New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

| member of the team. Even II his finger
| Is healed sufficiently to permit his playing
In the big fixture, his layoff OF three
weeks may affect his batting. But he VIII
be a dangerous man in any case
| The hitting of the other members OF
| Stahrs nine has been noticeably weak
| for the last FIVE weeks. Hooper has an
| average of only .22S. Yerkes .232 and Wag-
ner .2O9 In coming down the stretch. This
| is considerably below their form, ana
they are undoubtedly in the throes OF a
slump from which they have not the nat
ural ability to recover. Hooper Is the best
hitter of the trio and more likely TO get
! back into form. while Wagner Will be
dangerous in a pinch. Stahl himself fell
| off to .269 In the last five weeks, while
| Carrigan maintained his early season
| pace.
A man for man comparison shows that
Lewis is batting and fielding better than
| Devore. Doyle's hitting is better than
Yerkes's in spite of Larry's slump. Snod-
grass is batting better than Speaker
Murray Is fielding and hitting much bet
ter than Hooper, Reds" batting average
being .262 to Hooper's .22S; Merkle has 1t
all over Stahl. with the batting averages
of .2O9 to .269 and fielding averages Of .9SS
TO 1928; Gardner leads Herzog in hitting
.S43 TO .227, while Charlie has the edge in
fielding. 1916 to 1923. Fletcher is outbat-
ting Wagner sos TO .209, but fielding way
below, .919 to .937. Meyers has a batting
average of 400 to Carrigan's .26S, while
| Wilson leads Cady with the stick, 1913 to
1853. Meyers has been up only few
times In the last five weeks.
McGraw has a big edge when IL comes
to hurting substitutes into the fray, and is
much better fortified than Stahl should
any of the players be hurt in the series.
For inhelders he has Shafer and Groh,
both of whom have been hitting over 300
In the few games in which they have
played recently, while Stahl has only
Engle and Krug, neither of whom is noted
for great strength with the bat or speed
on the paths. Stahl has a good substi-
, tute outfelder in Henriksen. one who can
hit better than Becker, but without the
latter's experience. Behind the bat Hart
ley has an edge on either Thomas OF
Nunamaker, who have done little work
this year. q
The New York team harbors some good
hitting pitchers. Matty and Crandall are
both to be feared. and have been able TO
keep up a rally with the best Of the teams
hitters Wood and Hall seem to be the
best batters among the Boston pitchers,
but not so good as the two New York
stars. Collins. Bedient and O'Brien are
about on par with Marquard and Tes-
reau, although the last named has a
pretty good batting eye. A timely hit by
pitcher, who isn't expected to do
much, has broken up many a hard fought
game.
To close students OF the game there Is
nothing alarming in the batting slump OF
Larry Doyle and Iris Speaker. Both rank
among the best hitters in the game, and
they are almost certain to do their share
Of the hitting in the worlds series. They
will be there with the timely wallop when
II Is needed. slump or no slump. While
there is a chance that Speaker may suf-
fer the fate Of some other star players OF
the game, notably Ty Cobb and Hans
Wagner. and not come up to expecta-
| TONS still every indication points to
brilliant performance IN the big fixture
Herzog and MerkIe Good in pinches.
Lewis undoubtedly will maintain his
present pace right through the series, and
the same can be said Of Gardner, unless
his injured finger proves too much of a
| handicap. Snodgrass is not likely to do
as well as in the last Ave weeks. The
t,,n Artn ~ l.
to affect his playing. 1t would not be
surprising, however, II Fletcher played a
sensational game, both at bat and In the
field. He is timely hitter and covers a
tremendous lot of ground
Herzog is a dangerous batter in a pinch,
and may or may not deliver a few tell
ing hits. Certain II is that he is less
likely TO be affected by the big crowds
| and more apt to rise to the emergency
than some of the other men. Little can
be expected from Devore, who has been
off form all season. Merkle can be de-
| pended upon to play g. heady, consistent
game, and Murray will be out to make
up for his poor work in the last worlds
series. He can do no worse than last
year, and after showing his nerve by
coming tnTOuBn Win me game THIS
season he will have large following
pulling for him to make good" Meyers
and Wilson both ought to do well.
Not a good deal may be hoped for from
Yerkes in the hitting line, but Hooper is
likely to fare up with timely hit now
and then as well as Wagner. Cady prob
ably will not shine with the stick, while
Carrigan can be depended upon to do as
well as, II not betten than, he has done
during the season. Speaker. Lewis and
Gardner should carry the brunt Of the
Boston attack, with Stahl close behind.
Individual comparisons. however. mean
little in a short series. To be member
of a championship team man has to
be a good ball player. The one with the
poorest seasons record is likely 10 strike
batting streak and show up the most
brilliant slugger on either side. 1t has
been the history OF the worlds series that
those who are expected to do the least
do the most and vice versa. 1t is from
such stuff that the heroes are made.