New-York tribune., 1919-09-17
Sox Confident /
Of Conquering' !
Moran's Reds +
''We Outclass Them in An
Departments" Says Sham
Collins, Veteran Plave,
By Ray McCartbx

VIII the Reds trample on The W..
Sox or will the clan of C,...
crown the Wildmen in the co,'
worlds series? is becoming the lssa;s
question of the day. However y s
will let the Sox themselves hand :, '.s '.
you there is nothing 70 it bu. r.:
cago. The American League lesd..
ooze confidence from every pors :.
their anatomies as regards the or.
come Of the nearing classic consic.
Our only worry says JoA Shan,
Collins, whose view Of tie situate
is representative Of the sox. "js q -.
TINS pennant in as soon as possi5I.
We've only 10 win four mora rs,s..
but we'll feel relieved when tbev'.s
in" ' %
Shane, who is the oldes. plava, =.
the Sox al present, having been rn.w ~
ber of that team for the past ,ar ~,
years, is highly optimistic of tho "a =.
suit OF the impending clash. AZ :.
lieve we shall beat the Reds bec.~s.
| think we outclass rnsm in every 4.
partment, in hitting, In fielding sra
in pitching. Many people believe G.,
cinnati has the better of the n;.cs:.- ~ s,a.
question, but | do not share that on;.s
ion. Cicotte and Williams are ~, ~,
great pitchers. and Kerr and James s,s
not easy by any means.
Stronger Than in 1917
"For one thing. We are much s.rorv,
this year than We were in 1917. r.
are stronger all around. and the a..
that we have overcome strong onnos
ton in our league this GEAR tells !
lot. One thing we have this season
we didn't have that year IS the punch
We've got plenty Of tha. in our A..
tack this year. A real regular punch
that wins games. Oar pitchers know
they can depend on US for several
siderable confidence
Then again. don, believe we'll
have any great diFicn II mp
the Red pitchers. Sallee l conside,
about tneir best. and had .,,js
trouble beating him in 1917. In the
first game, although We beat him. he
bothered US little but when he faced
US again in the fifth We hit him hard
and he was forced to retire.
The cry is that our pitchers havs
been overworked in our drive this wear
Not at all. The records viii show tha,
they haven't worked any ofteaer than
most other twirlers. But our pitchers
have been remarkably We. handed
I this year by Gleason some manager
The Kid is. Oh, We expec. q battle
from the Reds and are prepared for
one. | saw them play once this season
and they look like a pretty good club.
They certainly must have been get
ting pretty good pi-ehing right along
70 win the amount Of games they have.
Nevertheless, honestly believe We
outclass them in al departments And
say, III bet therell be some iun in
Cincy. They tell me is q regular
madhouse out there"
Longer Series No Worry
Talking about the increase in the
number OF games. Collins SAID that NJ
believed the change wouldn't aifect tht
Sox in the least. II W en- beat then
in short series" he said I'VE cal
beat them in longer series Tn
same percentage of victories viii hold
Our pitching staff VIII hold out IN
long series as we'll as in the shortened
strife
In discussing ballplayers Collin
spoke enthusiastically of Buck Weaver
There's a great ball player" sail
Shane. And ne can play that third bal
about as well as any one ever saw
He is one of the few who can play til
position standing up. Why. that fello'
picks them right Off of MS ear an
makes them look easy
Although the players viii get it'll
more money by the series beln
heightened they are by 10 means kee
on the change. They would much pre-
fer the seven game series and haN
done with II all