East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-28
MPARISON GIVES
EDGE TO WHITE SOX
SHOULD WIN WORLDS SERIES.
ACCORDING TO BEST DOPE
NOW AVAILABLE.
But Games VIII BE Fought As Giants
Have Plenty of Grit and Lots of
Power As We'll as Some Excellent
Pitching.
BY H. c. HAMILTON.

NOHllSu GTeSS SliII AOTTSSpOIlutIlt.l ,
NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-The result
reached in a comparison of all units
making up White Sox and Giants is
that the white Sox should win the
worlds series, Regardless of dope
| overturns in the last few years, flare
backs of various descriptions, the
White Sox have the heart, the punch
and the defense.
The series should be hard fought.
The Giants have plenty of grit. They
have lots of power-far more than
their final average at the end of the
National League campaign will show.
They have excellent pitching, and
tehy have in McGraw a shrewd di-
rector capable of getting good base
ball in a short series out of any kind
, of material.
Giants OutTield Good.
The Giants stand out in the out
field. The White Sox have a pre-
dominance in pitching and catching,
the infield promises more than can
be expected of the Giants inner
works.
AS a matter of pure fact, dug from
the depths of statistics, figured on Il
basis of play day by day, the Nation
al League hasn't yet reached the
stage of perfection that characterizes
that in the American league. A ba-
sis of comparisons of teams cannot
be reached without first considering
the class of baseball a team must
play to win a championship.
With that fact in mind it is an un-
doubted fact that the White Sox
won their pennant in league of
closer competition than confronted
the Giants. The White Sox had to
fight off Boston, Cleveland and De-
troit-to say nothing of the pesky
early season efforts of the Yankees.
The Giants have had to contend
mainly with Philadelphia, Cincinnati
and Sr. Louis, of the three Phila-
delphia is the only one seriously
considered. for the Giants have had
little trouble with the others on the
seasons play.
None of the three can be consid-
cred as strong as Boston, Cleveland
and Detroit.
National Pitchers Good.
John McGraw has an excellent
staff of National League pitchers.
Clarence Rowland has an excellent
staff of American League pitchers.
McGraw's hitters have punished
strong National League pitching;
Rowland's men have doled out al
most the same dose to powerful
American League pitching. The diff
ference must be more made up in
the difference between the leagues.
Cicotte, Faber, Russell and Williams
overbalance Schupp, Benton, Sallee
and Perrit, with the possible excep-
tion of Perritt.
Rowland's catching staff is far
ahead of the Giants, even with the
heavy hitting McCarty back in the
lineup. Rowland's outfield will
do a good series work, but probably
will be under the McGraw standard.
Rowland's infield will outfield the
Giants infield. There is one fea-
ture of the outfielding, that while it
appears trivial. probably will have
something to do with the final re-
suit.
The Giants are going to play on an
absolutely strange field when they
enter Comiskey park. The Sox are
going to be at home, in a sense.
when they go to the polo grounds.
American League games. as well as
played on the Polo grounds. There
Is a very treacherous right field
wall on the Polo -rounds-one that
It takes an expert to play. Joe
Jackson has learned this wall fairly
well. The work of Weaver, Risbers,
Eddie Collins and Gandil, backing
up the strong pitching combination
of Cicotte, Russell, Faber and Wit
liams is the balance that should turn
the tide toward Chicago.
Chicago's left-handed batsman, on
the face of returns for the season
should shed no tears at sight Of
schupp. Benton and Sallee. for they
have been hammering southpaws
with almost as much consistency as
they have righ handlers. Collins and
jackson both swing from the off
side of the plate, but with great sue
cess.
eft Handlers Show speed.
On the other hand. left-handers
have been remarkably successful
against the Giants. which will lend
power to the Comiskey cause. due to
the possession of two excellent port
side Fingers in Russell and Williams.
The White sox have won almost
two games from Ieft-handers for eV
cry one they have dropped to fling
ers from that angle. And this In
league where they dish up hurlers
.r-e Ruth and Leonard.
The Giants have lost more games
70 Southpaws than they have won
and they possess the National
leagues predominant off-hand tllns-