Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-10-04

iniions. enc llusap uill b. the same
as I've years aeo Nhcn The Athletics
uon the worlds championship with
four games oui of SIX
This being the ease. the figures
available should prove the best means
of affording comparison between
The quarteue which works for the
Athletics and thai 81 the Giants.
Mefkle and Meinnis viii be the
rival first hasemen and Mack ap
pears 10 have a decided advantage
over the Giants initial back guard
/ ian Merkle Is not as finished
player as McInnis. but possesses
/ greater speed on bases In batting
the Athletic star outshnes MerlSle.
He is also more aggressive and COW
ers more ground around first base.
Davis outplayed Merkle during the
1911 clash yet Mclnnis held the bag
up to the point in the season when
he broke his wrist It is probable to
suppose that Mack considered him
the better player Of the two
GIANTS FIELD LEADER.
Moving 10 second base, Captain
Larry Doyle is found to be opposed
by Eddie Collins. The Giants field
leader is a high.class player. but COL
Inns is ranked as one of the most
famous second basemen OF baseball
At no time during the season in
{ 1911. however, did Collins outplay
5 Doyle Whether the latter can du-
plicate this feat is doubtful. His
J recent accident in which his shoulder
was badly wrenched when his auto
mobile crashed into a tree viii not
/ improved his game. Furthermore.
Doyle has not played or batted this
season up to the standard set by
! himself during the worlds series. In
Q which he was opposed by Collins.
! The latter has improved steadily, aud
: his batting this season has been
$ heavier than before. On the bases,
Collins is faster than Doyle and has
stolen many more bags than the
Giants field leader AS a run-getter
the former Columbia university stu
dent also has the better of Doyle.
ON THE THIRD BASE.
For the position Of third baseman
three players must be considered
- For the Athletics, John Franklin Ba,
ker Of home-rn fame is the candi-
date He win play against both
Herzog and Shafer, in all probabl-
ity. since each is likely to see serv-
.r ice before the series is completed
Baker outhit and outplayed Shafer
and Herzog in batting this season,
but in Shafer he will find harder
opponent than Herzog proved two
III, years ago The latter is cool yet
IN lightning fast making sensational
he stops and throws which appear easy
nj compared with Bakers rather awk
lay ward style Both Shafer and Her
'us zog are faster on the base line, but
est the Athletics star gets on NOR
les frequently, due to his heavy hitting
ter As a run-getter, his season records
show that he outclassed both tht
Giants who will probably figure OIL
the third base play.
The important position Of shortstol
in the worlds series will be filled b
Barry FIR the Athletics and Fletche
for the Giants Barry outfielded an
outhit Fletcher in the clash tw
years ago, but Fletcher has greatl
1T improved since that time, while Barr
l. has not done more than hold hi
! ! own. This season the records Of tn
two players show that in their re
spectiye leagues Fletcher has bee
IS batting better than Barry AS a bas
stealer and scorer of runs the Giar
shortstop has also had the edge 0
Connie Mack's player. II would a
pear as though the Giants have a
~ advantage here, and close to an eve
break at second base At the tN
y other stations the Athletics are Il
's"' stronger The batting records of
field players for 1913 and battir
~ and fielding records in the world
''''''' series of 1911 follow:
PHILADELPHIA, 1913.
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