The New York herald., 1922-07-16
SSLER WILLIAMS
DUO IS POWERFUL
George Has Average of .420
and Has Stolen Thirty
two Bases.
KERR ALMOST AS FAST
Has Twenty-six Bags to His
Credit and Twenty-one
Home Run Drives.

1T the Browns could work a trade
or purchase whereby they would OBJ
tain the services of Diclde Kerr they
could call off the Amer IAN League
race" said baseball veteran at the
Polo Grounds the other day. Kerr, of
course, would be a mighty handy citi-
zen for any club to have around and
would be .particularly handy for the
Browns or the Yankees. But the
Browns believe that they do not need
Kerr or any other worker who is not
already with the club to give the first
American League pennant to st. Louis.
Analysis of the various factors which
lave put the Browns where they are
foiscloses we'll put together machine.
which has strength in every depart
ment. They have a lot Of color and
they have batting strength which is
second only to that Of the Tigers. who
are leading the league with a team av-
erage OF 306. The Browns are second.
with .299; the Indians third with .29S,
and the Yankees fourth. with .2Ss. II
becomes apparent from these figures
that the Yankees are a bit disposed to
lay too much blame on pitching. They
are not hitting UP with the dope
The Browns are up there mainly be-
cause OF that fine combination of power
and speed. Power alone is not suffi-
cient' Every once In a while it will win
O. pennant, but it usually will not avail
against a slightly lower hitting effec-
tveness which is backed by agility or
the bases. The Browns have stolen
e.ghty-three bases, The Yankees have
stolen only thirty-three. Couple that
with the contrast In team batting and
you find that the Yankees are up there
I,gnting for the flag because their fine
Pitcnlng mas more than counterbalanced
Ine'r shortcomings In speed and drive.
icy can nave no complaint about the
work they are getting on the hill.
sisler Has stolen 32.
George Sisler alone has stolen a,r,os,
az many bases as the entire New York
Team. TOR he has thirty-two to his credit
men Wllliams, who has twenty-six steals
comes second in the American Leavus
Inat duo-Sisler and Williams-has wo,
many ball game this year and viii
continue toNwin many more. It's for
Mloaoie pair both at bat and In the
n,eia, ana mighty annoying on the
Sisler Is leader Of both ma iors WITH
patting average of .420. which includes
iao nits and home runs. Williams has
an average of sos. with twentv.ons
nome runs ana 95 hits McManus ard
Iooin are hitting .332 each. not s,,r-
pris'ng IN so far as Tobin is concerned
put remarkable for McManus, who came
10 the club as a fair fielder but M
great hitter. SEVERED is hitting .s26 and
has made himself one of the great catch
ers Of the Nig show.
In the pitching department the Browns
nave not done as well as they had ex-
rected. Had they come anywhere near
tneir expectations and those of most OF
the western critics they would now
show fine lead. Shocker has not been
as effective against the Yankees as he
was last season.. but has won 13 out of
u. That's fine record for a pitcher
Tut not what had been looked for from,
the spitballer.
Danforth Has Won Only Five.
Then there is Danforth. for whom the
Browns gave dozen players to Column
bus. Danforth was expected TO iunp
right into leading position among the
American League Fingers and he may
yet do so. But thus far he has won
only five games and has lost two. That's
not very impressive.
Pruett, the young pitcher who came
to the Browns from the University
OF Missouri this year. has been wonder
against Babe Ruth. whom he famed
thrice the other day. once with the bases
loaded. But Pruett has not won any
great number of games. His record
shows three victories and five defeats.
kolp has won seven out OF nine,
Wright three out Of four, Davis six out
OF nine, Van Glider ten out of eighteen
and Bayne only two out Of seven. Bayne
alone has made the difference between
good lead and a. very tight scrap, and
the Yankees thank Mr. Bayne.
There Is one very important detail In
which the Yankees hold very strong
advantage over the Browns--and that
10 in the matter of reserves. The YAM
KEGS have a fine lot of extra hands, all
ready to jump into the breach but the
Browns have practically nobody
The Browns are very weak at third
base. This was shown here when they
tried first Robertson. o recruit from
Joplin, who failed, and then fell back
on old Herman Bronkie. who was In the
old Connecticut league back In the days
when Grant was president. Herman
was fair fielder In his day but he's
no star to win pennant with now.