Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-21
BIG BASEBALL
TEAMS seen IN
LEAGUE GAMES
Riley Allen Sees Prospective
Pennant Winners in Big
Games in East
By Riley Il. ALLEN

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lop home easily with the National
League pennant and then turn around
and trim their American League OPP
ponents in the big series, but after
watching the Giants in several games,
the outcome of the October battles
Goes not look to be a cinch for the
McGrawites.
The Giants compose a grand team
on PAPER, and when 1t is going right
this is a grand team on the fleld-un-
OCCASIONALLY one of the greatest in
the history Of the diamond sport. The
trouble is that the machine is pretty
woDbIy in spots, and some of the men
who ought to be starring are not doing
their part.
Uncertain at Bat
This is particularly true of the bat
ting. The Giants are fielding, on the
whole, in rafting good style, but at
the very point where they should
shine supreme-batting in the runs
they are mighty uncertain. If the
White Sox get good pitching next Oc-
tober, II will be anybody's battle for
the premier honors of the diamond.
The big leagues have yet a month
to run, but It looks like a foregone
conclusion that the Giants will cop
the National and the Chicago White
Sox the American League pennants.
Therefore, my comment on the coming
worlds series will be mostly of thes.
two teams. Before this letter reaches
Star-Bulletin readers the two flags are
almost sure to have been won. The
White Sox have a lead Of about six
and a half games and tonight the
Giants-thanks to breaking even in
todays double-header with the Phil
lies-are 10 games to the good. With
the season only a month to go, the
leaders are so sure Of victory that al
ready they are easing up on some of
the firing stars to rest them for the
greater series in store. /
White Sox Are Dangerous
Coming through Chicago a few days
ago on my way to New York, II
stopped off in the Windy City long
enough to get out to Comiskey's splen-
did ball park on the South Side and
see the White Sox trim the st. Louis
Browns. II was q loose battle-in
fact, IL it had been pulled off at Ath-
letic or Moiliili field in Honolulu the
fans would have hooted themselves
hoarse. These big league scorers are
lenient In the matter Of putting down
errors. The Browns made at least
FIVE and we're credited with but three.
AS a game, it wasn't much, but as
q line on the possibilities of the
White Sox it was interesting. The
Sox field beautifully and are danger
Gus at bat. Happy" Felsch, center
fielder; Joe jackson, the left garden
er, and Eddie Collins, peerless second
baseman, are hitting In very timely
manner these days. Collins is fielding
like o fiend. The Sox are weak at
third and short, with Buck Weaver
out Of the game, but he will be back
for the October battle. McMullin, who
is playing third, is promising but un-
steady and playing side by side with
another recruit, "Swede" Risberg,
both of them are apt to get off their
feet in a tight place. With Weaver
back the teams batting and fielding
will be distinctly improved. Risberg
is well-known to Honolulu fans, play
ing there with coast team a couple
Of years ago. He is much improved.
The Sox have several good pitchers
and most of them are doing well. 1
saw little Eddie Cicotte IN action and
he gave the Browns beautiful trim
ming. Cicotte was 30 good, IN fact,
that the Browns protested that he was
using doped ball, its breaks" fool
ing them completely. The game was
n. NayRanoln for fhrnn
since become historic, for Comiskey
lodged a protest with the American
League against the tactics of the st.
Lonisans and the shine" ball may
become a league issue. ~ .-, |
Sister has an off Day
George Sisler, said to be the great. |
est youngster in baseball and the
greatest all-around player in the game.
was on first for the Brownies but he
had a very poor day. He got one
fuke hit and perpetrated one atroci. |
GUS error that allowed run to trickle |
home. However, he is undoubtedly a
great player and during the past
month has been batting around 500.
Tonight's papers have dispatches |
that Phil Ball, owner of the st. Louis !
SASN SSS pay Will tdS llS |
down" in recent games to discredit |
their manager, Fielder Jones, and a |
league scandal is promised. Their |
work as / saw it was certainly very
rotten, but it looked like pure me-
chanical fumbling instead of deliber-
ate ,erring. Jones, however, has been
having a hard time with his team |
and it is not playing the game it
should play.
White Sox Dangerous
The Sox look dangerous in the
worlds series because they have lately
been coming through in the pinch,
whereas the reverse is true of the
Giants for the past FEW weeks. Some |
days ago saw the Boston Nationals
beat the Giants, Jess Barnes outpitch-
ing Al Demaree, and today l saw the
Giants break. even with One Phillies in
a double-header, losing the first be-
cause of inability to hit and winning
the second on one wild throw of the
opposing catcher, not on their clout-
ing ability. In all three OF these
games. the Giants had opportunity
after opportunity to win which they