The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-10-12
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cup. and outclassss both Of the Ath.
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leading hittsrs Of The league. polling
~ S1l against Thonas' res. He isl
very SLOW. however. and seldom beats
oek . safety Of the inneid variety.
niedsiphia houses on its roster
sone starr OF exceeding brilliancy.
cet the Giants are not Q long ways
behind. No other team in the world
can boast OF such an inf3eid AZ Nc
Innis. Collins. Barry and Baker. New
YORK has almost AZ effective and con-
>dstent In Msrkie. Doyle. Fletcher
ana Herzog. II Mclunis gets In the
1870 b yin come back handicapped
~ an enforced absence from the
game. He n 4 good hitter, his aver.
eee being .S21. which 10 much better
tnan Merkle's .27l. but he Is not 20
hard q slugger. Neither has he had
inc experience or finish that the New
York irst haseman. who with three
years In major league company has
blossomed forth as one Of the stars
OF the game. Merkie IL a better base
runner and can be considered a more
dangerous hitter.
Since the retirement Of Evers. Ed
die Collins ranks as the best second
sacker OF the day. He holds the palm
over Larry Doyle in hitting at $50 TO
.so7. but Larry Is the hardest siugger
In the parent league His extra base
hits run up TO -e5e to go for Collins.
While not 30 accurate a fielder. his
errors have never yet been costly. In
speed and base running the two are
on par. Larry having stolen 80 to
the Philadelphia playax's IS. When
his 81 stolen bases Of last year are
considered. Collins seems TO have
slowed up this season.
Barry is considered by many to be
the best shortstop now playing, even
having the edge on the Pirates great
shortstop. While Fletcher cannot
be considered in any wise as great n
shortstop as his opponent, he Is a
brilliant performer and as quick as
lightning. He also ranks ahead OF
Barry IN hitting. HIS average being
.2es 20 .2ss. The Philadelphia player
Is ene OF the poorest hitters on the
team
When II comes TO comparing Baker
with Herzog. the Philadelphia third
sacker simply has his opponent out
ciassed- Baker leads his team In
smuggling and Is NEXT to Collins In bat
ting. ~ average being 32s. His
extra base hits total .2si. which Is
better than anything MeGraw can
offer. Herzog came to New York a
300 hitter. but his average has fallen
20 -2s4. He has 2os bases to his
credit for ISL hits. Both are fast
men In their positions.
The outfield of both teams are &C
curate and fast men. but the New
York players are a little faster. Lord.
the veteran left fielder OF Philadel-
phia. has been batting at 40. as
compared 10 .27s for Devore. Josh
has stolen ss bases TO but Is credited
70 his opponent
Oldring. batting at .2e4. has the
edge on Snodgrass, who Is hitting At
as. Fred has stolen more than twice
the number Of bases that his oppon-
ent has pilfered. the figures being IS
20 81. Murphy Is hitting az .333 10
-27s OF Murray, which is some differ
ence.
Both teams viii be managed from
the bench. McGraw and Connie
Mack are almost equals when u
comes to looking up their records.
These averages can give the fans all
the dope necessary In looking over
the records OF the two great cham
pions OF the National and American
leagues