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Show I THE SERIES BA TT1NG A COMPARISON I of WHITE SOX ANDGIAN t S j. 'iJlll '3f :''fm 'f 'ClSjf ''''Sx J VziMMERMAK ' JACKSON ' mW -it tttp (By Paul Purman.) In sizing up the relative strength of two ball clubs there are two main fundamentals to be considered, the offensive and defensive strength, with incidentally, their relative bear, ing on each other. These may be divided roughly into sub-divisions; the defensive into the pitching and. fielding, the latter into the strength of. the catching, infield and outfield departments. 'Tho offensive strength of a club may bo divided into two component parts, the batting, including tho style of attack, and tho base running. In this article I will take up the relative batting strength of the two clubs. Both clubs are tremendous, hitting aggregations, each ranking second in its league, but each being far out ahead In real swatting strength of what the averages show on account of ability to hit when, hits are needed need-ed to make runs. Taking them man by man Joe Jackson Jack-son stands out, in spite of his puny average this year, as the most dan-gerous dan-gerous hitter of tho lot, a tremend ous slugger who Is likely to hit anything any-thing any time. There is no pitcher who can successfully outguess Jackson, Jack-son, for he bats by natural instinct and is as likely to hit one kind of a ball as another. The Giants have a slugger of tho same type in Zimmerman, a powerful, power-ful, dangerous, natural batter. There is little to choose from in the attack of the two outfields. Jackson outclasses Robertson, Kauff and Felch are about evenly matched and George Burns is a much more dangerous danger-ous man than either Leibold or'Shano Collins. With the exception of the far cor. ner tho White Sox have a trifle the better of tho argument In tho infield Ir on the offensive, and the edge will be greatly raised if Herzog Is unable I to play. R Gandil is more consistent with tho ft stick than Holke but his'shade is very it. slight. Collins is more dangerous on f attack than Herzog and the brilliant m young Risberg, in spite of Inexperl- w ! ence Is superior to Fletcher. At third f v Zimmerman is more dangerous than I Weaver. McCarty Is superior to Schalk in the batting department. Vf But there is to be considered the t method of attack and what the teams can do against tho kind of pitching which will be sent against them. Mc- ' Graw undoubtedly will .depend upon his three southpaws, Benton, Schupp and Sallee, to stop the White Sox who have been rather weak against ' fork hand pitching this year. What the Sox fear most is the sweeping crossfire of Sallee's delivery . f |