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Show Will Connolly of the Braves be Slugging Hero of World's Series? Joseph Connolly. Joe Connolly, the slugging member of the Braves' outfield, is the only player In the Boston bunch to enter the series with a 300 batting axerage to back him up. Connolly's work at the bat has been a source of great pleasure to Stallings all season and many are wondering whether the Boston boy will be another Frank Baker. There is never a world's series without with-out the appearance of a new baseball star. In every series so far some comparatively unknown youngster has come forth with a brilliant line of playing that has made him a hero over night Will Connolly's bat win him fame in the struggle with the Mack-men Mack-men ? Connolly's batting record is crowded crowd-ed with extra base hits. He has made 41 of them this season: 24 doubles, 10 triples and 7 homers, a sum total of 65 extra bases If he la able to deliver a number of these in the big games his reputation will soon be wide-spread Stanley, Gregory and Rohrer, Lynn. Los Angeles 9 ic, i Oakland 7 10 3 Batteries Ryan and Meek, Prough, Gejcr and MItze. Portland-Venice postponed, non-arrival of Portland team. BENZ TO PITCH FOR CUBS. Chicago, Oct. 7. Pitcher Rcnz was Manager Callahan's selection to oppose op-pose Vaughn of the Chicago Nationals Nation-als in the first game today of the series to decide the baseball championship cham-pionship of Chicago Twenty-five thousand persons were expected to witness tho game, which was sched uled for the American league park The American league club has won the city championship for three suc-cefslve suc-cefslve years Seven games have been scheduled. |