| Show CUBS HAVE PSYCHOLOGICAL EDGE Scribe Picks Chicago Nine In Six Games B By ALAN GOULD Associated Press Sports Editor DETROIT Oct For 1 For three more I or Dr less debatable reasons not necessarily necessarily nee nee-I confined to the baseball I dope or succulent nt statistics it is s I this writers writer's belief that the thc Chiago Chiago Chi Chi- ago Cubs will vill beat the Detroit world series rigers in a six game It is fairly well known by now I that hat the Cubs are arc the hottest I cam eam in either cither major league fresh rom a game 21 winning streak and toward the big show under impetus With their streak they may be overdue for a but they didn't let down they crushed the thc last ance of the celebrated gas house ang rang in St St. Louis and knocked out he incredible Deans Second Secondly Chicago has bas a n remark- remark young Joung aggressive club that thatIs l is g geared for tor high speed Its It's an outfit that might crack under tinder pressure but it didn't against tougher opposition than anything the American league could offer the Tigers It Juts has nothing to lose and ever everything to gain b by shooting shooting shooting shoot shoot- ing the works No worries about past performances or previous disappointments disappointments dis dis- dis- dis appointments will beset this out out- fit It ItIn In short the Cubs Cubs' act more like i college football team than an ag- ag of professional ball play play- rs Their attitude is in marked to that of the more cx- cx but less agile Tigers They will enter the series with he same psychological advantage hat swept the 1906 White Sox Soc the thc theamous theamous amous hitless wonders and the 1910 Athletics to victory ver Yer the great Chicago Cubs of Yank rank Chances Chance's day that carried he miraculous Boston Braves of to a sweep over the Athletics nd marked the dramatic tr triumph f I the 1933 New York Giants Giante purred on by Blondy Biondy Ryan over he be Washington Senators In Good Spot Theres There's always the ultimate umble but the crest of a winning ave is a good spot and the Cubs ro o on it now The Tigers were un- un ble to break even in their last 2 23 ames winning 12 and losing 14 H. he Cubs won 23 of their last 26 crew may get caught n a 1 the rush unless it snaps back to form and drive Finally and to be more specific t is this writers writer's view that lanky onnie jonnie Warneke Warncke Arkansas rival of he celebrated Schoolboy Rowe will vill ive lye the Cubs a pitching edge War- War I icke leke was the best right right-hander in ither major league at the finish lis seventh straight victory a two- two lit dt shutout of the Cardinals last was a masterpiece Rowe also alsos s 9 a great money pitcher Their pening du duel l should be one of the est in many years An even en break for the Cubs in he two games here Wednesday and would send them back to on the roar of the town home-town I at Wrigley field for the next engagements A great home earn eam the Bruins might steam roller he hc Tigers in Chicago All things however the warring seem likely to return to Detroit Dc- Dc troit for a sixth game before the payoff Laid end to o end the statistics do donot doriot riot not shed a great deal of light on the rival prospects The Tigers have more range long-range guns with hitters like Cochrane ne Gehringer Goslin and Greenberg The Cub attack led by the sens sensational Augie Galan Gala in inthe inthe the leadoff spot features Herman Lindstrom Hartnett and Demarce Demaree good enough to keep a time one-time batting king Chuck Klein on the b bench Both clubs topp topped d. d their leagues in around all-around hitting 1 Fine n Catchers t The best backstops in baseball ill iiI carry a big share of the bur bur- den Gabby Hartnett is the cleanup clouter for the Cubs as well as the driving force on the field He has had lad a wonderful l year Similarly Manager Mickey Cochrane is the theman theman theman man behind the Tiger guns The strain of leadership has not seemed to slow up his playing ability or affect his batting eye A fighter tighter of the old school Cochrane is generally generally generally gener gener- ally conceded to be the difference between a place fourth-place club and a two-time two pennant winner Man for man outside of Warneke War Var arneke neke nehe and amI Rowe the pitching prospects prospects prospects pros pros- are difficult to forecast The Cubs will nt match m Charley Chancy Root Bill BiU Lee and mI Larr Larry French against Tommy Bridges Elden Auker and Alvin Crowder after the tho opening days day's shooting is over The Tiger staff has hasan an an edge in world series experience as welt c cas as a fine tine assortment of curves cunes But tho the Cub twirlers have o been hotter o er over the last month of campaigning Lee a freshman and a f fast ball pitcher ma may feel the pressure French faces heavy fire from the southpaw hitters in the Tiger Tiger- line line- up Bridges and Auker the latter with witha a puzzling underhand delivery are only as good as their control If they have it they may furnish the antidote for Chicago's impetuous ous charge Apparently Southern California football officials have haye lost all hope of the Trojans play playing ng In the Rose bowl game this year They have scheduled a game in Honolulu for New Years Year's day date of the annual Rose bowl conflict |
