The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-30
(sv GEORGE c. R,cE.)

The 1917 world series between the
White Sox and Giants will 60 down
In history as the most representative
contest since the start of the annual
classic Of baseball. 1t will be the
first time that the two leading cities
of the baseball world have come to-
gcthcr In a struggle for the highest
honors OF the game. 1t is also the
first time that the two best advertised
teams of the opposing leagues have
come together in the struggle for the
big title.
New York and Chicago have been
the bittcrest kind of rivals ever since
the game Of baseball was organized
The contests between the teams of
the same league have always been
marked by unusual fcrocity. In the
days when the Cubs were champions
the Giants were their hated rivals,
and when either team visited the
grounds of the other there was always
the most intense excitement on the
part of the players and fans. 1t has
been the same thing when the New
York and Chicago teams of the Ameri-
can league have come together for
their regular scheduled games.
That this spirit Of rivalry. which is
inter-city and inter-leaguc, will be ex.
hibited to the extreme quality in the
coming battle Of the White Sox and
Giants goes without saying. The Gil
ants have always had a great follow.
ing because of the dashing style Of
play and because of the real general
ship of John McGraw. The White Sox
have always had the most loyal sup
port of any team in the American
league because the fans OF the south
side Of Chicago arc made of the most
loyal material that any bunch of fans
In the world possesses. While Clar-
ence Rowland is nominally manager
Of the White Sox 1t is the personality
and the experience Of Charles A. Co.
mtskey that has won the crowds to
tho team. 1t Is therefore u contest
between Comiskey and McGraw in
the estimation of the baseball world.
These two veterans of the national
game have been participants In the
world series before but they have never
been pttted against each other. That
the series will be an unusual one be-
cause of the extraordinary ability of
these two men goes without saying.
They represent all that is counted de-
sirable In baseball. Both have been
successful leaders for years and are
looked upon today as two of the brain
lest men of the game.
From every standpoint, therefore.
the series of this year will stand out
as representative. In the world of
sport battle between two rivals is
always desirable. A fight between two
pugtltsts of like ability is always more
attractive for the followers Of that
game than a one sided affair. A horse
race under the same conditions is also
much more popular than one in which
the entries are of wide possibilities.
The spirited fairness Is very apparent
in the followers of baseball as in all
other sports.
The White Sox are going to be the
favorites In the series. There are good
reasons for this. The American
league champions have had to win
their way to the big series in q much
harder battle than the Giants. The
American league has been a stronger
league for the past two years than
the National league. The Sox there
fore have had to fight hard all sum-
mer In order to attain the pennant.
On the other hand the Giants have
had an easy time of 1t in the National
league. The New York team is 4
good ball team but the fact that 1t
has not been forced to fight hard to
win the pennant Is q mighty good ar
gument for the followers of the White
Sox to make that their team will win.
There has also been a lot of dissen-
fi0n on the New York team during the
season. Herzog and Zimmerman are
players that have never learned to
obey orders gracefully. There has
never been a case OF INSTRUMENTATION
on the Sox team, with the exception
of Jim Scott, for 4 number of years
and Scott Ia now out of the game.
The Chicago pitchers should be bet.
ter prepared for the Giants than ths
Giant pitchers for the Sox. There h
nothing quite as necessary for .