New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Dope Favors
Chicago Team
To Win Title
Experts Believe Cicotte Will
Take Opener; Short Sc.
ries Is Now Looked For
By w. 0. Mcclellan

they haven't seen pennant since
Pershng was corporal. Garry Herr
mann, owner Of the Reds, who nothing
but chisel will remove from seat
on the National Commission, won the
toss and the two opening games for
Redland Park. The next three will be
played in the home town of the Amer
lean League team winning the pennant.
a matter of just one game prevents
Chicago from being named as the
mathematical certainty of being the
other city.
Inhabitants of Cincinnati seem to
think that there is some psychological
advantage in having the first game in
the home lot and are rejoicing over the
toss. There may be and there may not
be. If Cicotte should stop the Reds in
their own back yard for the opening
game, Cincinnati never would look the
same. It is certain that Cicottc will
shine them up for the opening. and the
consensus Of expert opinion seems to
be that he will stop the Reds.
The relentless dope points to vic
tory by tho White SoX, and in not very
many games. 1t isn't often that the
dope is crossed, either. George Stall
hngs kicked it in vulnerable spot
when he crashed through wild season
with the Braves and then took the
series. But nothing like that is likely
to happen in the series which starts
on October l.
Pat Morans machine practically is
just season old. The man who won q
pennant for the Phillies with one
pitcher and not much of anything else
certainly has instilled some confidence
and lighting spirit into a squad that
n .t,t, 4l,|
start or the season. He has carried
them through many a hard fought bat
,ie to WIN IN the last inning and he
has made ball players out of discards
Reds Show Gameness
The might Of the wallop which Moran
has brought to the Reds was demon
strated when the Cincinnati outfit shat
tered the Giant organization perma-
nently in the bitter battle under
Coogan's Bluff. In that series the
Reds certainly showed team gameness.
They broke what looked at the first
OF the series and still looks Con paper)
70 be the strongest organization in the
National League.
The White Sox machine is decidedly
the more complete and more expert
onced. Moreover, it has been working
Out TINS year IN much tougher league
than the one that the Reds have dis
tanced. While Gleason's ACQUISITION of
the managerial title is new, his in
'iuence has been over the team for q
much longer time
Those who fear that Gleason has not
enough pitchers 10 last long world
Serles should reflect on the fact that
MS present pitching staff was nde-
quate for tho task of holding back
some pretty formidable arrays of hit
tors.
1t often happens that the stars of
the long season arc not the stars Of
the worlds series. The Sox have one
man who always thinks faster and
plays faster with the Scent of the
'Morld's series cough in his nostris.
lhls one IS Eddie Collins. In a close
fought game Collins. once on the bases.
Is bound to annoy the Red inficlders.
To Demand Protection
From all accounts the White Sox
are somewhat disconnected over the
games in Cincinnati. IL has been SAID
that they will demand police protoc-
ton against the infuriated populace.
The legend that. the Cincinnati parti-
sanshlp takes the form Of a neatly
hurled pop bottle is somewhat ex-
aegerated. The SoX probably will
emerge from Rcdiand alive even if
Certainly the interest promises to
be keen IN Cincinnati. despite the
laisc in the price Of tickets and the
usual sQuawks that come with every
world'S series. he fan of the Red
land country is the most rabid of all
fans. He believes that the sight of
the Reds in a worlds series is worth
any price 1T might bring-pcrhaps be-
cause Of It's rarity.
The Sox havc yet to win one game
or or the Ban johnson Indians Will have
to lose ono before the pennant is alb
solutely cinchea for Chicago. Even
then there is some possibility Of COM
pIicatlons. Said complications will de-
pend upon the decision of Supreme
Court Justice Robert Wagner in the
MAYS case.
Should the Indians still hold out and
should the White Sox continue to lose
games while resting up their stars
they might have tho pennant only by a
whlsker. and that conditional upon
Justice Wagner making permanent the
injunction restraining Ban Johnson
from interfering with Carl Mays pitch
ing with tho Yankees.
What Ban Might Do
Should Justice Wagner decide
against the Yankee club owners. Ban
johnson might throw out all the games
IN which Mays participated trv to.
Tins would leave the ultimate decision
as to who won the American League
pennant IN to the courts. and the de
cision might not come down until thc'
snow flies and interest in a worlds
series Is completely frozen.
AT he present writing it seems i'm
possible to blast Garry Hermann from
ms char IN the National Commission.
nut searching parties are out for his
successor, so it looks as THOUGH the
seat VIII be ,yanked from under him
IN the near future. The candidate Of
the American League, as represcntod
ny the Big Three. is Judge Kenesaw
Landls. Big Bin Edwards has becn
proposed by the National League. F,ther
Candidate would hll the bill.
The place as head of the commission
would not bc q difficult one if occu-
pied by one who is known to have no
interest IN any particular club or
league. But no baseball macnate
should ever occupy the place. Ne mat
fer now fair-minded he might be. he
would always be suspected of inclin-
ing to his own interests or those Of
his associates. The position does moi
particularly require the judicial mind
II requires common sense and interest
in the Welfare of baseball