The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
GIANTS' RECORDS
 BETTER THAN S0X
TGRAyv'S MEN HAVE BETTER BATTING AND FIELDING AVER
 AGES THAN BOSTON.

A man for man comparison of the
 Boston Red Sox and New York Giants
 throws considerable light on the rela-
 tive merits of the two teams so far
 @s the seasons records are concerned.
 The much vaunted superiority of the
 Boston outfle1d, which has been her
 aided far and wide. is due almost en-
 tireiy to Iris Speaker and not to his
 aide partners, if the statistics speak
 the truth. Murray Is batting eleven
 points better than Hooper, while the
 heldIng averages of both men are
 Identical. both practically leading the
 outAelders of their respective leagues,
 with a mark of .s72. Speakers field
 poorest of the Boston trio. Becker
 and Lewis have the same batting av-
 craze. -27o wisile the Hub player has has New York man, the figures being -S62 and .95s-
 Speaker far outclasses snodgrass in hitting. an average of ss7 looming up bsEide .2&, while Iris is g. superior fielder. has average being .s56, as com pared to snodgrass :9s8 DeTore's mark of PAS practically eliminates him from the worlds series, unless he shows considerable improvement in the chance which McGraw is now giving him
 New Forks strength in the infield is much more pronounced than Boston,s advantage in the oueheld- ~Merkle, with a batting average Of :307, is hit
 ting IA points better than Stahl, while concsding as many 1 points o1n in feIding, E, Doyle is batting 62 points better than Yerkes, with an average of .34o, as ccmpared to .a7s. but the later leads tn fielding by 36 points. with a mark Of -95s, as compared to Doyle's .932. It Jm( practically a toss up between Wag- aer and ,,s Fstoaes stsd,n a hPs r5vof by @ points in fielding and g points in hit ting. Fletcher hasa fielding average Of .9a1, as compared to Wagne1es -927 and a batting average of s25S, as against his rivals -26s.
 Charlie Herzog has a. big edge on Gardner as fielder, but is behind In batting, Seventeen points marks the New Workers fielding superiority, the figures being .946 to .929- In hitting Charlie has to poke along. with an average of .262, as compared to Gard ner's 31s.
 -tBig Chief'' Meyers stands out over Carrgan both in fielding and hitting. Eighty points differentiates the bat ting averages. .342 and .262, while in fielding Meyers has record of .972, | as compared to Carrigan's .969. York is .s51 as compared to Boston's -95S, while in batting the Giants cah' boast of -2so to Boeton's .276. The ex-- the Giants are much harder hitters, | the averages being .ss2 and ,s7s.
 Digging into the hope" is an inno- cent pastime, but nothing is more de- ceiving. A player who finishes up the | season with a law average may strike l a hitting streak in the worlds series l and bat far above his form. & It has generally been found to be true as l wen that the stars with the stick do l not perform according to specifica- l tions- Jack Barry, the brilliant short | stop of the Athletics, finished the | American League season last yeaF l with an average of .265 and the Giants expected little trouble at his hands. But when it came to the big | show his average for the six games 1 of the series was 1888 being second only to Baker. who had .37s. Eddie | Colfins, on the other hand who was picked to be the most dangerous bat ter the New York pitchers would face, 1 fell down. He completed the league season with law average may strike and hit only .2S6 in the worlds s series.
 Red Murray had a fairly good sea- son with the stick last year, finishing known. he failed to get hit in the world series. So it goes. Fletcher and Herzog are two members of the 1 Giants who are batting far below form Fletcher completed last years campaign with a mark of .219, while niters and are likely to be of as much service to the Giants as Doyle and Meyers in the big struggle.
 Hooper and Lewis are natural 300 | nitters. as their records of last sea son show. They have been below form this year, but it would be no surprise if they delivered more e6ec- .ave punches than Speaker. It is of such stuff that worlds series heroes are made and it is because the av- craze player does the unexpected and the star, who is expected to do much. has it's charm.