The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-28
HUGH S. FULLERTON
COMPARES PLAYERS
FOR WORLDS SERIE s

II not nervous, little moro careful
through fear that balk will be called
on him. This gives them little great
er liberty about gaining the start But,
aside from that. Doyle starts instinc-
lively. He is caught OF first base with
great frequency. but rs nc always is
starting. clever balk motion by the
pitcher is moro likely to trap him than
1t Is to catch the ordinary base runner.
He is away well. runs hard and slides
desperately.
Ho hits the dirt with full force
throws his body away from the base
and the baseman. who tags him out
mas TO touch his feet as they come to
the base. In sliding. 1t seems to me,
he Is trifle more cunning than Col
Inns. depending moro upon deceiving
tho baseman as to which direction he
Intends to throw himself and. should
no elect TO come stright In. as he some
times does. tho basernan must be shifty
or be crippled, as Doyle comes full
head OF steam on a spikes a-glitter-
ing.
IL going two or more bases Collins
is better. faster. and he finishes with n
terrific burst of speed. He loses some
OF his advantage by making wider
turns in rounding the bases. but not
much.
the extreme chance takers. They run
the bases whenever there Is a logical
chance. and, in addition. Doyle takes
lot OF what seem illogical chances.
Study of Doylc's Running.
l made an odd study OF Doyless base
49, a.
Tor the purpose of this comparison, but
Tor something else. that fits in here.
l took thirty-fo of his attempts TO
steal bases. or advance extra bascs in
games played against the Chicago team
and analysed them. IL FIVE he had the
advantage Of the ball: in three others
he was stealing unoDposcd because the
catcher did not throw on account of n
runner being on third base: In four
others the catcher let the ball drop
and had no chance to throw him OUT
In eighteen instances he attempted the
steal at the wrong time" according
to the safety playing plan, and Of these
eighteen he stole seven bases In just
eight cages he stole when he logically
should have tried to steal. and he was
thrown out six times. IT would seem
that his success as n base runner Is
duo more to unexpectedly trying to
steal and getting tho jump" on the
else
To compare with this, j took seven
games with Collins playing, in which
he attempted nine steals. Eight or
the nine he made a the tine when the
percentage tables show tho risk Of try
ing 10 steal Is warranted, and he stole
five OF these eight bases What does
II prove: To me II indicates that Col
Inns can steal bases even when closely
watched and expected to steal and
that Doyle cannot do II as welt As
base running is TO be the winning Gle
ment In the coming series. this IL i'm
portant
Comparison of Tho men as ba,,ers
gives Collins great advantage. He
hits good pitching hard and weak
pitching harder. Doyle. too. is likely
10 hit any kind OF pitching. 1t seems
strange to see him down in the .2T5
class, he belongs up among tho 800
boys at any time. Collins has had a
good year. l wanted to know what
kind of pitching he has been hitting.
l took his games against ten OF tho
leading pitchers OF the American
League, six right and four LETT handlers
and his batting average ia sixteen
games against those ten, was 20 ana
a fraction. took twenty games in
which he batted against fourteen sec
ond-raters. and he hit slightly under
$50. In studying Doyle. took eleven
OF his games against six or the top
notch National League pitchcrs-and
In these games he batted Isl. / took
fourteen OF his games against second
raters and weak ones, and his per-
centage for those games was ISL
have been told from inside the club
that Doyle has been hitting IN consid-
cradle hard luck during the season and
losing lot of hits tina, he should have
had. Also, I am informed confidential
" by two National League pitchers
that the pitchers have been working
him ON a certain ball, and that he has
been fused up by II until he has not
been hitting much OF anything in these
games
l have been told just what they al
legc his weakness TO be, but, of course
IL would be unfair to mention it, even
IL II were true. am a bit doubtful
as 10 the accuracy of the information
as / saw him almost peel the hide off
the ball when Cheney handed him one
just where they said he couldn't tag it.
Weak Against PortpnwH.
Neither man hits nearly so well
against left-handed as against right
handed pitching, and a fast shot will
stop both of them. The pitchers know
this l do not expect either Doyle or
Collins to do much hitting on the days
when Marquard ana PlinK WoTh, IL
though either man is likely to hit a
left-hander's fast ball hard.
Waiting. which properly Is a by
product of batting, is where Doyle
seems to have an advantage over his
rival He is a magnificent judge OF
pitched balls. and waits pitchers out
to the limit when called upon to do so.
He is n pitcher worrier, too. as he
crowds the plate. jockeys back and
forth in the box and always is In to
get hit by pitched ball. If he can
compel left-handers to pitch on the
out corner he is likely to take q vici-
Gus crack at the ball, or worry them
into passing him.
Collins seldom resorts to jockeying
methods, and is inclined to be bit
high strung while at bat, suffering
from nervous tension and anxiety to
hit the ball. He seldom hits bad balls,
and when he does he hits them hard
although most OF his hits are made
off balls over the plate. as he has the
true eye Of a batter. His fdgety man