El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-29
Was a Joke at Second Base,
But Is Great on the
First Sack.
(By Monty.)

5 (By Monty.)
New York, n Y, July S9.-During my
recent swing around the circuit" Of
things that were of interest. but one
of the most striking was the way the
new recruits Of the White Sox looked
1t is amazing how this fellow Duffy
picks up top notch youngsters. Chi
cago is enthused over the newcomers,
who have been delivering a high grade
Of ball that has kept the team from
fighting with the cellar candidates.
While much has been said about the
prewess of Ping Bodie, the sensa
tienal young outfielder from the Pa
cific coast. the praises of Rollie lei
der have been left unsung. And, If the
performances of one brief week can
be counted as any criterion, this youth
is destined to become one of the great
est fielding first basemen in the game.
Tall and 1.-THE in build, he is as
why as a cat and seems to have the
markings of a star of the Hal Chase
type. He is put up along the lines Of
the New Yorker and has the same
nervous, anxious manner Of doing
things, seeming to want them to hap
pen before they do.
Yves GIN bad" Awhile.
For weeks zeider was ''in bad" with
the fans who made regular journeys
to the South Side park. He was boot
ed and jeered until Duffy had to yank
him out of the lineup. He was called
a bonehead, ice wagon and numerous
other unpleasant epithets thereafter
every time a bug" espied his eagle
like countenance adjoining the players
bench But one day honorable Hughey
saw fit to shove the youngster in at
first base A howl arose. but Duffy
sat tight and Zeider played the
game. Zowie-a hot one came his way
and he turned an impossible unassisted
play Qingo-another; then a third,
The thing was repeated for four in
nings The next session, Zeider turned
inside out to stop a wild throw from
one of his teammates across the d1a-
mond. and he beat the runner by
slide to first That day Zeider made
good. He is still making good.
Result: He is now cheered Justify by
the Windy City fans every time that
he steps to the plate.
Peculiar, isn't it, that a man who
was touted as second baseman and
shortstop should win his way into the
affection of the fans by his play at
a nositton absolutely foreign to him?
Ant that is what Zeider did. and you
can't find a White Sox fan who won't
tell you that Zeider has played a re-
rnarkable fielding game ever since ne
was transferred to the first bag.
Zeider has pulled some remarkable
stuff at the initial cushion. He has
scooped low throw after low throw.
and has saved many an error for the
infielders by his clever work. Nor is
Zefder weak when it comes to taking
halls thrown with the runner coming
into the base AS a fielder on ground
balls he is good and covers a lot of
territory in going after fouls
Freak of the Game.
lust another of these strange freaks
of the game.
Here is a man who failed to make
good with the fans in his own posi-
tion and becomes a hit when he is
sent to cover territory with which he
was not familiar.
Hugh Duffey with all his worries.
is now spared the one that for long
time threatened to make him an old
Young man In the spring, Duffey
took his band south with two first
base recruits in the squad. They were
the much touted TEX" Jones and the
youngster Collins. When the season
opened, Jones was set to duty at the
first sack, but soon proved himself
unequal to the task to have the goods,
and many thought he was a sure