The San Francisco call., 1913-10-03

/ HerZog always swings from the right
! side of the plate. 1t is easier for
, right handed batter to hit southpaws
than for left handed swinger to
do it. all other things being equal
+ Therefore McGraw can strengthen his
lineup. against a southpaw by sub
stitutfng Herzog for Shafer. Charley
whangS the southpaws much. harder
than he does right handlers, while
+ Shafer is ; best against the right
handed boys
CATCHING DEPARTMENT GOOD
The Giants are also sturdily rein
forced in :the catching department.
Both Mclean and Wilson are good de-
pensfable -retrievers. Mclean is also
sturdy. batter: Catching, is a danger
Gus job at best and man is liable to
Ereceive a. split hand or spiked leg
any time at all If Meyers should be
hurt and out Of. the game, Mclean
could fll in and make the club just
about as. strong. 1t is certain that the
New York pitchers have as much con-
! fdence in his catching. He does not
equal. the chief" as a vicious hitter.
but Mclean is batter and don't
overlook that
The, one place where McGraw is
short. of substitutes is in the outfeld
When he passed. Devore along he gave
up the extra gardener. with expert,
ence.. However, this emergency can
! be met In case one of the regular out
/. fielders. should. be. hurt: Shafer played
In center for part of this season and
showed then he could cover the job.
satisfactorily. He can easily be moved
to the outfield,. and Grant, a player
with plenty OF experience In the big
leagues and "a GOODNESS and deter
mination in the pinches, can be placed
in the empty fffield Job. McGraw is
amply covered all around with substi-
! tutes, much. better fortified than the
Athletics, in my opinion.
MACK SHY OF INFIELDERs
Mack is shy .on capable infeld sub
stitutes. This was proved when
Barry was injured last month and
| the Athletics manager was forced TO
introduce "Ruber Oldring into the in
| field because Orr, the utility infielder.
would not fit the job. Oldring, while
a great bail player, has not had suf-
hclent experience as an infelder to
| fill up in a series of the sort that the
! worlds series games always develops
/ into.
The Athletics are none too strong in
! the catching department either.
| Schang and Lapp will do the work
here, but il Schang should be hurt
! Lapp would not be able to catch game
after game. The Athletics them
selves admit this. Of course Con
nie'' Mack is all right when # comes
/ to first base, because he has Harry
| Davis to throw in there, and / have a
notion that II Harry gets into this
series he will give a good account of
| himself He is the type of player
who rises to an emergency and is at
his best in the most important bat
| ties. He showed this in the 1911
! series.
PLENTY OF OUTFIELDERS
Mack is so plentifuily supplied with
outfield substitutes that he does not
know which three he is going to
work to start the series even now.
Walsh has been playing very good
ball recently and hitting hard, but his
record at the bat for the season has
not been extraordinary. He is a great
| fielder they tell me, one of the best
in the American league, but Strunk
| is supposed to be a better "sticker'
because of his more determined style
1 of play. Besides Walsh and Strunk,
Mack also carries Daley, so he is
well fixed for substitutes in the out
field. However. men are not fire.
quently injured while playing there,
so that 1t is not absolutely necessary
TO go into the series with such an
array of outfield talent What would
! worry Connie" badly would be an
injury to any Of his infielders or one
of his catchers.
OF course, the Athletics do not play
the open, shifting game of the Giants,
and, therefore, the second string Is
! not so valuable to Mack as 1T is TO
| McGraw. You will find the Athletics
| finishing their games, as rule, with
the same lineup with which they
| started. with the possible exception OF
the pitcher. The Giants, on the
other hand. when they get into a tight
game, make frequent shifts and sell
dom conclude with the same names
in the box score that represented the
club when they started.