El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-01
TIE RIGHT FIELDERs.

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Ew YORK's Giants again hav,
M the better Of the comparison ir
1 ' doping the right fielders, Civ
ing them a considerable lead in out
field strength.
Individually. Robertson is much
better than either OF the men Rowland
can bring into play, but. in this COM
parison. there is a tremendous ques-
ton mark
II one could get the best Of Shane
Collins. OF Eddie Murphy and Memo
LeibOld-au their best qualities into
action at Once-the com osite would.
Robertson's best 1t is Up to Rowland
to do this If he expects his team 20
hold its own in left fielders.
With all due regard to those
managers who advocate and Urac-
ffce the fsOuffieId shift, made IA
nous by StaIIinEs n few years
ago. I am of the opinion that. in
great majority OF cases, il does
not strengthen a team. and that.
not infrequently, II hurts one or
both OF the players involved in
the shift.
Rowland has. properly spea king. no
regular right fielder. He has chosen
little Memo LeibOld as the most regu-
lar but the boy. although promising.
has faults, and is weak against left
handed pitching. Eddie Murphy, who
was good enough TO hold q steady Job
on Connie Mack's Athletics in their
championship days, is not adiudEed
his equal. Perhaps he IS not He has
been discouraged and dissatisfied. as
q substitute, and has fretted because
However, during the latter half OF
this season he has revived interest.
because Rowland has been using him
as a pinch hitter, and he has been
delivering wonderfully.
Murphy Better Than LeibOId-
o. course IL is easy for US TO man
age a team as volunteers. I do not
know ROWland's reasons for choosing
LelbOld over Murphy for IL always
has been my opinion that Murphy. If
PLAYED regularly, would be the better
man I feel certain now he would be
a better man for this series because
OF his past experience in such affairs. I
ana for the further reason that Lei
bold has, time and again. shown a
tendency to be nervous and tn hrea < ]
In tight places. The records Of the
season show that almost every muff (
ieh3s made has been OF an easy fly in I
q tight place
John Collins is used by Rowlan7
-gainst the lefthanders. which means
-naL ne VIII DO the most Of the right ]
fielding on this occasion. Collins is I
an odd and peculiar ball player He I
Is what is known in bench parlance /
IS a "swinger." and he takes a fright I
-ul Wallop at the ball During the /
Early spring months he is a great hit I
Ter. but when the pitchers speed Up 4
and strike their regular form his I
hitting stops, except against left \
lanoers, and he is used chiefly as a /
pinch hitter against them.
Oddly enough, after he has been on
ne bench for a time, he comes back ]
or q streak Of batting. then slumps
gam. Now, the New York pitchers
10 not know Collins style. and. since
{ is certain AIcGraw viii use left
anky boy from Upper Newton Falls
s going to get into the game.
can see a big chance for him TO 90
ONE fence busting and get back at
ne chicago fans who have hOOted
I'm for failure to hit in a pinch Col
ms IS, TO my way Of thinking, an IN
OrIunate ball player. Had he broken
n with any other club things might
ave been different On 1Iack's. FOR
he probably would have
cen 8 great star Mack would have
ured him Of the little fault that has
1arred his career. He was badly
andled with the White Sox. and the
2ult became habit. He will be a
winger to the end Of his career. but
z q worlds series against nervous
ltchers not familiar with his stvle he
liable to put over one of those hay
laker blows that have kept him on
be payroll.
Collins Good Fielder.
As a fielder Collins is an rizbt-