The Washington herald., 1917-09-24
BASEBALL FANS NOW
LOOK To Big Series
Question Is Being Asked on All
Sides, Who viii Win the
World Seriesp

New York. Sept. 23.-With the base
ball season reaching that stage where
II is only a case Of playing out the
schedule" the talk has now turned
TO the question:
who will win the world series?''
Although the New York fans are
disappointed because Chicago won
the toss for the games, and will stage
contests on a Saturday. a Sunday
and holiday. a closer persual Of the
records shows that II is a lucky omen
as far as the Giants are concerned.
The Giants have figured in four
world series previous to the one
they will combat In this year. Three
times they have been beaten. The
only one in which McGraw led his
men to the stellar honors in the base
ball world was In 1906 when the
Giants played the first game OF the
series away from home-in Philadel-
phia against the Athletics. In 1911
they again met the Athletics. The
first game was played on the Polo
Grounds. The Giants lost the series.
The next year they played the Red
SoX. The Giants won the toss. Again
the first game was played in New
York. Again the Giants lost In 1913
II was the same. The Giants met the
Athletics. The first game came of in
New York. Connie Mack won.
Local fans are pointing to the fact
that McGraw's men have always
played a great game away from home
in fact. a much better game than
they do on their own bailiwick. But
the local fans seem to forget that the
White Sox are also a good road team.
And the White Sox will have one ad-
vantage that the Giants will not have.
They have been playing on the Polo
Grounds every year since the Yankees
took to playing their home games on
that field. They have played eleven
games annually with the Yankees.
The grounds will not be strange to
them. On the other hand, McGraw's
men viii so into the world conflict
playing on a field they have never
played on before. Whatever advan-
tase may accrue from this instance
will help the White Sox.
The teams in this big conflict
will be led by men with two diff
ferent temperaments McGraw, noted
for his driving power. is a pastmas-
ter in the art Of getting every ounce
out of a player Like a jockey he
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Sarcastic. he eggs on his players and
goads them to do almost the i'm
possible. He will stand for no
shirking A player must make good
or McGraw will relegate him to the
bench OF to a minor league outfit.
He is powerful leader. has
brought five pennants to New York
and competed in four world series.
This will be his fifth.
Rowland is the other extreme. He
handles his men with kid gloves"
None of the dynamite force of Nc
Graw IS visible in this leader who
has been called a "busher" by
critics. With gentle. even demeanor
he urges his men on. Unlike Nc
Graw he does not call his men down
when they make mistakes. He even
smiles at them. pats them on the
back and knows that they are try
ing their best. And in his handling
Of his men he is ably assisted by
Kid Gleason. And the latter is
OF the old Baltimore school from
which McGraw graduated.
The one bright ray of hope among
the Giants rooters is that word
from Maryland says Charlie" Her
zog. captain of the National League
winners. will BE there" when the
big series starts. HerzoS, who has
been suspended, for failing to re-
port, has declared he will play
doctors or no doctors"