Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-04
LEMENT
IN BIG SERIES
BOTH CLUBS FORTUNATE IN HAV-
ING DEPENDABLE TRIOS FOR
POSITION BEHIND THE PLATE.
EVENLY MATCHED.
MYERS AND SCHANG APPEAR TO
HAVE FIRST CALI FOR THE PO-
SlTION-McLEAN AND LArP SEC
OND.
(BU IsSOcidfcd press.l

New Ofk. Oct 1.-The catchprS of the
New York Giants and Philadelphia Ath-
letics will play an important part
the coming battle for the worlds
championship in baseball and the
managers Of the rival clubs are
fortunate in having dependable trios
Tor the position behind the plate Con
ME Mack has Schang, Lapp and Thomas
to use as his judgment dictates ana Me-
Graw, Mclean and Wilson has an Old
posing squad of catchers which viewed
Ill a broad manner suffer little. if any.
when compared with the PHILADELPHIA
wearers Of mitt and mask.
Meyers and Shang appear to have
first cail for the position with Nc
Lean and Lapp seconl choice and Will
son and Thomas as third string catch
ers. Meyers and Schang will be called
upon to do brunt Of the work barring
illness or accident and are therefore first
to be considered in a comparison Of the
catching strength of the two clubs. From
an offensive standpoint Meyers is the
better player Of the two. due to his abil
Ity as Il batter. The big Indian has an
unofficial record of 80 for Ia cannes
TINS season as against 30 for Shanp in
80 games. On the bases the PHILADELPHIA
backstop is a faster man, but this asset
IS more or less mullified bv the fact that
Meyers gets to the initial bag more fire.
quently than his chief rival in the world
series. Both are accurate and fast in
throwing to the bases, but the Athletics
youngSter has Il margin over Movers i'm
this respect for he shoots to second with
less apparent cXcrtion and more speed
than the chief Tories
Lapp has taken the a~sccndancv over
Thomas during the past season and judg
ing from present Indications will he
CONNIE MackS second choice for the
stand behind the home plate. He will
have q formidable opponent in Mclean
who joined the Giants via the trade
route from st. Louis after the midseason
mark had been passed. AS in the ease Of
Meyers and Schang the Giants second
string catcher has a decided advantage
over Lapp III batting. for the records
show that the former ~Cincinnati-St. Lon
IS catcher has 4 batting average Of .2S5
as against Lapp'S .219. The figures are
All the more impressive since both catch
crS have worked in about the same nun.
Der of games. AS an offset, the phila.
delphla catcher has proved to be deadly
IN throwing base S~tcalcrs out at second
ana third and in this respect outranks
the veteran who was traded into 4 world
series pot of god after his new team
mates had secured a commanding lead
III the race for the pcnnant
Fra Thomas. one Of Mack's veterans
IN point of experience at least outranks
wilson easily. but the old adage of voutb
IS. age may ~eQualiZc this should the pair
don masks and pads in the same game
THOMAS Is a catcher who rises to en-
ergFncicS and as a tactician has fe,v
equals. As far rs batting is concerned
ne j. lar superior to Wilson. bur the
ia'ter has been improving steadily and
may SurpaSS expectations in this res
pert III case he has an opportunity to
break into the series at a critical nrri-
Oh. once on the base lines lie will have
an excellent chance to pick M Thomas.
advantage at the bat for he is fast
considered from the standpoint of q
catcher. The records Of the catchcrs of
the w clubs this season follow.