Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1911 — DECLARES PIRATES WILL WIN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DECLARES PIRATES WILL WIN

Vic Willis, Pittsburg Discard, Confident Old Teammates Will Land Pennant This Year.;"Vic” erstwhile star twifler in the National league, but now proprietor of a hotel in Newark, Del., picks his former teammates, the Pittsburg club in the National league, and Detroit in the American league, to repeat their performanoes of 1909, when those two clubs won the pennants in their respective leagues. Willis at that time was wiih Pittsburg and came in for a slice of the world’s series money. Although out of the. game, he is taking a keen Interest In the race In both organizations and states that he has come to the opinion that the Pirates and Tigers will again meet In the world’s championship series. Vic said: “I have been watching all the clubs closely through the newspapers and pick Pittsburg and Detroit to again meet for the world’s championship this year. I think these two teams will win the pennant in their respective leagues, but from the 'present outlook It will be a dose fight and especially In the National. Neither, race is going to be a runaway, like some in former years, and that National league fight, I predict, will be

one that will long be remembered In baseball history. "I pick Pittsburg as the one best bet, because I think Clarke’s aggregation has a shade on the others It his pitching staff remains good. This Is necessary, however, for If his twlrlers fall down he cannot win, notwithstanding the good club he has. “Last year his pitching staff had a bad season, and as I know the staff is there, I figured that they would come back strong this Besson and pitch as good* if not better, than «Yer."

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