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Show Hugh Fullerton's Dope for Pennant Winners Is Failure' i Comes now Hugh Pullerton wn'i hi-dope hi-dope on ho the world's series will turn out. not a bit abashed that ih teams he picked last April tu play it this October won't be ou the field Yes, Hughey, the well-known 'i ;ur-expert ;ur-expert gave little thought to the White Sox and uone at all to the Reds lasl spring when he "predicted" how ih. major league races woul drun. Lis' lo what Fullerton said on April 23, !.he day the major league opened on hov they would finish: "The world's series will be between Cleveland, which team will win out' iafter a hard struggle with Boston audi the Chicago Cubs, who, after a wabbly I start, will wear down and beat out the New York Giants, with Pittsburg Lading out toward the end of the sea-season sea-season "The dope leaves no doubt as Lo , how the teams ought to finish. I have 1 i tested it out in three differ. nl ways approximately the same. Here Arc the Exast Figures. Having thus made sure ol tin gen 1 eral proposition Fullerton gives the details of the finish down to ihe number of games that will be won, and lost and lurnishes the proven club standing foi each major icagui as lollow - American League. W L. Cleveland 85 55 Boston 82 58 Chicago T7 63 New York 71 69 Philadelphia 66 "' St. Ix)uis 6! 79 Washington 61 79 Detroit 5a 82 National League. Chicago 93 47 New York 89 51 Pittsburc: 78 62 Brooklyn 68 72 Boston 66 74 Cincinnati 6: 77 St. Louis oo 85 Philadelphia I- The absolute reliability of Fullerton dope from every carefully constructed angle may be testified to by Inspec tion of the club standings as carried in current prints. In making his calculations Fuller-J ton admitted that he was surprised at (the way some of them worked out, but (this surprise did not sway him from the absolute conclusions which were ! reached by his uncontestable system For instance, he said in his prediction" predic-tion" under date of April 23: I This Dope Indeed Astonishing. "It is astonishing to find that the I dope indicates ihe Detroit Tisers will 'finish last in the American leag'.e, with Washington and St. Louis tied I for sixth place and the Athletics lead ing the secoid division. In the older league, Philadelphia should finish a I poor last." Fullerton goes on to say that De-trt)it De-trt)it should start well, then lip As a matter of fact Detroit did not star: well, but was in the second division I except now and then until after the1 Fourth of July. He said that In thej National the Cubs would have a slow start and then come fast in the latter tagea As o matter of fact the Cubs, have hardly been out of the first division di-vision all season However, in justice to Fullerton, he did here and there hit off BOmewhere near a few things that happened, but oven so, as a prognoslicator he runs way down in the second division. |
