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ATHLETICS' YOUTH ANO VIGOR __ vs. *= — SPEED AND MICE Loss of Strategist John Evers May Philadelphia Pitchers Conceded Lose Chicago World*s Series, t Superior and Ditto Lor Chance’s bat Some PJck Sub Zlnv • Catchers, With Other Parts merman to Win It ”T of Machine fairly With His Bat. F Equal. Br PETER B. VIOOM. LET the burning principle* of the old and new nationalisms be . banked for a time, for there Is " a matter of infinitely more Im portance to some 40,000,000 inhabitants of the U. 8. A. to be decided before the rotes are cast In November. How ever, then, os now, there Is one mooted point in common to bo settled—the hackneyed "come-back 1 ' speculation which made Its debut with some dis aster on July 4 on the eacd circuit and has since run the gamut of every thine from baseball and politics to the drama and foreign matrimonial al liances. In other words, can the Chicago Cubs "oome back V The supporters of seven clubs In the National league answer with one ac cord. •They can—they have.” On the American league circuit the response Is, "Bo far they have, but wait tin they meet the Athletles." In the opinion of the writer the In evitable Iteno of the Cube lias arriv ed. bnt defeat. If it la thetr portion, will be far from disgrace, for they here attained the Impossible through out their baseball career, systemati cally demolished theorists (and they may this one) and yearly have caused great anguish in every major league elty with the exception of Chicago. Elephant More Than Mouthful! But Napoleon had his Waterloo, Sul livan bis Corbett, Jeffries his Johnson, and ths White Elephant of the Quak er City may prove too large a mouth gpl for the Tiger eating. Giant slay lng. Pirate pulverizing Cube. Tet this opinion of the result of the world's baseball series of 1910 Is based on ttie accident that recently happened to one Cub, and events may prove that Johnny Evers, smartest ball play er on the diamond, will not be missed nt all. The brilliant hero of each world's series has usually been a man who hae distinguished himself but moderately during the league season, and Heine Zimmerman, utility lnfield gg. though Inferior as a thinker and ■player to the little Trojan, may by Hus terrific swatting carry the banner victory for his club. Iters use 6f .the eoM weather which greeted the opening of the series of 1906 George Rohe, utility lnflelder for the Chicago White Box, played third base, pushing Lee Tannehill to short stop, and won two of the team’s four victories over the Cubs by three base bits, and all because the veteran George Davis had rheumatism In cold weather. Here was one of the brain iest players the game has ever known out of the game, but useful because hit touch of rheumatism contributed largely to Comlskey's world’s cham pionship. Thera Is always this uncertainty te cast a cloud of doubt over the selec tion of a world’s series winner. Tet Just now the "dope” of the diamond points to the triumph of the Athletics. Taken as a whole, it Is a younger team and one equal In ability to the Cuba* In everything except experience and the relentless fighting spirit that bas enabled Chance to annex so many triumphs. Youth Mat Triumph. There la an adage of late appropri ated by the wporting world that 'Tonth will be served.” True as gold, bat there Is no time limit placed. Hgve the Cube reached ttfe limit? The two managers cannot control the lock of the series, but the remain der of the conflict will be largely In thetr bands. In this respect the men are veritable antitheses In person and method. Both have proved their meth ods successfully severs! times, hut one has fnlled to win a world's title. Prank Leroy Chance Is a typical baseball hero. In common with aU bis stars he has slowed down greatly, yet he Is still a daring base runner, a batter whose slashing hltAthrough the Infield and usual Inability to fall in a pinch make him a terror to pitchers. He can *1(11 field In the top rank of first seekers. Above all, be has the spirit of the fighting leader, which won him the more or less grudging J admiration of the veteran Cubs when ■be took control and cemented him te of the Evers, Hof and Zimmerman type with a fssl v log akin to hero worship. None so I successful as he In the browbeating ’ of a stubborn veteran, yet tactful and diplomatic In the handling of other*. Results spell success, no Chance most have attained It Cornelius McGUßcaddy, which is the genuine and euphonious cognomen of Connie Mack, manager of the Athlet ic*, la the reverse. He Is of the wor rying, thinking type that the baseball world knew In Charlie Comlakey of the famous St ‘Louis Browns and lat er In his manager of the White Box, Fielder A. Jonee. But Mack sits on the bench, and hto wizardry is of the mystic type that succeeds through plays directed by an invisible hand. For ten years Connie hat managed the baseball affair* of Uncle Bon Shtbe In Philadelphia, and four pen nants and one of the largest and finest baseball plants In the country attest to hls ability. But this scholarly man ner of handling u ball team has had one disadvantage—lt has not imbued the players with a fighting spirit. If Mack was a ploying manager things might be different. If that Is the case why pick the Ath letles? Beonuse It Is the writer’s opin ion that the 1910 series will be won by a prei>onderance of good, youthful ma terial and conditioned pitchers before which the Cubs’ dauntless fighting courage will be as naught. The Cubs were outgamed by the White Sox vet erans In 1000. Then why not by a team of fast, hustling youngsters back ed by a superb pitching corps? According to recent developments. It seems as If the Cubs will pin their hopes to three pitchers Mordecal Brown, Orval Overall and Leonard Cole. Reulbach. the erratic. Is even more so than usual this year and has really been of little use. Illness hns weakened him, nnd It Is doubtful If he pitches n game. Mclntyre, Tfeffer, Foxen or Richie may fill In, hut that Is about all, for Pflester will be first re serve. Against this trio the Athletics havs a greater wealth of mound material, all of proved caliber. There are Charles Vl®©-/ SUGGESTION FOR NEW AMERICAN GOAT OF ARMS. GOOD UNTIL NOV. 1, 1911. A. Bender, the Indian; Jack Coombs Cy Morgan and Eddie Plank. Harry Krause and Jimmy Dygert are prob lematical, thought the Cubs are averse to southpaws and spithalllsts, as a rule. Brown on Down Grade. "Three Fingered” Brown is rapidly passing. He still has the quick brain and splendid Judgment that made him a star In 1900. though then a veteran, professionally speaking. But his ef fectiveness Is not what It was. Yet he Is dangerons still. Overall has been out of the game nearly all sea son because of nn injured artu. lie Is expected to bear the brunt of the box work If In condition. In a winning game and ■With good support Overall is Invincible, but he Is accused of lack ing courage lu a grueling finish. "King” Cole Is the National league’s pitching sensation, but hls steadiness In a short. Important series may well be a subject of speculation. Hls case may parallel that of "Babe” Adams of' Pittsburg, sensation of the 1909 series. In which he pitched three victories against the Tigers. Adams, however. Itad one prior major league experience, having been tried out in 1908 and then Nont to Louisville for seasoning. Cole Is n pure "hush" product, having play ed hls first professional game with Bay City, Mich., last year. Of the Athletic pitching staff two of the lop note hers faced the Giants In ’he series of 1905. Bender and Plank, tnd fhe Chief was' the only one to (Core a victory for hls team. Then he left handed Plank was the better twlrler. but conditions are now re versed. and the Indian Is regarded us one of the most subtle mid effective In the game. The crafty Coombs, hero of the record twenty-four lulling vic tory over Boston In 190tl— hls first year, incidentally—is picked by the ex perts to start for Philadelphia against Overall. This Is the man for ajieed. and not only has he u fast ball, but a fast curve as well. Morgan Is the spitball expert, and he has shown a willingness to work at all times, like Coombs, and to win too. But he hns a tendency to wildness that often causes disaster. The superiority of the Cubs’ catch ing corps Is conceded, and ditto for the Philadelphia twirling brigade. The Cubs' argument Is that the base run ning Athletics will be nipped by the accurate pegging of John KUng or the snap throws of Jimmy Archer. ex-De trolter, to which the Athletic enthu siasts reply that their catchers will not be overworked because the Cubs will not get on bases with such pitch ing In front of them. Cub Catchers Superior. But behind the bnt the Cubs are alone. Kllng, Archer and the veteran Tom Needham, taken In the order named for service, are far better than Ira Thomas. Paddy Livingston or Jack Lapp. But the peerless Kllng Is not In the peerless form of yore. Hls peg ging lacks deadly accuracy, but that nimble brain that blinded the Detroit Tiger Is still moving nnd can be count ed upon unless the series Is won by slugging. Archer. If Kllng falls to stop the sack pilfering, may be called upon, and he has one of the hardest throws known to baseball, but as he hurls while squatting he Is sometimes a bit Inaccurate. Livingston Is supposed to be Mack’s first choice, and he does not compare either with Kllng or Archer. Thomas has the experience of a world’s series while with Detroit In 1908, but he Is erratic except In the matter of fouls. In this he Is consistent, for he never catches them. This habit Is not only a handicap, but a menace, according to a Chicago scribe, who opines that the ball may bit Ira In the bead almost any time and iucapacltate him. Lapp Is u hard worker of some ability, and that comment about lets him out, though Philadelphia thinks differently. With Evers out of the Cub Infield through the broken ankle received In sliding to the plate In Cincinnati mat ters are evened somewhat. Chance Is more than the peer of Harry Davis in every way. but Davis may uncork some of those drives which have so often broken up games. Eddie Collins, whom Philadelphia depended upon to show Evers the art of second base playing, will have a decidedly easier task with Zimmer man. Like Evers, the Columbia prod uct Is a natural player, but still lacks the Impish subtlety that bas made the Cub famous. In fielding Collins easily leads "Big City.” and both are good at batting. Zimmerman's recent ex ploit of knocking two over-the-fenco home runs In Cincinnati and a triple against the stockade—all records for the reconstructed park—may well give one pause. As before remarked, Zim may be the “mbryonic hero. Tinker Ahead of Barry. Tinker and Barry are more equal, with the odds In favor of the Cub veteran. The Chicago actor, though showy in hls play and leaning to grand stand nourishes. Is a wonder. He Is a breaker up of games during the National league seasons, but does, uot hit well In the short world’s contest. At third Frank linker seems to top Harry Btelnfeldb Evers’ Injury was probably the only thing that Insured Btelnfeldt a pines In the big series. HOW BISTER HOBBLED * THEM. When sister got her hobble skirt The family assembled. Papa's remarks were very curt; With high disdain he trembled. Aunt Julia sniffed'and raised her hands. Grandmother almost fainted And said: "Be seen tn that? My lands! I’d ruther that she painted!" Then each took turns while sister stood And heard how they condemned It. They said the style was far from good. Oh, how they hawed and hemmed It! When they were through then sis ter took An album from the table And showed them In that olden book Such things—believe me, Mabel! First grandma in her widespread hoops. The stiye in eighteen fifty. When Grecian bends and soulful droops Were thought to be quite nifty. Then, with a smile that seemed to say. "Once more I’m glad to fool you.” A "pull back” costume, tight and gay. She showed on good Aunt Julia. Pear mother rose to seize the book. And they had quite a tussle, But sister held It and cried: "Look! Here’s mother with her bustle!” Then father In spring bottomed pants! My sister's wise selections Of father’s, grandma's, ma's and aunt's Old styles hushed their objections. —W. D. Nesblt In Chicago Post. for he has slowed up to a remarkable extent In everything but hitting. His fielding ability now Is largely due to hls sagacity, for hls speed has gone. That about divides the Infield evenly, because there Is no reason to believe that Tinker nnd Zimmerman will work with the smoothness of six years’ standing that existed between Joe nnd Evers despite personal detestation of each other. [ Again, on form the Cub outfield ap pears better, but a superiority of the Athletic pitchers may entirely nullify that advantage. Shecknrd Is better than Briscoe Lord or the veternn Top sy Hartset. Artie Hofmnn has an. edge on Rube Oldring, nnd Frank Schulte Is given form over Dan Mur phy, another 1905 veteran, then nn lnflelder. But If the hurlcrs keep the Cubs hitting pop-ups and easy files there will be little occasion for the brilliant, heady throwing of the Cub trio. Such nn ecstatic situation for Philadelphia Is unlikely, so the Cubs must be given the call there. In summarizing It must M remem bered that the Issue Is really not the undoubted superiority of the Cub catchers or the conceded record su premacy of the Athletic twirlers. It is the problem of whether youth will be served when two strong teams mere. From this standpoint the Cubs have passed their zenith, and the Athletics should win. CHILD MARRIAGES CONTINUE. Ilritish Unable to Stop Deep Rooted Practice In India. The custom of child marrlngos In India, although viewed with strong disapproval by tho British authorities nnd not encouraged by enlightened Hindus themselves, proves to be too deep rooted to he killed In one genera tion by mere western disapproval. A British blue book Just Issued contains some striking statistics on this much discussed Indian problem. Out of a total population of nearly 800.000,900 there are nearly 25,000,000 married under the age of twenty. Of these more than 3G0.000 are under tho age of five. The following figures are given: Married Married Age. males. females. Under 5 years 121.500 243.503 6 to 10 years 759.001 2,029,712 10 to 15 years 2,539,279 6,584,768 16 to 20 years 4.320.388 9,343.718 The very early marriages are mostly In the nature of parental contracts or engagements. FIREWOOD TOTAL DECREASES. But United States Still Uses $250,000,- 000 Worth Annually. Firewood valued nt *250,000,000 is used every year by the people of the United States, according to the lutest estimate of the forest .service. Our forefathers used considerably more wood, but coal to a great extent has supplanted Jt as a fuel. In 1880 the census estimated that there were nearly 140,000,000 cords, valued at .$322,000,000, used for fuel annually. The population then was a little over 50.000,000. 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