The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-25

Worlds Series Rev;s,
By IRWIN M. HOWE


claim to the bunting, have in o.
car Felsch another great OUTPOST
and one who possesses . fairly biz
margin over HI Myers, the guardian
Of the middle ssetiun OF the Dodker
suburbs. FslscA excels Hi In the
mechanics Of outnsldinK about @
widely a. he does ut bat, and in
this particular Felsch IL aboat 30
points to the good. Again, not
knocking Myers, who 10 a better
than average performer In all re-
epecta.
I, felscA EquAls Tris.
Al for native ability, Felsch re-
ally does not have to concede Q
thing to Speaker. for iris reputa-
ton has been exploited through
his long service Of IL years and
through his participation in nu-
merous worlds series. Eelsch,
however, has been doing every
whit ~ good work az Speaker,
making every allowance for iris,
for several months Ago' the Sox
star set new worlds record for
chances accepted in Q season, and
during the present campaign he
has handled more work per game
than the redoubtahle Indian. A big
reason why iris has achieved such
renown is that he never has had q
manager, as he is of the impetuous,
daring type Of player. and while
Fslsch Is no less courageous, he is
Of the nature to look to the mana
ger for suggestions and orders.
Analysing the figures above, one
finds that Felsch has made eight
more hits in 10 less games than
Myers and that his blows have
been worth nearly 80 bases more.
Myers only claim to superiority in
batting is his ability to compile
triples, OF which he has 20. He.has
made 81 sacrifices to 16 for Felsch,
but the Sox player is essentially q
slugger and his place in the bat
ting order gives him few opportun-
tiles to lay 'em down.
Felsch, however. Is the boy who
knows how to grab the drives
aimed In his general direction. On
three occasions Oscar has clQtched
seven put0uts and on as many
more he has subdued six high ones
He has averaged 2.90 chances per
game, compared with 2.69 for My.
ers and 2.57 for Speaker. Felsch
has specialized in stopping base
RUNNERS, having halted Is, or 10
more than Myers, although Myers
was In nine more games than o.
car.
Oscar Steady Batter.
Felccf's batting has been mark
ed by steadiness, rs he relies on a
regular flow of swats without long
intermissions. Figures show his
greatest slump to have lasted two
successive games and only foul
periods Of depression Of this kind
have been suffered by him. Felsch's
biggest single. collection Of safetiei
was. four and in IL games he OBJ
tanned three drives.
Myers is about 80 points belo&
Speaker in batting and 80 shy Of
Felsch's mark, thus suffering
disadvantage in comparison with
his prospective rivals right Oh thu
reel. He surpasses both In triples
and sacrifices, but leads both Of
! them in the number Of base run
ners thwarted by pegs from thu
outfield.
High lights of Myers 1920 labori
include two games in which he had
seven putouts, five that Melted sill
flies and Is games in which hi
made three hits.
To summarize the center field
situation, one must admit that My.
ers is q highly desirable outfielder
q 800 hitter and . rare player, bu'
he can not hit or defend his posi-
ton as ably as either Speaker OF
Felsch. In short, the middle patch
| In the impending worlds series
will be . strictly American league
vantage point, no matter il it ii
Cleveland or Chicago that facei
Brooklyn.
1.-THE next article will compar,
right felders.)