New Britain herald., 1928-09-20
BY HENRY L. FARRELL NEA Service Sports Writer

III olBCuS4lhS tHo Outuelu StTeN6tH of the six clubs fighting for a part in the world series 1t Is considered advisable to treat the outheld as a unit position. Obviously d well bal anced trio is better than one or two stars and . weak sister or one great star and two ordinary mates. Placing . premium on balance. with other mechanical virtues of of- fensive and defensive power. the outnelds of the six contending clubs are ranked as follows:
 Ruth, Combs. Meusel and Paschal. Yankees. l plus.
 Hafey. Douthit. Harper and Roettger. Cardinals, l.
 Simmons, Haas, Miller and French. Athletics, 2.
 Tho Waners, Comorosky and Brickell. Pirates. 3.
 cuyler, Wilson, Stephenson and Heathcote. Cubs. 1.
 O'Doul. Welch. Ott. Mann and Whatnots, Giants, 5.
 The outfield strength of the Yan- kees and the Cardinals seems so evenly proportioned that the edge is given to the American league club simply upon Babe Ruth and his in- huence.
 The Babe needs no further de- scription. Combs. in his quiet way, is one of the best centerfielders in the game. It may be true that he can't throw. but Simmons of the Athletics, one of the very best in the business. has never knocked anyone of his seat with his arm. With them is the aggravating and exasperating Bob Meusel. real good outfielder when the mood strikes him. But. to his credit and to the safety of his job, the mood to hit . homer with the bases filled or the inspiration to pull an aston- ishing catch or heave an astound strike to the plate from the fence strikes him often at the most pro- pitious moments.
 The St. Louis outfield is a WOW. If Douthit and Hafey had Roettger in there with them through the whole season there might not have been . pennant race in the Nation al league and it would take high ex- plosives to get them out of first position against apy outtield. It is possible that Roettger, recovered from . broken leg, may get into the series but he will not be the boy he was when he didn't have a bad pin to worry about. There is nothing particularly wrong with Harper and Orsatti can play some ball. but they don't rate with Roettger.
 Simmons and Bing Miller certain ly have given Connie Mack no req son to lose sleep during the torrid pennant race and Mule Haas be- came one of the finds of the year when the old Philadelphia gentle man had to dig up a replacement for Ty Cobb. Simmons. Miller and Haas are fine combination and French is a very capable substitute. Cobb or Speaker might come in very handy as pinch-hitters also. Ranking the Athletic outfield over that of the Pirates may cause some dispute because the Waner brothers certainly cannot be overlooked. But that is the difficulty. The Waners are the Pirate outfield. The man. agement experimented all year to find the third man and in the late days of the season had to send to the minor leagues and bring Comor- osky back.
 The Chicago outf1eld is like the Chicago infield. No outstanding brilliants although late in the sea- son the combination began to find itself. Cuyler took half the season to get going but Wilson and Steph- enson carried the bod nobly all sea- son. The Cubs have good workmen holding down the outer defense and in the series they might show up some of the more press-agented combinations. It is quite certain that they can hit.
 For . good part Of the season. especially after Eddie Roush got a sore stomach. even John McGraw could not have named the regular outfield of the Giants. And that's just the kind of an outheld it is.