The Washington times., 1917-09-30
Left FieIders

He has more gst-up, less OF the hook
worm style, and he has played the
game for the White Sox this season
better than we had hoped after
watching him last year.
There with the waIIOp.S
His slump in hitting has been
largely due to the fact that he has
been hitting for the team rather than
for Joe. He Is not, and never will
be, q finished or braIny bAllplayer,
and his weakness at bunting and at
my kind OF scientific hitting is evil
dent.
But he is there with a waIlop, and
is dangerous at any time against any
kind OF pitching. He hits a third
strike as hard as he does his first,
and he has a rather uncanny way OF
calling the turn. The pitcher who
gets himself into a hole pitching for
Jackson is in serious trouble.
He has scored more runs per hit
this season than he usually does, and
has run the bases better, although
that is not much of a boast. The
study Of his run getting, as compared
with that OF Burns, is q surprise.
He has made fewer hits than Burns,
yet has scored almost as many runs.
His lower average is due to the fact
he has not had as many bases on
balls. This Is not so much to his
discredit, for Burns is an excellent
waiter. and New York plays that
waiting game far better and with far
more consistency than the White
Sox.
Jackson can throw, he covers
ground well, and his way OF retriev-
Inc Aan - NlAe Al a..
Is an Improvement over the work of
any left fielder the Sox have had in
many years. made a record OF all
the hits that went down the left feld
line this season on the Sox park. and
compared II with the record OF 1918.
1t would seem that Jackson has re-
duced the number of triples by about
fourteen, and has held many runners
to singles on such hits which, IN
1914 and 1915 were triples or home
runs. It is an indication that he is
hustling as never before.
Burns Ideal OutAeIder.
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 q three hundred
hitter nor as 4 cleanup type OF hit
ter, yet this season he has been both,
and on top OF that q good waiter and
a clever man bunting and working
with runners, which jackson Is not
He is almost my ideal of an out
fielder. playing bAtters with good
Judgment, making his plays without
show or fuss, and throwing to the
right spot in almost every instance,
another thing that cannot be said for
Jackson, who has a habit Of shooting
hard and fast
Jackson, on strength OF arm alone,
can beat Burns a trifie on the throw
to the plate. and he whips the pill up
to the rubber with terrific speed.
There was a time this season when
his throw seemed to lose some OF its
power, but during the recent weeks
he has been throwing as II II is play.
There is yet another thing that you
must remember in comparing these
two men; that is. that they have faced
entirely different pitching. National
League pitching, II is true, has i'm
proved this season, and Burns has
been compelled to face better pitch |
Ing than he has in the last four years. |
Facing this average betterment of |
he has improved his batting. |
Ameriean's Pitchers Excel
The pitchers OF the American
League. as an average, are better