Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-06
EXPECTED TO Do
BRILLIANT WORK.
Evers and Collins Will Play
Big Part in Champion
ship Games.
FINE
WILL BE MATCHED
Both Braves and Athletics
Have Exceptionally
Strong Combinations

New York. Oct. Elm the coming
series for the Worlds Baseball cham
pionship the intields of the Boston
Nationals and the Philadelphia Amer
leans are expected to contribute many
sensational plays both extensively and
defensively, during the struggle Tor
premier diamond honors. In fact it
would prove most extraordinary il the
reverse should be the case since com
binations which include players of the
type of Johnny lGvers, Eddie Collins.
Rabbit" Maranville. "Stuffy" Mcln-
mis-. Home Run Baker and Heinie
Schmidt execute thrilling catches.
throws and stops in every game of the
pennant schedule.
Far Above the Ordinary.
A comparison of the two infelds
shows that 10th the American and
National league championship clubs
have quarets of players stretched
around the base lines that are far
above the ordinary run of those OF
the big league clubs. Regardless of
whether h players are veterans OF
phenomenal youngsters, with bur a
year or so Of major league experience
they are either leaders or close to the
top in their particular position. s
how these two infields will play
against each other In the series which
begins this week is hard to forecast
but an individual comparison of the
seasons work of each Of the eight
players most likely to cover the posi-
lions from first to third. shows that
they are quite evenly matched in gen.
eral skill with glove and bat.
Beginning with first base the Ath-
letics will be represented by Mclnnis
and the Braves by Schmidt. The Ma
tional league player is older and big
ger physically than Mc1nnis but the
latter has tho advantage c. longer
baseball experience md the 1914 sea-
son records prove him to be s.Tonger
with the stick. Schmidt has 81 folding
average Of .992 for 100 amc which
puts him third in the list of National
league first basomen. His bntting
average for 133 game. in .275. McTn-
mis- Is second among the initinl snckers
OF the junior league with .994 for IA
Enraes. Az bat he has a far better
average ti,nn Schmidt his record being
.517 for 1AH games.
Eycrs and Collins.
Evers and Collins will be opposed
names to be corfjured with. Both are
famous ind both have had plenty Of
Worlds Series experience. AS the
pivoticnl point In double plays and in
fs1d strategy there Is little to choose
hstwccr them. Both cover wide areas
around. second base and throw in al
most any Donition. In age and expert
ence Evers lii older than Collins being
thirty-onc years Of age and with
ngainat Collins' 81 years and seven
sehHon1 on the diamond. Unfolding
the former Chicago Cub star leads the
Maek,ncn by twenty-six points the
averages being Evcrs .97S, Collins
1852. In hitting. however, the posi-
lions are reversed since Collins shows
.544 to Evers .279.
At shortstop 1t is a case of a steady
veteran against a youthful phenomin-
on. Barry lis twenty-seven while Mar
anv!lle has lust passed his twenty-fret
birthday. Physically there is little ad-
vantage one way or the other both he
Ing about Average in weight and
height. Barry has had two years
more experience In the national game,
which. nnrhnpn, accounts for his bet
ter fielding average which is go for
1a5 games to Mnrnnvllle's .945 for 131
games. The youthful Brave IS a more
consistent hnttcr'. however. showing
,sbi to BHrry's .2a2. Roth fit in to the
defersive rchsne of their respective
inf1e1ds In splendid style being fast,
aes'uratc thro"ers and capable of
ranging over Il wide stretch of terri
tory. between socond md third bases.
AIifie'a'S ffnSc
the II position in the inner de-
Tense where the worlds champions
appear 10 ha"r an ad"rrtzgc over the
Braves, II figures for tho past and
present seaHoiis chn be dependcd un-i
on. Is at third base. Here ], FRANK
lin Baker and 'ltcd" Smith Will hold
forth during tho coming seriee. In
age. experience i'll batting and field
Ing the famous homo run hitter has
the batter tr conipnriEors over mis-
rival who viii play the far corner bag
Tor Eo.ton. Ersnt' ~ % years old,
weighs lfS n"unds. and has had six
years Of bTofeas;ora! nnselall exncr!-
enco. smith ~ tw~natv-four. Weighs
ISL ana: hna played bali FOR five wears, /.
n 1914 roenrda OF the two players
In d'inatior show that Baker hrs field
Cd .9A7 .hrd batted $40 to Smiths
.ei2 and .cs6.
The unofneial hitting and fielding