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Show . COLLINS PREDICTS STYLE OF j PLAY IN WORLD SERIES BY EDDIE CQLLINS World v Greatest Second Baseman. W X spite of the fact thai there has been a decided revolution in tho game of baseball in the last two years, and that now it's distinctly distinct-ly a game of swat, and hits an'rl runs are of much more fre-ouent fre-ouent occurence, due. lei's say, to simplify. to va- iriouo vu.im;;, I am of the opinion the 'style of plaj In a world series will always al-ways have a tendency to be more along the old conventional conservative lines. My reason 3 for this belief are several sev-eral 1 In the first place, opponents In a ! w orld series do not know each other. individually or collectively, &s well as 'they know the teams they combat daily in their respective It agues, and the procedure Is consequently slower Sh( ondlyl players or teams do not take the same chances, to begin with ,ut least, in a world series as they do ' In :i regular came. The series is too short, the risk too great. and not I w orth It As a last resort, w hen other means of making runs have failed, a manager may be forced to attempt apything. For example, in lftij. when the Giants couldn't fathom the otferings of Bender or Coombs with an;, degree de-gree of success. McGraw started his men on a base-stealing crusade That year if I am not mistaken, the combined com-bined steals of the New York club ideated a major league record which still stands. Put after Jack Lapp had pegged out live in one game, that was stopped, too. Strange though it may seem, base stealing is an art and a practice , that's played but a small part in the 01 tcome of any world series. 1 In the 1921 pre-series predictions jthe slowness of the Yanks and the fleetness of the Giants was dwelt 'upon at great length Whereas the final count showed the Nationals had seven stolen bases to the Americans six And I think I am safe in skiing sk-iing the six were better applied and counted for more than theseven, Just so this year, I would be inclined in-clined to attach small significance to .the fact that Slsler and Williams of 'the Browns alone total more stolen bases than tho entire Yankee team. From a fan's standpoint, as well as from a player's, I would be more interested in-terested in watching the Browns' style of play nl a world series than I j would in watching the Yanks. Understand Under-stand me, not that 1 believe they I would be any the more successful, but because of tho fact that there would be opportunity lor a greater variety. The Yank" style of play varies but little, they are not hard to outguess, but ofttlmes when you know what's crmlng off, it succeeds in spite of vou. BROWNS MIX 'EM. The Browns mix their plnys better and oftencr their men more often assume tho initiative and pull the unexpected. They are more careful in their play, and make use of their strength 10 better advantage Don't let me give the impression the Yanks are dumb and the Browne vice versa. I have just as much respect for Miller Hugglns as I have for Lee Kohl, and regard them both highly aa baseball men. But they work along different line.j, although arriving at the. same ends. Possibly there is no set style ofi play that can be followed in a world series, but play must be adapted 10 Londltlons. It's the team that can adjust its play to conform with those conditions that has the big edge. "When ono method of attack fails, try something else. ' Mix 'em up," Is tho motto I like to follow. Have tho other fellow worrying about what you are going to do, and you'll be a Jump ahend all the while The edge is what counts in a short series hustle: |