Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1921, Page 26

‘o 'SPORTS. Yankees Had Harder Task o Win Flag in American Leagu McGRAW’S TEAM AIDED BY PIRATES' COLLAPSE On Other Hand, Hugme n Had to Travel at Much Faster Clip, as Indians Kept Up Their Determined Battle to Finish. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. EW YORK. October S—They're ofi. Soon the fir t of what N should prove the most colorful drama every staged in the theater of people— inite be known a emblematic of the world the Polo Grounds flagst playing host there or w With the actual ¢ second outbreak of war in the the first ever to he waged on one b fans unable to get into a stadium direct their att returns from the iront. Tatiowers ¢ to thi ball some ile the Ame: ening of ho nd old game, every red-llood- merican, have been Tiunity to learn in i classic. chatter, . studied the the contages characteristics of MeGraw and Hu s considered the rel the managers them- to obtain de- every angle of the t and weight of the could pos-ibly have the_outcome of the Nothing has been gs have specu- 1 afiiliations of the over their religious nized their temper: ilances and learned the color of their eves. Having con- vinced himself of something or other on conciuding these tests, probes and sifts, Mr. Fan now can allow for the human equation, determine the posi- tion of th: ati and then bet as mu and not go 2 The prospect t a precedent| would be set in having a»world se-| ries start with the chances of one! team fancied no more than the other| was upset I minute influx of western money. which made the Gi ts favorites, but up until the eve the inaugural there was a notable tifck of volume in betting, most of the wagers adtually recorded being of the freak variety and having to do with the number of home runms Ruth will make, how many times he! Le walked and the length of the | es. Yanks Show to Advantage. In closing the book on pre-series speculation one feature of the races| run by the contending clubs gener- verlooked and which merits i being indicative, re- s outcome of the first concerns the relative showing made in the final half of ghe season. It will hearten supportgfs of the| Yankess. t Granting that the American League is a somewhat stronger organization all around than the parent circuit— and this conclusion is inevitable from | that its representative has inele of seventcen * world series, starting with | nine of ‘the last ten, disregarding the framed set between | the Reds and Black Sox—the Yan- | kees earned their title against more base ball park—will be history, and then only will aff while the rtion to the newspapers, scoreboards or ticker tape for ¢ probabilities of whether the banner championship for 1921 will decorate siants of the National League are rican League Yankees are “at home.” ostilities in the classic struggle, the history of the national pastime and attleground, those oi the millions of capablie of seating only 40,000 must three and one-half gzmes behind the indians, a powerful foe despite the inccidents they suffered, and they cventually passed them and took the yearly set'from the Tribe by a mar- sin of 14 fames to 8. Alded by Pirates’ Collapse. Giving all due credit to the Giants for overcoming in the latter stages of the campaign a seven-and-one- ! half-game lead held by Pittsburgh, it is nevertheless a fact that the Pirates collapsed completely and the Car- dinals were tardy in_starting their drive toward the top. The Buccaneers not only crumpled before the Giants, jbut to the other teams as well, play- ing at only a .500 gait in the last hulf of the race, when they won 38 lost as many, after winning 52 losing only in the first half. and in the first half of the race, when it was leading the Yankees, but they did not crack, despite their failure to land on top, for they took 45 and dropped 31 of the 76 contests in the rear section. Hugmen Hit Fast Pace. Fifty-two games won and twenty- four lost was the record: of the Yankees In the last half of the cam- paign and the Giants won forty-six and lost thirty in the same period, as against an only even break for the explodeds Pirates. From the halfway one more and lost one less than the Indians, while the Yankees won six more and lost six less than the Giants over this stretch. This means the Yanks maintained a faster pace against stronger oppo- sition in the second half than the Giants, whose winning percentage of 605 was only practically on a par with that of the Yankees' chief rival, while the American League cham- pions stepped along at a .684 gait. The Glants won their flag with a final percentage of .614, while the Yanks had to first win and then hold the lead over a team that was trav- eling at pretty nearly as rapld a machine merely had to stick ahead | of the Pirates, who were stumbling along at only .500 speed in the sec- ond half. PLAY FOR CUE MATCHES: PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 5.—Bil- llard matches yesterday in three-cushion tourney here resulted as foliows: Tiff Denton, Kansas City feated Bob Cannefax, New York, to 43: Charles Otis, New York. de- feated Hugh Neal, 50 to 46; Pierre Maupome, M 0, defeated Charles powerful opposition than the Giants had to contend with. In atd son the | Hugmen were| 1903 €y Young, Red Sox pitcher. He won three out of the five games from the Pirates. 1907 Billy Gilbert. Giant second base- man. Supposedly a weak hitter, h drove in a majority of hix team' Tuns against the Athleties’ pitchers. 1906, George Rohe, substitute infielder, who played third hae for the White Sox. He won two gamen from the Cubm with three-baggers. 1907. Miner Brown and Ed Cub pitchers. Reulbach, 1908. Brown, Reulbach and Orvie Over- all, Cub pitchers. 1909. Babe Adams. Pirate pitcher. 1910. . Athletics’ second Jack Coombs, Ath- 1911 Frank Baker, Athletica’ third baseman. whose home runs defeat- ed the Giants. 191 Tris Speaker, Red Sox center- fielder, by his batting. and Harry Hooper, Red Sox rightfielder, by kis fielding, fentured the victories over the Giants. 1913, Baker, by his hittin, Bender and Eddie Pl and Chief . Athleticn® pitchers, defeated the Giants. 1914, Hank widy, Braves' eatcher. HEROES OF PAST SERIES Weston, Pittsburgh, 50. to 30. and August Kieckhafer, Chicago, defeated Alfred De Oro, Havana; 50 to 2 28 batted his team to victory over the Atkieties. Dick Rudolvh was the ntar pitcher of the Braves. 1915, Duffy Lewis, Harry Hooper a Trin Speaker, the Red Sox outflel defeated the Phillies by their bat- ting and fielding. 1916. Larry Gardner, Red Sox third haseman, was chiefly instrumenta in defeating -the Dodgers by batting. 19! Eddie Cicotte and Urban Faber, White Sox pitchers, who won the games from the Glants by their twirling. 1918, George Whiteman, veteran of the minor lengues, who pinyed left field for the Red Sox and was the chief factor in defeating the Cubs by his batting and fielding. 1919, Walter Ruefher, Red pitcher, by his batting and Eddie Roush, Red centerfielder, by his flelding, were the bix factors In most of the de- fents of the White Sox. Dickie Kerr, White Sox youngster, pitch- ed hix team to two of ita three victories. 1920. Elmer Smith, Cleveland right- fielder, hit a home run with the bases fall, the first time in world weries history. Bill Wambsganss, Cleveland second baseman, com- pleted a triple play unassisted. Jim Bagby, Cleveland pitcher, hit a homer with two on.. All happen- ed in the fifth game, which Cleve- land won from Brooklyn, 8 to 1. | ! and | The Indians copped 49 and lost 28 mark to the close the Giants won | pace as the Giants, while McGraw's! national | ’ " THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, President Harding Sorry | He Cannot Attend Game President Harding, in a letter | today to B. B. Johnson, presi- ; dent of the American League, | expressed his regret that public business precluded his attend- ance at the epening game of the world series. The President was formally Invited to attend. 'RUTH HIT ZERO AND 200 | \ [ | i I NEW | Herman YORK. October 35.—George Ruth, chief circuit clouter n sow’s batting average of .378, enter- ed the world series with a lowly hit- ting record for title gamgs in which he has participated. The famous Yankee outflelder was a Boston Red Sox pitcher in the games against Brooklyn, in 1916, and also an outflelder in"the contests with the Cubs in 191S. The first series he failed to get a }single hit. Against the Cubs, his hit- i ting mark was .200. i wide difference that from his Dpluce in the batting sun this year. He | clubbed through _the American | League race at a .378 rate this sea- son, not to mention his home run rampaging. LITTLE WORLD SERIES STARTS IN LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE, Ky., October : | “little world serles” between Louisville club, 1921 champions of the American Association, and Baltimore, International League pennant winner, started here tod: | Second only to the interest in the out- jcome of the series is the interest in {the two star batsmen of the team. Kirke for Louisville and eBentle; Kirke this season broke the worl record for the number of hits made during the season, when he cracked out 282, while Bentley hit over .400. FOURTH FOR JENNINGS. McGraw's Assistant Has Figured, With Tigers, in Three. Th’s is the fourth modern world series in which Hughey Jennings, as- sistant manager of the Giants, has been a figure. In 1907, 1908 and 1909, as manager of the Detroit Tigers, he plloted his team to three American i League flags, but in each instance the | Tigers failed to defeat their National i opponents. In October of last year, after Jen- nings had resigned as manager of the Tigers, he was signed by John McGraw to be his assistant. McGraw has not relinquished the reins of leadership, but Jennings has taken his place on the coaching lines, and has acted in an advisory capacity. Jennings and McGraw were members of the famous old Baltimore Orioles when the former played shortstop and the latter covered third. GIANTS BEAT YANKEES IN PREVIOUS CLASHES Twice before the 'present series have the Giants and the Yankees met on the home diamond in the post-sea- son city serfes of 1910 and 1914. In 'each case the National League club was the victor, the McGrawites win- ning the first clash four games to two, with an extra tle contest for good measure, and games to one In 1910, 103,000 spectators paid The i I the second four " INTWO FORMER TITLES, of the universe and owner of a sea-| the ME THE 3 ™IS AEYER S AME . | IATHLETICS ONLY CLUB | TOHIT 300 IN CLASSIC In a majority of instances in the past pitching has been the predomi- nating factor In deciding world serfes. A glance at the team batting aver- ages attests this fact. Only, once since 1805 has a team batted better than .300. That was in the series of 1910, between the Athletics and the Cubs. Connie Mack's troop then whanged the ball for an average of .317, ninety-six points better than Chicago. The nearest approach to that mark was made in 1908. when the Cubs, playing against the Detroit Tigers, hit for a grand average of ‘The greatest fielding achievement of a team was in 1918, when the Red Sox and the Cubs clashed. The Sox were outhit in that series, .210 to .186, but they won chiefly because of their remarkable flelding. a flelding average of .996. The following table shows the team $81,462 to witness the play, while four years later close to 40,000 fans con- tributed $30,563 for the privilege of watching the struggles. CHICAGO FANS EXCITED. CHICA6O, October 5.—Chicago fans turned out strongly for the first game of the series to decide the champion- the National and American leagues. Enthusiasm is at high pitch. WHITAKER, D. C. PLAYER, IN TITLE CHESS EVENT CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 5.—The annual tournament of the Western Chess Association starts here this aft- ernoon. Twelve players will com- pete in the major event. Among those entered are: Edward Lasker, title- holder; Samuel Factor, B. A. Ckai- kowski and H. Hahlbohm of Chicago, W. L. Moorman of Lynchburg, Va.;, J. T. Beckner, Winchester, Ky.; N. T. Whitaker, Washington; I Spero of Youngstown, Ohi I MOTOR FUEL MORE POWER MORE OBTAINABLE FILLING S MILES LESS CARBON AT LEADING TATIONS COLUMBIA OIL CO. ROSSLYN, VA. WEST 1012 ‘||l!|! | in the world series since 1905: TEAM BATTING. ship of the city between the clubs of | 191 1919—Cinc'ti( 1920—Cleve. (A.). A 1912—Boston (A. 1018—Phila. (A.). .97 1914—Boston (N.) - 1915—] (A)) 078 1916—Roston (A) .975 Brook It’s a snap to look snappy ; in SNAPWOOD The E&W Collar for Fall! 1917—Chicago(A.) 1918—Roston (A.) 10—Clnct"ti( BoX You've GoT FoR As a team they made but one error, having batting and team flelding averages WEDNESDAY, OCT OBER 5, 1921 There’s Class to the Boys When a World Series s On. —BY BUD FISHER €sT INDIAN, WITH CANAL ZONE TROOPS, IS STAR RUNNER Homer Baker. former international half-mile champion, who is government athletic director in the Canal Zone, de- clares that he has found a marathon runner who may be developed for the next United States Olympic team. The discovery is White Feather, full-blooded Indian from the same tribe as the great Tom Longboat. White Feather is with the United States Army troops in the Canal Zone. | week over the roads from Colon to Gatun, Chaney Shades Williams. was awarded the decision over Kid Williams in_a ten-round bout here last night. They are Baltimore feath- erweight. £ YES, AND Glve ME T™HE STANDING He trains, Baker said, three times a | BOSTON. October 5.—Andy Chaney | = 1 N { e Than Giants Did in National ARDNER [RING L E E Base Ball Lacks Mystery of Foot Bdll or Fight. Because It Has No Secret Practice. Opinion of Series U everybody has formed some ¢ an’t printable. However, Ju N that it will win on its merits. case. * ¥ ¥ % A big base ball game is a sporting event that gives most people all the ' i ROOM IN THAT 'SAME Box'! 1 | WILDE AND BUFF WILL BOX FORWORLDTITLE NEW YORK, October 5.—Tex Rick- ard is going to bring Jimmy Wilde over here from England and stack him against Johnny Buff, the Ameri- can flyweight champion, in a battle for the championship of the world. Johnny Buff has signed an agree- ment and Wilde's manager has cabled that he is willing to sign. The idea is that the fight will be held some time before Christmas. No one who knows anything about either of these two little chaps will doubt that the fight would be a real |fight all the way and that it _would |draw a throng which would fill the |garden from the ringside to the thrill they are looking for, but with all due respects to the national pas- | time, it seems to me like it lacks the | mystery that makes a big fight or a | big foot ball match so exciting. For one thing, base ball don’t have no ; secret practice, which is one of the | \ main things that rouses interest in & foot ball game or a fight. * ¥ % % Like for inst., you take foot ball and for two or three weeks before : the Yale-Harvard game the sons of Eli and George is shut up behind locked gates and they's nobody al- lowed to see what they are doing and you don’t never find out till the game is on, and then you don’'t know for sure, though you kind of suspect that they was manicuring themselfs all that time. * % k % Or you take a fight like the late battle of the century. Carpentier was kept under cover and the news- paper men was only permitted to look at him twice a week and then only in spooning matching with a couple of paralytics, So it wasn't till the afternoon of the fight that press and public learned what he had been doing in secret, namely, getting fitted for a new silk bathrobe. * k% ¥ But base ball is open and above the boards. The two rival clubs knows all about each other. Generally al- ways they have seen each other play in games so important that they was no chance to conceal their full strength. The Yankees know that Nehf does most of his best pitching with his left hand, and the Giants know that Ruth's weakness is a ball throwed towards second base. So, as I say, wile the games offer plenty of rivalry between the two teams, still they’s no mystery about neither one of them unless it's how did they win the pennant. * ¥ ¥ % So wile T am at the Polo Grounds with the expectations of staying awake all pm, I would have had a better time if either of the two managers had sprung a big surprise, like McGraw leaving his ball players in the clubhouse and showing up on the flield with a herd of zebras. or Huggins Insisting on the members of both nines wearing skirts to their knees. But I had to be satisfied with the usual ceremonies that goes with a games like this kind. * * X X Amongst the other celebrities at the series is Bill Lange, uncle of George Kelly of the Giants, Bill used to be known as the most sensational out- ficlder in base ball because he mis- judged all the fiy balls and finely had to grab them with one hand. He asked me who I liked in the i rafters. series and of course, I knew he was How it w months InCanada: Hecht Co. Where prwes'. are guaranteed SPORTS. EW YORK, October 5—Well. the big series is on. and by this time made the positive statement that he don’t care which nine wis President Harding himseli couldn’t of put the matter more clear, and yet they keep the judge oa the bench. The judge don’t nced to worry about this series being decided on its merits, as information has reached the writer that they ing of the New York gamblers the other night to decide which team to i bribe, but they come to the conclusion that it wasn't necessary in either Appearance HOW a suit looks when you first put it on, is 'important. more important. retain their good looks through many months of hard wear, tailoring does it. 'ALFRED DECKER & COHN, Makers. SOCIETY BRAND Z: nprintable. ipinion iu regards to same, but mine dge Landis is amongst us, and has . but hopes« a big meet George Kelly's uncle, so 1 says i liked the Giants. So " says Bill, “till T seen id them play.” (Copyright, 1921.) CAMP GRANT POLOISTS IN SEMI-FINAL MATCH Camp Grant mallet wielders will en- counter the No. 2 four of the War Department in Potomac Park tomor- row afternoon at 4 o'clock in the sec- ond semi-final match of the Army's fall polo tournament. The Camp Grant horsemen qualified for the test yesterday when they took the meas- ure of the 3d Field Artillery of Fort Myer, 10 goals to 5. ‘The Camp Grant riders had a more concerted attack than the Fort Myer officers and were quick on defense The artillerymen counted but three of their points from scrimmage as they entered the contest with a two-goal handicap. Capt. Rhodes, Maj. King and Capt. Craiz did the scoring for the winners, the tirst named making four goals. The first sc:v i-final match of the tourney was duc to be played this afternoon at i «'clock with the 3d Cavalry of Fo-t Myer clashing with the War Department first team. _The final will be piayed in Potomac Park Saturday, starting at 3 o'clock. BARNES AND HAGEN WIN. RYE, N. Y., October 5.—Jim Barnes, national open champion, and Walter Hagen, professional champion, de- feated Abe Mitchell and George Dun- can, star British professionals, in « 36-hole golf match over the West- chester-Biltmore links here yester- day, 4 and 3. The pairs finished the first 18 holes all even. STAKE TO HELEN DILLON. LEXINGTON, Ky., October 5.—Helen Dillon, A. B. Cox two-vear-old bay filly, proved the best in the Futurity, the $7,000 feature of the opening day’s card at the grand circuit races. She won the last two heats of the event after she had finished third$ behind Suavity and Edith Worthy in the first. Buys Pair From Yanks. The Toronto Internationals have purchased from the New York Amer- icans Shortstop John Jones and Out- fielder Frank Kane, who the past season played with Jersey City. i \ ill look after of wear is Hand- CLOTHES, Ltd., New York Montreal 7th at F o b