New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
D0uble World Series
In 1919 Is Predicted
Ball Players Over There
Will Have Big Games
of Their Own
By w. ]. Macbeth


..1ou.ly, as seriously almost as the
s.,,, work of clearing Europe Of the
q, nest. Save fer what use may be
-.ae of the occasional pleasant autumn
- the 1918 baseball season for the
sors in o. D. has ended.
mt those soldiers who were fans
!. players before they entered the SER
- az we'll as the converts to the ma
.oual rastime among our own troops
..a their associates in arms, are typ
III of the dyed -the-wool crank at
.oma. These are getting great salts
i,etiou now from discussion of past
,a.tles Of the diamond and argument
.var the prospects of another spring.
,.aeed, baseball has caught on so we'll
nth the British, French and Italian
.olaier that the first league Of real in
,.ruational flavor is likely to flourish
mother summer
.irdeed. the establishment Of the
amsricar, game in the battle SCARED
aids Of Europe is likely to have di
,sct bearing on the worlds series OF
,oia IN the opinion of Clarence Mitch
n major league southpaw Of con-
.;as,able repute, who saw service with
,bs Cincinnati and Brooklyn clubs Of
the National League.
Mitchell as Prophet
HThere will be double worlds series
saxt fall" Mitchell has just written
lrom France, "for the public will de-
rnand 1t and the army and navy will in
sist upon it.
aOycr here we haven't any doubt
about the wars end in plenty of time
for the big leagues to start their sched-
ues, but we do not expect to be re-
|sased by Uncle Sam in time to get
tack il the game. That means that
plenty of the best ball players of the
Two major leagues will still be in SER
vice. For months after peace comes
aud terms are being arranged Well be
playing baseball in France while the
zig gleagues are playing at home. And
the club that can win out in the army
nd navy competition will be the best
club in the world-at least the soldiers
and sailors will think so.
sAnd that club will have to be let In
On. the worlds series If it asks the
chance, as it surely will. I only hope
I'll show enough class to be counted in
% the doings, for those games will be
,omethinr fellow will think about
and talk about for the rest of his
life IIfs.r
In this connection it is interesting
10 learn that no less an authority than
Grover Cleveland Alexander is of the
same opinion as Clarence Mitchell, so
for SIS the excellence OF army base
ball material is concerned. Big Alec
has accepted commission from the
Cubs to dig up embryo stars from the
trenches
In q letter to Fred Mitchell, mana
ger Of the champion Cubs. recently the
mighty Alexander declared he could
name six pitchers, none Of them ever
having had any special reputation be-
fese the war, we'll worth good salary
from any major operator. Alexander
says, fnrther, that he has discovered
some wonderfully natural heavy hitters
and slassy outfelders. The material
Of the representative teams of the army
is Of "a higher class than the minor
leagues provided in their palmiest
daya
Otis Lambeth, one Of Cleveland's
most dependable pitchers in the sea-
sos Of 1917 and particularly obnox-
lcus customer to the Yankees, has been
decorated for bravery in action in
France. !. So far as is known. Lam
beth is the first major league player
to receive such distinction. Lambeth,
big, husky boy, reared on Kansas
tarm, was perhaps the most enthusias-
sie Of all the American League players
engaged in military training in 1917.
%ea a-t%h c,,1f hiS <oa q q
A@t~ained him from running off TO the
sIrs even while the Cleveland club.
which was badly off for pitchers. was
isill q very prominent factor in the
Tag race
Jack Hendricks, manager of the st.
i1nis Cardinals last season and one OF
'he most successful minor league man
ayers Of the last decade, is in the city
pSsparing to sail for France as sec
rsary o. the Knights of Columbus
hendricks, who mas a son in an ofti-
ssn' training school. is graduate of
hs sand lots of Chicago.
Frank Shellenbach, of tho White
Sog pitching staff. has enlisted in the
aSiation branch of the United States
Army and is now attending an of
Eers' school in the hope of being
commissioned as an active fiier. Shell
saoach IS the nineteenth player OF
tomiskey's club to 60 into active SER
zee Four of the former worlds
saamplons are commissioned officers.
From far off Neches, Tex, Jack
seembs, veteran pitcher of the Dod
Mrs snd former "iron man. of Connie
Naeks pennaut trust. announces his
armament retirement from the
samond Coornbs has bought an in
ssss IN merchantile establishment
Neehes snd is actively engaged in
management. Coombs is thirty
s.s year. Of age and is one of the
av lev players who effected real
ls-oaek after serious illness had
spac'tated him for several seasons.
we 81 the most interesting two
~ sst.oia races Of the season will be
s. ~ az Pan,lico Saturday in the Walden
issss' issss' fhis trial is at mile. a much
sstsar route than Juveniles are usually
a,asu.so. su 70 go. There is a very great
sissaDihty that all the best two-year-
srss. ss "a training will hook up in this
s,.ss:. ss: as James McClelland has
III decided to start Eternal.
ns,Sn Ssonqaeror Of Billy Kelly. Com
nss :. 4. L. Ross says if Eternal