trikeouts to his credit for the year. a
chupp is a left handler with a pitching
verage of .73l, earned runs per inning of o
92 and strikeout record which at D
'ast equals Cicotte's. With these SEN II
ational hurlers working in the initial II
anne and the other divisions of the
,ams as evenly matched as the accom- a
anying figures would appear to indicate, u
can easily be understood why the ad
arents of the rival clubs are loath to
Ter odds in financial backing their be-
eff that the home combination will cap.
ire four of the seven games necessary
clinch the championship. IT