The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-10-02
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All Minor Leagues Close. All Eyes
Turned Toward American League
And Big Classics.
By ]. Alba Austin.

by y. AlDd AuoliI
The season is now at an end. All
eyes are turned toward the Worlds
Series. The writer is not for fore
casting the winner of the big class
les Just now, but will make a pre-
diction later At this writing Brook
Ign has cinched the rag in the Elder
League, while Cleveland, the White
Sox, and Yanks of the Junior league
engaged in a death grapple on the
home stretch with the odds favoring
the little city of the Buck Eye"
State. The big series will no doubt
he played between Cleveland and
Brooklyn.
Fort Worth Panthers winners of
the Texas League penant and Little
Rock penant winners in the South
ern League, are now playing Sc
ries of seven games for the Cham
pionship of the South. At this writ
ing the Panthers have won three
games of the five played and from
all indications it appears that the
Texas City will likely cap the South's
highest honor in base ball.
After a successful season the Col
ored League has closed its season.
Fort Worth, according to records,
appears to have won, having won
the largest portion of games played.
The Giants come second. The Gil
ants played miserably the early part
of the season After concluding the
home engagements, their hike over
the circuit apparently placed them
on edge and the Goliaths afterwards
were always dangerous. Their win
ming streak went for days unbroken
and in the most crucial test of
strength against the Husky Panthers,
the Giants second string pitching
staff cracked under the strain allow
ing the boys from Cow town to rush
home with the meat.
The batting and fielding records OF
players who participated in ten or
more games should be placed at the
Secretary, who was informed of each
game, and the number of hits, to-
gether with the number of each in
dividual player has made.
Among the most dangerous of 10
cal hits, Smith, who could always
be relied upon to deliver a base hit
when needed; Reuben Jones or Fred
Daniels. The leading manufacturer
of runs was Bobby Sloan, who WELD
ed at wicked bats in the pinches.
Leading base runner was Vastine
Harris, the fleet-footed left fielder.
Son Richardson, the leading catcher
Of the league rounded into slugger
before the close of the season.
Shansks, the youthful list baseman,
was brilliant fielder and fair hit
ter. Watch him burn up the league
next season.
Hamilton, the hard hitting short
stop of the locals, slumped badly in
his hitting and could not get his bait
ing lamps in action again before the
close of the season, Byrd Long was
not so popular as a pitcher on the
Giants pitching staff, but this bird
pitched an excellent brand of ball
on the road; the last game with
Wichita was a specimen of some OF
his road trip work. All he needed
was reasonable catcher. His pc
culiar delivery was always a puzzle
to the opposing batsmen.
Penson at third was hard play
ing youngster; his playing won fol
him place in the heart of local fans
His hitting can be improved upon.
Foxie Dave Johnson, the local
skipper, instilled plenty of pep in
the Giants machine this season and
made the practically new Giant
machine after the old machine had
been wrecked and shattered, a very