The Washington times., 1917-09-26
Second BaSenen
WHITE SOX.

greater he becomes as a ball player.
During the last quarter of a cen.
tury.'I have seen many ball players
who rose, with gritted teeth and
fought for game with all their nerve
and courage, but l never have seen
an exhibition such as HerZog gave in
the series between the Giants and
Boston Red SoN. In that series, he,
by his desperate efforts. came near
turning the dope upside down. 1t
was sheer nerve, courage and deter,
mination and. while his back may be
weak and his condition not the best.
his nerve still is unimpaired.
1t will be interesting TO watch the
men during the coming series and
contrast their methods. Conceding
Collins every advantage from a me
chanical standpoint, it need not sur
prise anyone IL HerzOg is a greater
hero when 1t is over.
Another Collins Fault.
Collins has one more bad trick. and
one which affects his team greatly be-
cause 1t most frequently affects the
weakest spot on the White SOx, which
is right field. With all his experience,
Collins stiIl has a habit OF claiming
fly Balls hit to right field and falling
between his position and the right
fieIder's. Time and again this season
he has claimed such balls, and then,
after stopping the right fielder. he
has quit on the ball himself and al
lowed il to fall safe. An inspection
Of nv records this season shows six
such instances. II such a thing should
happen during the coming series, the
effect might be disastrous.
Both these men are worlds series
veterans Collins has played in all
the Athletic series, and he has shown
the same kind OF ball in the big affair
that he does during the regular sea
son. With his brilliant execution and
perfect form, he can be relied upon a s
a steady and reliable defensive player.
His hitting ought not TO be great in
this series.
II is cinch that McGraw will aim
his pitchers to stop Collins and Jack
son more than any of the others Of
the White SoN. and | believe chat
both Schupp and Sallee will turn this
trick to a large extent. Collins hits
the southpaws fairly well. better by
far than most left-handed batters do,
DQt, IN a WoTlu ; StEltSs Win the De
tails carefully worked out in advance,
with each pitcher instructed and
coached TO the limit as 10 every man,
the best natural batters are under a
handicap.
As we shall see later, it is a hard
job for any manager to figure a
pitcher to stop all the White Sox.
This team has both a right and left
handed bunch. and the pitcher who
stops one wrecking crew must face
the other.
HerzOE Rnted High.
Study for a time the records OF Her
zOg this season. lie is far below Col
Inns in number Of hits and in percent
age. Yet. playing in many fewer
games and hitting far below him,
stealing fewer bases and seemingly
mechanically inferior in attack, Her
zog has scored almost as many runs
as has the Chicago star. He is one of
the best run-getters in the business,
and. once on first he is resourceful.
clever. and he gee around some way.
! have been compelled to discount
Herzog's value largely on the reports
OF his condition. 1t is being an
nounced that he is all right" but the
reports Indicate that he Is not COM
pletely recovered from his collapse,
and that his injured back is still Civ
ing him trouble. He has been given
opportunity to rest it and get it into