The mirror., 1919-10-09
Baseball Chatter
BIZ F. K.
Wednesday. Oct. l.

Inc regular baseball season le now over ana
all thoughts the world series which start to-
morrow and what a series it will be. The Sox seem
to be the avortes with the odds standing about 10
to but that does not concede them the honors.
When you think back to the Braves Athletic series
of 1914, it is plain to that the odds has nothing
to do with it, by long sho:.
Many queer bets being made which is not
unusual in world series time and ,herel be lot of
fellows that will have be contened with last WIN
ters overcoat.-
The biggest draw back of the whole thing is
that neither ball park is half large enough to hold
the mob that will be hand trying to gain admis-
sion. This is the eve of the big event and you can
bet there's big. long line beside Redland Field
waiting for the box-ofice to open tomorrow. And
what picture that line presents Some wise
enough to with camp stools. others bring along
extra wraps and mtens and the ones that forget to
bring anything soon regret but would rather stand
the exposure and suffer than give up their place in
line.
Some are squattjng down their launches
while others prefer to lean against fence or tele-
phone pole. Some grab what little sleep the condi-
tons will permit, the trying to keep awake by
witty remarks while number of blue coats march
up and down TO keep things in order.
Along the curb, one after another. are hot dog
wagons. pop corn wagons. sandwich wagons, all do
ing rushing business. And all this to see ball
game. Is the game popular? Well say it is,
But what's going to happen in the games and
who will win? There's only guy that tell us
that, even to what the will be before the
games are played and that's Hugh Fullerton. Yes,
he'll tell you alright but after it's over you'll find him
poor guesser for it's simply impossible to dope out
ball game before it is played.
One dopester came out and said that the only
Red players who could be compared with the Sox
Hinnie Groh and Eddie Rousch. That guy
is going to have grand awakening if he has
followed the game than quarter of century
Another of his statements says the team makes
the manager not the manager makes the team. Why
then didn't the Reds make Chrlsty Matheuson? He
had the players Moran has. Why didn't the
Cubs repeat this year with the help of the great Al
exander? Who made the braves in 1914? George
Stallings. The Phillies of 1915? Pat Moran. Who
made the old Athletic machine? Connie Mack Look
at Macks team today might be asked and this is the
answer. Didn't Connie unearth and make Frank
Baker, Eddie Collins, Stuffy McGinnis. Wally Shang
Bush Coombs, Bender and number of others. Did
he make the team? Yes, and at the time made
himself great manager. In the past FIVE years he
careful study of the records will show that only
few of those he has dropped have made good with
other teams in the big show.
It's almost certain that Cicotte will pitch the
first game for the Sox while Eler. Reuther or Sallee
may start for the Reds Cicotti and Eer two
of kind, that u.s. they both are supposed to use the
shine ball but nobody to be able to prove it.
OF course Claude Williams will shoot em over left
III, h,% <lo oJe ebo
to him without much trouble they have been hit
ting against such southpaws Vaughan, Nehf, Coop
er. Benton and the and beat them all. But you
tell what's the trying to dope it out
and maybe have to frame an alibi latter.
Cincinnati has the edge little by playing on
their grounds the first games but it trouble
them much to go Chicago and play the Reds
have been powerful road team all season and all
ball parks seem to be alike to them. If they take
the first game their chances mighty sweet to cop
the series and we think they will anyhow
The local game last Saturday was a dandy. The
visiting team was the best all aggregation that
ever appeared here. bunch of good 6elders and
hitters even if they failed hit Wells. for any
is apt to have off day. Besides Anderson behind
the bat, they had three catchers the infeld
with Berger at third. Byers at short ard J. Peuen
at second Berger, who has been hitting about 1888
all summer failed to get hit and famed twice.
Another All Star team is looked for this week and
we look to see about the same team appear.
l. The St. Paul team is working its way
toward sunny California. play games along the way
and will finally play series of games with the win
uers of the Pacific Coast League. Whether it will be
Los Angeles or Vernon has not been decided yet for
those two teams have been going nip and tuck for