The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-02
'CL|NCH PENNANTS
LATE IN SEASON
Leading Teams Put Forth
Greatest Efforts 10 Win.
PITCHERS AT TOP SPEED
Comparison Of Giants and
White SOx Since Sept, /.

NEW YORK. Oct while tho win.
ming ~ n pennnnt and the resultant psr.
ilclpotion In the world series 10 based
upon the number of games won during
III" entire season Of league play II Ii an
rulo tho final weeks NJ the schedule In
which the championships are c,inched
Al this period ~ the play the leading
teams of .arh league arc putting forth
thoir srontnrt efforts In nm attempt 70
capture first place and zach DAYS
'lrugslc ia fought out to tho finish For
this reason n has frequently besn said
that tho true speed NJ n team In world
s"rl"H can b" sauHed from the power
~ Its play near tho point whore tho pen.
nnnt was mnthcmatltnlly won
nas"d upon thla assumption an anaiy.
Fls ~ the work NJ tho Chicago Amer
lcnnH md IN. New York Nationals In
the closing wtelr NJ tho present season
should afford n somewhat general outline
~ tho form which may DO expected ~
thesc two clubs when they meet In the
worlds Hrrlrs Of 1917 On the first day
~ September the chicago white gos
were leading IN tho American league by
~ pRmes over tho noNon ilcd Sox,
whllo the New York Nationals led tha
rhllll"n IN the senior league by nine
gnmcH
Neither tsd eso cllnehsd.
In neither case was Tho lead So great
TINT the runncr-up club did not hsvs
settlers Under the circumatances tho
New York and Chicago teams were
forced a. plnv their best game and de-
spite mn occasional defeat tho r~cordi
show that they travelled nt hlgh speed
up Ia tho very moment that tho flag
wnr won beyond perndvcnturr
During the first twenty dnys of Sep
tcmber the New York Nationals played
twer'v.thr.r games Of which they won
aiNtrrn and lost seven, showing n win
ming hVernFe of GN6 for that period. In
IN" same number ~ DAYS tho ChioaGo
WHIT" SoN play nd fifteen gamra NJ which
they won nll but three for an average Of
ZOO In these fifteen games the Chica-
20 players accumulated n total of eighty
two runs to their opponents ffty.f foui
or ~ average NJ rlnAs ~ fivo and n h IA
runs per game The Giants sgyrcSated
eighty runs IN twerty.threc games for
mn average NJ thrco md half runs per
contest while tbelr opponcnts collected
'fi'.p piN. " the nupo1inr strength were
equal In Nil games. which was not tho
rh-~, however. n might he assumed that
the White Cox attack was stronger than
that ~ tho Giants white the lattsrs de-
fcnse was harder ia break through The
fnc' ihnt these clubs AID not. n course,
fsrc The same opponents must not be
overlooked
Comparison ~ Box Work
Nuch stress has hren laid urnn the
respective ability NJ tho pitchers of ths
two cluhr and tho pnrt that these twirl-
"rs win play In the winning Of the world
series For this earon a comparison
" thelr bov records during the n~riod
under corsdcrn ton may he helpful "a
| tho followerr NJ thr Ramc Tn. Giants
hNvc used Snlae perri,'. Schupp, TeA-
rrnu and BENTON for mn average Of
| ~ as innings zach In the twenty day
| pnriod. white Demarrc and Andsrsos
| hnvc worked an average ~ iTn earh
For the White Soy. Clcotte. williams
| and fnher have borne the brunt Of ths
| pitching, having averaged forty lnninGs
nanforth and Russell between them
pitched twenty Innings. an average ol
ten innlnGs
The work NJ the pitchers of both
teams showing innings pitched, hits al
lowed and earned runs scored off thsi,
delivery follows