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Show N ADDITIONAL SPORtJ FSSfPfflS ' II OUTFIELDS Opposing Gardeners About Equal; White Sox Given Slight Edge. C i J I C AGO, S ' P t . SO. C o i 1 1- ? : i o : y a n I iiiflivid'iaily the cr.ui'i' M.-s 0? the Chiii l-o "White .Sox aiid tl;e Cincinnati lit Is. whk-h . will put their prowess in the world's ries, rank a mo n. if the best in the major leagues uitI their work unckiibLO'Uy v.:.! be watched with keen intercut during t;.e championship conU-lH. Considered broadly, n.ou w ho' w ill form the last lines of rh-i'.-r.:-'e for the .-.., n-tenuiii; n-tenuiii; teams measure up to :i 11 tuo rc-fiuireinont.s rc-fiuireinont.s sought in nuter f.'nrdenei ! Jd'ensivelv they a;v uru a:" I i.j'i JiuUa.-.s of fly halls, nU-:iJy vi j: rom.'i '!-.- pdr. the i ii field, jtos:--.-.-. po'.v."'! i:I h r; .is I and can m;ike quick derisions wh-n i. .v: in choice of one or more plays. Ofieu-n Iv some of Die urealei-t hiner.s in -i;!:-r league in additioii to last base runners, are includ'-d. l.nit, if tlm nviords ma'ln by the various men this peaon may lie t-iki'ii as an accurate ac-curate criterion of Llieir ability, the 'h:Le Sox Kai'dener.4 have the ccijjtt on their option op-tion en ts. The menfion of su-h men n s Kely-h, Jackson and Leihold, veterany of tliu i I' 1 7 world hs scrips a yai nsd the .Wv.- Yuri; Giants, co:i;led with thos- .,f Kuush, the leading singer of the lied uirvw. Con. Neale, Mfueo and J nniean, a nevojin-r. is sufficient to start enntrovi. rsv iu.iv; the fans, regardless of what the figures . way. Alr.-ady then- Ls talk that Koush wit out hit the mighty Ja-.-k.-on, and that Kelssch and J.eiboSd will not compare with ieale, Magoe and Duncan. Dun '-a n is a fair batter but a fast fielder. field-er. Ifi.y hitting will not etuni-are with that of Jaekson, who is topping the White So- with an aei-ae which luis been hov-crini; hov-crini; around the hilt it pa rt or t he Bf-nson. Duncan has bt'-u hitting ahont .2.".."), while his fieldins average lias been around .UV. That of Jackson has been around D7 1 . 1 There is some doubt just how the outfielders will line up for I lie opening open-ing came. Mana.U'-r ;!ea;-on will have Jaekson in left field and Cels''h in 'vn-ter. 'vn-ter. The riulit field will be as-d.ned to either John Collins or I.eibold, the choice for this iiosition resting upon wdir i In r Manager Moran sends a riuht -haivlw or a southpaw to the mound in the opening fiamo. The Reds will have Duncan, their new1 man in th left field garden, with R'nish . opposing l'"elsidi in cciit-r field. Xenle will be ii?.simied to the riht field i osi-lion. osi-lion. 1 lowever, Mamai; "'." .Mora n at. last moment tnav decide to shift those players, a nd may send Siktu ood Ma gee. a vet- ; eran, to the outsardeii in the opening; con- 1 There should be an interfiling struggle! bet ween the vrt eian J a r-lcson for the ' White .Sox and Duncan, Mora n's ronkie, j series of liii.s l-:in(, w tiis woilc pinrc jniTihur C.lc Rcr ftLCirfOMUnii lias boon of such rlajis Llint )io i:is fli.splaood too ol-oran ol-oran :l:tpp, and lio may iro Jaol.snn a .cood run. Jaoksnn's haLtiio lias bo,-n uno of llio lii' awsots of th" t;ioason tJ-iiio. llo J" a 'oi!(kTfu)y Htroiv-r arm, whioh ,as I (ait many a rim off at the plalo. If,, can oovor morn croi'ixl limn hi yuunecr riuil, I art is fioldin: around .071 to Duncan's .!o;2. the avoi'aori bein. tltoc of the first part of Soptetnljer. Koush lio pitted against Fclseh in tho oontor garden. Both these players have thousands of admirers, for each Is one of the stars of his league and a real batt'e is (xj'ooted. Roush, who one time tried to rake ihe White Sox team, but was found wanting, has elimbed the ladder lad-der of fame and today is one of the best hitters in tho National league, having an average of more than .300 almost the entire season. He is a good fielder, with a mark around .987, has a good arm and covers a lot of ground. This will be his first world's series. Felseh, on the other hand, suffered a slump in his batting this year, but has been a dangerous man in the pinch and has boosted his batting mark to about .259, while his fielding average for the greatest part of the year is .974. He is rated by many experts as the greatest outfielder in the American league. Felseh is a player who can go to ant corner of the field and get them, has a lot of speed and a powerful arm. Toward the close of the season Felseh showed signs of recovering- his batting eye. Rough's mark during the first part of September was .319. In comparison, these two players will about break even, as where one outshines out-shines the other in hitting, the other will outfield his rival. The right field position seems to favor the Chicago aggregation. Leibold, Chicago's Chi-cago's "lead off," is one of the hardest men in the league to pitch to, and is a patient waiter at the plate. He will invariably in-variably make wwk for a pitcher to count two and three, and when thev cut the plate is a capable batter. He is fast on the field, has a strong arm and is a brainy player and a clever base-runner. Neale, on the other hand, while cavorting in the right field garden, may experience some difficulty fielding especially espe-cially in the White Sox park, owing to the snadows which have affected many American leaguers. On his home grounds i however, he will have the advantage over f nis W nite Sox rivals. Leibold has been hitting at a .293 clip, while Xoale's mark has been around .247. In fielding Xcale has hung up an average for the greater part of the season of .951, while Leibold's mark is .929. As a reserve in right field, the White Sox have John Collins, one of the fastest and surest fielders in the game. "Siiano" has been with the Sox ten vears and is a hardened player. He is "one of the gamesL men in baseball and dangerous at bat and on the bases, although his hattms average does not indicate that he is a heavy hitter. "Shano" has been crowning the pill for about .2(12 and has been fielding around .944. Magee the Red's veteran substitute outfielder,' has been hitting around .225 and fielding ,SS9 Hie White Sox also have Eddie Murphy as an alternate. However, he mav not break Into tho outfield, but mav be injected in-jected into the game as a pinch hitter a role he has successfully tilled many times this season. Murphy, like Leibold. is a hard man to pitch to and will worrv almost any pitcher, when on the bases he worries a pitcher more tha,n anv player m the league and he mav break up a game whenever he is sent into the '!"?, haa been batting better than 4,o for the greater part of the season. On the other hand, Moran has a dependable depend-able pitcher in Bressler, who has played the outfield a number of times and ls capable of holding down the job. dressier. dress-ier. In the few games he ltas plaved has batted around .212 and his fielding mark is around .965. The records of the outfielders for tho greater part of the season just closed fohow"8 batti'le and fleli'S averages, CHICAGO WHITE SOX. Murphy ' .Vt Jackson 350 ,', Leibold Voj "' .1. Collins ' O,;o t-eih :?r,i) '174 CINCINNATI P.F.PS Ro"sI 319 97 Neale 247 'V,i Duncan .' 'r.j Magee r'2" "wi Messier ;212 ;M |