The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-20
Big League Gossip
CHRISTY MATHEWSON


series at top speed. Eddie's consistent
hitting and hts faultiess iclding stool
out above any other individual perform
auce
When tho Braves routed. the Athletics
I'm 1914. IL WAS said that Collins would
never be Il great short stries player
again. / happen TO know that in this
worlds championship engagements he
has been q special target for verbal at
TACK. I understand the Giants did not
ride" Eddie very hard In this series
but he complained that they we're block.
ing him around second base whom he was
a runner.
In this connection. want to say that
have never seen nerve-ra cking finish
in worlds championship attended by
less bitterness or in which teams con-
Quoted themselves with greater pro-
priety.
Clarence Rowland and Captain Collins
publicly commended McCraw's sports
nanliltc conduct on the coaching lines
Mac confined his coaching 10 encour-
agcmcnt Of his batters and entered into
no controversies.
While there were some tiurries be-
tween Rowland and n couple OF the
Giants. am charitable enough 10 he
lirve they were simply the OuthurStS 81
pnni-up emotions in that fifth game.
which was certainly a nightmare. pn
Ill" whole. however III" coaching did not
offend the ears OF the uInplr"s. who had
been instructed 10 prcvcni personalities.
Kid Gleason was on the third base
lines most ui the time. buzz paid little
attention to Zimmerman. Al least. !
did not observe Z!m arguing with him.
and know Hcine is seldom silent II he
is being attacked. Zim's unfortunate en-
rcricnce cannot De laid to n riding
by the Chicago players. He resented
the attitude Of the Chicago crowds, and
I am inclined 10 believe his game suf-
fered through over-anXiety to hit the
ball for extra bases.
The utter unreliab!lity OF worlds
series dope" is illustrated by the per-
furinanccs OF the throe Catchers in the
late unpieaSantncSS.
Lew McCarty waS NOT rs thoroughly
tested ms Schalk or RarIdcn. but. mona
the less. he is entitled 90 full credit for
his hard hitting in Thea first TWO games.
McCartys fnnl appearance az n pinch
hitter in the last game should really nor
be counted. for no was unable TO take q
free swing noticed. when he was
Inoscnins UP by waving two bats. tha;
he favored his lame shoulder.
will not say that SchHlk was over
estimated. hut everybody admits that
Rariden was undcrcstimated. Tho
Hoosicr backstop should he an ideal
worlds series performer, rs he hicks
nerves and can play steadily when II
high-slrung athlete might crack.
Raridcn's hitting certainly was sur
prise, and his handling Of pitchers AM
throwing rather showed mp SchnliI, who
had been pictured us supcrman.
did not sec the first three games.
but I'm the last three I noticed that
Schalk called for number or pitch
outs. Even then. he was less success
fun al breaking up steals than Earidcn'
who has been trained to play McGraw'a
eamo Mac doesn't believe in the pitch
aut except at rare stages Of tight games.
RarIdrn lid some :ooi throwing on
nttrhinc TINT offered tho batters n chance
To hit the ball.
Much Of Schnllis effectiveness may b"
due to the fact that he IL working with
pitchers who hold runners close t" FIRST
base and to the pitrh-oui thing. Ih"N
tell me II Is an uhs"ssion or Cnmiskey
that his pitchers must he trained 10 ho'h
runners Mt FIRST base and that he gives
them pointers on how Ia do II. f"nlny
vas Il rrrnt FIRST haScInan himself. He
has rinrr hal many pitchers Wh" w"r"
Ga clever chat u base runner simply
could mot get start on them. don
know Tin, ! ever saw two lcft-hand"rS
who could keep tho boys chained I" TIE
bag any better than Nirk Mtrhck ana
PATSY EIahcrtv. both of wnum'wcrc >E
rlovcG h. Cnnrish"v for several T"ar".
WINS told Of Iittlr incident nj Gar
den City the other day which brings
home the fact that t'nc" Sam is not re-
rpcctr- ~ persons WIN hr sets ous tn