El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22
Doping The World Series;
Fullerton Has Pen Ready


ROPE. crushed to earth viii rise
lagaln. The time for doping the
worlds series is here
In tackling the doping OF the series
this fan I have been compelled 9y
changed conditions 10 change the
figures to conform with the new con
ditions in baseball Although the dope
on the season has worked out with
amazing certainty In almost every
club in the two leagues the tact thar
the pitchers are under handicap ana
that The ball In use Is llveler, com
peis me to alter the relative values OF
defensive and offensive work
Not own Opinions.
Before starting this series OF dope
articles i want TO disabuse the minds
Of the fans Of the idea that these rig
ures are my own opinions OF predic-
lions. I am not in the business or pre-
dieting anything I am engaged In
working out on a purely math5mati-
cal basis, the likelihood OF one team
beating another The figures are
based entirely upon the official aver
ages Of the season.
start doping q series without
m idea what the final figures VIII
show OF VIII prove. have OF
course, my own oplaion a. 10
which team viii VFin-hut that
has nothing to do with the muthe-
mnfics. Very often the dope proves
eNuctlV contrary 10 what I desire
am roofing Tor the team which the
dope shows viii not win
NnthinE but Arithmetic Involved.
I have during a p year study OF
the official figures Of ball players TO
results. There is no necromancy,
slelghtofhauds guesswork or second
Elgnt nor have any mouscaches with
which 70 deceive YOU Il is simply the
plain old arithmetic which Betty
Recl1ley taught me up in the Kills
boro schools mot 100 successfully
eitherl applied TO the figures showing
the official averages OF the players
and the teams. I work % out in de-
for Il is that it shows better than
anything else. the comparative
strength OF hall clubs and that Il is
far more accurate than any dope on
horse racing can be-
Many imagine that this dope IS
mysterious 1t is not IL Is an in
volTed problem in mathematics.
often have wished that some Of you
mathematical sharps who find figures
easy would come TO the rescue when
the air gets fun OF sevens and mines
and get 10 multiplying backwards.
YOU can work u out perhaps better
than can, II you simply take the sys-
tenn Probably you VIII not agree
players. All right. IL you don't, just
substitute your own figures and work
IL cut for yourselves.
Now what / want you 10 do f.
to dope this out with me. The
thing we want 10 know q which
team viii win the series We must
start WifE two uremisegs First
that the series i1 absolutely hon
est which I believe II VIII be.
Second that each player Erilli in
this SERIES play close TO the
Etandurd he has shown himself
capable OF playing during this and
preceding seagOns.
Last year, we know, = elsch, RlsberE,
Eddie Collins and others of the White
SoL played far below the standard
they set for themselves We know
that the Reds played Just about the
kind OF ball had just about the kind
OF pitching and hitting, they figured
70 have and that they won because
the White Sox played below their
Opponents Alter Values.
We cannot attempt, Of course, 70
predict any accidents OF illnesses. II
was impossible last spring TO fore
cast Ray Chapman's death, or kopfs
broken thumb.
All we can DO IS TO take each player.
figure what he IS capable OF doing IN
against the kind OF pitching he must
face.
Here let me explain another mis-
apprehension about this dope Il is
is not in the least, for this reason-
that the value Of any player depends
mol so much upon his own ability in
hitting as upon the kind Of pitching
he must face Babe Ruth, hitting
against George Tyler, probably would
figure lower than would Dode Pas
kert hitting against Tyler We know
Ruth is a better hitter, but Tyler is
one o. The Jew pitchers who can stop
him dead. while Paskert can hit Tyler
hard- So when the figures indicate
that one center fielder is better than
another, they mean he is better
against the defence he must attack
This ian an forced TO alter the
values considerably I hope, be-
fore the final figures are COM
piled that the national commis-
sion VIII positively enlfEhten the
fans as 10 what bail e. to be used.
Fans and players alike should
know this For Instance, n a very
lively bail s. to be used. n hard
hitting team would have g big
edge over a light hitting one with
strong pitching and fielding. With
a deader ball the team possessing
the best defensive work has the
advantage.
T am assuming that the ball
which has been standard during