El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-06
FINAL DOPE


~HICAGO's White Sex are the
worlds champions Of 1s17-all
~ but playing the games
The dope shows that the White Sox
Will win the series after one Of the
hardest fought and closest series in
the history Of baseball series fea-
tured by free hitting. by brilliant de-
fensive work. and clever generalship
on the part Of the Giants especially.
The DOPE indicates that. while
in the finer points OF the game
the Giants will be the better. the
terrific hitting power OF the
White SOx will be too much for
McGrnW's pitching staff and that
the final decision of the series
VIII rest upon one man-CieOtte.
1t Is dope that Faber Will work
one good game, and lose his sec
Ond start, and that CicOtte Will
carry his team through TO vie
tory.
Doping the final figures OF a
worlds series like this is one Of the
worst tasks in the game. one can
dope quite accurately what any
known pitcher is liable to do against
a team of known strength But the
great difficulty is in picking the
pitchers in the order IN which they
klLL hQLk- nave LAEQ 10 10 ina T.
although neither manager naturally.
has given out any positive indication
Of his plans Of campaign In this
series, selecting the pitchers who are
most likely 10 work IN the games, IS
not as hard as 1t looks. Each mana
ger, as a matter Of course, would
like TO Outguess his opponent and
spring a surprise in the pitching line
II one team is admittedly weaker
than the other. the springing Of q
surprise pitcher might (and probably
would be good tactics. To send in
a pitcher the other team was unfa-
miliar with and one whose style they
had not studied, might turn a series
to the weaker club. McGraW might
do this with Anderson in this series
but he will not
Difference Lies in Pitching sInff.
The teams are so closely matched
that practically the entire difference,
as they 20 to the post. lies IN the
pitching staff for the purposes Of this
series. McliraW's staff really Is
stronger for this series than il is in
a regular season. That is, AcGrawi
has pitchers whose style Is best
adapted to stopping the SoX- In
spite Of their loud prOclamatlOns
that they love TO bat against LETT
handlers, the White SON are not
strong against that kind Of pitching.
The fact that the American league
cinched the pennant, shot left handers
against them almost every day 70
prepare them for what is to come.
reveals their weakness.
McGruYv hns three cOrking left
handers-but / have counted Ben
ton out OF u to n large extent
His Style is Of the sort that the
White SOx see frequently. They
do not bat against curves such rs
those of Schupp, nor do they Of
ten see n fast ball or cross fire
such as slim Snllee hands Up.
Therefore it is practically a GER
tainty that McGraw will open the Sc
ries with his ranking lefthander,
Schupq; follow up with PerritL a
who IS one Of the oesf
pitchers in the country when rlgh.5
and then shoot Sallee at them II the
opening game on the Polo GROUNDS.
Sal is really McGraw's best bet. de
has the kind OF stuff that stops the
White SOL.
After Sallee. McGraw viii practi-
cally be compelled to use either Ben
ton or Schupp, and, as il is indicated.
Schupp viii pitch a corking game his
first time out, McGraw probably viii
choose him and lose again. tt Is
rather tough for the hope to indicate
that Schupp is destined to lose two
hard games, but such is the fate Of
the great majority Of pitchers who
are matched against ChicagO's grand
little veteran.
Perrltt then would be McGraw's