El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
nTTETETnE.

White Sox 1913 24O6 SSs5
rrERE is the strangest freak OF
the dope I ever have encoun-
L i tered in a quarter Of a century
OF trying to dope out baseball;
New Yorks Giants and Chicago's
White sox are practically tied in Of
fensive strength-only one point in
thousands separating them after an
exhaustive study Of the infielders and
outflelders. who form the regular
teams
In spite OF this fact the Giants lead
By more than 100 points IN team
strength (catchers and pitchers not
yet considered).
The teams are the most evenly
matched I have ever been called
upon to study. II f. remarkable
that the figures should show them
so nearly equal in both offensive
and defensive strength that n
furu of the luck a break Of the
game, in fact almost anything.
would change the verdict
The dope proves these things con
cIusively;
That the White Sox possess the
greater battering power
That the Giants have the speedlest
and cleverest attack
team work and the best generalshiD-
That the Giants excel the White SoN
in more positions than the White Sox
excel them
But the greatest thing proved BY
she comparative study of the teams
thus far is that II is a series that VIII
be decided almost entirely upon the
merits Of the pitching and that the
result Of the series VIII not prove
which is the better team, but which
team possesses the best pitchers Tor
the week Of October g.
If anyone is foolish enough TO va
ger on baseball here's a warning
The team ahe hest pitchers Of
which are in the best condition
that week Will win. This means,
now that we have discovered the
strength OF the regulars, we must
dig lot deeper into the dope and
figure condition OF pitchers and
the pitching OF each mnn as cal
culated against each batter.
In presenting these figures as 70
tails I do not mean to decide that the
/ Giants are a better ball club. The
dope means they are a better bail
club for the purposes Of this seri@s
Also I must warn you that these 1lE-
ures are subject to alteration before
. the series starts. for the reason that
7 we may be called upon TO drop Her
! zog's figures from tho total and cal
culate largely upon Smith, and that
/ there is a chance that we VIII have "a
figure NcMulIin in part Of the series
at third for the White Sox.
Although Il has been impossible 20
give IN detail all the figures I have
compiled Il have more than 40 pages
I Of solid typewriter dane before ms
now and my head is full Of sevens and
l foursl. 7 want 10 explain that have
not, in all cases, figured the man fol
Z the position. ] have made composite
/ in four cases in which the probabill
Z ties are that the man will break into
part OF one or more games. I had %
I figure that way for Murphy. Of the
] White SoN, ana I have Without in q
game and a half (that is. ] have fig
I ured his value for IS Innings, and
/ his attacking value for four times al
/ bat
/ I have made no attempt to figure 2
/ mans value unless II IS practically
/ certain he will take active part in the
{ games. As well figure what Speaker
would do II he was on the SoX as &c
I ca culate the worth Of any man who
viii be on the bench through tbs
! series Thus the figures do not prove
the Giants a better club. but that the
men who will engage in the series
are better fitted for this style OF Sc
ries than the Sox are. The SON slumT
/ has been largely at short and in right
| field
The Ginntx will lose much Of
their lead If HerzOG does not i'm
prove in condition. Also the Sox
will lose II Weaver does not get
hack into action I'm time to settle
for the work before the series
starts. This, however. he prob
ably will do. IS am writing this
n considerable time ahead.
In the dope ] have been amazed %
find that the SON lose so much Of theil
admitted driving power when figured
] against McGraw's pitchers. 7 want
/ In this connection. 20 warn those who
/ are following me I'm this process o.
doping, to point out one startling ta-