Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1918 — GIANT OUTFIELDERS ARE SHOWING CLASS [ARTICLE]

GIANT OUTFIELDERS ARE SHOWING CLASS

McGraw’s Trio Should Make Good Record If Held Together. George Burns, Benny Kauff and Ross Young Have Many Years of Baseball Ahead of Them—Fans Hava Forgotten Robertson. The regular outfield trio of the champion Giants is one of the classiest combinations gotten together in the National league in years. - There are several outfields in the big show which may stack up as more deadly with the bats, but for allaround baseball ability you have' to go a long way to beat George Burnsj Benny Kauff and Ross Yonng. First of all, each of these players has a good many years baseball ahead of him, and if McGraw is lucky he should hold on to his triplets for three or four years at the very least. Burns and Kauff Were seasoned players when the season of, 1918 opened. There was no doubt ‘about their ability. But there was some doubt as to whether Ross Young could successfully fill the shoes left vacant by Davy Roberston. That doubt has been swept aside, for Young has made Polo Grounds fans forget-Davy. Young’s style of handling himself in the field and at the bat Is not unlike that of Burns and he hits hard and timely. He is a good judge of a fly ball and a good base runner, which is all McGraw could ask. In left field George Burns ranks as one of the best players In the National league. There is no better sun fielder than Burns and the fact that New York is the only big-league team he has ever played with proves bis class. He came up once and has been up ever since. Kauff, in center. Is not the prettiest fielder in the business, but he is reasonably sure. Benny traps a ball In a rather awkward-looking way, but he “gets ’em,” and that is what counts. On the bases Benny is the best of the three, and if he realizes his ambition this season October Will find him heading the batsmen of the mother circuit in place of Eddie Rousch, his former teammate in the Federal league.