The Washington times., 1920-09-24
ROSS YOUNG BEST RIGHT FIELDER in
COMPARISON WITH CONTENDING STARS
By FREDERICK G. LIEB.

by fhEDCnANh ". LIED.
The right fielders Of the contend
ing worlds series clubs on the whole
do not measure up 10 the caliber OF
the left and center fielders. The
notable exception is Ross Young
right fielder of the New York Giants
who is the most valuable ny-chaser
on McGrsw's roster.
Several OF the contending clubs use
the right and left handed shift In
right neld. Wilbert Robinson plays
Tommy Griffth against right handlers.
and Bernie Neis. u National League
yearling. against the southpaws.
iris Speaker also alternated be-
tween Elmer Smith and Joe Wood In
right neld. sending Smokey Joe" 10
the front against the "lefties." But
lately Smith has been punching out
singles so regularly that Speaker has
been keeping Elmer in the game
against all pitchers.
For ciouting ability. Bob Meusel. of
the Yankees. easily excels all the
other right fielders. With the ex-
ception of Babe Ruth, no man In base
ball can hit the ball as far as this
hefty Yankee recruit
In his nrst year in the American
League. Meusel already holds the rec
ord drive into the left field bleachers
on the Polo Grounds In New York
and has smashed the longest drive
that ever cleared the left field fence
In Detroit.
COASTS .BABE RUTH"
In California. they called him the
Babe Ruth of the Coast" and Slug
ging Bob has lived up to the reputa-
ton. Latest averages show him hit
ting .343, and though he has taken
part in only two-thirds OF the SEIZED
uled games Of his club. his extra base
hit bag contains 81 doubles, triples
and IL homers. When that lad con-
meets, they sail!
However. Meusel is not much Of a
defensive player, though he improved
100 per cent after Higgins layed him
of for a month due to careless field :
ing. He also has an arm that Is the
talk of the league. But for young
ster he doesn't display enough pep
or aggressiveness. Bob isn't nervous
or temperamental. and Is Just as like
ly to hit 400 in a worlds series as
Elmer Smith, who follows Speaker
as the cleanup hitter on the Cleve-
lind team, has shown conclusively.
that he deserves this position in the
batting order. ...
FIREWORKS FROM ELMER
II Cleveland gets into the series.
Smith may be relied upon to furnish
a lot OF fireworks. He has been hav-
ing his best batting season this year,
and Is banging away at .314. HIS
extra base total compares favorably
with that of Meusel. 80 doubles, 8
triples and II homers. Six of those
IL homers have been made against
pitchers on the New York Yankees.
Amos Strunk, a veteran of numer-
GUS worlds series wars, has supplanted
Memo Liebold as the White Sox right
fielder. II Comiskey's men get into
the worlds series, 1t will be the sixth
one for Strunk. Some persons are
born lucky! He played with the
Athletics in 1910. 1911, 1913 and 1914
and with the Red Sox in 1918. Four
Of these five teams were winners
However, Strunk never did any
worlds series hitting to speak Of
even in the years that he was hitting
300 for Mack.
Amos, once a speed boy. has slowed
down quite perceptibly. but he still
is a rangey outfielder, and a danger
Gus batsman at times. Since Gleason
purchased him from the Athletics, he
has proved an acceptable lead-off
man and now is hitting 276
NEIs IS A ROOKIE.
We already have pointed out that
Brooklyn is exceptionally strong in
left and center field Right field
however, is not so we'll taken care OF
on the Dodgers. Robby started on
the season with Neis. recruit from
the Saskatoon club Of the Western
Canada League, in that position.
From a class circuit to big league
contender is quite jump. but for a
time it looked as though Neis could
make the hurdle.
In the spring series between the
Dodgers and Yankees, Neis led the
Brooklyn players at bat. However