The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-29
WHITE SOX INFIELD HAS
 ONE CHANGE SINCE 1913
8isberg, Who Was Substitute In 1917, Made Good at Short stOp-Jake DauDert Only Red Infielder With Worlds Series Experience.


 Chicago, Sept. 29-The White Sox infield which played against the New York Giants in 1917 will oppose the Cincinnati Reds in the big series this year with only one change. The eX- ceDtion is Risberg at short stop, who was benched in 1917 by Manager Rowland when Weaver was shifted to short and NIcMuIIin placed at third. This season, however, when Risberg struck his stride he went to short and Weaver, who started the season at that position, moved over to third. McAIullin was benched by Manager Gleason because of his failure to hit. Of the eight players who will meet this year in the inner lines of defense, Jake Daubert, the initial sacker, is the sole Cincinnati infielder with world series experience. Daubert passed through the baseball classic as a member of the Brooklyn Ma tionals back in 1915. Of the world series veterans, Eddie Collins, pre- mere keystone sacker, of the White Sox, heads them all. Collins while a member of Connie Nack's great club participated in five series and after joining the White SOx took part in the series against the Giants. At the first corner, Manager Glea- son will rely on Chick Gandil, while the Cincinnati interests will be de- ! tended ley Jake Daubert. Gandn probably will have the edge over Dau- bert, as the former is said to be much gamer than his rival Beth are clever feIders, although Gandips mark is better than that of his rival The
 
 around 99S up to the first of Septem- ! Der, while the Red initial sacker has 1 felded 9S9. Both can go after any | thing which come their way and can shift to either side of the bag for i wide throws, but the hOnors Tn this | respsoi lean toward Gandn. Each | has had a taste of the world series game. Daubert being on the Brook | lyn club in 1916 while GandiI was with the White Sox in 1917. The | work of these two men should be in ! teresting. Gandl got off to poor | start this season but gave good ac- ] count of himself the latter part of the ] season. Like all the White Sox mem l bers, he may come through with a | hit at the critical moment He is | more dangerous at jhe bat than his | Red rival, and for the greater part of | LL4G StdSOu HAS pGtIl ulLtlIS aDOuL 1 305, while Daubert has hit about i .279.
 The fight around second base will ! be between a veteran and a player who once tried to get the place from | him, when both were members of the | same cIub-the White Sox- At that | time Morrie Rath, the Reds second | sacker, was a youngster, and did not | have the ability to make the club, | with the veteran Collins on the ros- ter. However, he went back to the minors and showed improvement ] each year, and this year became a ! regular on MOran's club. He has de- | velOped into one of the best second i basemen in the league, under Moran's | tutelage. Rath does not show the same class as Collins tn his fielding
 or on the bases and has not been hit ting as steadily as his Chicago rival. Collins has been batting around the .315 mark the greater part of the season while Rath has been crown
 ing the pill around .27O.
 | CSPORTS)-
 While Rath does not show the same
 dash on the bases as Collins, he is a ] steady and heady man on the paths | Collins is considered a brainier player
 than Rath, and his ability to steady
 an inffeld or a pitcher surpasses that
 of the Reds second basenan. In
 fielding Rath has hung up a mark of
 .975 while Collins mark has been
 about .97S.
 Risberg and Kopf should stage an
 interesting battle for shortstop honors.
 Kopf is the smaller man but has been
 batting around .260 while Risberg's
 average is ten points lower. Kopf is , a clever fielder and can go as far as
 his rival after pop flies, but the
 Swede has a stronger arm, and will
 wing more men out than his rival
 from deep short.
 In fielding Risberg has hung up a
 mark of about 956 playing third
 and shortstop, while Kopfs mark has been .949. Kopf has hit better than Rtsberg, his mark being .259 to Ris- ) berg's .245. Risberg was a member , of the worlds series team which beat ! the Giants but he watched most of the games from the bench, because of , his erractic throwing. He has over come this fault, however. This is
 the first time f0- Kopf to play in an l event of this kind. Risberg is more
 dangerous on the bases than his rival He is a big man and has a, dangerous
 slide.
 4AHho AAOl 1AAL dS WSlA dS HE
 rival Qroh but he is a more dan } gerous batter in a series where their
 is money at stake. Weaver has been ] batting about ,295, while Groh has been going going along better than 7 ,S10 for the greater part of the sea- son,
 Groh suffered an injury and was
 out of the game for some time. and may not be up to his best in the big