El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-26
BY HUGH $. FULLERTON.


; gerous, resourceful and tricky man
{ with the vile and guile of generations
/ Of bail players in him and he knows
I the game. Those who regard Mr..
( Sherwood Nottingham Afages as a nut
speak not Of his performances on the
: ball field.
Feiseh has all the advantages Of
strength, n slight shade on speed.
he has youth and confidence.
9 Mngee is not what he was ut his
best and this season he has not
been well during a great part Of
the year. and has been out Of
more games than he would be in
two seasons ordinarily. He Is
veteran. n man OF temperament
but when we figure on cold dope
we must realize that in such n
series temperament is liable TO
play a great part. Men do things
under stress Of emotion that they
would not do under ordinary cir
eumAtnnees.
Is Very Reliable.
Remember in studying these two
men that Felsch Sc not a fast thinker,
Is not a brilliant general. He is a
great hitter. liable 10 be a clean up
hitter at any time. He has speed on
the bases, but is not at ali liable TO
pull off any great unexpected daring
move. he Is a great fielder and a
great thrOwer. Only Speaker can 90
as far back after long drive as he,
and very few in baseball can throw
as well or as accurately as he can.
As chaser" in recovering balls
driven past himself or the others he
has few equals.
Mechanically Felseh has all the
advantage. He f. doing the things
now that Sherry did when he was
nj his best. But in spite of that
mechanical superiority there are
Z Inc 90
Der that MaEee T. cunning and re-
sourcefui, especially at bat and on
the bases He has been charged
many times with making hone
plays but usually when one
of the Mage Abonerss Is fnvesff-
gated IL develops that he was try
ing to make n really great and
unusual play and that IL went
wrong. Sometimes. too, they EO
right and then no one remem-
hers.
Hits Out Opportunity.
Sherry is one Of the oldest hitters
in the country He can hit. There
is no doubt about II. He was for
many years one OF the leading hitters
OF the country. Not only was he high
in average, but he was a team hitter
at least a timely one. At Phila-
delphia for years he was permitted to
exercise his own discretiOn-or lack
OF II. At least he was permitted 10
hit when he thought best. and to hit
the ball he liked. When he went to
Boston he suffered a terrific slump in
batting. Staliings has a theory that
batters should hit the ball he is or
dered to hit and the system handi-
capped Magee until a lot Of persons
began to think that the great slugger
was done. Nothing to X. He was all
fused up by the system and. when
he saw a good ball-one he could
q "a Cd aH . Lee
he fused himself worse and hit badly
at the next one. He was in rebellion
against the system because Il handi-
capped him and he did not hit well.
When he reached Cincinnati he
showed an Improvement In his hit
ting. although still hitting under
orders in many cases. Moran
seems to understnHd MaEee and
this season has been consulting
with him. and in most eases al
lowing MaEee TO use his own
judsment-With reservations. OF
course. As n result Aiagee has
come hack steadily.
In the coming series much depends ]
upon how Moran handles Magee when 4
N the attack He probably will give 1
the finest old sign that ever was in
vented. which is use your own judg- /
nent" That order is one that makes /
1r breaks ball players. II he gets that 4
order Magee is liable to smash up a 1
game or two. for in a guessing match /
With any pitcher he is a dangerous
person.
Eller Chief Trouble.
Studied as against pitchers IL looks
Is II Eller viii trouble Felsch severely
md that Ring will check his hitting. |
de will hit Routher and he would
lit Sallee hardin fact sails kind OF
,itching appears made TO order for Z
felsch TO hit. Ring would not trou-
lie Felsch a great deal.
Felseh figures to hit harder in
the series, against the pitchers he
viii face, than Mngee does. hut
Mngce Is very likely to hit in the