Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-30
C0MEY At LAST
HAS DREAM come
TRUE ONCE MORE
Old Roman Succeeds in Bag
cling Another Pennant After
Eleven Years OF
Striving.
BY lack VEIOCK.

New York, Sept. 29.-After a span
of eleven years, the Chicago White
Sox are about to enter another worlds
series under Charley Comiskey, the
venerable old Roman" OF base ball.
Back in 1906 the famous "t1itless
Wonders" managed by Fielder Jones,
captured the American league PEN
nant for Comiskey and then licked the
Cubs in the world series.
Since that time the silverhaired
Chicago magnate has been striving to
win further 1onors, but year after
year his teams were beaten out, sew
eral times by the narrowest OF mar
gins. No club owner in the game has
spent as much money for ball players
in the last eleven years as Comlskey,
yet he has taken defeat like game
sport and has never failed to come
back for more.
He is now preparing to enjoy the
fruits of victory he richly deserves,
for the team he has gotten together
is one of the greatest that has ever
won an American league pennant, and
critics are agreed that it will do itself
proud in the coming worlds series
against the Giants. 4
No club owner in the game today
has more loyal following in his
home city than Comiskey. The fans
of Chicago swear by him, and he has
a host of friends throughout the coun-
try who will glory in his success.
Comiskey deserves much of the
credit for the success of the Ameri-
can league. 1t was the Old Roman
who, put shoulder to the wheel
along with Ban Johnson in the for
nation of the league in the winter of
1899, and when the National league
finally agreed t, peace terms, it was
Comiskey who helped dictate them.
Old timers remember Comiskey
during his days a. a player with the
famous St. Louis Browns, who cap
tured four straighr pennants. He was
one of the greatest fielding first base
men the old days developed, and he
was the first player to introduce the
style of fielding the position that is
prevalent today. Back in 1887 Com
iskey surprised the critics by playing
deep, so that he could field hard-hit
ground balls that were too close to
the foul line for the second baseman.
The style has been used ever since.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
will change hands with the playing of
this years worlds series.
The big series of the past have al
ways attracted countrywide interest,
and much money has been wagered
from year to year, but this fall. with
the country's two largest cities rep
resented, there is going to be
greater wave of interest in the games
than ever before.
New York fans are prepared to
back the Giants clear down to the FAM
lily plate. Chicago fans will bet every
thing dowr to their sox that the
White Sox win.
There is no way of telling how
much money will be wagered, for
only the largest bets will be given
publicity, but it is safe to say that
more than million dollars will
change hands when the last game is
played
Attendance figures are not expected
to fall unless the series should go to
seven or eight games. but according
to baseball men 10000 fans will wit
ness the first four games. The Ma
tional Commission has taken the usual
precautions against the workings of
SPECTATORS, yet it is probable that
hundreds of tickets will fall into the
hands of the scalpers, for it is next to
impossible to keep them from secur-
ing the coveted pasteboards.