The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 5, 1921, Page 10

PAGE 10 Polo Groun Favor Yanks New York Infield Is Smallest Playing Ground in Big Leagues; Short Fences Give Edge to Yankees’ Long Hitters BY BILLY EVANS World’s Greatest Baseball Expert EW YORK, Oct. 5.—From a financial stand- point, the Polo grounds ideal for a world series, Only the Braves’ field at Boston offers a larger seating capacity which, of course, means a bigger gate. From an artistic standpoint, I know of no poorer field for the staging of a world series than the Polo grounds. I do not have reference to the playing condition of the field, because it is always in fine shape. 1 have in mind the confines of the outfield. The right field stands at the Polo grounds at the closest point are just 256 feet, the re- quired distance for a legal home run. In mind picture the distance from the home plate to first which is 90 feet, double that distance, and add 76 feet, and you have ‘@ mental picture of the short distance from the home plate at the Polo grounds to the shortest point in right field. 1@ Shortest point from the plate to the left field bleachers ts only a vite eff ‘As the lines diverge toward center field, the playing territory : uch larger. park, These unusual conditions at the polo grounds very often result in a have ever worked. game being decided other than on tts here I want to say In behalf| merits. As a matter of fact a four. Ruth, that he has profited | run lead is nothing to brag of at the as a result of such a/ Polo grounds. I have seen such leads u T have it on the very best | wiped out almost ip the twinkling of ‘authority that only three home| the eye, by a couple of passes, an made by him at the Polo| error, and then a high fly to right or this year have been of @/ left, which barely cleared the stands, cy nature. That is, balls that just | while the fielder stood watching the the stand at the shortest / course of the ball, in a position to im right field, hits that would| make an easy catch, had he the Deen outs on the ordinary ball| room. the last few years I have A some of the most peculiar home possible made at the Polo Jack Quinn one day beat _ _ However, it ts possible to get more fluke ¢ runs at the Polo grounds ‘than of any other major league park Tt te possible to say that nefther team will get any the worst of It, since all the games are to be played at the Polo grounds. That ts all very true, yet it is far from pleasing to have some tall fly, that on the or- dinary grounds would be an easy out, turned Into @ Polo grounds home run. That happens time and time again during the summer. I am of the opinion that the | Yankees have a« slight advantage, tn that all the games are to be played on the Polo grounds. Any man in | the New York American lineup is -) Mable to get @ home run because all of them take a free swing. The Giants have a number of sluggers, but I am sure the advantage on this score will be decidedly in favor of the Yankees, The short confines of the stands in right and left field goes directly back at the pitching. When work- ing at the Polo grounds, @ pitcher can never for & minute get careless with men on and “groove” « ball. He {» always working under re straint, It ts simply “murder™ to pitch inside to Ruth or Meusel. It is my hope that if a home run plays @ part in the result of any game, that It ts a legitimate homer, not some of the excuses I have seen Tegistered at the Polo grounds. How Big League Fields Compare With N. Y. Lot This table shows the compara. tive distances from the piate to left and right field walls or stands, respectively, in all the playing fields used by major league teams. It shows how much smaller the Polo grounds is in comparison to other fields: Left Washington (A)... 326 *Field used also by team from this city in other league. the best teams in years, and they slip over a win on the Dodgers. ‘The Washington team defeated the - Yeal chance to work out an offen. “sive and then, too, they were out- weighed considerably. This week ) they have the advantage in weight. |... Whitman made a fine showing the heavy Multnomah club for Star league coming Sunday tn to the sporting editor tar by 6 o'clock tonight. mus made in writing, #hd mw clude the names and addresses new men, with the names of the -| they are to replace. Eckmann, Hill, Leo Zetl and Quass are expected to start the game fn the backfield for Wash. ington Saturday, with Johnny Wilson @ possibility. Zell, who was out last week's game with a slight These changes will ¥ “ hang i} be Meted im Thurs. oa Schedule, with the time the wiv gt, Rlayed., will be an- watch for The ; these dates Saturday. and Ferry or Gelligan will ends, Ingram and Clarke @ of the tackles, Hobi| Reterees tor ge wilt od qYery Katurday, And this Information, will Be Ubiiehed in Saturday's Btar every Three Big Ball ies Getting Started Today ‘Three baseball * ing a Series are open. The world sert en under way | io getting New York with the Yanks and Giants staging their ttle quarrel for the big title. the Wine tae © bya pine ote pr 5 ‘tubs, ts hop- uisville, A. A. champton: Baltimore, International rrr sane ote arene their junior worl es in Lout lng , ‘ville this the best All of the series wil) be five out of nine games, AP WGIE RIESE: AY LEO H LASSEN | _ There was more punishment handed out in that T Bill Bothel fight Inst night, says Sam Belkin, than sl tehoe Inst full, apples over in We what we mean. Brin was the only ono of this week ago. when he was Introduced just before seat sulted him night. season, Ho's falling down. TABLE SUPPLY OF WR! F. Niedd, Peto Forret. another bird who wa Whenever the fighters didn’t come jot of cutting remarks Harry Druxman ts the barometer week's shirt and collar trade wasn't of the cheap seats near the door. Ned@ Moe was lucky last night. side seat he was holding down. A Last List of Notablee—Phil Cook, Pertica, Julian Schwarta, GOOD NIGHT! Jack Robinson ts built like Virgil Garvey around the diner, if you know Notables—Bernte Brin, Harold Weeks, Marl Staley, Sidney Do Vierse. tell how he got past the doorkeeper. In the cheap seats—Matt Matthews, Ludwig Frank Sid Houseman didn't sit as far from the ring last night as he did @ Ho sat farther away than ever Not So Notable—Art Emerick, J. Jim Petty, the colored battler, turned tn the cla Among Those Standing—Vaughn Lovett, Harry Stone—the tallor—was in a ringside seat. Wonder If bis Matt MoGern, manager of the Hibernian ball club, was a second last Hig ball team has been first most of the| AMONG THE LATE ARRIVALS—BOB CRONIN AND THE INEVEL EY SPECIAL. More Notablee—Judge C, C. Dalton, Dr. A. 0, Loe, Joe Cohen, Ben — | Charley Scoville, the funny man of The Star composing room, ts) present In one of the better seats last night) who ts never going to tell how he got by the door. | Chartle Roth, of the Pavilion barber shop, horned into a ringside seat the second section after the holder of the stub arrived. — tATT | | ] | Sam boxed quartet of notables who wouldn't W. Bullock, Gus Brown, to bow of the evening the main event, | up to expectations Charley made «| for the haberdasher business, Last so good. Harry was sitting in one Nobody showed up for that ring- week ago Ned saw the fight from Arthur Ives, Dave Williams, Benny | Slated to Orioles Too Good for In- ternational League; <N, manager of the Bal timore Ortoles, like Connie Mack of the Athletics, hae found that there is such a thing es being too g004. And just as Cornelius wrecked the team that won pennants for Phila delphia because the Athletics so far outclassed the rest that they would | not draw, so must Dunn break up | his own team. Dunn's real idea was to be able | to rab off « major league franchise |for Baltimore. Only this year has lhe at last admitted defeat. And now with a team that com- pares favorably with any of those lin the big show, Dunn will have to | put the rollers under tt, HE WON'T SELI; OTHERS INSIST He says he won't. Other International officals say he will. “Bither he must sell or let the Graft be restored,” is their view. “We can never hope to build up our teams to equal the one Dunn has—a team that could easily fin ish first in first division of either major league.” And the dope tn International league circles ia that Dunn already is laying bis plans for selling the top-notchers of bis outfit, TRIO TO GIANTS? ‘According to the dope, Jack Og den, Otis Lawry and Jack Bentley |will go to the Gtants for $160,000. Ogden and Bentley are pitchers, right and left respectively. Bentley also plays first base and hits well over 400. He's the leading home run hitter of the circuit. Ogden is the leading pitcher of the league. Lawry is the smallest player in league, but probably the fastest. the classiest outfielder and hits over .300 despite his size, OTHER STARS Dunn has fn Max Bishop, second baseman, and Joe Boley, shortstop, two of the best young infielders In the game today. Either !# worth $50,000 of any magnate's money. He has a star left-hander in Rob- ert Groves. Ben Egan, catcher, and Merwin Jacobson, who covers the center garden, also are high class players. Last year “Jake” led the league in batting. This year he was topped by Bentley. ‘These seven stare would probably bring Dunn close to $300,000 if he put them on the block, and he has other youngsters and men who would bring good prices. ORIOLES MAKE HISTORY Baltimore has made baseball his tory this year, ringing down the curtain with the most games won in any league, 119. The old record was 116 wins, made by the Chicago Cubs in 1908, Among other feats this year the league team wins, held by the Corsicana club of the Texas league, and made in 1902. It will be remembered that “Babe” Ruth came from the Baltimore club and that John McGraw and Hugh Jennings, in the days of long ago, got in some mean thrown around the home plate and at short for the same aggregation. To form a trailer for velocipedes, an inventor has patented an affair with two wheels, saddle and handle bars. ‘Baltimore ‘|Robinson Sell Stars’ Ortoles tied the record of 27 straight | Shaded by Champion Bout Is Called Draw} Sali- nas Shows Travie Some Real Infighting VIS DAVIS shaded Balinas Jack Robinson in thefr four round bout at the Parilfon last night, Referee Roy David calling the battle a draw. Salinas came in the ring with o walstline « la Willie Meehan, but) after the first round he showed that | he knew something about the art of infighting, an@ whenever the pair got together in the clinches the go- tng waa all to the gravy, for the! Californian, as be was too smart) for the Coast champton. | Davis had all the best of the long | range fighting, aa he tossed his left | and threw his right all over Robin: | son's classic features thruout the four rounds whenever they boxed at a distance. | The only round tn which Darts! had any real shade was the third, when he used his right with telling effect. The other three rounds were fairly even. A knockdown tn the first round fave Eddie Nell, the Anacortes ban- tamweight, the decision over Eddie Moore, the Seattle youngster. It was the only edge in the bout. Both boys were very cautious thruout the | going. Outside of a few exchanges it savored strongly of a song a dance number. Charlie Givens called the decition. . ¢ Harry Gibbs put up a game fight! Against Johnny Jordan but Jordan| was in better condition and earned | the verdict, / Bill Bethel knocked out Tommy Sontag in the fourth round of their bout! Bill didn’t know where his punches were going to land, but he| kept sailing ‘em in and Tommy | managed to take ‘em antil the} fourth, when he went down and out | for keeps. Citt Taro won the verdict over Billy Everett and Joe Companion beat Phil Trippits in the opener. | cade A. C, WAITE HOYT IS REAL BIG GUY Waite Hoyt, the 22 r-old pitcher | of the New York Yanks, ts no mid. get. He ts 6 fect 11% inches tall and weighs 190 pounds, Hoyt has geen six years’ service in the big time. He | is regarded as the Yanks’ best pitch ing bet, outside of Carl Mays. A proposed’high level bridge be! tween Portsmouth and Norfolk, Va., will have a span of 1,850 feet be- tween towers, John Ruskin Cigar has stood the test. Buy two today and get the Best and Biggest Cigar, at2 for 15¢. OURG & NEW, d Ave, Seatt LE STAR BY BILLY EVANS World's Greatest Baseball Authority W YORK, Oct. 6—-What ia the | value of a homerun hitter in al Will Babe Ruth piny | ing clash | world weries? an big a role in the co between the Yankees and Giants as is generally expected? What part home runs played in deciding the outcome of world series games? Has any world series been won largely thru the medium of som ex's ability to bit Would the chances of the New York American league club be nert ously handicapped tf Ruth should suffer an injury that would keep him out of the word series? How much does the presence of Ruth in the lineup mean to the Yankeos? When he ts in a batting slump, does his failure to hit have any bearing on the rest of the team? IES and a score of other quew tions been fired at me it was certain that the New York Yankees and the great Babe Ruth would be the American league | Some Star Swim Prizes Have Not Been Called For ‘There are still several medals and ribbons for winners and placers in The Star ewimming meet that have not been called for yet. Winners should try to call for them in the morning at The Star if ponsible. Bome med als have been mailed this week upon request and if they are not recetved by Friday The Star || should be notified. WASHINGTON CREW WORK UNDER WAY BOUT 100 freshmen and new | varsity onramen reported for the firet crew turnout called by | Conch Ed Leader at the University this week. All the new material ts Mht, according to the coach, who} wants more heavy men in the year | ling shell Coach Leader, Prof. Leslie J. Ayer and Morgan Van Winkle, former commodore of the Varsity Boat club, spoke to the new men about crew Plans are progressing for crew quarters next spring which will ac commodate about 20 men. Varsity turneute wil next Mond@ay, says © Captain Mike Murphy, Clarence Mag: nuason, Rolly France, Wright Par kine and Bam Ghaw from last sea son's varsity will be eligible this season, Bob Ingram and Zeke Clarke are on the football equad at Present. Turnouts will continue dally until Thankegtving. Ichiya Kumagae, Jap Net Star, to Play Exhibition Tohtya Kurnagas, famous Jap- lar and member of cup team, ts ex pected to arrive in Seattle within the next two weeks en route to his home in Japan. Marshall Allen, Seattle tennis star, who ar rived home from Eastern tour- nament play last week, is making arrangements for an exhibition match to be played indoors while Kumagne to th Seattle. Definite announcement will be ready }in a ghort series of nine contents. | more ‘MAYS’ DELIVERY { Series Chatter: Ruth and Home Runs 14 series offers enough that Ruth but when | The ordinary p for 6 outstanding figure Babe Ruth, i listed among the formers, it makes the annual al pyeuae js a chance may not do many of the great things the public expect of him, In a pinch be ts going to be passed When the Giant pitchers elect to work on him there is eure to be nothing stake, At such Ruth is going to look at the best the Giants’ pitchers can offer Ruth hates to disappoint. He wil his best to come thru two, At such je to etrike » to whiff s home to conversation, th in all the more interesting 1 times RDINARILY, home. run er have hitters not played an extremely important role in many of the world rs | certainly try op that the vals It tn apparent that the value] with a home times Ruth ts very la So that Ruth tm lab often than he mak series af of a slugger would be more evident ampaign of 154 games than | out It ty also @ matter of record that tn |" a short series, work far more rarefully on & batter noted for his ability to hit home runs than they do during the ordinary game It is always customary to pass the| homeran hitter when the situation | fw dangerous rather than pitch to him and take a chance on his break: | ing up the ball game. Ordinarily home runs do not play a determining part in » world series. The 1911 and 1915 and 1920 events were exceptions this particular, In 1911 rr Baker acquired his title of “Home Run” Baker by bit- ting Mathewson and Marquard for home runs, Those two drives beat the Giants, In 1915 three home runs deckded the final game of the series and gave the champlonship to the Boston Americans, Duffy Lewis con tributed one of the homers, Harry Hooper the other two. pitchers in Tt ts = certainty that Babe Ruth will draw many an tnten- series if he happens to bat with ® couple of men on and the Giants in the lead. That is good baseball. BOLDT NOW CONTROLS BALL CLUB Jim Boldt is now the controlling factor in the Seattle Baseball club William Kiepper, president of the club for the past two years, and Jim Brewster, secretary treasurer, Director George Hardenbergh have |» announced that they have turned | over their stock in the club to Boldt. | Klepper will continue to act as president of the club until the an- nual meeting October 18, The total production of electric power by public utility companies In the United States 1s 39,000,000,000 kilowatt hours a year. EDWIN J. BROWN, 108 Columbia st For over twenty care IS DECEPTIVE Carl Mays, former Portland heav- or, the mainstay of the Yankees, is the only underhand pitcher in the big show. He throws the ball almost from the ground. His delivery ts more deceptive than his “stuff,” ao cording to American league players. In order to move a 65,000-pound water tank at Ingle, N. M., it was ked up and a track built under tt, 909 1 Third Ave COR UNINERSITY The score was 5 to 4, In 1920 | Kilmer Smith's hit with the | bases filled against Grimes, the star pitcher of the Brooklyn club, was the turning point in the game and series. runa, have fig series in which have plays with a short right or left field the caso in Ni Cleveland and at both Phila Since all the games be played at the Polo ha short right |and left field boundary, I Jook for the home run to be in evidence, and oMB therefore, ames been park fence. York delphia parks. of 1921 are t | grounds, whieh that does not necessarily mean that |Ruth will do the swatting. There are any number of players on both | the Yankees and the Giants capable | of turning that trick | owrven. there ts no denying { that the New York Americans | would feel greatly the loss of Ruth, |if an injury prevented his playing. Ruth is the punch of the eke \<~ | When he f# hitting, it eens eon- | tae us. 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