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Show nvm pyrin Jl mUm i fill I On 111 rprco nr Dene idoyyuy of ilLUd iCincy Catcher May Be Clue i to Miracle of Team's Performance. EV WILLIAM H1LLMAN Universal Service Staff Correspondent. Xi:W YOKK, AUff. 17. Pat Moran's lonir experience, as a catcher in his ball j playing days must not be overlooked as ' an important fa v tor In the success of the Cincinnati Keels. Along with the fact that Ivy . Wingu, the Cincinnati catcher, is at prc-PL-nt playing the best game of his ihV, it may serve as Ti clue to the minu-Iu oi miraci-.'S that has made Cin-i Cin-i cmiiati. city of dead hopes and shipwreeks I ot s. ui-ca of baseball pilots, the leader in ihe pati'mal league and probable pennant pen-nant winiiw. Close si uilonts of the game differ in many resorts as to what is the most im-I im-I porta n t la i'Uji- in a championship team, j Home insist t fiat slugging is the most essential, es-sential, others that pitching is. Intricate analysis is usually made of what is termed "i.i-ido basvhad" with u:uphasis on the diifert'iit phases of this highiy important '.nd nf ihe ar.mc. All students are agreed, howe wr, tlui t rarely has a team ever been givat uithmiL a superior catcher. The catcher often is the vital nerve center cen-ter of tli'j defensive game, sensing a e;ik?iess quicker than any other player. And it is up to him to prevent stealing of liases more than any other player. A gr. i 'L a catcher is great not alone by his phvsic;il prowess, but by his generalship. There have been championships won in major leagues here the catcher was not t'ne prciiomin:! nt factor, but go as far bin-k i. s t lu; first yea r of major league cueioet i i ions and it vi!l lje easily proved tiiat seldom has a team been really great vAihout an excellent or great catcher. it is only necessary to look over the list of championship teams and identify liu-tr i-iiti'titTr! to ascertain tills. Ta !u- them at random. Chicri-o cabs, with John Kling, one of the in st caicliers Jhat ever played. T'.ie Xcw York Giants, with Roger ! Th'snaiian and Chief Meeers. the Phila-j Phila-j de'phia i.-s with W'allle Schang. j Cfinsidcied by many to be the greatest of them all, with Kay Sehalk of the White I .;ist ye:ir, when Chb-nTo won the pen-I pen-I na;A in ihe Xaiiotial league, it was con- ilf I ihaf K'illcfur more than any other one factor wan rcs;ioiisible. Tie had made tiie Chicago pitchers better than thev re:illv were. That is w ha t Wingo and the coaching of Mornn are doing with the Cincinnati pi tellers. lieu t her and KUer have blossomed blos-somed into star? this yea r and the Cf n-: n-: einiK-iti siatT, never conceded at the be-' ginnin'.'- us b.-nng fornudable, is Winning tin1 pf-Mtnant Ibis year, In the Amcric'Mi Iei:;ue Detroit has ! been cocverieif int. n winning aeqnisKion 1 .hy Alnsnijtii. The White Sox have S.dialk, i whosj- i d:i l ngr lias not been crippled by tl'.e y,.;irs. ! 'n rapbra ving the famous erv of the marine ;it t "bateau Tlib-rry, "With the aid of Coil and a good catcher the pennant." Is thai an e:;a gg, -y, inn V perhaps. Won-i der what Mnrau thinks aJout it. |