The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27

Philadelphia'a .AthietIcs Sp sco f i,5t
blood in The comparison of tn the i mem
s @ne make axe the he tea, teams strict and
McInnis reveals the fact that, for ths
p Lo.fi,i.. OF playing baseball. in the
r n,!n uia ~, season; Mclnnis IL the better
nan. haSlng advantages In the depart
menta OF tho game which count Tor tho
most. especially in batting. and that
series purposes
The only place In which the Giant
nrs1 pasemhn shows superiority is in
/ speed on tho bases. and this largely is
offset by the fact that McInnis is on
thc bases much oftencr because OF his
EhIeater hitting power. and the fact
even than his rival. Merkle shows n
paper superiority on tho bases being
Il me phse runner from any standpoint,
ana one Of the most useful OF Mic.
GraW's men.
In speed. have calculated both tho
H ,,ay to sprint to frs,. quick starting
Iayenng around tho bases. There is
go little 10 choose between tho rela-
Nv, sprinting ability. OF tho two men
course, gets away from the plato
quicker than Merkie can, but this ia
o ,ns, by Merkle's quick starting from
rom base to base :: tr.:!c faster, but
~ roses more ground turning a base
I'M, man na MerRle does. and does. not tako
Mclnnts Best Bntnmnn.
In batting. McInnis is greatly Merk-
hes s so, hmo ara besides that, Merkle
normally should do He has been
around or below the .260 point all sea
son, son ana nc has not been hitting good
Ing his batting. ! have been puzzled 10
nmd ,h1t By spells he has been hitting
speed omt not reliably. and the fast
severely. He has not hit tho left-
handlers as we'll as he did last year year
most OF the season. hitting ali kinds
OF pitching excepting the better OF tho
left handlers
The spitball pitchers, on the face OF
tho returns. have not troubled him
YEAR., ago, He e a Wonderful natural a!
or pitching. l examined the scores OF
fourteen games in which no bat,ed
Wood Gregg ss9t and M.ehe H 9es
those fourteen games. practically all
low scores his batting average was
! Just shade under 400. which is won
took ten games OF Mcrkle's against
! Cheney. Hendrix, Adams. Dickson and
baited only .loa in those sam anu nh nd
OF the ten games New York scored I'VE
or more runs in six
| men as regular players | studied them
from tho standpolnt. OF the pitchers
that they must face DURING during the coming
M yps Is h s sassrS Gf h
games in which Merkle batted against
| pitchers of the general style OF BEN
1 der, Plank and Houck. he batted AT.
Before making the comparison of
I the men az base runners explana-
J ton Is due. In the base on balls, hit
by pitched ball and stolen base com
! the difference OF style or play OF the
two teams; McGraw's men work to
the hit by pitched bali route is ono OF
their favortes in n pinch.
Ifsthey cannot hit pitchers offer
! ing at the plate and to getting hit BY
the ball they can.
In figuring. the relative values of
the men on the basis OF the worth of
the mon to their teams in seven
game series such as is at hand. ! have
on a scale of 1000 as the limit of
ability. and given McInnis ISL, an ex-
traordinary difference to be found
among first basemen. ] calculate this
by taking 1000 as absolutely perfect
and 800 as composite Of Chase.
ers come If any one could field. run.
hit and throw as Well az the best OF
rated 800. and You may see how near
IT McInnis comes The chief differ
cnce is. of course. in hitting strength.
strengths of those two men is almost
too great to be covered by any sheer
luck. McInnis ought to outplay him
all through the series.
There is another element to study.
Two years ago. on the eve Of a worlds
championship series. McInnis broke his
ARMAND almost his heart, He was
wild to play. and, although he was per-
mitted to get into the final game after
It was settled and get one, put-out. he
did not get the chance to play in real
worlds series contest This will act as
Eanother spur to urge him to greater
efforts Knowing him. 1t is not neces-
sary to figure that over anxiety will
be likely 10 affect his work. He isn't
built that way. The tighter the pinch
and the more important the game, the
better ball player McInnis is.
Tomorrow we will take up the study
of the second baseman. which Is one
OF tho hardest OF those dope lessons
because again we are figuring to totally
different styles OF players and trying