Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-28
PILLS. FIELDING
MOST ATROCIOUS
Pat Moran Makes Some
Succinct and Pertinent
Remarks About Errors

Cincinnati, May 2s.-"After all" said
Pat Moran, grimly. errors don't always
lose ball games II they did I shuddsr
10 think where this ball club would be
this evening" The fielding of the visit
ors in the final game was something hor-
rible; but the errors. as luck would
have it. caused little trouble
The Reds SO Pat Moran believes, have
the best batting team in the whole
league, the fastest intield and the hest
mountaineering outfeld. But all these
things are largely ruined by the glarinC
weakness of the club on double steals in
two ways-it is impossible for the Reds
/. to stop double steal and equally i'm
possible for them to make one When
they try to steal they go about 1t in 4
vague. hesitating fashion and are
brought up in a heap with their faces
on the floor. When they try to prevent
the double pilfer they let both runners
get an enormous lead and the man who
is coming home slides in before the ball
can be brought down unon him. That
fatal weakness has retarded the rrogres7
of this otherwise powerful club for sew
eral seasons and they are Just as bad
now as in the beginning.
Stock in Form
Heinle Groh now has the reputation
of being the king OF all basemen, and
everybody is looking at him when there
are plays around third station. Milton
Stock, hardly noticed by the people. gave
! Heinie strenuous competition in this
series. During the four games Groh had
| only one put-out seven assists and one
error. Stock, meanwhile, collected five
put-outs, eight assists and no errors. and
some Of his stops and throws were as
sensational as those that Heinie fur
nishes so often. Stock played the best
third base shown by any of the seven
/ teams that have visited Redland Field
| this season.
| Fitzgerald is coming through nicely.
He hit we'll in the Cincinnati games. and
no fault could be found with his fielding.
! Looks like a real ballplayer and sure
| to stick around.
| In the first inning the Reds came
within six inches of pulling off the
same kind of triple play as that whcfi
saved the game for the Phis on Sunday.
With the bases full and none down, Lee
! Magee took Luderus's hot liner and
pegged 10 Blackburne. who stepped on
/ second ana naue II double play.
Blackie's throw TO first was just a shade
too late to get Stock sliding back. Had
| Stock been nipped, the Reds would have
! won that ball game. to 0.
lineup Warlike
Ben Tincup, the valiant Cherokee, who
goes to war very soon, has been sporting
| his uniform round the streets of Cincin-
| natl. He looks proud and warlike in his
soldier togs. although the small boys
asked him frequently why he didn't
wear some red paint and feather.
! Luderus doesn't often mum them right
| in his hands. but he spilled a nice throw
from Bancroft in the first inning. Der-
| sive remarks from the populaCe, but the
error did no damage.
McGaffigan shortstop by profession,
| has not wholly mastered the art of play
| ing second base. He stumbles and FUN
bles and wrestles with the ball, things
| he wouldn't do in his original position.
Yet he hits better than he did last year
! and should master the tricks of second
basing if he keeps at it a little while,