El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-04

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FORE cold comfort for Philadel-
M phia. When the final figures
L Il showing the relative values Of
the third basemen who are rivals in
this worlds series are compiled and
reduced 20 the concrete, we find Bos-
ton Red Sox again have the advan-
The advantage this time is bit
LARGER Than we have found elsewhere
save in center field
stock. in fact. compares so badly win
Larry Gardner for the purposes OF d
worlds series that even allowing Ior
all claims of improvement maze LOT
him by the Philadelphians, Sun ne IS
beaten far and away. As Moran knows
these things perhaps better than any
of US outsiders, / expect body byLue
will be in there helping out with ms
ricb Experience. his gameness. and
fighting ability during at least part
OF the series. and I have figured Phil-
adelphia's third basemen on the basis
o. five parts Stock and two parts
Byrne-
Gardner is Ranking Basemnn-
This combination is rather unfortu-
nate. for the showing II makes, Whlle
good as compared with the average
third baseman. looks bad when II IS
laid up in cold figures alongside the
value Of Larry Gardner. For this lei
low Gardner is today the ranking third
baseman of the country IN all-round
value to the team.
An odd case is that Of Gardner He
was a second baseman Of some merit,
but held the job mainly because he
could hit, as he wHs an unpublished
gem and Jared the harmony Of the
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% those notions that seize magnates
at times and ordered his manager TO
puE Gardner over at third He had
seen Larry practise there for few
minutes
Became Sensation Of League.
Gardner didn't like the thought a
great deal. but he is one Of those smart,
quiet, intelligent Yankees and he went
over there because third basing is a
pudding compared with playing second
Insteld of just grabbing sinecure, he
became, almost overnight. the sensd-
ton of the league. the best and clean
est fielding third baseman Of them all,
an instructive third baseman, a great
thrower, a fellow who got the jump on
hunts, who blocked down the hard ones.
who tagged runners and blocked them
off In fact, he looked as though he
had played third base all his life.
His Fielding Has Fallen Off.
Now. oddly enough. Gardner has not
beer fielding the base as we'll this sea
son as he has done in preceding years:
but he has been doing it weu enough
to hang right on at the top Of the
third basemen Of the league.
He is a grand worker with the other
infielders. helps Scott out by cutting
across toward the pitcher for the slow.
high Founders. and he travels a long
way after fouls.
Chief Strength at Bat.
His chief strength. however, IS at
bat Again. he is a bit off his hitting
stride this season. and he hasn't been
piling up as many stolen bases as
usual still he holds enough of a lead
70 earn him figures we'll above those
of Stock
Stock Is Improving.
Stock is a very fair ball player. He
is much improved this season over last.
not so much by added experience as by
escaping from the McGraw kennel 1t
is evident now that McGraw's tactics
fused Stock so that he could not do
himself justice. McGraw wanted an
other Herzog or another Shafer and
was disappointed. Stock is spry and
quick catlike in his actions around