El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29

kind Of pitching. he nllS 4 Lull q
strike as hard as he does his first.
and he has a rather uncanny way Of
] calling the turn The pitcher WI"
gets himself into a hole pitching Tor
/ Jackson is IN serious trouble
He has scored more runs per hi
/ this season than he usually does, and
has run the bases better. although
that is not much OF a boast Tho
| study OF his run getting as compared
] with that OF Burns. is a surprise BE
I has made fewer hits than Burns, Yet
! has scored almost as many runs BIS
! lower average is due 20 the fact ne
! has not had as many bases on pans
/ This Is not so much TO his discredit [.
/ for Burns is an excellent waiter. and
I New York plays that " aiting game
I far better and with far more consist =
ency shan the White SoX-
Jackson can throw, he covers
ground well. and his way OF retrleV-
| Ing balls hit down the left field line
any left fielder the Sox have had IN
many years. I made a record Of All
the hits that went down the LEFT field
! line this season on the Sox park and
/ compared it with the record Of 1915.
| 1t would seem that Jackson has re-
duced the number OF triples BY about
! Il. and has held many runners 10
singles on such hits which. in 1914
and 1915 We're triples or home runs
II is an indication that he IS hustlinE
as never before
Burns II Ideal Outfielder.
Burns is the finished. thinking and
speedy type Of player who has i'm
proved with experience, and Is now
near the top Of his game. He was not
reckoned on as a three hundred hitter
nor as a cleanup type OF hitter. yet
this season he has been both. and on
top Of that a good waiter and clever
man bunting and working with run
ners. which Jackson is not.
He is almost my ideal OF an out
fielder. playing batters with good
show or fuss, and throwing to the
right spot in almost every instance
another thing that cannot be said Tor
Jackson, who has a habit OF shooting
hard and fast. Jackson. on strength
[ OF arm alone. can beat Burns a trifln
on the throw to the plate. and he
I whips the pill up 20 the rubber with
] terrific speed There was a time this
I some Of its power; but during the re
/ cent weeks he has been throwing as
I II II IS play.
There Is yet another thing that
you must remember In comparing
these two men-that f., that they
have faced entirely different
pitching. National League pitch
inE. 81 f. true, has improved this
season. and Burns has been COM
uelled to fnce better pitching than
ne has In the last four years
Facing this average betterment
Of pitching, he has improved his
batting.
American League Pitchers Excel
The pitchers OF the American
] League. as an average, are better than
I those OF the National, and the mar
gers are, as a rule. quicker to change
pitchers and stop batting This Of
! course, has been due TO the closeness
] Of the race. Yet such changes cut
down the batting averages Of the
/ men, because they get few chances
/ during a ason TO maui easy pitching
[ for three or four hits and add ayOir-
DUBOIS 20 their smuggling records.
| What Jackson would bat in the Ma %
/ tioral 7 eaEue and what Burns would
! hit I'm the American is a problem. I
{ think Jackson would be better than
a three-hundred hitter against the
run OF mine pitching OF the National
D League unless working for man
ager who held him TO orders. Burns.
l I believe, would hit almost as well in
] one league as in the other
have been compelled. In figuring
I on entire seasons. to calculate that
] the American League pitchers are =
l per cent better. on the average, than
l the National. basing the figures on
] actual performance Of pitchers and
hatters. However. that does not help
us in doping the worlds series. In
] this we must figure the mans indi-
vidual proves In his own league. and
study what he has done in his OWL
| league against the kind Of pitching he
must face in the coming test II IS
l this fact that cuts Jackson's figures
/ II reduces Burns, too, but TO lesser
extent. and gives the New Yorker a
| large shade the advantage.
Tomorrow we will compare the
center fielderE. and rs I have fin
fshed the comparison in figures.
am certain that the result Will be
another shock to the fans.
ROWLAND Is NOT WRITER.
Manager Rowland Of the White SOx
was offered $1,000 by a New York
syndicate TO allow the use Of his
name over a series Of articles on the
worlds series and given 20 under
stand quite plainly that he wouldn't
I have 20 write a line. Rowland de-
clined with thanks.