San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-02
RED SHORTSTOP HAS
BEEN BIG HELP IN
SUCCESS OF CLUB
Cmeny Covers Lot Of
Ground and Also I'M
proues in Hitting.
Ry John Il. FOSTER.

Copyright by The San Antonio Light
New York, Aug. 2.-One of the
reasons why the Cincinnati club has
been successful this season-so sue
cessful that it NAV push the cham
pion Giants out of the lead during
the series beginning Fridays the
excellent work of Caveny at short
stop.
Nor rated as the best shortstop in
either big league on his work in 1922,
Caveny has pushed forward this year
and practically leads all shortstops in
the matter OF covering ground. he
is one of the few players who he
accepted twelve infield chances in ~
game, mark which shows hX
agility and accuracy. Moreover, he y
| batting a little over 300 this year,
Il tremendous leap from his .23S la,L
year. 49,
Caveny has pushed his playirs%'
to the standard of Maranyille OF
Pittsburg. HOllocher of Chicago. and
Bancroft Of the Giants. His speed
around short has made Bohne a
surer player at second. Tbc Reds
have been helped lot by excellent
pitching. but it will be noted that in
the games LuQue has won he has
been given TO support by Caveny
who has been playing top baseball
all season without much attention
being paid TO it.
National league shortstops have
been doing better collectively all sea-
son than American league short Fps.
If Hollocher had been in h best
condition the margin would be even
wider. The best work done in the
junior league has been performed By
Scott and Galloway.
Luck il playing an odd part in the
case Of Rosy" Ryan. Giants pitcher.
He led the National league last sea-
son with the best earned run average
of any pitcher who had pitched more
than ten full games. The average
was three runs per game. This year
he has not seemed to be the best
pitcher in the league. but he was the
leading pitcher with his little record
of eight victories and no defeats unit.
he ran across that bad last inning in
Chicago on the present trip. Now
his average is $50. The luck of the
thing is that he led the league in
one season in one way and then came
back the next season and led il an
other way. Yet he is mentioned
about as infreQuently as was Otis
Crandall The latter was the best
relief pitcher in baseball in hia
time.
Rogers HornSby will clear out all
opposition in the National league il
he is mt injured and will win the
batting championship with ease. In
spite Of the fact that he has been
out of the game more than last sea-
son he is better off relatively at the
present moment than he was last
year. He wants 10 make a mark of
more than 400 which would give him
two wears in succession above tina.
figure.
There is a. pretty fight on in the
American league for batting leader
ship between Harry Heilmann of the
Detroits and the one and only Babe
Ruth. 1t is the Babes greatest ambi-
ton at present TO be the champion
batsman of his league but every time
he has chance 10 pass Heilmann
some pitcher crosses him by giving
him bases on balls instead of base
hits. "lf they will only pitch 20
me. will be leading the league to-
night" Babe said before the game
Wednesday. But they did not aud
Harry is still the batting king. for
the moment.