The Washington times., 1919-09-30
FIGURES PROVE WHITE SOX CHAMPS
WITHOUT ANY FLUKES in THE DOPE

The figures tell quite an interest
4 ing story about the White SOX. No
doubt they are real champions. With
I Faber in his 1917 form, they prob
ably would 20 into the series top
heavy favorites. But CincinnatiS
superior assortment Of pitchers
gives the Reds quite e look-in IN
long series.
the white Sox outhit the Reds in tae
outfcid. inneld. and catching depart
ments. In fielding the Reds have had
a slight edge, but quite a Few White
Sox errors have been made by sec
ond and tn I'd string material, which
viii look at ,the series from the
bench.
As a team. the White SoX hit Isl,
and that's quite a dangerous puuCn.
The White S0E arc hitting much bet
ter this year than in 1917. when they
won the worlds hampio1shihD fro q
the Giants In that year they hit
only 253 as a team and stood third in
American League team batting. This
year they led the league by quite
margin.
whether this IS due TO weaker
pitching in tho league this year or to
the superior zest in playing with the
war out OF the way and the game
having reEained its oId-time vigor,
VIC cannot say. Tho present White
SrN team is made Up practically the
anne as Eowlarad's 1917 champions.
With the exception Of Hap Fe'sch,
III" entire outfit is tearing into ih"
ball much harder than in 1917. FClsch
is fort!-fOur points under his 1917
figure. He hit .30S that year.
has No SOn spcf.
There Is no soft spot in the Chicago
batting order. outside Of the pitchers.
The club also has ono n the most
dangerous p:nCh-hitt"rs in Tho gou6-
try in Eddie Murphy, Who mas III
800 in twenty-three games. its bat
ting average OF PSI is fourteen p0fn-a
better lhIh the team average OF tho
Reds.
The White Sov also have better
scoring average with So runs to 81
for Cincinnati. In crNrl hsse hits
the SoN also have quite margin. es-
pecially in doubles. Chicago has Ia
two-baEEcrs 10 1@l for tho Reds. and
IS triples to g. for the Cincinnati
bunch. In homo runs the Reds have
. the edge. y to ] 8.
The two clubs arc as oven as peas
=. Sasc-=unniu=. Yesterday we ppiu'-
.
bases. We'll the White SON have iust
one moro steal than thai. I5I. You
couldn't find any tlInG closer than
that. could you?
+ The White SoN arc second TO tho
Reds in fielding. Yesterday. in dis
cussing the Reds, VIC riaAod consider
able stress on their fielding Ste1diness
Either RisbcgE or BUrly Weaver Is
much more likely 10 throw the ball
away than Groh. Eopf or Eatn. The
White Sox field -9GS against .9TJ for
Cincinnati. Chicago mas 149 crorrs
10 l25 for Cincinnati.
GandII'z Work Features,
The outstanding feature in the Chi
cago fielding has been the work Of
Chick Gandl on first. Earlier in this
narrative GsndiTs remarkable aver
age Al first base WAS discussed If ne
can maintain his present fielding clip,
he will break the worlds fielding rec
ord for first basemcn. Up to Septem-
Der . ne had made only - errors in
Isl chRnaccs, for a fielding aycTacc OF
.99T the best ever turned On. MOll-
U-tz. now with tho Cardinals. once
felded C96 in the National League
u Is rotninE new for Gandil 10 lead
the American League first base rem.
He hes done IL in 1910. 1912. 1916.
and 1917. prior 10 this year. Twice
h~ fe'ded 935 = really remarkable
azure when ore considers the nUuer-
Gus chances that are teDdcred first
hasnuran. In 1910 his ayera-c wa
9s0. in 1872 900; in each 1916 and
1917. COS. End this year .99T
Ys-fe-d~y u-c tou he'd briefly on the
limited world se-ic7 oNre-i0nrc of
tho Res. Practically the entire
white SIX club is made up Of vet
GRAMS n the 1919 world champion
while Td1io Collins torls part In four
seT'ca r-ffh the Athletics.
CaIIirs e. tlc greatest world Sc
RIGS player the EamC ever has pro- (
f'recS. with tho exception ~ the /
'aIg ere with tho Braves. he has 3
ta-rcr 20 cyc~v series in whish ha 4
tool, pat Three times he has hit /
oysr fOn BOO world series. Eddie 1
banged out an average OF 40 against /
the cubs On 1910: 42l against the /