Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-31

hWiNHh from the ffNut sue tf tue iitt'
and drives the ball TO any field. Muir
phys II runs indicate that he IL get
ting on base lot, that Rube Is help
ing him around. and not BY hunts eth
cr. for RUDE In credited with only six
sacrifice hits. Oldring also IL get
ting on base and compieting the cir
cult. as his 81 tallics prove--not tu
mention his SS safe knocks
The pitcher VINO mas retired both
Murphy and Oldring is indeed fortu-
nate In most cases one OF them Will
be hanging around on the bases when
well, YOU all known who comes next.
Eddie Collins, one OF the most danger
ous men at the plate In the game. bats
third. He can drive the ball 10 the
far corners of the park. he can tap
Il over or between the lniielders he
can hunt and beat the throw TO first.
or he can wait the pitcher out There
Ia nothing Collins cannot do well ON
the attack.
Eddie's record IL all the evidence
necessary. lie had made i3g hits last
Tuesday evening" he had scored 9S
runs; he had stolen 40 bases, and he
had sacrificed 30 times His hits
an average of double on every bingle
made. Collins hits from the left side
OF the plate,
And now see who comes-J. Frank
lin Baker. the man who hits home
runs when they count. His specially
lis knocking the knee-cap off an in
fielder or denting q fancc. j. Frank
lin doesn't do much tapping Of the
sphere. although he can hunt without
hitting a home run. but, by the time
| this left handed mauler of the sphere
comes 10 bat there may be one. two
or three men on base. and his job IL
TO send them over. He invariably
does. His 1873 hits have totalcd 1870
bases and have done some damage 10
lpItchers records
| Baker has reached the home station
SO times, which indicates that there
must be some power below him FIRE.
quently, teams stop at the fourth. Oh
lclean-up man, on the attack. After
him. It's n case Of Maybe he'll hit Il
land maybe he won't" Not 80 with
the champions Of the world. Follow
Ing Baker comes "Stuffy" Mcinnis
/ who bats right handed and Is dang
lcrous clubbcr. lie has knocked the
ball safely 1874 times; has scored 8:
runs, and his blngles have totaled l5'
sacks.
Next up Is Amos Strunk and tn
pitcher must again pitch to lett
handed clubber Amos Just now !
not "up there" In the averages, hu
his ~ bingles and II runs indicate
that he has been doing some business
His speed is q wonderful asset TO tn
team. for he can go from first TO thlr'
on almost any kind of hit, and cal
cross the plate quicker than the ma
jority of big leaguers " he gets tn
least bit OF assistance from his mates
a Great Man In Pinch.
The seventh man up IL the one a
American league pitchers fear. Jac
Barry never has been a 500 batsmai
But put two men on base In the mint
inning, with two runs needed TO WI
and two out. Bring Barry to the plat
, and see what happens. Wen, MIN
times out OF ten the crowd goes hon
happy-if it's Philadelphia crow
In fact, he has the reputation of bein
> the best man In a pinch In the gam
Baker and Strunk owe many OF the
tallies TO Jacks blows. He bats righ
handed.
The seven men in the lnfield an
outfield positions have been consi'
cred In this semistatisiical discussio
for they are In the game virtually e.
cry day. and Il Is their terrific atta'
which drives so many America
: league pltchersr to the clubhouse \
, ian early shower. They alone ha'
: made 755 hits. or more than a hu
!, dred bingles a man. They nave SEQ
: ed Ala runs-more than the II
: strength Of any other American lcagl
: team is credited with.
Jack Lapp and Wally schang a
!, capable catchers and do their sha
= when In the game. but they divl'
9 the work. Jimmy Walsh Is Il han'
man, and as a substitute for eith
! Murphy, Oldring or Strunk fits IN
the attack perfectly.
without meaning to detract u
!, from the work OF the catehers. pitc
! ers and utility men. Il is almost
safe bet that Connie Maek's remar
!, able attacking seven" could smash
: way TO pennant with less battery a
? than any other bunch OF infleldcrs a.
: outfielders In the game. hut, wh
! they are smuggling away they are y
!. forgetting the finer points OF [
: game: they have the Inside baseba
: stored away In their heads, and II [
z occasion arises for the squeeze
:, other emergency tactics, no team
better fitted to execute them.
II will be interesting to do sol
figuring at the end of the season.
4 L. nom that MIR MoRE'Q ion