The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 4, 1921, Page 10

PAGE 10 THE SEATT TLE STAR TUESDAY OCTOBER 1921. et for Opening Clash of World’s Series in New York Wednesday | FRISCH _ THIRD B ASE RANYLING S SECOND BASE | | | thinking, for the big series is in New York today, \t be- Ne ony ‘the teams will the opening tomorrow, ting the teams from Famous Umpire Compares Players of Giants and | 196 Yanks on Eve of Worl Free-Hitting Series id Series Cl ic; Predicts | BY BIL’ LY EVA! | World’s Greatest EW YORK, Oct. 4.—Who will win the world series of 1921? Baseball Expert { ? Let us take the members of the New York Giants and Yankees, and | make a comparison of the players at their respective posi tions. At third base Frisch will oppose either MeNally or Baker. He is very fast, a good fielder, ball pla: yer. Frisch is a remarkable and has a great arm. Frisch can “boot” a ball around considerable, and then get his | man thru the medium of his great arm. He is one of the few players whose record | shows that stealing bases is not a lost art. | Frisch hits both ways, so is not bothered by When a left-hander opposes | yle of pitching. |the Giants he simply shifts to | MeNally will field as well as the right side of the plate. Frisch, and is nearly as fast, |but of course will not hit as well as the Giants’ third sacker. Baker will hit as well, but lacks the speed and will not play as weil de fensively as Frisch. Thus a comparison of the possible third base cand dates gives that honor to Frisch of the Giants. Two Greatest Shortstops to Be Rivals In my opinion, in Peckinpaugh and Bancroft, two of the greatest shortstops tn the history of the game will be pitted against each othe I have worked in many series in) which Bancroft has played, and have often seen him in action, so that I can appreciate his great worth. hand, to my way.of Peckinpaugh i* truly « mary For years I have been watching him do the seemingly tm- Possible, so it is very likely that I am a« bit prejudiced tn his favor. At handling « thrown ball with hin gloved hand he ts without @ peer. He reminds you of Larry Lajole in that respect. He can go to his right or left with equal ease and has a strong arm. Peckinpaugh is not fast of foot, neither ts he slow. At the bat he ie not a great hitter, but I cer: tainly consider hin a dangerous one. Bancroft is a great ball player. Hughey was star at that position never was a better shortstop. Hughey was star at that position | | |Ungw might have « greater appeal side of the plate, according to the style of pitching the opposition of | fers. He is a remarkable fielder, | fast on his feet, and, like Peck, uses | his brains as well ag his feet and| arma, At second base I would rate Ward | as better than Rawlings, They are different types, and perhaps Raw- | to MeGraw, because he is as gressive fighter who overcomes some | of his shortcomings by his spirit and dash, He plugged the big hole at/ second in the Giants’ infi and ts the type of player who may go big: | yet on form Ward must be conceded | the second base honors. | At first base the line ix perhaps drown a ‘little more closely offers a good target for his Infield. | and at the bat is always dangerous, | home runs being his forte. Pipp ts/| an lan equally good fielder, and just as» good a hitter, altho he will not get | the distance that Kelly does. Pipp, to my way of thinking, fs a much | better firet baseman than generally Dimeelf, has reen a lot of cracks in ‘action, and should be competent to like express an opinion. Bancroft, Frisch, shifts to the right or laft rated. If he has a glaring fault it is to throw wild at times. I think Pipp is entitied to a slight margin lover Kelly. Honors to Giants Back of the Bat Catching honors go to the Giants. T believe that Schang will rate up with either Snyder or Smith, but his ‘understudies lack experience. Devor- mer has shown great possibilities, and seems destined to be a star, but {ft would be asking « great deal for him to share the world serios burden, in his first year in the majors. Snyder and Smith are fine recelv- ers and hard hitters, Snyder usually works against left-handed pitching, and Smith when a right-hander is opposing. Both players are ex- tremely dangerous at the bat and have the home-run habit. Schang is doing the best catching of his c: reer and is @ very dangerous bats ite the outfield we have Meusel of the Gtants opposed to Babe Ruth, for the left field honors. Meusel ts a fine ball player and a great hitter. He may prove more useful than Ruth in the series, but of course the | left field honors must be slipped to “Babe.” It isn't because of his home run record, either, because Ruth ts @ splendid fielder, and, for a big fellow, fast on the | bases. Moeusel does not suffer much in comparison with baseball's out standing star, On the other hand, the Giant pitch- ing staff in the final six weeks of the season has shown its best form. I feel that McGraw has the edge on the pitching situation, Thus a resume would give the! Giants the edge back of the bat, in the box, at third base and tn center field, with a draw at shortstop. The Yankeen get the edge at first Jana second, in left and right field, jand a draw at shortstop. That makes one tle, Since pitching usually decided the outcome of every world series, it would appear that a system of | handicapping would award the best @ good thrower | |some to the Giants In center field Geo. Burns of the Glants—who, in my opinion, ts one of the game's greatest fielders-—has the call oyer Miller of the Yankees. |Miller is a good fielder and a fair hitter. His work in center field has greatly helped the Yankees. Burns does everything well, Bob Meusel of the Yankees haw Young of the Giants as his opponent If Bob Meusel took baneball serious ly he would go down in history as one of the game's greatest stars. |a right-handed hitter he has almost as much power af Ruth. He lacks initiative and aggressiveness, How- lever, he is such @ remarkable bats. | |man that I feel he is entitled to the} shade over Young. I feet that hit ting alone decides the margin in the jease of these two players. | The pitching staff of the New |York American lgague team 1s not going into the series in the best of shape. Shawkey has a sore arm and Mays, in the final stages of the race, showed signs of overwork Hoyt ts in fine form and should do |great work in the series. Quinn may give one good game. Lack of con ful. Resume of Dope on the Two Teams Tho big point at issue ta, will the admitted superiority of the Giants’ | erous offense of the Yankees? is rome job to turn that trick jhave my doubts if the Giants ers will be able to do it Mays, while not at the game, is sui It! I top of his to prove most trouble His pecultar | Iwtyle of delivery is an effective as| jfour points for each contender and|the stuff he has on the ball I feet | that Mays will turn in a couple of victories, and has a chance of win-| ning three, If Shawkey was tn form | I would positively pick the Yankees, | but his bad arm makes him a big} chance to win to the Giants, Hoyt con be depended upon for a couple of good games. I look for | Nehbf and Toney to prove tough for | the Yankees. Kerr, a pitcher ike} Nehf, beat the Yankees six times in| seven starts, Coveleskie, a great | spitter like Douglas, won only one game in seven starts from the Yanks. I don’t look for airtight pitching | question mark. | | More Free Hitting Than Last Season from either side, and believe wil] be more free hitting than last year, That fact makes me giv o” Yankees a slight edge. I look for the series to go eight games, possibly the Umit. If I were manager of the Yankees, | the gameness of the Giants would be | my greatest worry. They never quit. | there As [trol makes Collins and Harper doubt: | staff be able to suppress the mur. | 14% twirl: | Cy Young, Red Sox pitcher He won three out of the five) games from the Pirates | Billy basem hitter of his team's runs Athietion Gilbert Bupposedly Giant second a wenk trove in againat the Rohe, who played third base White Box. He from the Cuba with Ke uubstitute tn fleider for the two game three ba Miner Brown and Ed Ruelbach, Cub pitchers won gers 19 1908—Brown, Ruelbach and Overall, Cub pitebers Babe Adams, Pirate pitcher, Eddie Collins, Athletics’ second baseman, and Jack Coombs, Athletios’ pitcher | Frank Baker, Athletien’ third baseman, whose home runa| defeated the Giants | Tris Speaker, Red fielder, by his batting, Leaf Team Orvie| 1909. 1910 wit wit Sox center} and| ‘Is Facing Real Test ’ Canadian Soccer Club to; Meet Woodland Park in Star League Sunday © iE Maple Leaf soccer team will face a real test Bunday when the Canadians face the Woodiand| park team in the feature match of The Star league Sunday at Wood! of land park The Maple Leaf team ran up the! bDigxest score of the opening games! last Sunday defeating the Por [office 6 to 0. The Woodland park team, playing with but eight Ime went down to defeat before the +} West Seattle team @ to 1 With thelr full strength in the field the park men should make @ strong bid for the trophy The West Seattle tenm tangles with the Haas-Eckart Clgar Co. at Lincoln park. This ought to be Kelly fanother good game The Boeing Aircraft club meets | the Postoffice at Lincoln park, in the other senior game of the day The junior schedule follows: Falcon A Ballard Juniors jat Upper Woodland park Ben Paris Billiards va, Allen Ath-| letio association at Lower Wood land park, Cowan Cigar Co. park at Hiawatha Hawthorne Juniors French Dry Cleaners Walia. Washington Park ys. South Park }at South Park vn va. Highland ve. at ‘om teams started ph last night taleotrdeohenr Sinkens tends” formerly Bhs Inck Wiliam week and oe! [the BN. Brooks last ja fine way to start married life. The Dummy brothers shot the beat ores for the Palo Cigars against Drux man’s last week Harry Huntoon, of Brooks, leader of the individual averages last year, fe lending again for the first three weeks ‘play. Friday night the Inter-ctud lea open thelr season with e ter business meet The Bon meet in t moerota 1 @ yet, Marche and the Lumbermen ean SCORERS NAMED Frank Graham and Weed Dickin json have been appointed New York scorers for the big games, with Joe McCredie as the third judge of hits and errors Billy Evans Is Covering Series for Star Fandom Bily Evans, famous American league umpire, 1% covering the world series for Star fans. His first story appears today. ‘Tomor. he will te why the Polo grounds, in New York, is the poor est field in either league for the staging of the big classic, Evans will cover every game for Star || readers, If you want to read base ball as written by a man who knows, you'll have to read The Star during the big series, row viata ase feos inset | 1916 | x Harry fielder the Baker, by his hitting Chiet Bender and Eddie Athiet pitehe Hooper, Red Sox by his fielding ctor the right tured ten over v tants. 1913 and Plank defeated Hank Gowdy, Braver’ hatte atcher 1 his team to victor Diek ar pitcher over Rudolph of the 1915--Dufty Lewis and outfield by their Harry peaker, th defeated the bat and fielding Hooper Phillies Larry Gardner baseman, was mental in defeating Dodgers by his batting. Eddie Cicotte and Urban Faber, White Sox plitche the games from the their twirling George Whiteman chiefly instru the 1917 it 198 veteran of the minor leagues, who p Only three more days, and the floral prep grid season will be ander 7, with West Seattle and Prank meeting at Denny field Friday Queen Anne and Ballard will start the pext days te meste North Maven Baturday The firet big intersectional game the season will be played at Harvard Stadium Saturday, w the Crimeon tangles 1 Cerotina at New “Tone Star" Diets, former Washington Changes in Soccer Registration Are Due Wednesday |] Managers of Star league noccer |] teams planning to register new ‘Wn for Sunday's gurmes want to remember that thowe changes must be turned in to the sporting editor before 6 p. m. Wednesday. The changes must be made in writing, signed by the manager of the team, listing the new players with their addresses, the juniors Jo include date of birth, and also the name of the players they are to replace. These changes can be made during the first half of the reason, No team may carry more than 15 players at any one time. Managers want to be sure that al! thei rmen are registered before they play tn any game be- cause teams playing unregistered men forfeit al! games in which thone men play. Junior man- agers want to be certain that all their players are under the age limit of 19 years on or before October 2, 1921. Any junior team playing men over age limit lose their franchise in the league. “U” TUTOR COPS GUN CUP MATCH Winning the Leech Cup Match, oldest and most famous of the na- jlonal smallarms match strophies, and taking second in the national Individual rifle championship mateh, Major W. D. Frazer, C. A. C., tn structor In military selence at the University of Washington, recently returned from Camp Perry, Ohio: Major Frazer also won sixth place and a gold medal tn the national individual pistol matches, fourth place in the allround champion ship match and a place*n the all army rifle team in the United Ser. vice matches. In addition to these awards Major Frazer won several minor medals and cash prizes, | More than 1,200 rksmen com. peted in these matches at Camp Perry, including last year's Olympic} team and this year's International} team. BETTING ON Retting on the series is v light, according to word from Manhattan Professional betters are offering to take the short end of a 10-to.9 bet either way POLO GROUNDS, New York, Oct. 4—The Giants and Yankees will get jan even break on playing conditions, |Henry Fabian, lord high ke the diamond, said today. “Huggins likes a soft, slow Infield, while McGraw likes it hard and fast,” Fabian explained. Weather conditions spired to make the ‘neutral’ It will be a tion for both teams.” The present condition ver have con grounds about 50-50 propost- of the The Heroes of Former Ball Red Box | Red Sox third] who won| by! SERIES LIGHT) of |. SECOND BA Classics left field for ch Cubs 1 fielding Walter Ruether by ting. Koumh, Hed center fielder, t his Aeiding, were the big tors in most of the def the White Box. Dickie White Sox youngster hin two of the Red Sox oy and in defes his 1919 Red pitcher his be and Edd ts Kerr pitched team to ita three victories Himer Smith, fielder, hit Cleveland home run wi | the bases full, the first time in world’s series history. Bill Wambaganas, Cleveland second baseman, completed triple Y unassisted. Jim Bagby Cleveland pitcher, hit a homer | with two on. All happened tn | the fifth game, which Cleve and won from Brooklyn, § to 1 aniey Ce akie won three games. right Btate eri mentor, dian's very goed » at Perdy et to 6, to Wabash, act off to a Mie tear ’ fourth-rate North Car Saturday lina State plays Penn State Pittehure plays Weet Virginia tom tangles with Colgate, and &; plays Maryland California will stack Nevada Saturday at Berkeley. Prince ngacuse against Notre Dame and lows furnish the big fame Saturday In the Middie Weet Army plays another double-hender Sat urday, playing Middlebury and Lebanon Valley, The Army split even last wi ox. FANS DO NOT FOLLOW STAR BALL RULES Fons picking All-Star teams The Star contest are not all ratio ing the rules of the contest- The most common fault noticed in the letters tecelved Monday fs that the fans are neglecting to pick a full squad, leaving out the manager and the utility players Here are the rules: Pick seven regulars, two catchers, five pitchers, two utility men and a manager, Any players who took part | in 10 or more games of the 1921 Coart league seanon are eligible. Write on one side of the paper and sign your name and address, dress letters to All-Star editor, Seat- jtle Star, The fan picking the team or near. ext to the team picked by all the fans | will win $10. ‘The contest closes Saturday, October 1G at 6 p.m. In case of a ‘tle the letter received first wins the | So hurry up with those let- JAMES LANE TO LEAD PACIFIC | prize ters. | PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, Ore, Oct. 4 James Lane, formerly of the University of Wash ingion, has been elected captain of the college team here. Lane will have ‘a large number of available men from whom to pick what prom to be a winning team in the ndent College league ‘| JUNIOR WORLD SERIES OPENS | Loulaville, American Association winners, and Baltimore, Interna tional champions, open their junior | world’s series at Louisville tomor row, Tho first four games will be |played in the Kentucky metropolis, | The series will be the best five out of nine. Baltimore is favored to win | WINDY SERIES OPENS | The Chicago city series between |the White Sox and the Cubs will Jopen in the Windy City tomorrow Ross Young, rated as the be tional leagu Glant right fielder, | Charley Rigler and Ernest Quigley Jwill be the tional league umpires in the big while Ollie Chill Jand Charles Moriarity will be the American league officials PLAYING FIELD AT POLO GROUNDS IN FINE SHAPE) grounds, which will have an jasige ant bearing on the outcome of the world’s series, was the result of a mbination of rain, said Fabian; | sterday'’s shower gave the soil Just the right consistency,” he said. | i ‘My boys will see that it remains | that way thruout the series, | "The playing field probably is in the best condition in its history [Conditions are ideal, and if the box scores reveal many errors the play ers won't have the grounds as an alibi,” is) t fielder in the Na-| at handling balls right | off the fences. | Robinson and Davis to Battle Welterweight Stake Again in Bout at Pavilion Here Tonight | | é ty AVIE DAVI8, Const welght champion, will put his ring title at stake again tonight at the Pavilion when he takes on Sali nag Jack Robinson, the Oakland mitt man, in a four-round tif Robinson comes here with a long record in the ring, and as he has been boxing considerably lately he should be in pretty good condition. Davis successfully defended his title week against Johnny Me Carth toying with the veteran. He ked right last week and he should be fit to give Robinson a good bat- tle tonight Davis will enter the ring tonight a slight favorite to win | Eddie Moore and Eddie Nell, the | tittle bantams who have fought many times here before, will get to- |gether in the wemiwindup tonight. | They are an evenly matched pair. | Johnny Jordan boxes Johnny Gibbs In the lightweight diviston, Tommy Sontag and Joe Martinsen, a pair of promising middleweights. mix in the second bout, while Billy | Edwards and Harry Levy, welter. weights, open the festivities. The Cascade Athletic club ts stag: ing the show and the first bout will \get under way at the usual time. |WOMEN GOLFERS |BEGIN TOURNEY DEAL, N, J Oct. 4.—Scoring 85 each for 18 holes, Glenna Collett, of Providence and Mrs. Latham Hall of Midsurrey, England, led the avallfying round of the American women's golf tourney here yester- last Crown at| } welter: | iday. Cecil Leitch, of England, had an 87 and Alex Sterling, Arheri- can champion, had an 89, "| LEWIS TUSSLES | WITH STECHER | SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.—Joe Stecher and Strangler Ed Lewis were | scheduled to meet tonight in a two-| |hour wrestling bout at the Coliseum | time the two met! | Lewis put on the headlock so hard | | jhere. The last | that Stotcher was weeks recovering. GRID BANQUET AT Y. M.C. A. The first high school football ban- quet of the year will be held at the Y. M. C. A. tonight under the auspices of tae HI-Y. The Y. M. C. A. stages two such banquets every year, one at the beginning and one at the end of the season. MOORE DEFEATS FRANKIE GARCIA MEMPHIS, Oct. 4,—Pal Moore defeated” Frankie Garcia round bout here last night. forced the fighting in the four rounds, They're bantam weights. |LAYTON WINS CUE OPENER PITTSBURG, Oct 4.—Johnny Layton, world’s three-cushion — bil- lard king, defeated Charles Weston here last night, 60\to 44 in 66 innings in the opening match of the American champlonships here last night, | Mcore LOUIS, Mo., Oct. mbitas of Portland, | poatad Harvey Thorpe, Kansas Gt jin @ 10round bout t 4.—Alex Ore., out | Washington the First Ball Game to Japanese Team Washington lost the first base. ball game to Waseda University of Tokio, 1, according to. word received from Merville McInnis, manager, Tiny Leonard pitched erratic ball for the Sun Dodgers and was touched for eight hits. Aschai, for the Nippons, held Washington to three hits. Waseda scored in the third when Torrance, second bas an, overthrew first In attempting to make a double play, a Jap run. ner scoring from third, Washington made two hits in the seventh and threatened to score, but were cut down by Waseda, This is the first of a series of 12° games to be played at Waseda, after which the Washington team will tour the islands, in a 10} last | | Southpaw, PECKIN PAUGH SHORTSTOP BOB MEUSEL RIGHT FIELD — NEHF IS TALENTED Arthur Nehf, the Giants’ star is a mechanical engineer and a talented pianist, Besides this, Arthur throws a nasty line of deceive ers and js ranked as one of the great- ext southpaws In the game, Ip/Ke Harley Cater Motor cycles