The Washington times., 1917-10-06
WHITE SOX ARE CHAMPIONS, THOUGH
THE GAMES MUST STILL BE PLAYED
D. HuGH 5. FuLLERroN.

Chicago's White Sox are the worlds
champions OF 1917-all but playing
the games.
The dope shows that the White
eox, Will win the series after one OF
the hardest fought and closest serieI
In the history of baseball series
featured by free hitting, by brilliant
defensive work and clever general
ship on the part Of the Giants ssps-
ciaIly.
The dope indicates that, while in
the finer points Of the game the
! Giants will be the better, the Jerrffc
hitting power OF the White Sox win
be too much for McGraw's' pitching
star, and that the anal decision Of
the series Will rest upon one man
Cicotte. 1t is dope that Faber will
work one good game, and lose his
second start. and that Cicotte will
carry his team through to victory.
Doping the final figures of a worlds
series like this is one OF the worst
tasks in the game One can dope
quite accurately what any known
pitcher is liable to do against a team
of known strength. But the great
difficulty Is in picking the pitchers
In the order in which they will work.
have tried to do that, although
neither manager. naturally. has given
out any positive indication OF his
plans OF campaign.
In this series, selecting the pitch
eTs who are most likely to work in
the games. is not as hard as It looks
EACH manager, as a matter OF course.
would like to outguess his opponent
and spring a surprise in the pitching
line If one team is admittedly
weaker than the other, the springing
of a surprise pitcher might land
probably would) be good tactics.
To send in a pitcher. the other
team was unfamiliar with and one
whose style they had not studied,
In1lRht turn a series 20 the weaker
club. McGraw might do this with
Anderson in this series, but he will
net.
Difference Il In Pitching.
The teams are SO closely matched
that practically the entire difference,
a. they go to the post, lies in the
pitching stan. The white Sox have
slightly the better pitching staff for
the purposes Of this series. McGraw's
star really Is stronger for this series
than IT is in a regular season. That
II, McGraw has pitchers whose style
IL best adapted to stopping the Sox
In spite OF their loud proclamations
that they love to bat against left
handlers, the White Sox are not strong
against that kind OF pitching. The
fact that the American League clubs,
after the white SoK finally cinched
the pennant, shot left-handers against
them almost every day to prepare
them for what is to come, reveals
their weakness.
McGrGw has three corking left
hRnders-but / have counted Benton
cut OF It to large etxent. His style
iS OF the sort that the White Sox See
frequently. They do not bat against
curves such as those of Schupp, nor
DO they often see q fast bail or q
cross fire such as Slim Sallee hands up.
Therefore. Il is practically a GER
tAInty that McGraw will open the
series with his ranking left-hander-
6chupp-follow up with Perritt a
highlander, who is one OF the best
pitchers in the country when right;
and then shoot Ssllss at them in the
opening game on the Polo Grounds.
Sal is really McGraw's best bet. He
has the kind Of stun that stops the
White Sox.
After Sallee. McGraw will prac-
tically be compelled 70 use either Ben
ton or schupp, and, a. II is indicated,
Schupp will pitch : corkinE game his