The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-18
.EXPERTSSEEK EXCUSE FOR
POOR DOPE ON WORLDS SERIES
~21TpRs WHO PITCHED NEW YoRE
TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIP TELL
ING WHY THEY RAN SECOND.
Pchea Exporter Had the Right Limo on
tho Big Games When He Named the
sox a. winners Weeks Ago.
ny THE POLICE REPORTER.

There are a good many fellows IN the
! newspaper game today who picked. New
YORK ta Vim tho worlds series who are
making s1auses for their rotten dore
and eudsavor4ng to explain at the same
,lrno why ihey should hold their JOBS
as baseball exports.
Now. ". 1on't liks 10 talk about our
selves-.-that'. whore we nrn modes'--hut
while we admit rhat there Is no one. mat
can handle 4 murder trial or something
really worth while in newspaper way
that tha public will read. as we'll AZ We
can, We ara nlse willing 10 admit that
there are ore or Two things that We
know about the great national game.
Everybody in Wheeling that reads
newspapers read che prediction made
Just two weeks ego that Chicago would
win the worlds series This prediction
was made In the In;ellgencer by the
writer. and the reasons for tho opinion
handed out were given.
Just turn hack in your hlrs and you
will find :hat in not single item ia
the scribe err. Every statement maae
was horne out by the result of the big
series and We arc going To go after IN"
sporting editors Job. because the hlS
Idea has arrived that we know more
about il than ~ docs.
ChrIsty MtthcwSon. Tad. our old
friends. Magic Rawlns and Fill Young.
who arc holding easy herths on lhll-
adclphia newspapers. and even Jack Cor
roll our eminent Pittsburgh friend ara
all making excuses. hu, not us.
We said that Chicago would win the
series and showed clearly why that be-
lief was held. New York was given
credit for having q scrappy team anu Il
fast outneld. hut the White Sox were
given the hunch for having the fastest
intield and the hardest htt,ers on the
inner circle. This was borne out 10y the
result OF the six games played.
Readers will remember that Chicago
was also classcd as the bunch with the
better class of pitchers but that fear
was held out that the Giants might man
age to get to them. However. the dope
collected from the dips. sticH-up-meh'
ginks and others that We meet in our
daily travels. led us To believe that the
Now Workers would he uickcd by tho
Windy City Cinks. and tho results
proved that the boys who put In most
| of their time playing solitaire really do
know something about the great ma
/ tional game and other things ~ we'll.
Mebbc that little hunch--rrmtmhcr II:
about Eddie Collins being there all the
| +, was said by your truly that Collins
| would sparkle in this series and he did.
His fielding was pcr-rct and he hit for
! 100 There was no luck connected with
! his swtpes. either. Most Of his saf"ti"s
were clean bingoes. which went where
! they "aint." and they counted in the
| scoring.
! Benny Knufr. who vas expected to set
! the world attire with his hickory stick
! pulled fltvrcr. 1t - true. that hr did
| com. across with a coupe or home runs.
! but they didn't amoint 10 very much
fter ALL and those two lone homo runs
we're all that he got In tn" series. knuff
made a grand average Of Ia in the six
gains Mayed So It can be S""n that his
! hat did not figure ve"y much in tha
series.
II we were to 70 on and toll all We
know about all tho players VIII" rnrttc.-
pated in the hig event. the FactS would
, he stated and therH would really b"
! nothing for all tho baseball writer's in
! The country Ia do this wir;e!. but Ia re-
! write this article. but frHm personal
! knowledge we know FRAT they all need
/ the money. and rs VIC dent want 10
| make more work for ourselves than -
! necessary In covering vi" nn'Ic" c"nr:S.
| which have an excess CT baseball writer's
! II they all lost their jobs. we will LEI mp.
But on tho level. just watch SONG "t
! those fellows crawl ont If Tho hAl"
! they stepped into. They can Il" ii al
. right. believe me, fnr any writer VII"
could have tho mere or know $" litt'".
! as To imagine that New York could triia
! that Chicago outfit. surely must have
! the gumplion and tho ability TO SKIN
around the corners and It'll you hc Gidn
mean It. and not only that. hut he will
! have you believing IL before tho winter
! Is over.
Still. take It from us. when tho occH-
! sion arises again and there IL anythtnt;
! doing in the sporting world that is
worth while. VIC Will tax" II up with our
! friends down below. who have tho lin"
To consider the proposition and give out
! the proper idea about It.