Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-07
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r. AND0M has read great deal OF
- statistical and personal informa
ton concerning the regulars on
both the Giants and Athletics But
let's have look at the irregulars, or
substitutes, and side line on the
outfelders. In this particular, the Gil
ants have all the edge on the Ameri
can league entry for the worlds
championship honors, because the
New York club carries Charlie Her.
cog en- the bench. 1T is hardly fair
to call Herzog substitute But so
badly of were the Athletics for in.
fielders a few weeks ago, when Barry
was injured. that Connie Mack was
forced to bring Oldring in from the
outfeld to ill the cavity.
Hezos Really Regular.
Herzog is q great infielder. Only
force OF circumstances has kept him
on the bench through most of this
season Unfortunately for himself, he
was taken i'll few weeks after the
race started, and Shafer got his place
temporarily, 1t was thought. The fast
young infieider made exceptionally
good and it was during his tern of
service on the western trip that the
Giants ran into that first decisive win
ming streak of the season, which
brought us up within range Of the
khillies, so we we're in a position to
overtake them by July McGraw was
never q manager to break up a win
ming combination, and Shafer stuck
in the lineup. Herzog remaining on
the bench. S.
Never monkey with winner" Nc
Graw has often said.
Any time that Herzog has been in
the game since Skater has been hold
ing down the job regularly, he has
played great baseball He showed the
stuff he had in him during the SER
ies with the Red Sox last fall when
he was one of the stars, both at the
bat and in the field He is hard and
conscientious player. and fights for
every point. The injury to an infielder
on the Giants would not weaken the
New York club, as Shafer and Her
zog can play any position Of the in
field, and both are steady third base
men. If one Of the Athletics .infeld-
ers should be hurt, the Philadelphia
team would be greatly weakened be-
cause 1t would result in general
shift of the lineup. Oldring. probably
would come to the vacant place, which
would leave hole in the outfeld.
Then 1t stands to reason that man
who has been appearing regularly as
a fielder tor several seasons cannot
take hold of an infieio jon on short no
tice and be as steady as specialist
at it. Mack's only other hope for a
substitute infielder is young Orr, and
II he was not good enough for the
Athletics during the regular race, he
certainly would not fit in the job in
series where the tension will be
as great as it is bound to be in these
coming games. -.
Value Of Substitutes
Perhaps certain readers think | am
overplaying the value CT capable sub
stilutes. 1t is in a short series Of this
sort. however, that a man is most Of
ten hurt. All the games are desperate
ly fought, and the men in the cast of
characters take extreme chances be-
cause the stakes are so great There
fore the teams that goes into the ser
les properly fortified with substitutes
certainly have an advantage. How big
this may be depends on the way the
games break.
At fiItst glance at the outfelders the
ordinary fan will tell you that the
Athletics are far and away better off
than the Giants. In this do not agree
with the ordinary fan. The Athletics
outfeld Of 1911 was much stronger
than the set of gardeners they have
working today, to my notion. Then
there were ,'Rqbe" oldring, Danny"