The sun., 1919-09-28
Copyright. 1913, au ri0hts reserved.

Copyright, 1913, al rights reserved
When the White Sox take the field
against the Reds next Wednesday in the
opening game OF the 1919 worlds series
Eddie Collins the clever captain and
second baseman OF the Sox, hopes to re-
gain the laurels wrested from him by
Merkle OF playing in the most number Of
world series games. Merixle also will see
Pat Moran equal his record of having
engaged in worlds series battles as a
member of three separate teams. Pat
will be the only manager in baseball
who has piloted two different clubs
into the worlds series.
Merlxle got into the worlds series
tits as a member of the Giants in 1871,
1912 and 1918, with the Dodgers In
1916 and with the Cubs in 1918. Moran
was n member of the worlds champion
Cubs Of 1907 and 1908, managed the
Philadelphia National League cham
pions in 1915 and is plotting the new
National League champions of 1919.
Barry to Collins TO MerI<1e.
Merkle's worlds series games mark
that Collins promises to wreck In the
coming tits for the championship OF the
universe is twenty-seven games. When
the 1918 series went into six games
Merkle smashed the former record of
twenty-six games held by Collins. Eddie
established the record In the final battle
of the 1917 series between the Giants
and the White Sox, displacing the mark
set by Jack Barry of the Athletics in
1915 when he ran his worlds series
string up to twenty-five games. Barry
would have boosted the record in 1915
had he been able to take part in the
series between the Red Sox and the
Dodgers An injured hand, however.
kept Jack on the bench, and he did not
get into any Of the big tits in 1916.
Merhle took part in all six of the
worlds series games played by the
Giants In 1911 and in the entire eight
played In 1912. He turned his ankle
in the first game of the 1918 series
between the Giants and the Athletics
and did not get into the second game
of the series When the sldrmishng
line was thrown out for the third game
of the series, however, Fred was at
his old stand at first base and guarded
the getaway hassock for the Giants
during the remainder Of the Ave game
series.
In 1918 Fred played in three Of the
Dodger-Red sox games. In the nth
game OF the Chicago Boston series last
year Merkle tied Colllns's record OF
twenty x games and in the sixth and
final game OF the 1918 series Fred hung
up the present mark of twenty-seven
games.
Another Record TOtters.
Another player who win lose a worlds
series record now that the Reds and the
Sox get into the series is Jack Coombs.
Right now Jack Is the only player who
has shared In the worlds series as a
member of teams from the rival leagues.
With the old Athletics Jack upheld the
honor of the American League in sew
eral worlds series tits and got into
the 1915 series as a member of the
Bro klyn Nationals.
ia sk's record viii be equalled by
RUDE Bressler and Larry Kopf of the
Reds and Erskine Mayer OF the White
Sox in the coming series. Bressler was
a pitcher on the old Athletics in 1913
and 1914 and Kopf was utility infielder
on Mack's 1914 team. Mayer pitched
for the Phillies under Moran In the Sc
ries OF 1915. Coombs's record OF being
the only man who has played on both
American League and National League
worlds series teams will remain intact
as Kopf and Bressler, while sharing in
the receipts with the Athletics. did not
actually 80 into action. and there IL lit