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Show PLANK AND COOMBS AGAINST THE CUBS - J acalnst the White Sox. Comiskey's men are poinK at a wlnnliifr Kalt. It Is argued, and are especially effec-! effec-! live at hat. lee-tdte this Plank held J the homo n!ayor helpless before his effective crons-fire .delivery. Plank had hJrt oui curve which was an in curve to rlshthanded hitters working work-ing perfectly. If he his able 1., hold 1 ihe White Sox helpless In their pros- ent form it Is arcued he hhould he j aide to puz.lo the Cubs In the fame j way. j It l one l-aschall critics opinion that Mack will follow with Coombs I Ucaucio thin jireat hurler has a style diametrically posed to tliat of Plank hut hae the s:me ppeed. Coml.s t ha4 a puzzling Insluot and a vertical j j drop curve which he nun perfected In ; ' the last few months. These have pU7.- , ; led the heaviest hatter In the Anier- j ! lean league. Coombs h:n acknowledc-, ed that he did not know how to pitch j until rveently. Coombs says he did j not know hw to conserve his enerey , mid save hla arm until this season. It I Is the general Impression among the j ball pl.iyers that Coombs rould pilch I a maJoHty of the combats In the world's series and suffer no HI of- J frets. For this reason ho may bo 11 m d twice and tv.s.slbly three times. I 1 Chief pi-iuler may possibly be ucI ' yfler Plank, this ha.-eh all writer d-j 1 laro-, but he bn'b-vcs Coorc.bs will J be preferred, ciwln: to tho fact ihatj he Is n the condition of his life at j tho present time an.i it will bi the policy of Mack to play his cards as Widely HS posslhle. Mack WdDtS tO j ;iJn the Jump on the Cubs and ho v.ants V) send In the pitchers in the; f-pening g.igu-s who will l.o the most ; CHICAGO. Oct fi FTddle Plank, veteran southpaw pitcher, will open the. world's baseball Fcrk-s f r the Philadelphia Athletics. Jack Coombs the "Iron man." will follow, and If Plank wins his first game he will be sent Kick for the third cornbnt. "Chief Pender will be prepared to take the fourth and thus win the se. rles for Connie Mack's American league champions. Tills is not from Connie Mack himself. him-self. The leader of ibo Athletics does nut talk of his plans. That Mack wll start the world's series with his great-c5t great-c5t left-hand pitcher is. however, the opinion of a Philadelphia basebell fan who has been a friend of Mack for several years and keep in touch v;h the situation, especially when the world's series Is concerned. 1 One reason for selecting Plank b open the big games Is that the Ath- ; h-tle's leader has made a specialty of j sombpnws. He is nlwavs cm the alert, for an effective twlrler who works I from the offside, believing some trains cannot hit this delivery. He has two nrr, milling youngsters in Atkins and K ranee, whom he Is preparing for future i.trupyles. Krans was a sensation sensa-tion last year, but has been a little off form this pensnn. Mack hop.n to .;,.(. this young twlrler return to his be.st form, and ho thinks the younct- j ir Is on the road to recovi-ry. He may be used In ono uf the p-i-if - , t , -i o world s series, providing Plank I proves a pnrxle to the Cubs. j This foible of Mack's led him to mnfcn a great Fncrlflce ?vcral memths nco to cocure "Ijlfty" fleorgi. a prora-lslng prora-lslng sou'hpaw, fr-m the ftaltlmore rlnb. Some said Muck parted wilh ?12.0I1 -for 'his younr'ter. Intended as a successor to Plank ni-it seaxm. it Is bis conviction that Ceorge will l one of the aensailons of the Amerl- ; ran league next pennon. Anoher rea-'on given by fans fr rblr.klnc Mack will opr-n the btg erls with hU moot versatile lefthander 1'; thnt Plnk nrpars to l M his lst ; condition Plank worked well Sunday 1 velop nont seasou lnt'i twirlors of championship caliber, but ton mueh Is at stake to risk them against Wli sea-sonc-d batters and base runners as the Chicago Cubs. effective. 1 Cy MorgHti probably will b used In one of the games of I ho world' pcrles. but Connie Mack will not risk any of his youngsters who have not been ilirough the mill of experience. It Is not p:..bable that he will work either Knuso ur AtMns In the big games. These youngsters niar de- i |