The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-03
Middle RowKrugeI, Kilduf ab; Johnston Wheat L.
manager CT; Konetchy Smith, p

OF right field hitting 1t will be interest
ing to note how the work of Griffith and
Neis in right for Brooklyn compares
with that of Smith and Wood for Cleve-
land. The right field fence in each park
is due for a bombardment. Playing the
ball OF the right field wall will test skill
in each place, and the care and judg-
ment used in the short right fields may
! ave much to do with providing so-called
breaks"
So-called breaks" Is right. This Is
an overworked expression. Most Of this
breaks" is bosh. 1t Is a glib phrase.
hut when 1t comes right down to the
why's and wherefores of baseball means
little. Skill, Judgment. quick thinking,
quick acting sand and hard work are
the factors that tell the tale in baseball,
I OF breaks"
We find from the averages that the
teams are on q parity in stolen bases
Brooklyn with sixty-eight. Cleveland with
seventy-two But stealing bases doesn't
tell 1t all in the department of base runs
ning--not by joyful. There Is just as
big n part which Isn't recorded. how far
10 advance in a batted ball and when
TO try for an extra base on somebody
else's batted ball. The Brooklyns are a
| speedy lot in going from first to third.
and, / think. excel the American
| I.eaguers in that detail. 1t looks to me
as If they would score more runs off a
| like number of hits. That is. II they
| play their normal game.
Whether or not team will play its
normal game in the worlds series Is q
perennial uncertainty and one of the
things which make form. dope" or
whatever you've q mind to call 1t. easy
to upset Players tighten UP. They be-
1 VII N ha az
their best the player must be free and
relaxed. though none the less on his toes.
| Nobody can foresee how this meta
physical aspect of the situation Is going
TO affect players. When there are 154
| games in which to decide supremacy
| risks will be taken far more freely than
when there are only nine. The Brook
| lyns are old worlds series campaigners.
They have whatever advantage expe-
| rience gives. which Is little II any.
Outside of the pitchers the Brooklyns
are quite as strong as when they played
the Red Sox in 1916. and stronger in
Itchers They are seasoned as a team
20 worlds series competition and strain.
The Clevelands know how II feels only
rs individuals. Speaker. Gardner and
Wood have been through the fire.
Since the ''median line" of a ball team
catcher, pitcher, short and second and
centre field-sre the biggest part OF its
defensive strength, more than that, the
vital part, Clevelands showing depends
= lot on how well young Sewell keeps his
feet on the ground, On the Brooklyn side
Pete Kilduff. another worlds series
novice, is in the same boat. The terri
tory between short and second Is the
heart of any teams defence.
There are folks who think this series
will be rofnp for the Indians. Person
ally 1 think Il is an even chance. pro-
vided the Dodgers have undergone
complete transformation in mental atti-
tude from that in their words series of
1916. They appeared to enter that
battle beaten. They've never played that
sort of ball this year