The Washington times., 1917-09-29

tion and being unable to make the
turn in time.
How Small Things Count.
These may sound like small points,
but they are points that count You
must remember that worlds series
games are, as a rule, small-score
games. The small things turn the
tide.
Let me explain about this doping.
In figuring an 1nfieId for this series,
forget all about its value in the sea-
son. We are doping 1t only for games
against a certain club at a certain
period. We are doping it on what we
know OF the condition of the men and
their liability to rise to an occasion
or to founder under the strain. We
must figure how certain styles OF
pitching suit or hurt each player, and
above all, we must figure team work.
Do not say collins is a better
player than Herzog" or weaver is
better than Zim." They may be, but
that is not what these figures mean.
We do not calculate the man alone,
nor his batting, fielding, throwing or
running. OF course, all these ele-
ments are taken into consideration.
but added to them we must figure the
effect OF managers and styles OF play
upon individual players.
II Rowland orders a player to bunt,
to steal, to do anything, he tries it..
II McGraw orders a man to take two
strikes II does not mean he IL a bad
hitter, but it lessons his chances Of
hitting. We must figure managerial
strategy as we know II as affecting
fhR Cnrna Ennuy hit
800 for one manager and -220 for an
other. Some cannot play at all under
certain orders.
McGraw is the sternest of all the
taskmasters OF baseball. He directs
the game to the smallest detail, plans
the moves and issues the orders. The
inheld arrangement in defense is d.
rected from the bench when a Ques-
tion OF which play to attempt arises.
Therefore we must figure the ability
OF the men and their willingness to
carry out orders. Rowland gives al
most as many orders.
HerzoE Learns Obedience.
Each manager, we know. has certain
players to whom he gives greater or
less latitude in deciding his own
course in attack. We know that Her
zog was chased on the New York club
twice because he refused to play Nc
Grsw's style of baseball and deliber-
ately disobeyed orders. We know
that after Henry had tried managing
a club he saw that McGraw was right,
whether he was wrong or not, and
that now any order from the bench
is obeyed without n question.
So the value of the infields as well
as outfelds and battery men depends
not only upon the mechanical worth
of the men, but also upon their COM
bination work under the direction of
the manager. Since there is no way
of calculating the value of a manager
save by the effect he has upon his
players, whether for good or bad, we
must figure his effect upon individuals
and give them credit or subtract from
their values.
We have seen that Zimmerman has
been made into a really capable and
efficient ball player Though Nc
Graw's handling. whereas he was
largely liability to the Chicago
Cubs. We must figure not only the
fleet, but the effect Of each
man upon the others, IL there is any.
And Il is a fKed law OF baseball that
each man helps or hurts each other
In ratio to the distance apart.
You will hnd, in the calculated
value of the inhelds, part OF the gen.
eralship OF McGraw and Rowland.
and in this McGraw has all the ad-