El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-04
RED S0X HAVE THE ADVANTAGE
IN CHOICE Of THIRD BASEMEN
Gardner Is So Much Better Than Stock and Brne That
the Phillies Are Greatly Handicapped; He Is Made
Over from Second Baseman and Is One of
the Best Now Playing the Game.

third, and he covers along the line
well
Byrne Weakens in Hitting.
Even so. Stock scarcely is strong
enough for a regular Job on the Phil
lie-, while Bobby Byrne is on the list
Byrne. a grand little veteran. slipped
a lot in his hitting this season, be-
ing so points below his normal aver
age. and stock got the job because he
was nicking the marble a lot harder,
although even then he wasn't a Lajoie.
So Byrne. the veteran, took the IN
dcrstudy role, and as Stock has been
going we'll Moran. like other manag-
ers, would be foolish to make a change
while the team is winning
However, the figures plainly reveal
strengthen his team by sending Byrne
TO third for the series. especially as
Byrne was through one worlds series
when with Pittsburg, and the .expe-
rlence is valuable.
Byrne f. Veteran.
Byrne has played around the circuit
nine seasons now, and always has been
CAPABLE and fighting ball player with
q lot Of punch and ginger in him. Stock
mas not shown much evidence Of the
fighting spirit
Probably, for a regular season and
under the present conditions Stock is
the better man for Moran's use. but
when we come to examine what they
are likely to do against Boston's great
Eltchlng corps, il is a different story.
Not that either one Of them is liable
70 drlNe RuIh or Wood. or Shore or
Leonard or Foster off the slab. but the
chances are better for Byrne to do some
hitting than for Stock
Byrne Good Eainst sOuthpavvS.
II Carrigan's pitchers go into this
series on edge, which they undoubted-
" VIII. as he has more good ones than
are needed by the two clubs. stock
VIII be nearly helpless. Byrne has in
the past been fellow who took a nice
ssnappy crack at the offerings OF the
leIt handlers especially, which might
help lot as il is a cinch that Carriean
viii use southpaws in three games out
OF SIX Il II goes that far, and perhaps
Stock has not been doing much pincb
hitting, and the fast boys seem to have
MIN choked 10 death. Under those cir
cumstances, Wood ought to make him
moe ms bat and ne doesn't figure much
helter against either Foster or Leon
ard Byrne's experience might help.
and his courage in standing up TO speed
and taking his healthies may cause No
ran to change plans after the series
starts, if not before
Byrne Better In Fielding.
In fielding Byrne is more expe-
rienced and about the equal of his
team mate and a better judge Of pitch
ing. according TO the players
Red SON who will hit well against
Alexander, but you may wipe him off
the slate against Rixey if Eppa Jeptha
is near his best form.
The comparison is scarcely flattering
to the National league champions and
gives the Red Sox a slightly larger ad-
vantage on the conn arson of the en-
ire inttelGs tEan 1 SUPPOSED they hid
when I started doping them out
On the total infield comparison. the
Red SOX figure 2935 points to the Phil
lies 2S0S, which is a considerable lead.
especially since the greater portion of
II is due to the greater attacking
strength Of the Sox- Besides Carri-
gan appears TO have the more mobile
iufield strength Gamers ability TO hit
left handlers offsets HObby's weakness,
and, with Wagner as understudy for
second or short with JanYrin an under
study almost anywhere. Carrigan has
much the advantage in substitute
strength to use in emergencies Mo-
rams team is sadly weak on subs
Copyright. 1915, by the Wheeler syn
dictate, InC.l