El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-25

the game, and perhaps no man IL
baseball comes nearer being the an
tIthesis OF the safety first player
I than Collins rival in ia series. II
there is an opportunity 10 break his
neck and win ball game, HerZoe
[ viii take that chance. He VIII FISH
every bone in his body 10 win and the
greater the situation, the more de-
pending upon play. the greater he
becomes as a ball player.
During the last quarter Of a century
have seen many ball players who
rose, with grltted teeth and fought
for game with all their nerve and
courage, but I never have seen an
exhibition such as Herzog gave in
the series between the Giants and
Boston Red SOx. In that series. he
by his desperate efforts, came near
turning the dope upside down il
was sheer nerve. courage and deter
minatlOn and. while his back may be
weak and his condition not the best
his nerve still is unimpaired
Ii will be interesting 10 watch
the men during the coming series
and contrast their methods Con-
eedinE Collins every advantage
from n mechanical standpoint. IL
need not surprise anyone II Her
EOE f. n greater hero when II il
over.
Another Collins Fault.
Collins has one more bad trick and
=
because il most frequently affects the
weakest spot on the White SON, which
is right field With all his expe-
rience. Collins still has a habit Of
claiming fly balls hit 10 right field
and falling between his position and
the right fielders. Time and again
this season he has claimed such balls.
and then. after stopping the right
fielder. he has quit on the ball him
self and allowed it to fall safe. An
frraraaHfTHr Of vannrf7a This son
shows six such instances. II such
thing should happen during the COM
ing series, the effect might be dis
astrous-
Both these men are worlds series
veterans Collins has played in all
the Athletic series, and he has shown
the same kind of ball in the big at
fair that ne does during the regular
season With his brilliant execution
and perfect form, he can be relied
upon as steady and reliable defen-
siye player His hitting ought not
20 be great in this series. 1t is a
cinch that McGraW Will aim his pitch
ers TO stop Collins and Jackson more
than any OF the others of the White
SON, and 1 believe that both Schupp
and Sallee viii turn this trick to a
large extent. Collins hits the south
paws fairly well. better by far than
most left handed batters do, but, in
worlds series. the details carefully
" VI HAeNA A4A III al anti win EsaNA
pitcher instructed and coached TO the
limit as 20 every man, the best natural
batters are under q handicap
As we shall see later, il is a hard
job for any manager 10 figure
pitcher TO stop all the White Sox
This team has both right and left
handed punch and the pitcher who
stops one wrecking crew must face
the other.
HerzOg Rated High
study Tor time the records Of
Herzog this season He is far below
Collins in number OF hits and in per
centage- Yet, playing in many fewer
games and hitting far below him.
stealing fewer bases and seemingly
mechanically inferior in attack. Her
zog has scored almost as many runs
as has the Chicago star. He is one
OF the best run getters in the bust
ness, and, once on first. he is re-
sourcefuL clever and he gets around
some way.
I have been compelled 10 discount
Herzog's value largely on the reports
OF his condition 1t is being an
nOunced that he is all right" but
the reports indicate that he is not
completely recovered from his col
lapse and that his injured back is still
giving him trouble. He has been
given opportunity to rest il and get
it into shape and il is to be hoped
that he viii be right when he goes to
second Ddsc.
For another thing, Herzog is not
naturally second baseman. He has
acquired a certain knack and pro-
ficlency in playing on that side Of the
diamond, but his natural place is on
the other half. where he handles balls
faster and gets them away quicker.
However, his playing at second this
season has been satisfactory.
It seems TO be a case of the i'm
passive, connie Mack style of ball
player, performing his work without
emotion and with the preciseness Of
machine, pitted against a fiery,
fighting, nervy fellow Of less me-
chanical ability. Ii is going to be in
teresting TO see which carries off the
honCrs-
Tomorrow We viii tackle the short
stops j have just completed the fig
ures on these and they are somewhat
OF surprise. They surprised me
when ! added up. How about you7
Copyright, 1917. by the Bell SyndI- I
cate, Incl