The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-01
Is THE PREDICTION MADE BY TIKI
mrI11IGENCE1's POLICE
REPORTER.
Either Team May WIN But Cnenso
Seems TO have the shade IN INC
Dope and That the way the
Money VIII Be Laid
Nv The POLICE REPORTER.

An ungrateful city editor dt@hed cut
tho assignment to me- I" ma ou'
opinions Of different people as |" WIZ WY,
would be the winner or inc WI ~
series between the ChicaS" Nhl'e So
and the New York Giants. WHICH So
this week but being too ouSE Hi" Nv
thinking that anybody knew more a0"
il than do. and besides. ktoWl'lh '''N'
ing about baseball anyhow. wnlcn ~ 'i''
condition of a majority of people. CON
clu,]ed thar rho dope which might hand
out would be just rs valuable as lne
eafr ma, others would spoil. so I con-
cluded to toll the world the read 1ru'h
about the result OF the games.
Interviews with Is or % people would
have. resulted In just SO many d'lteF'"1
theories and none OF them would nave
amounted 20 anything anyhow. SD taxi
.nr the cong,omsration together anu
tclfins nothing but the truth about the
thing T made up my mind To give only
my own idea1.
Chicago VT New York will undoubtedly
win and the winner will cop four OUT OF
the seven games TO be played. out |nc
White Sox Will likely come out on 'oP.
for the American league IS much taseet
,han the National and il looks as IL
everything favored them. While II ~
true that tho old saying. win 'ne .oS>
and los. The Series" has held good IN
majority OF cases. and II is also true
that usually the home team has los' the
first game on It's home grounds. II IS not
likely that it will hold good this year.
Experts wrong, Anyway.
Fans all over the country are ranra'
but the patrons of Coniskey park IN 1he
Windy City are the most rapid punch
ever collected together and they GER
tainly give tho White Sox great sup
rort. Chicago won the pcnnant In their
league on their own grounds this year
cleaning up most Of the visiting teams
In the series PLAYED there. They know
the grounds thoroughly. while the
Giants are not acquainted with them.
and this will prove to bc a great fac or
ir ,h. nprninr game. while the rooters
NAV JisconC..rt some OF the younger
,ncu on tn, New York team who have
never been thrruEh SHch grue.llnS c'n-
tests as tn" worlds series provide. ana
sh.v may los" their nerve. become rAt-
lied. and throw the gam" away.
From the dnr" handed out BY So
sailed hasnbali rNt"riS who are Ut
variahly wr"uE in their wonderful Ideas
chcut thu national game. both CHICAGO
und Nsw York are hound to win. ana
tl.ev :" INTO thc timer points. COMPARING
this player with another player IN
r,;pi;ar position On tn" other team,
showing his batting and fielding aver
az. and giving out Il lot OF other rot
that really don't amount to anything
The. overlook TN" fact that mediocre
,;,yar NAV he 4 star in the hig games
which has proven 10 b" the case in nj"
the worlds S.rirS yet played. Some one
playcr has always stood out and upset
all tho previous predictions made. and
no doubt the SAM condition Will pre-
vail this year. Everybody remembers
Merklc'S homer which lost world s
series for thr Giants. and who can Tor
yc' how such shining tights as Como
Sneaker. HaIiar and others have failed
TO conc across when most ue"tl''d.
Mathewson won couple or remnants
for The Giants. but the New fork"rS
Lave no Cl:ri&ty this year 70 depend
uIon their pitchers at the best oeln~
only Am a:srnS" huHrh. The sam" may
l... said oE Chicago. Cor they have no
particular star IN their staff VII" can
ak. he mound and repeat day after
lay.
New York Leads in Hitting.
Hitting Will h. Il great factor and on
this end Of tho game the boys from the
"aslrru metropolis appear |" have the
:,o~, " IT, for taking them All together
hoy ran wallor that old pill just lit
Ia. harder than the mon on the western
'r&nr can.
In fielding It looks like n standoft. a.
.':ouSh Chico go has faster intlrld than
th,.ir opn"n.n;s. while the advantage IN
the oulii.id unQucStionahly lays with
New York.
Thu, Giants too. ara harder lighters
than thu. White SnN and 4 lead OF a ruI,
r two will no, bother them. while the
chicago Aggregation may become dis
couras rd If thy arc not ahead all the
way and ar" likely I" pur up n liStl"Ss
rann, EIowrvnr. both teams have men
Who hav" played IN worlds s"ri"s before
sad thcr will put lii" and spirit into
tn... Younger players who arc not there
wirh tho nerve stuff. and their coaching
will l." n valuable factor.
Old man luck is another thing to be
runSidercd and hn has certainly played
Nctiraw ms 4 flvoritr. but Rowland. the
chicago mana ger. has also been IN his
good yrareS. and il doesn't look rs TX
either team has much to boast about in
hi; respect. Mctiraw has been in SOW
rral worlds series and is q wonderful
loader He fights from tn" time tho UNI
rirr cries Play ball until the last man
is out in tho ninth Hc doesn't know the
.lraring Of the word quit" and Is
Strapper from start 20 finish. He Is one