El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-26
SHORTSTOPs.
Article No EoDr.


Value value Value
F New York ---.763 4s6 1898
Chicago -------5S4 4-e 1l16
he Giants make a tremendous
gain in the figure dope in the
Il comparative study Of the short
stops. The difference between the
two men who are pitted against each
other in the second most important Of
the regular positions is much more
marked than We who are roofing for
the White Sox imagined 1t could be
You see we have watched Eisberg
during this year, and We rated him
more on his future than on his pres
ent value. We think We have one Of
the coming great stars Of the game,
and while we have seen him err and
blunder have watched MIN Smash UP
time and again in a frantic panic We
have charged 1t against youth and IN
experience and told each other now
good he is going 10 De WAen ne NUS
That is good stuff. The boy has it
in him in fact, two years from now
1 think he viii be the premier snot L
stop Of the country. but unLorl uAtt e-
~ that doesn't get US anyw here when
we are valuiug players only lor the
coming series
Risberg Speedy But Erratic.
Fletcher has Risberg beaten many
points in experience, in rehoalltE, IN
steadiness under fire, as DalteI5
and as a team factor and IN pfacllc-
ally every department OF the game
with the exception OF speed. Doln on
] the bases and in the 1leld- Z or LAl7
/ Swede. erratic as he has been during
the plaving- season, covers a world OF
ground in both directions, ana IN
/ sensatiOualism he has his rival
] cheated He is liable 10 De a senSd-
ton one minute and the Grape hanger
the next, for he can throw them away
] as far and as hard as anyone. IN cal
] culating this point you VIII Iind Inal
YOU must add las did points 70
GandiTs credit for saving the snort
stop many breaks
From RisberE's standpoint IL II
rather unfortunate that he must
go into a worlds series this
season. The boy Is high strung,
nervous and inclined 10 panic
He may get through the series
without kicking the ball once, but
If he makes n bad error he Il Al
most certain to boot the next bail
or throw II away.
Risberg is rather an interesting
/ st11dv in himself He is unseasoned,
rather raw in some things, and be
vond a doubt he has as much neEN s
0 and courage as any OF his team his
fault is that he seems striving con-
: stantlv to conceal his nervousness
under ? veneer Of pretended careless
ness and coOlness. His attempts TO
I aupear unconCerned when he is dis
turbed cause him to assume an eN-
] aggerated carelessness, which. be
] lfeve, is largely responsible for the
! fact that he makes his errors in
] punches.
He Doesn't Block the Ball.
He has a bad mechanical fault.
] which he has Curbed 10 some extent.
/ That fault consists in playing prac-
/ tically every ball that is hit TO him
at one side, instead OF getting In
front OF the ball He does this more
I while fielding toward third base than
] toward second, and unless he comes
W clean with the ball, il means that
+ he must follow the ball, make a turn
and hurry his throw TO get IT to
first.
The majority of his wild throws
have been made because Of this fact
Of hurrying the play. II would be
quite as easy for him to play in front
Of the ball, block IT down I'm front OF
him and keep the play always before
him, and his style fin this respect has
been changed greatly since he Joined
the White Sox-
as the boy possesses, a worlds series
is about the severest test that could
be imagined II is most natural for
him to be nervous (au players are
more or Iess) and if he steadies and
plays the game Of which he is
capable. il viii be a great tribute to
his undOuoted courage II he breaks
early in the series, or has a tough
run Of bad bounding balls, the result
will be disastrous TO the White SOX.
There is one thing certain. that he
viii try harder for the ball after