El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-25

- oPE reveals more strange things
than one ever dreamed Of. and
H. the first study through the com
parison Of the teams that are fighting
for the worlds series gave me a
uwister. Honestly. I never before
imagined that it made so much differ
ence in a ball player 10 figure him
against special teams We know. Of
course. that a certain player hits
pitchers Of one club better than he
does those OF another. but TO discover
that the defensive-fieldiug value Of a
player-also is affected by the work
OF the team against which he plays
surprised me.
Il may sound odd. too. that Duff
Lewis. the hero OF the worlds series
Of last fall. does not dope TO be as
strong a ball player against the
National league teams as are either Of
his rivals. You may be astOnished 10
find that Sherry MaEee. who is hitting
way down in the go class. Is a bet
ter ball player against the Red SoE
than would be Jack Wheat. who IS
Outhitting him nearly 100 points These
things are the frea ks Of baseball
Several Clubs To BE Dropped
We shall be able 10 drop two or three
clubs out of the simple basis Further
more. we can carry forward the totals.
and. when we come down 10 the final
reckoning, We can compile the vital
statistics and show which team ought
IN Studying these figures. We have
q lot TO contend with. Offhaud, one
looking at the figures for this season
would for instance. declare Whitfield a
more dangerous batter than is Nagee
Whitfield is hitting up close TO 800
while under Stalliugs he is lucky 10
hit -2f0. That shows the effect of
managerial Eeneralship upon players
The Difference
Moran is a great leader OF men in
that they all love and respect him. and
work their heads off for him because
they do. Stailingss players are de-
yotedly loyal to their fighting leader
because he takes up their battles and
fights for them Stallings is a gen
eral skillful in attack. resourcesful
and planning for runs, and caring
rOthing for hits. Moran is de-
fensive general planning TO keep the
other fellow from scoring by his use
of pitchers. and not overly skilful ia
the attacking end Of the game stall
ing's men must bat TO orders That
fact has hampered Magee.
I think IL has made him a better
ball player in spite Of his terrific slump
in hitting. Allow Magee TO go bat and
800 hitter Make him bat TO orders
and hit at balls that viii help along
base runners or tend to weary oppOs-
ing pitchers, and he is weakened inn
mediately-
How Lewis Would Differ.
Lewis of course. would be immensely !
strong. II the Red SOx and pills should ]
again conquer their leagues and play
off for the worlds title. The moral .
effect Of what he did last fall when. /
by his batting. he won at least three I
Of the four games his team captured, Z
would be tremendous. He would not {
nit well against Brooklyn pitching /
staff as he would against the Pills I
even admitting that the runs nave a Z
stronger pitching staff
Whitted is. I think, near great ball /
player who is not usually rated as Z
such. He has brains-he is capable /
assistant general under Moran, ard, I
besides that a very effective man at I
the bat Wheat is rather puzzle He f,
ought TO have been one Of the great :
stars and never has been. perhaps be- 1
cause in the past he has been with :
hopeless teams Now. when he is not 3
as good physically he was five .
years ago. his club has a chance. ana B
he has kept hustling- Husting alone {
has made him look a much better ball .
player than we had come to rate him ]
Where Joe jackson stands.
Jackson. OF Cnicago, averages better I
than either Lewis OF Neach when 3
studied against all three of the teams :
This fellow is not a good bali player. /
even if he bats 800 He is erratic. /
uncertain and not a player for his 3
team. True, he has worked better and b
harder and with less selfishuess this .
year than DE ever did before. and he
has contributed largely 10 EOWIand-s '
efforts. Mechanically. he is one of the J
best Of bali PLAYERS but that lets him
out The thinking part of the game B
IS unknown 10 him. What he would &
do in a worlds series is big guess
He might break loose and wra&k the /