Evening star., 1938-10-04
LEE, BRYANT, D|z
CARRY MI. HOPES
Windy City Fans Are Wild
About Club, but Favor
New Yorks, 3 to |.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

| AsooSldtcO FTeSS opOTCS WElLeI,
CHICAGO, Oct. 4.-The New York
Yankees, fresh off the train, Join the
Cubs in a final workout at Wrigley
Field today in preparation for tomor-
rows opening game of the 1898 World
Series, which is certain to be witnessed
by capacity throng of $4,000.
The Cubs, still picking ticker tape
out OF their hair from the rousing
welcome home given them yesterday,
chose to do their limbering up before
noon and then turn the park over to
the visiting firemen from the Amer
lean League
1t is possible that Manager Gabby
Hartnett told his boys not to hang
around after their practice and watch
the Yankees put on their old act of
clouting three dozen baseballs out of
the orchard. The act is understood
to be very devitalizing to opposing
teams and is supposed to have scared
the Pittsburgh Pirates silly before the
start of their 1927 series against the
Yanks.
Cubs Don't Scare Easily.
The Cubs, though, don't act like an
outfit that would scare easily. Indi-
vidually and collectively they have
been sneerng for two days now at
every mention of the Yankees vaunt-
ed batting power, and they swear they
can't wait to tie into the world cham
pions. Either they are firmly con-
vinced that they have what it takes
to win the series, or they are dong
some loud whistling in the dark.
The town Is pretty much excited
about the big event which has dropped
so suddenly and dramatically into its
lap. Hotels already are crammed and
tickets for the first two games here
are understood to be getting scarce
There isn't much betting. The locals
think their club, on the crest of
great winning streak. has a good
chance to jolt the formidable Yanks.
but they aren't letting their en-
| thusiasm run away with their financial
Judgment. Unofficial odds hereabouts
favor the Yanks by about 3 to /.
Chicagos Chances Up to Lee.
Unless he gets powerful hunch
to do otherwise, Hartnett is certain
to throw his star young Highlander,
General" Bill Lee. against the
Yankees Lefty Gomez when they take
the field at 230 pm, Washington
time. tomorrow. Lee pitched in two
games for the Cubs when they lost
the 1885 World Series to Detroit 4
games to 2. He started one and was
the relief hurler in the other, but
neither was credited with a. victory
nor charged with defeat. Gomez
has pitched and won five World Series
games, so it is an old story to the
eccentric southpaw
Chicagos chances seem to hinge on
the possibility that Lee, a 22-game
winner this year, can stop the Man.
haitian murderers twice. and maybe
three times. He has speed, a sharp
curve and world of stamina Yank
adherents, however, point to the fact
that few pitchers ever manage to fool
Di Maggie, Dickey, Gehrig and the
| others twice running. They might do
it once, but the next time they find
that the Yanks are laying for them
Dean May Snipe at Yanks.
Clay Bryant, the other strong arm
member of the Cubs staff, is the logi-
cal choice to oppose Charley Ruffing
in the second go-round. He is little
faster than Lee, so the New Workers
can look forward to diet of speed for
the first two days. In the third game
in New York they are likely to get
look at Dizzy Deans new assort-
| ment of curves and cunning. Old
Diz is yelling for shot at the big fell
lows.
The Yankees carry into the series a
club batting average of .274 against
the Cubs mark of .269. Also and
vastly more important they nudge the
ball for home runs, triples and doubles,
while the Cubs specialize in singles.
The Cubs will get some runs, but
they've got to hope for dazzling
performance by their mound staff.
Both are fine fielding clubs, and the
Yanks have the best throwing outfield
in the business.
Bad News for Old Leaguers.
The Yankees are seeking their third
straight world championship, record
which up to now has defied all the
great clubs in history. So the Cubs
figure that the percentage is all on
| their side.
1t might be noteworthy to recall at
this time that the Giants, who opposed
the Yanks just year ago, managed to
score exactly one run in each of the
first three series games off Gomez,
Ruffing and Monte Pearson. Or may
be the Cubs wouldn't like to hear any
| thing about that.
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