The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
Chadwick Discusses PosSibiI-
 ities of Worlds Series Be-
 tween Contendings Teams. St. Louis Out of It, Indication
By GEORGE CHADWICK

Copyright, 1921, by The Age-Heraid.)
 New York, September 10.-Only three cities have gold plated chances to be upstirred with the annual hys teria of world series this year. Tbey are Pittsburg, Cleveland and New York. A scattering few think St. Louis has a an outside chance. It may be so, but if that city has a chance it is far outside. St. Louis began too late.
 A world series in. New York is S not new, but it is not recent The last was played in 191T A world se- ries in New York with the Yankees as contenders, however, would be very new, for they have never yet won pennant. They were very close to 8 world series one tims in 1904. They were as close as the height of a spit ball which sailed foot or so over Kleinows head after Jack Chesbre had pitched it.
 A Bitter Climax
 That was bitter climax asweli as a moist one. Some of the fans snaried like wolves, while others howled with glee. Those were the days when the fans took up the puar- reis of the owners and made them their own. Now the owners take up the quarrels of the fans and put them in steel safety deposit boxes. Chesbro was abused by some parti- sans all the way up and down Wash ington Heights. Not to his face, ot course, for those who jeer athletes and question their motives usually pick a rostrum five miles or more from the athlete. Other fans were so glad it happened that they half wished they might congratulate Chesbro.
 A world series for Cleveland was a grand novelty until last year. It might be good attraction this year, but the chances are it would not "novel up like it did the first time. Cleveland could better afford to have two world series in succession than to go too long between sodas, be- cause whom a championship team be- gins to fray at the edges it takes long time to get the right kind ot cloth to patch it up again.
 New for Pirates
 Pittsburg has had a world series, but it was so long ago that most ot the present day fans know of it only by hearsay Pittsburg is well To- cated for such series. It is possi- ble to get there from almost any
 
 night. Should the Pirates win the championship, Forbes field will be filled each afternoon with "galari- ous mob," as Wiggins describes it.
 The baseball folk have said nothing about the arrangements for a world series. for this is the first time Judge Landis will sit in the front box and preside. He has not had chance to confer with the league presidents, as the league championships are by no means decided yet. It is under stood, however, that the nine- game arrangement of 1919 and 1920 will be adopted again. This provides better opportunity for spells. Of course, spells are not the presumable incen- tive of the world series, but the pre- sumable incentive"s dropped out long ago in favor of the cash register. Nine games will mean that the club Making the first five games will take the world title.
 If the series should happen to be played between New York and Pitts burg, ia is likely that the first three games will be played in the city win ming the toss, and the second three, if that many are needed in the other city.
 Pirates vs. Indians
 If Pittsburg and Cleveland are to play, there is some talk of arranging games in alternate cities on alter nate days. However, that would be taking a good many chances. Three game series would be better, or two- game stops might be arranged.
 If the two New York teams played there probably would not be n-uch enthusiasm in evidence after the third or fourth day. Travelling to the same field every afternoon without any junketing around between cities has never given the series much color for the traveller who crossed the country to see baseball. Local att mosphere wears out quickly and playing on the same grounds each day unquestionably has something to do with taking away the pep. City series have provedsthat.