The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03
Backstops Will Figure to
Large Extent in the
Worlds Series
CHIEF MEYERS AND
SHANG ARE BEST
And Will Doubtless be Called Upon TO
Bear Brunt of the Work III Games
Which Start Tuesday Records Of
Catchers Eligible to Play in Series.

NEW YORK, October 3-The catch
ers of the New York Giants and Phila-
delphia Athletics will play an import
ant part in the coming battles for the
world $ championship in baseball, and
the managers of the rival clubs are
fortunate in having dependable trios
Tor the position behind the plate
Connie Mack has Sehang, Lapp and
thomas to use as his judgment die
tates, and McGraw in Meyers, Mclean
and Wilson has an opposing squad of
catehers, which viewed III broad
manner, suffer little If any when com
pared with the Philadelphia wearers
of mitt and mask.
Meyers and Schang appear to have
first call for the position with Mclean
and LaPp second choice and Wilson
and Thomas as third string catchers.
Meyers and Schang will be called upon
to DO the brunt of the work, barring
illness or accident, and are therefore
first to lie considered in a comparison
of the catching strength of the two
clubs. From an offensive standpoint
! Meyers is the better player of the two,
+
big Indian has an unofficial record of
$40 for 1l3 games this season as
against 80 for Schang in - games
On the bases the Philadelphia back
stop is a faster man, but this asset is
more or less nuIlifed by the fact that
Meyers gets to the initial bag more
/ frequently than his chief rival in the
world 5 series. Both are accurate and
! foot Al.
Athletics youngster has a margin over
/ Meyers IN this respect, for he shoots
to second with less apparent eXertion
/ and more speed than the Chief Tories.
/ Lapp has taken the ascendcncy over
! Thomas during the past season amt
/ Judging from present indications will
+ he Connie Mack s second choice for
the stand behind the home plate. He
will have a formidable opponent in
Mclean, who joined the Giants via
/ the trade route from st. Louis after
the midstream mark had been passed.
+ As in the case of Meyers and Schang
/ the Giants second string catcher has
Il decided advantage over Lapp in bat
ting, for the records show that the
! former Cincinnati-St. Louis catcher has
ii batting average of 80 as against
/ l.app's 10, The figures are all the
more impressive since both catchers
have worked in about the same mum
Der of games. As an offset the Phila-
+ deiphia catcher has proved to be dead
~ in throwing base stealers out at
second and third and III this respect
outranks the veteran who was traded
into a world 5 series pot of gold after
his new team mates had secured a
commanding lead in the race for the
pennant.
Ira Thomas. one of Mack 5 veterans
in point of experience at least out
ranks Wilson easily, but the old adage
Of youth VS.. age may equallze this
should the pair don masks and pads il
the same game. Thomas is a catcher
who rises to emergencies and as a tac
tician has few equals. As far rs bat
ting is concerned he is far superior II
Wilson, hut the latter has been i'm
proving steadily and may surpass ex
pectations in this respect in case h,
has an opportunity to break into tn,
series at a critical period. Once OF
the base lines he will have an excel
, lent chance to pick up Thomas : advan
J, tage with the bat, for he is fast con
, sidcred from the standpoint of catch
, er.
] The records of the catchers of tn
: two clubs this season follows: