The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-01
SOME OF THE STARS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN WORLD SERIES BEGINNING TODAY
THE MORNING OASIS THESE BIC GASWAH THE OASIS
HERE THEY ARE BOYS!
WHICH STAR WILL SHINE
BRIGHTEST in THIS SERIES?

Who will be the hero of the 1919
worlds series.
Will Eddie Cicotte, the stocky lit
tie right-handed "Gibraltar" of the
White Sox pitching staff, hurl his,way
to the coveted seat in the spotlight? ?
Or will Eddie Roush, fence-busting
outfelder of the Reds, slam the pellet
into the stands at critical moment
and turn the tide of victory toward
Cincinnati? Nobody knows.
In the line-ups of the rival teams
are a number of players who may be
figured to star. The White Sox have
the majority.
In addition to Cicotte there is Ed
die Collins, the best second-baseman
that ever tagged runner and the
Individual hero of the series of 1913.
There is Joe Jackson, slugger extra
ordinary; Happy Felsch, himself
fence-buster of widely advertised
ability; Ray Schalk, the human dy-
namo; Buck Weaver, Claude Williams,
midget left-hander, and Chick Gandil,
whose playing this year stands out
as the best he has shown in his big
league career.
| The Reds, on the other mitt, have
Jake Daubert, who might hit a ball
all the way to Shamokin at any time;
Heinie Groh, the king of all National
League third basemen; "Greasy"
Neale, whose circus catches have
electrified the fans around the Heyd-
ler circuit all season; Ivy Wingo and
Bill Rariden, steady and thoroughly
seasoned catchers of unusual ability;
Larry Kopf, who has made name
for himself around short, and Sallee,
Reuther, Eller and King, who will
match their skill against the boxmen
of the Alabaster Hose.
i Any one of the players here named
Ixnay hash out as the one bright star
of the big series, and there is always
a chance that some player from
whom little is expected-like Gowdy
in 1914-will manage to corner all
the glory that is coming to any indl-
vidual.
Cicotte, Collins, Roush and Groh
appear to have the majority OF fans
behind them in pre-series predictions.
Everywhere you go among baseball
fans the names of these players are
heard. But who can tell?
In the series of the past the pitch
ers have hogged the limelight. Bill
Dineen started it in 1908 when his
great pitching enabled the Red Sox
to come from behind and defeat the
Pirates in five out of eight games.
"Big Six" followed Dineen's lead in
1905 and set a worlds series shutout
victories for the Giants against Phila-
delphia, shutting the Mackmen out,
8 to O, 9 to and 2 to o.
George Robe, third baseman Of the
, White Sox, was the hero in 1906 and
Harry Steinfeldt came along to grab
the glory in 1907. Frank Chance
whose all-round playing marked him
as the hero of the 1908 series, is the
only first baseman who ever starred
in the big Fall classic. Other Worlds
Series heroes were Babe Adams, Jack
Coombs and Urban Faber, pitchers;
Frank Baker and Buck Herzog, third
basemen; Eddie Collins, second base
man; Hank Gowdy, catcher, and Duffy
Lewis, Harry Hooper and Herb White
man, out fielders. !
Next to the pitchers the third base
men have starred most consistent
w. Robe, Steinfeldt, Baker and Her.
zog share the glory of upholding the
Importance of their position in the big
October joust. And there is a good
chance that the battle may centre be-