The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-09-29

1, tho .Inrc 80 hHacbeli accurate i""r
~ Indicate ~" ''r"ngih 81 suns IN"
tho rruhnhlll,y ~ iheiT final standing"
IN = remnant rn''
Iur mare lhDn - quarter OF century
h,,o he"n ngurinE d"p" %" baseball
...,Idr tnyu-If tho id"n that. by u-ihE
the official Averages "f players M
hnEI- nud by ~urhlng out ~ r'",p ~
~ ht,h thoIT past performance ""nlh d"
Applied 10 pr"hnhir future r"Hul'T """ih
done with Some accuracy IN" IT"h'lh'
rncrr. and that. by applying IN" sam"
dnpc method. team Tor t"hn. c"ulh '"l
wh,rh team ought /" WIN ,n.h ' N.Y.
h,,nE done 81 cuurr" by nludJin va"
nttaCkInE HtrcnE'h 81 Mn" rInb 'rH
against tho style ar ono pitcher
Tho -ynr"m ha" worked 90, t@'r,y WILL nn
w,rId., g.rIcr n hn- been correct In MI
AavO thr~o Of tho hIE events
Saturday tho dopc han aroused m"'n
crttICism Al'n ~ has com" ~ TOR "
great amount ~ ridICulc by persons WI"
raw only casual intention 1" IN" Major
League teams Tho other day ! re
ccIyCd u rather scorchInE letter from "
managing editor ot newspaper "h"
declared that your d"p" was wt"nH ~
usual" | made inquiries. Under pres.
sure no admitted that no had not read
the dope. did not know what IL hhd pre-,
dtCted. but that his sporting editor ma"
told him II was wrong. Questioned the
sportInR editor said ne had not read II:
and took II for granted II WAS wrong.
Then | dug up the dope. computed iaHt
spring. and "" went through IL ana AT
tho end tho NJ f.. declared that II was
rama rkahly correct and that much OF IL
seemed unChnny TO him.
Remember this: The dope printed last
March and early in April was compile
before the teams started south TOT
spring practice and during the carly
training season. was obliged To calcu-
late. from pure fgurcs how the manaE-
crs would llns up their clubs IL was all
printed before the seaSpn started. het
tho actual results Of 1920 "a evidenced
by the'present standing OF the clubs 70
"A remarkable extent. despite accidents.
Injuries. trades and such changes which
could no, In any v %aE .s iI pons
For tho benefit OF those who scotr
nj dope. lot mo reproduce some ~ that
printed last spring. ! am not IN any
way growing" for p"rsonal credit
lot OF readers got the Idea that this
done. /. my own Idcn. |, l., not
Every time I start to figure serl"H !
captain tho system. and inVit" tho read.
,TH to got the official averages. l@hh
pencil and at down and work u out
I,uh mo never know when "tart
figuring where tho calculation viii lead
or which team Will h" rh"~n r'f"nE"H'
All DO Ia this Tab" ~" "ttI''aI NG
uF~n and translate them ara NOT
sAIlsfIed with saying THAT hlrh IAN
hIi hrnA great player We'll WI" !
~nnt 10 find out Iurt how strong "a'h
man In not only Ia hlitinE. hat In haHo
running bunting. long hitting. taking
two bases on "A biz. fielding throwing
every department 81 tn" gam" want
To- compute III" RrorH attacking power
81 each team. and IN" nEEr"Eni" d'f"h.
rtyo nnncr Of all CunIrHdoTH Then nav
linz Figured tho attacking and h"tohSlN"
mower - each I dop" u against every
ntnrr club aXainrt tho kind "f pitching
each viii uHc RHRinnt II "nd ~ I" TX
urr how many games 4 Th"ulh win
Inst March tho dupr lnht' ht"h mat
Cleveland and Sew York would right u
out for tho American i.rREu" p"nnni.
with Philadelphia lnHt /" certainty
with HuHtuu and chicago welt M en-
caro- was ont credited with NJ much
p.,yrr "a Il has shown tor ia" r"nH"n
mat at tho tirur | waH doping them III"
Whutr Sex had four h"ih outs. and
number Of tho players wcr" H"Inl- 0til-
.IuIty reported ~ being don" III base
ban All Cnms back save tand!I.
QuounE rom an nrtiCl" or min" pup.
lish~d on Nprll A. At last ''ovrlhhd
ranks hlEh enough In tho d"p" 10 win
tho rhmsrlCan league pcnhtnt Tn
NHnkS sithcr through luck OF some d."
NeIOpment during the scaS"n, must over
come three PEI cent handicap I" beat
the Indiana" Saturday | could not
then ra,. predicted tho killing - hap
man
Tho tact thsI the Yankee Thrk se"'
ond la the dope 10 due To their Ions hit