The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-18

NEW YORK. Oct. lS.-Thc White Sox
nre worlds champions today because
they are the best balanced aH club IN
the business,
They are the best club In a long cam
palgn and the best In n short series
They are 40 consistently good they can
beat any team they meet when there is
glory at stake and they deserve all the
credit that can be handed 10 them Tor
the honors they have won.
Just before the SoX and Giants pre-
pared 10 enter the worlds scriea, the
writer selected the Sox u win and pre-
dicted tho series would &c five or six
games The series went SIX games and
the Sox won because they are the strong
est playing unit.
Every player a COG.
Every player ON the white So, team Is
0 cog in Clarence RoNlands 1917 model
baseball machine Every cog IN that ma
chine PLAYS for one cnd--thc winning ot
Il baseball game And that IL why the
Giants were hurled back so easily by
Rowland's men.
The Giants are a tcam composed OF
individu% stars who play largely for the
glory of Heinie, Benny, Charley or who.
ever tho player may he, They are not
the kind Of club hat concentrates every
ounce OF strength In the making OF one
run when one run Is needed, aud Tor TINS
reason they were hurled back by the
Sox,
. The white SoH go after a ball game
with tho idea they must put every effort
into tho making Of every run. They play
harder for one run than the Giants play
for individual glory and IN n nutshell
this Is the answer,
stars In the Background.
The Sox have individual stars in their
lineup, such as Collins. Jackson, Schnlk,
weaver and Fclsch. but every one OF
them fits into the machluc and plays his
part. when the SoI players are sent
out with orders to do a certain thing
they do II or, they are put out IN the at
tempt An illustration Of the difference
In the two clubs IN this way can bc APP
procintrd best when II In told and Benny
kauft has furnished the illustration.
In the fourth game OF the series. when
Kauff started the Giants on the road 10
victory with his long homerun to center
field. he did not obey orders, After the
game he told the writer that he had
been given orders 10 push \ swingins
hunt past Faber, but that when he saw
that baseball coming over the platter h.
could not resist the temptation to take
n toehold and swing frbrn his hip. In
this instance, Bennys disregard for Nc
Gra&'s orders proved n blessing, but ~
most cases such methods would work
havoc. The Illustration. however, shows
one big difference In tho two ball clubs,
for the White sox do not play ball along
such lines.
In addition to being the best balanced
club mechanically. the Sox are the
Emartest ball club NJ the two. Red
Paher. the pitching hero Of the series,
pulled a livid bosr In Chicago when no
ran Weaver off thirdbase. but Red cHr
he excused for II because he In n pitcher
Heine Zimmcrmans wonderful display OF
eolid ivory-which has been termed the
lat est German ar~tocity-kicked the day
lights out OF the last hopeS the Giants
had. and yet Heine In not In the habit
Of pulling such stuff In n season. II wa
the tension Of that sixth game. IN,
crackunG. nerves Of high-strung bal
club.
Team Followed Elm.
When Elm blew up. the Giant bah clui
blew up with him. II was the turning
point that was bound TO come and il
broke In. favor OF the cooler headed
White Sor. In Justice" to John J
McGraw, N must bc said he could hay.
handled his club much better than hs
did. His managerial mistakes, particu.
larry those he pulled In Saturdays game
helped the White SoS settle the Avgu-
ment just that much sooner aud. to ga
the least II was some argument.
Eddie Collins stands out az the bright.
est player In the big series. lie hi, 80!
In the six games and came through with
q perfect fielding average. His wonder.
ful work ut seCondbase saved the SO,
pitchers n bushel or so OF trouble In tn,
six battles and his quick brain was also
4 big asset TO Chicago. Collins may b,
getting along there n bit. hut no liz stil
Eddie Collins. the best secondbasemar
IN the world.
Faber Won Three.
Red Eaber's good right arm was on,
n the strongest points In the white So,
defense. He Won three Of the four game,
snd lost ono and when II In remem.
bered he IL n ride-arin pitcher, his work
Ig In hg nFuiaAH an thn lt.I4.