El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-23

Cincinnati -. 6s7 go I01o
COMPARISONS Of the two contend
u ers for the worlds championship
develop some queer points OF SINH
larity. Oddly enough, they are each
strong in the same spots and weak
in the same places
The weakest spot Of the White
Sox defensive line is at shortstop.
and the weakest place in Moran's
defensive is the same place.
Red Ranks Below.
A comparison Of the men who fiji
these positions reveals the fact that
the Cincinnati man ranks far below
tho young Chicagoan in that major
ity Of essential elements OF play in
the position. and that he is the weak
est OF all the players involved IN this
annual struggle in point Of attack
Risoerg is not great playsr-yeL
He may be better. kopf Is not a
great player and never will be. His
time for developing is past. while
the Swede still has a chance 10 be-
come one Of the leaders in his rro-
fsssion.
Risberz nearly blew away one
championship for the White sox.
and he suffered the bitter eN-
perienfe Of being benehed 70 save
the nehnnnt and Of being forced
to sit on the bench and watch his
companions win. Once he was
given chance He came up With
set jaws, with lips white from
anxiety 10 show the stuff that
was In him. and he TaIloped cut
n hit that did him n world OF
good.
A Nervous player.
Risberg's troubles then were all
from nerves-and do not confuse
nerves with what we call nerve. i
takes more courage to fight when
nerves are raw than when everything
IS calm Risberg's first season with
the White Sox was the kind that
makes or breaks a man. He fought
Tor regular position and got It
over hard competition He fought
for games and when the strain was
the greatest. he crashed. He went to
pieces during the strain OF the last
month OF the pennant battle and vas
pencheo- But everyone who wat-ned
nim through that trying period Rad
the same idea; that the boy was
game. He did not stop trying. When
ne made errors he Jumped right back
and made worse ones. He was rfght-
Ing nerves and revealing sheer cour-
age and viii power
Has Much Improved.
He IS older now. and sfeadia-. He
has improved wonderfully and has a
clean. nice pair OF hands. a corkfug
throwing arm and he plays wei with
Colins-which is q tribute to any
shortstop- IN attack he IS not strong.
but danRerous- You viii observe two
kinds OF hitters-the great hitter
who bits naturally and all the time.
and the emergency hitter who rises
to occasions.
Further to carry out the odd
similarity between the Nfvro
teams we find both Risberr and
Nonf to be this Kind Of hitter.
Neither f. a ranking sluEEer and
both have VTeal<nesses that would
be fatal TO maNy men. In fact.
kopf has been declared to he
below major league standard by
many experts. and Cincinnati re-
2arded him ns mere filler IN
until this season. But he has
nerve and brains and he f. .aoxt
daneerouE when the Odds nre
against him. Risbere has the
same trait-nnd this fact makes
the two men vital factors in the
cominn- battles.
We shall see later in studying the
third hasemen. where Cincinnati has
something OF the edge on the White
SoX- The Reds are. or have been This
season. slashing drivers toward and
over third base They have won
more games by drives along the line
and between third and short than in
any other way The thing got 10
be so frequent that in July at
tempted TO keep track OF the peculiar
feature Of their batting. but was
unable 10 get complete data
This fact gives Kopf a slight ad-