Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-03
TW|RLERS ARE
|. GREAT FACTORS
IN WORLD SERIES
PITCHING STAFFS OF TWO
TEAMS STRONG.
FOURTEEN MOUNDERS
ARE EVENLY MATCHED IN BOX
MEN.
Salee, of Giants, Counted on as Best
in That Team--DanfOrth
for Chicago.
FOURTEEN MOUNDERS
(By Associated Pressl

. volved. This is an acceped axiom
Of professional baseball which is par
ticularly true Of the two clubs which
ae scheduled to begin their battle
for the premier honors Of the diamond
at Chicago on Saturday.
While neither the New York Ma
tionals nor the Chicago Americans
quite equal the machine like perfection
in balance and play which has distin-
guished several preceding combna
tions in the series, they are, neverthe
less, strong aggregations which ap-
, pear to be evenly matched Under
these circumstances any edge or ad-
vantage which may develop is likely
to appear in the work Of the hurting
! forces
! Not Much Choice.
So far as numerical strength is con-
cerned, there is little if any choice,
as both the White SoX and the Giants
have seven twirlers who have worked
in the box with reasonable frequency
during the season. The records show
. that Manager Rowland sent Dahforth
into 46 games, Cicotte into A, Faber,
80; Russell, So; Williams, 50; Benz,
II, and Scott, p. Wolfgang, although
rater as pitcher, has done but little
work on the mound against opposing
teams, having been used to pitch to
his team mates during practice.
For the New York Nationals Dem
aree has figured in "a games, includ
ing his Chicago National 1917 record;
Anderson, SO; Schupp, 30; Perritt, 81;
Sallee, 20; Benton and Tesreau, 2S
each. 1t will be seen from the fore
going figures that the Giants have
shifted their hurlers more frequently
than the White SoX, but the results do
not app-ar to indicate that this had
any outstanding effect upon their Win
ning ability. in the matter of right
and left hand twirlers the situation is
again stalemate, for each club car
ries and uses four right hand deliV-
cry box men and three porside or
southpaw pitchers.
How these right and left handlers
will fare against opposing bat WELD
ers is problematical. Eddie Collins,
Weaver and Jackson have all shown
ability to hit portside pitching, which
they and other members of the White
SoX team are likely to face in a ma
jority of the games if McGraw's plans
do not miscarry. Felsch is another
Chicago player who has shown that
left handlers have no terrors for him.
The team batting average against
portside hurting is close to 200, which
appears to give them an advantage
over the Giants in this respect.
Face Faber. g..
The New York players, however,
believe that they will face Clcotte and
taber, both right-handers, more fire.
quently than the White Sox south
paws. For this reason they are par
ticularly interested in the delivery of
these two pitchers, especially the so
called "shine ball' of Cicotte. There
is wide difference of opinion among
even the American League batters re-
garding the methods or means by
which Cicotte gets the weird curves
and breaks which have made his de-
livery so effective this season. 1t is
certain that the Giants will scrutinize
both the balls and breaks with extra
ordinary care III the coming contests
Faber's "moist ball" delivery is also
certain to bother the New York bat
ters, especially if tn epitcher car
maintain control. Russell and Dan.
forth are the formidable eft-handers
likely to be used against ne McGraw-
ties.
The Giants strongest box quartet
will probably be composed of Sallee
Schupp pand Benton, all left-handers
with Perritt the leading right handler
Anderson, Tesreau and Demaree viii
, form the second string and any ont
, Of this trio may prove unexpected,
, effective under certain weather ant
sky conditions. 1t will be seen, how
} ever, that the Giants leading boxmel
are southpaws and if the records ar
r correct the White Sox will not be 81
handicapped before this form of deliv