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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, June 01, 1914, NOON EDITION, Image 28

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with two pitchers of 'acognized class,
Benton and Ames, and the former
Giant was reckoned through a year
ago. A change of scene has worked
wonders for him. Davenport, Dough
lass and some of the youngsters are
surprising the experts, and Rowan is
also able to take his share of the slab
duty. Yingling, the southpaw secur
ed from Brooklyn, is a great running
mate for Benton.
The Reds are winning strictly on
their style of play. Herzog learned
his lesson under McGraw, and has
his team running the bases in wild
fashion. They never overlook a
chance to make an extra sack. On
paper the team wouldn't be reckoned
as a first division possibility.
Apparently Herzog has been given
greater freedom in running the team
than his predecessors. The result is
showing in the standing, and, as the
Cincinnati owners like to make
money, they may have at last come
to the realization that they can make
more of a killing with a first-division
team run by the manager than a sec
ond rater steered by a board of direc
tors. Marsans tried to put something
over on Herzog and drew a stiff pen
alty. The boss was backed up, and
the rest of the players took the les
son to heart.
Joe Benz worked his way into the
no-hit class against the Naps yester
day, and, unlike the jinxed Scott, gets
credit for his feat. Scott performed
the same stunt ' in nine innings
against Washington on the Eastern
trip, but lost the credit because his
mates couldn't hit behind him.
Callahan seems to have found four
batters who can hit the ball, and has
placed them at the head of the list.
Weaver, Chase, Demmitt and Col
lins, in the order named, comprise a
formidable batting quartet, and in
the last three games with Cleveland
have carried the banner. Putting
Buck at the top of the list has given
him confidence and he has soaked
even hits in the last three ganies.
Three were made in the first Decora
tion Day game, one in the second and
three yesterday. The first four bat
ters in the list were responsible for
all six runs registered yesterday,
Demmitt also getting three hits, Col
lins two and Chase a double.
Heinie Zimmerman and Tommy
Leach apparently have recovered
their batting eyes. That means the
Cubs will win some ball games. These
two athletes are important cogs in
the Cub plan of attack and when they
fail to deliver the whole system goes
wrong.
Zim began to hit during the Giant
series, was forced out by a lame
ankle, but in the games just ended
with the Cards showed that he was
back for keeps. Being in the clean-
up position, he can do great execu-'
tion.
Much criticism is leveled at Zim,
and some of it is deserved, mainly for
the lax way he goes about his work
when he is not hitting, but an ex
amination of the statistics will show
that he is driving home a good share
of the Cub runs. That means he is
hitting in the pinches, and then is
the time the bingles count. '
His single, two doubles and sacri
fice fly yesterday resulted in six local
runs. Leach duplicated Zim's bat
ting feat, but did not put over as
many tallies. He counted three times
himself.
Zabel, because of the good show
ing he made against the Giants, was
given a chance to start another game
and came through with flying colors,
yielding five hits. Despite the one
sidedness of the score, he did not
have a safe lead until late in the
proceedings.
He was working with the knowl
edge that a bad inning would put the
Cards in front. The youngster has a
strong heart and does not break un
der fire. His stuff is enough to puz
zle the best of them and he is assured
a regular turn in the box. He is more
reliable than Lavender.
Dolan's homer, the (one Card tal
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