Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-10-10
BY Johnny Evers

written for the United ffess,l
CHICAGO, Oct. 10-Pat Moran's Reds
are inc champions of the world and they
deserve TO be. The better club won in
the annual post season classic. Luck
was no factor in their victory. They
won by superior playing in a hard
fought series against a fine ball club.
Most people picked the White sox to
win on the strength of their paper aver
ages. / was among the few who pre-.
dicted that the Reds would win. had
aeen both teams in action through the
championsbip season. For several weeks
followed the White Sox observing
their work and by comparison ! found
the Reds superior in playing ability
and gamencss.
pitching is Of primary Importance III
4 world series Gnd in this department
T, the Reds were admitted by all TO be su-
perior. Their batting on paper was IN
ferior to that Of the White Sox, But
while i don't say tho pitching IN the
National league is better than IN the
American, there are more good pitchers
in the National than in the White Sox
leaene. Jackson, Eddie Collins and
Chick Gandil faced pitching Just as
oood ns did Roush, Groh and the other
Red sluggers, but they did not face It
az often and their averages looked bet
Ter therefore. This was proven by the
fact that The Reds outhit the sox IN
the series.
Collectively the White Sox have no
auparent weakness. They were great
sIigging club and derived thu ercatest
advantage from the staff Of small but
hiah class pitchers. But nftei follow
mo them II was plain there were indi-
ydual fatlts III the club. Practically
evcry sox batter lad q weakness which
Red pitchers wurkei on.
believe this To be tho biggest cause
Of thc Cincinnati victory. Also the Recs
outfielded and out-hit the Sox through
o,,t and were smarter on the bases. cin'
cnnnati's season play proved It to be =
name one-inning club, able TO conccfi'
tratc its attnck and to take advantage
Of every break.
Before the series Roush was the only
Red player generally believed to DC
superior to the Chicago player in his
position. But in the series every one OF
the Cincinnati regulars except Groh out
shone his opponent
Az first baae Daubert outplayed Gan
dill and made his bat more valuable. Az
second base Morris Rath pulled one Of
the biggest surprises Of the series by
not only out.hitting Eddie Collins, but
his hits were much more timely. His
fielding also was superior to that OF the
highly rated Sox stW.
Kopf's work at short bordered on the
senational. He outclassed Risberg In
the field and at bat, He proved him
self power Of strength IN tight places
Contrary to expectations, Buck Wca
ver had comfortable shade over HeiniC
Groh at third base. Groh played re
markable bali in the first few games bui
fell off toward the end Of the series,
John Collins who played right field
III part Of the games for the Sox ranked
on par with Earle Neale But the
Red outfielder showed better than Nome
Leibold. He made many brilliant catch
es and was one of the series surprises
at bat.
Eddie Roush stands alone in center
field. His work showed him to be ono
of the great PLAYERS in the game. Happy
Felsch, though he had hard luck, was
outshone.
Duncan was one of the stars Of th'
series. He held his own with the grea
Joe Jackson, considering the fact thai
the Cincinnati youngster was making hi
first start in an important series.
Ray Schalk is one of the greatest
catchers in the gemc, but in this seric'
both Rariden aud Wingo eutplayed him
Kerr was the bright star OF the White
sox pitching staff though worlds oi
credit must be given TO the game Eddi'
Cieottc who came back and won afte
two defeats, Hod Eller WAS partieu
lar star Of the Rcd staff, but all o.
Moran Is pitchers did high class work
Pat Moran, | think showed superio
Judgment over Kid Gleason Throughout
The games.