The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-03
l|E'l|lI|IER RANKS UP
3lNe WITH 'zIM'
MSIiher Risberg Nor MCMuI-
lef ir FIetcher'S Class,
M'MULLEN A GOOD HITTER
Risberg Has Only Slight
Chance Of Playing,
BY 0RANrLAND RICE.

Judging by all the advance notices now
at hand the battle around shortstop VIII
he between Art Fletrhor ana Buck
Weaver with young lhsherg only an
outside chance
Wcnver is n star There is no chance
TO leave him off the lineup Hnd NJ
MuMen has been playing 10 well nt MIRA
and tapping the bah with such doilN .nh
siatepcy, there is very littlc chance thht
he will he dropped to leave weaver al
third. with Risbcrg at short
the Sox. naturally enough desire nll
the punching power they cnn muster
aud McMulen has been outhattlng RH-
berg by good so points.
Hetcher and Weaver nrc too very sim
Mr. types Both ARE brilliant inficlders,
With tendency toward orratic days
Both can hlt above the shortstop nv
au6ae-and both are dangerous IN n
What is stl more to the point, both
Nfe ucrappy. .hustling, aggressive types
IN the thick Of every gnne. fighting Tor
every inch and every ounce
In 1915 and 1916 Fletcher outhaued
Weaver But through this waning sea
non Weaver has been outHttinr
Fletcher. the Giant star having dropped
eome so points below his normal status
at bat
Fletcher. as n rule Is good for 2S or
.,sb. This season he has spent most Of
the year under $50
Weaver. a brilliant infieldcr. Ia Hn in
apiration to his club He IA nm eternal
hustler. and his batting spirit has been
Q blk factor In gearing up the Chicago
machine
Fletcher. as ANNOUNCED above IL n
player OF the same mold ono OF tho
hardest workers and one of the hest
fighters In the game
Yet. with all their hrilllancy md ef-
fectivencss In other ways neither
Weaver nor Fletcher II n safe world sc
vies type,
Neithcr has the dependable stcNdIness
Of an Everett Scott or PeCkinpaugh
They con 40 far--thev can 10 both ways
but. being inlnld with so much nerv-
GUS energy. no one can tell Just Mt what
moment. n fatal tumble or fatal throw
win un1et the scheme of things.
II Fletcher and Weaver meet the ad-
vance comparison Il n standon N the
S0x play Risberg the Giants have the
cal1. For the sox younRster IL good
fielder, but he isn't nearly as dangerous
~ Fletcher nj the bat
z,m W. MoMullen.
lIeinle Zim sent out against Buck
Weaver et third would have brought on
. UVlCN pfuhtiOU.
AGainst McMullen Zim viii have more
Ahan gentle competition, but the ODDS
ahceid he his way
Il has been. charged that Zimmerman.
heinz q temperarnentRl cuss. will he un-
stsady aud rickety In big series.
Gleason and Weaver may ride" Helnie
into a budding frenzy. but In big series
riding Isn't ~ prevalent M II IN
through the year Heinie's lone world
AA.AA ss. L.. ..Aa Aa t.yL
Johnny Evers place NJ second for the
Cubs. In that series lIelnie must have
restrained his temperament. for he gave
vent to only one error In something Ike
twenty chances Helnic only batted
around 2a5, but as that was seven years
ago, II has very little to 80 with the
present argument
TO establish a sedate and poised manner
under fire.
Zimmerman has Just completed the
hest year he has ever known He had
q hotter year at bat In 1912. when he
turned In .372 But his play around
third through the campaign now drift
iuE 10 a finale has been superb, Ms bril-
liant an exhibition of thirdhnsing ss Jim
my Collins and Bill Bradley used TO give
He,nle has been getting them to his
left and TO his right. coming In spcctnc
ularly on slow bunts and playing all In
oil jam-up game. He has Rlso been
hitting well enough to hang within y
short sprintlng distsucc Of soc
McMullen, who stepped In when Buck
Weaver suffered n finger wound late In
the race. has been playing first clas
ball hut his batting has been shad,
lower than $50 and far below Zims slug
ging range.
on cold. unbiased form. McMuller
could hardly bc ranged In Zlm's class
In a short se,es anything might happen
hut We are ranging the rivals here ma,
by man. and " McNlu,len works nt thir,
the Giants have n decisive edge
To the Lett
This lnfed margin 10 the left stick