Arizona republican., 1919-09-27

With the White Sox and Cincinnati teams practically a standoff in the personal summary of the different players, we now arrive at a collective analysis of the two teams. And here, the close student of baseball will admit that, irrespective of the wonderful managerial abilities of Pat Moran, ir> respective of the powerful machine which he has builded from 'hope- lessfy outclassed" team in the early spring, the White Hosed Athletes have the advantage.
 Collectively, few more powerful teams have ever been builded. Connie Macks wonderful aggregation of 1914 was probably better team and it lost four straight games to the Boston Braves, but there is no team in either league that today has the driving power of Comiskey's pets.
 First of all. Kid Gleason is one of the shrewdest men on the diamond, all due respect to Manager Pat. In fact in Gleason and Moran, baseball fans will see two of the best leaders in the game match wits when the clubs clash next week.
 Sox We'll Fortified With Brains. But in addition to Gleason, the SoX have Eddie Murphy. once Mack man and a product of the famous school of Connie Mack; Eddie Collins, an other shifty player, who knows about as much baseball as any man actively engaged; Buck Weaver, Chick Gandil, Memo Leibold and last but far from least, Ray Schalk.
 Schalk, that quiet, nervous little fig ure behind pad and mask, has probably done as much as any other man to land the Sox in front this season. Credit is undoubtedly due Cicotte and Williams, but where would they have l been without Schalk-the man who l figures 'em? He tells them where to i pitch them; he coaches. coaxes, nurses l and aids his pitchers all the time. He ! keeps the base runners hugging their bases; he throws with deadly ac- curacy; he covers more ground on foul balls than any other catcher in the big leagues, all of which materially bolsters the work of his pitchers.
 With all this talent, the Sox will mot be lacking in brains when the big clash starts.
 To Pat Moran is due great credit for his work with the Reds this season. Pat was the man behind the gun when the Braves made their sensational pen nant-world's series drive in 1914. l Stallings got all the credit-but Pat done all the thinking. It was Pat Moran who made the Brave pitching staff; it was Pat Moran who kept the | pitchers in shape for that brilliant | pennant drive; it was Pat Moran who won the pennant and the worlds series | from the Athletics.
 Moran, the Great.
 F. Moran. when matched against Glea- son, is not going to suffer in compari- son. If there is any advantage, then Moran is entitled to the same. But he has not the same assistance. He has no Collins, no Schalk.
 Ivy Wingo, is, indeed, a splendid backstop. He hits exceptionally we'll but he is far from the. finished product as is Schalk. In the first place, he does not work his pitchers as well, he does not cover nearly the ground that l Schalk and his throwing arm is not as good as it might be. Rariden is bet ter than Wingo when it comes to work ing his pitchers and he's better when it comes to throwing to bases But Rariden is also slow on foul balls.
 Captain Groh also suffers in com parison to Captain Eddie Collins. Not that Groh isn't brainy player. but his knowledge of the inside workings of baseball is not as broad as is Col lins'.
 Daubert is veteran of many sea- sons, but he has never bean considered a shrewd player. Kopf is more of a mechanical performer than many, all thuogh Risbery is probably just as weak in this department
 In the outfield, Duncan. Rousch and Neale are just average players when il comes to inside ball. Jackson never has been regarded as a thinker" and Felsch holds a similar record. But Leibold or Murphy in right field know the game from A to z.