The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-01
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: RANKS HERz0C
t, Ferzog Is an Uncertainty This
4 Year, Thinks Rice,
Gt ANDlL IS ABOVE H0LKE
FoI.,mer Has Advantage Be-
o,%3auSe Of His Experience,
BY ORANrlANp RICE.

BY oRANTLANo RICE.
AsI-nold c, Gandll tho White sox nrs'
based nan, IL n veteran. Which IN TO say
that I, Chick has reached the advanced
and totterng age Of rs years Twrn.
ty-el ght years is not AS old MS the
Pyrnl mids. But II is a trifle older thnn
lIokep s. and all things In the game are
cOmpI lrative.
Gnrtdil, compared to Holke, his Giant
rival his II veteran He was with the
WhltJ Sox seven years ago. has played
with 1Washington and Cleveland since
and now back with the Soh again II
may De that some astute sghtsecr with
an ee gle tinted orb can discern some
Keen difference I'm the comparative play
Of thyko two. We can't
Always on the Job,
Gar vnn has had more experience, IL a
timel4 hitter and u dependable lnileld-
er. He is n first class adjunct to any
club. because he IL always on the Job
Ho te Is much the same type. hr
has been outbatting Gandil by fair
barglv and IL steady reliable first
basen\an But he doesn't know quite as
mucl/ about nrstbase play, ana IN hg
seri4s this additional knowledge may
como In tidily
coufage and coolness required to play
,helE best under pressure. Neither ne
lonAs TO the duCk-fit or the temperament
al 3lase They are not the two great
est \firstbasemcn that ever met In a
chahp pponshp. but they are world series
type4 OF more than normal value,
Collins w. HerIoo.
II In list OF five OF the greatest snc-
ondbAsomen OF the last fifteen years had
10 be lrolnpIled, two OF the five would
ls EDDIE Collins and Buck HerZog
The |ther three woud be Nap lAJoic'
Johnny Evers and Jack Berry,
There isn't any debate 10 be launched
on attack and defense he><s the greatest
secondhp scmnn In baseball's history.
II this comparison was an aU-tlmc ~ .
fair, there would be no argument Bu'
there ara other intricate spots to he con
sidered
The Collins OF MackInn days was n
$40 betsman. The CoIlins Of 1917 has
been lowering around $50
Buck Not IN Shape.
To adj to the complications Of the case.
Ucrzog hns been IN bad physSal shape
most OF the year, has been forced TO seek
n rest and while he win almost certainly
hr ready for the series, no one can say
In Just what shape he will report for
play.
ilerzoc last season gave one Of the
creates exhibitions Of secondbnse play
We hay, ever scen--an exhibition Well
upon It var with even Collins at his best
But 40 ,urly season injury removed
Pc. iDh ot his 1917 stcadncss, giving
hi W'' IN crratlc tone.
II li."ys reports with all his pristine
pep rri Irc he win be ready to give
Co|us tu'rly even fight Hut even at
hi- uest d. Giant inflcllcr isn't An dan.
x, GUS atNdt as his Chicago rival
thth Fast On Paths.
B,th met are fine bascrunncrs, both
are ctcnnf alert and both are more
than likely 10 be qt their best under the
ia md tnzv of n championship test
while Coins hasn't batted up to his
average spp, he is still one Of tho
inost dang pus athletes In the league
for any pit her To face, and he can stlll
cover nm ,,bnormally large section Of
tho playie field.
Collins tged a bit In his last world
series. baS In 1914, but after the Brave
avalanche tuck the startled MaCkmen a
slgging rty kement was In order all along
the line.
on gee |ral average Collins has been
Rt his htv In the post season scrim-
images Il 1.-TWO occasions he has butted
over 400 Pe has always nelded we'll
b an Uncertainty.
Herzog'A lbst world series affair in
1912, againN tho Red SnN, was an amaZ-
ing combination. His batting and field
ing were q series OF scalp-liftiug sensa-
lions
But II hardly reasonable to sup
pose that ven With a fun rest Herzog
can regat his best physical condition
and reacl his best play. In this re-
spect he e an uncertainty where Cot
lins la certainty And unless HerZog
In at his best the white Sox margin
at second will he pronounced enough 10
give the cook county battalion II de-
Cisive advantage
Taking ~ details into consideration.
the Sox have the better OF the debate
At second.-ony slight advantage II
Hergos is n shape, but big advantage
II he isn't
Collins I, almost sure to he one Of the
\ leading strs Of the carnival HerZog
Just at present remains guess