The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-04
MGRkW STRONG .
FOR TWO PLAYERS
Giant Leader Thinks Barry
and. Collins Are a Great
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reflection. Like Frank Chance Of tho
Cubs, whose great machine was
crumpled by the speedy Mackmen.
the little Napoleon ts now loud In his
Mack infield. especially Barry and
Collins. To this pair McGraw pays
q glowing tribute In an interview given
out in New York. He says:
They showed as perfect team work
between them as I ever saw. They did
their work SO smoothly and with so
little bluster that non but experts
ing of In the way Of defense to Offset
their opponents plan Of attack.
II had my players try every irnagin-
able thing I could think of to pence
trate their defense and to detect what
signs they had between them to de-.
note the n that was to w second
on steals. but I had to give It up. !!
came to the conclusion that 1t must
have been intuition.
They + both natural ball players.
as. their every action showed, and to
get Z hit between them or to work the
hit and run was little short Of an i'm
Great Ball Players.
III I signed for the hit and rum >ex-
leave the SPACE open between first and
second. why. Barry would be at the
bag to cover the unner on a throw
from the catcher, and II Barry looked
to be the most likely mar to run to
the bag, Collins dug v there and
Barry would be at shortstop to block
that anticipated open territory.
Possibly they knew every ball their
pitchers YER to pitch, and played ac-
cordingly. but any two players who
car do thai and keep 1t up right
through six games must have some
heads for baseball. The quickest
thinking players and those with the
wrong occasionally. but ! do not re-
member Of a single instance where
those two men, Collins and Barry,
went bad. They made fielding errors.
Of course. but there were no mistakes
of Judgment between them.
Better. Than Tinker and EveFs.
They form q great pair. and I do
the palmiest days Of the Cubs. when
those players were the key to the
Cubs enfield. ever excelled them in
team work and guessing out defensive
plays. It 10 players like Collins and
Barry playing alongside Of n an.
tuitive knowledge Of up-to-date base
ball. that punches the other fellows
plans Of campaign 50 full Of holes that
they fall to pieces and you have to
start all over again.
III I drill Doyle and Fletcher
into the high degree of team work
that Collins and Barry have developed
worlds series-yes, and all through
the National league series.
But q manager only runs across a
pair OF players who can work together
and At In as perfectly as do Collins and
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be lucky enough to round Doyle and
Fletcher into Just us likely a pair.
The way the Athletics second
baseman and shortstnp fooled Doyle
In game in Philadelphia when
Larry was playing the hit.and-ru
with Murray. into believing Murray's
foul to Baker was a hit was perfect
move or motion. and. although Larry
IL about al foxy q player as there is,
he was stood or his head and didn't
know whether to keep on running or
to dash back to first.
Any player would have been fooled.
self. heard. particularly in Philadel-
phia during a worlds series game,
Larry was doubled up at first easily.
Have q GoOu Catcher.
With a crackerjack catcher. and the
Athletics will have Just that kind next
aso in Ekan. who was with BATH
more. this season. Connie Mack's team
should. have little trouble In winning
the American league championship for
several years to come, always; of
course. taking into consideration the
luck OF the game in the shape Of scci-
dents to players.
II went 'ver to Connie Mack just
inning o: the sixth game and con-
graduated him.. l said the best team
won. and I mean II. I made no excuse
them. and / do not now. but I think
that three OF my players--Devorc.
Snodgraos and Murray-wcre hardly
p~ortance. They were ill in--s!ek. in
fact.