New Britain herald., 1919-09-30
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NEW BRITAIN BASEBALL FANS
 f SHOW INTEREST IN BIG SERIES
William l.. Kopf Local Bo Occupies Center of Atrac ton in Coming Dia mond Classic Which
 Opens Tomorrow.

ICnorrow afternoon marks the opening of the baseball classic. the Worlds Series between the Cincin- nati Reds Of the National league and the White Sox of the American league. The first of the nine game series will be played at the home of the Redlegs in Cincinnati The com- Ing series has produced more inter- est than at any time in the last few years inc World war taking the pref erence for the past few seasons. New Britain fans have always in the past evinced much interest in the Worlds Series, and the series of 1919t will evoke even greater enthusiasm than ever before, due to the fact that Will liam L. Kopf, of thds city is a mem- Der of the Cincinnati club.
 While the fans of the Ohio City are elated over the results attained by their club, there is also much satisfaction over the winning of the pennant by Pat Moran's boys because of kopfs presence on the team Throughout the past season, the tele- phone bell at the Herald has rang many time, and the first question that greeted the ears of the person on this end of the wire was How did the Reds mako out today?"
 It will be the first time in years that New Britain boy has played in a., worlds series. Back in the sos the late Tom Burns, New Britain product, was a member of the Chica- go team that met the old St Louis Browns for the honor.
 Factor in Success
 kopf's work thds year as shortstop of the Reds has been 8 revelation to the followers of the game in the Ma uonal league, and not 8 few sport writers have attributed the success of the team to his wonderful work Many from this city who have watch ed the team in action have proclaim ed kopf the life of the infield He is the scrappy type of a player that in jects much "pep'' into his mates.
 By a peculiar twist of fate. the To- cal boy became a member of the champions. After layoff of a year, due to the war, Kopf found himself on the way to the Brooklyn Robins in trade that involved Daubert and Masee from the Etbets payroll in exchange for Kopf and Tommy Grif-s nth. Kopf demurred at joining the Robins and after holding out suc- cessfully he was taken back into the fold of the Redland club &
 From the outset his work proved to be of stellar order, and for over twenty games kopf flelded in fault less manner. He has also been evil dent with the willow, pounding out many healthy swat that won for his team He will finish the season with an average of over 26O, not bad at all, we'll say.
 Sox w. c. Before.
 For the past week the usual talk that precedes Worlds Series has been heard on all sides. From point Of sentiment every New Britain fan is hoplng Tor the best that is, he would like to see the Reds cop the old gon- 1alon with w. c. attached to it. How ever, all agree that in facing the White Sox, the Reds will encounter one of the greatest baseball machines of recent years. The Sox will have the benefit of having been through the Worlds Series grind on a previ- >ous Shasion.
 Reason has the benefit of |uch 8 past master of base
 he person of Eddie Collins in
 Iup. To those conversant with
 Worlds Series, all will agree
 Ae clever keystone guardian has
 been a big factor in being on
 Inning side. There is probably
 han in the game today that pos
 ses 8 better knowledge of the Hne than Edward Trowbridge Co., PMns.
 Moran has besides Kopf, two grand performers in Eddie Roush and Heinie Groh, and many eyes will scan the box scores daily to see just what these players do toward winning the honors. In other series, players who did not loom up as the stars, did the most toward the success of their team winning the series, viz: Baker, Gowdy, Faber and Whiteman.
 All Up For Kopf.
 Will history repeat this year, and some mem bero either team, who to- day is not being looked upon as the one, COG through with some spec tacular play that will set him apart from his fellow players? In case this Is so, all New Britainites are pulling Tor one William l.. Kopf.