The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-23
american and National Victors
About as Evenly Matched as Any
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CINCINNATI Reegs Have Slight Edge on Chicago White sox
With Pitching But This Is Offset In Outed and Inhed-
Both Towns Haxe Formidable ..a


Team Is Expected to Have v
Nf'v t'iat the worio Is at peace.
America nov awaits the coming
rorl6's series battles between the
Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati
Rods with the same enthusiasm as
lcy9 before the war
to the merits of the players
themselves. upon which we shall
swaF! another day, much Is being
vc.t cd wherever baseball, folk as
semhle Suffice 70 say now, however.
fl3a Sox and Reds will be as evenly
matched when they go TO grips in
the final test as were the Sox and
Giants in 1917 and the series should
De fought as keenly,
In many respects the White Sox
ere superior to the Sox of 1917. In
the first place, Gleason viii be in
fun command on the field and the
ksi unquestionahly is a better leader
tnan Clarence Rowland Gleason to
ne sure. was with the Sox ir 1917
arfinst New York. but he remained in
tire background to give occasional ad-
VICE, while Rowland directed the as
ssalt This trip. however. the Kid
Eil rule.
The Chicago club Is virtually the
sane that bowled over the Giants
The infeld VIII be changed in one
position snort stop. where Swede
sherg will patrol in place OF Buck
Weaver who stood guard at that all
important eec,or through the cam
raign OF 1917.
Weaver, who has but one equal
todsy and he the man who will play
third for the Reds. viii handle the
naar corner in the series. Weaver
IL an extraordinary pastimer and
should prove better at third than
MeMullin. although the latter's play
Ing in The series OF 1917 was com
Ing in the series OF 1917 was COM
rapndabIe.
The shift OF Weaver 70 third, how
ever. was impeiled by Risberr's brill
hsnt playing a. short shop. Risberg
= faster than M,Mnilin and a better
sl round player Weaver. further
n.ate. prefers third to short. so the
eieree has worked happily all
round
Great outfieidcr
~hicago's outeeld viii carry the
n grenadiers that faced the
Cents in 1917. Joe Jackson. Harry
- h Memo I.eibold. John Collins
az Eddie Murphy compose the outer
+. trojan outfleid egualled by only
two in the major ieagues--Detroit'
With Cobb Ywch and Flagstead and
Nv Yorks' with Burns. KauT and
Young.
Gleason has won the admiration
ss eli balloon by his SIX ifui manipu-
iasion nf the So@ pitchers. Fits staff
was all too brief at the outset Only
c coffee. ever the wonder of them
all and Williams were able TO put
tarth their best.
f'aher withered like morning
glory in mid-sun ner sun and has
teen OF little value all season But
Sc son developed Dick Kerr. tidy
H. souihpaw into one fthe best
II circuit ktrr doubtless will
stu the third game of the series,
THE efficient pitching of Bill James
and Grover I>owdermilk. with oc-
easicnal aid from E.rskne Mayer and
10y. wilkinson. helped nightly to
keep the Sex up~n the upper course.
The catching staff, too, will be the
same that stood back of the plate
ssasssst, .she Giants. - Fay SGtsais, sf
course. will do the work. with Lynn
AID Jenkins 10 help IL required.
And they complete as finished
ciIh as the American league has
Sso@n in years machine powerful
a3N TtS6lt StiGl anu FN}il ON aAIaNh
aAd sound on defcnce~--with extraor-
dslary leadership and speed OF noodle
ali speed Of foot thrown in.
Reds Formidable, Too
~ Beds as arrayed at present,
~ ia ne no etderdown cinch for any
CHI II tine long history OF the sport.
Ngsr9a. ever r2a3tet architect. has
n svi machine superior in every
~ to the ciuh he commanded when
!. ed the PhilEes 70 pennans in
Il National league. In view of tho
a pconatHing material he took South
Il he spring his construction Of =
1.7aant winner In HIS first year as
II, Hager marks Moran as one OF the
greet leaders the game has ever
Hatn.
While Sir Patrick has done prais-
Mrthy job with his entire team. it
1.-THE pitching staff that reflects most
edit Reuther. Sallee, Ring. Filler,
Fsher Luque---they will face the Red !
c. in tho fFOnauHfn0 THAR I