Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-16
"STALLNGS
SHIFT" MAY Be
USED BY SOX
Scheme of Changing 0utfield-
ers According to Pitchers
Appears to be Sound
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CHICAGO, In.-Chicago's White
sox will be. strong in outfielders in
1915 and the "Stallings shift" that
helped the Miracle Man work wonders
with team supposed to be a foreIorn
hope may make Comiskey's team for
midable in the American league next
season.
Happy" Fetch, home run hitter
from the Milwaukee Brewers, coming
to the Sox next season, is a right hand
batsman. So is Bobby Roth, batting
hero of the Chicago city series.
What May Happen in 1915.
Suppose, for arguments sake, that
the great pitching staff of Comiskey,
coming through strong next season,
should fail to break under this strain.
Stretch the imagination to place the
Sox in the running for a pennant,
coming down the home stretch in 9
spirited race with Mack's recognized
Athletics and Carrigan's fighting Red
Sox.
Fourier, failure as a fielding first
saeker last year, but whale of a hit
term fact, the best batter Comis.
key has owned in several moons, has
been shifted TO the outfield. The big
Frenchman is hitting better in the
cutfield than ne was at first base.
Fourier In the OutfieId. .-
Fournier is batting we'll, but there
are others on the club who are push.
ing him for the honors. Bobby Roth,
whom Forecaster Johnny Evers
singled out as the one who should
win the Chicago city series last fall,
is making the natives sit up and pay
attention. In fact, the inmates Of the
south side park are all fused up over
the playing of the Chicago boy in the
outfeld. Instead of bricks, they are
tossing bouquets at the blushing
youth every time he appears. Es..
/ Bonnie Brief, left handed bats.
man, secured from the Kansas City
Blues last season, is playing at first
base. having supplanted the big
Frenchman at the initial station. This
player has lived down his reputation.
as a castoff Of the St Louis Browns
and is doing Jiggs Donohue stunts so
often that the fans are simply daffy
over his work. Big crowds of ardent
admirers assemble outside the, park
every day to see that Bsief gets siS6fas
unharmed by Cub supporters, who
might be spying on the fast coming
Sox.
Feleh Has Made a Hit.
Felch, too, has made a big hit on.
the south side The home run swat.
ter from the Cream city has hit him.
self into the affections of the large
fan constituency Of the south side,
and. strange as It might seem, his
fielding has been excellent. Instead
Of drawing q prize lemon at fabu:
lous figure, the Old Roman plueked
peach this time, and the fans are
strong for Fetch.
This may sound like an idle dream,
but II certainly is within the realm OF
the possible. Who considered the.
Boston Braves even as pennant con.
tenders in the National League about
the middle of the season last year?
But what HAS that to do with the
*Stallings shift" may be asked. Be
patient; we're coming to that. One OF
the big surprises Of the Miracle Man
was his plan of maneuvering his out.
fselders so that right hand hitters
batted against southpaws, and left
hand hitters were sent to the plate
against the right handed fingers.
stallings Shifts Players.
Stallings was roasted early in the.
season for this inaneuver. Against
right hand pitchers he sent Connolly, i
Moran and Whitfield to the plate.
When southpaws faced the Braves,
Mann and Gather replaced Connolly
and Moran. Whitfield, right hand
batter, sometimes gave way to Josh
Deyore, making complete shift.
Suppose the Sox of different hues
are coming down the pennant home
stretch, and that all the youngsters
mentioned have happily surprised the
south side rooters and brought JOY
&c the heart Of the Old Roman. Sup
pose that the two clubs are tied in
hot race for the flag, that Dutch Leon
ard, the best southpawer in the cir.
cult, is announced for Boston, and
Scott, having great year, is the man
chosen to save the day for Chicago.
In that event and all these things
being true, the Sox lineup probably
would appear as follows: Weaver,
IS; Blackburne, 2b; Brief, 1b; Roth,
Irf; Collins, CT; Fetch, II; Schalk, c;
Breton, 3b; Scott, p.
1t will be noticed that every player
in this lineup with the exception Of
Brief is a right hand hitter. Leon
ard, who defeated the White Sox at
every appearance last year, is met
this time with smuggling array of
right hand batters. Scott is in rare
form, the Sox field beautifully and
the Stallings shift enables the south
siders to get two runs, enough to win
Ia marked contrast to their hitless
wonder tactics of the year previous.
| Switches Sox outfieIders.
The next day Shore, the tall right
handler. Is on the firing line for the
Bean Boys The score is the same,
but the outfield of the Sox looks as
4 il 1t had been hit by Kansas cyclone.
On that day the batting order of the
White Sox is as follows: Weaver, SIS !;
Blackburne. 2b: Brief, 1b: Fourier,