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ie M WITH BETTER PLAYERS ILL NOT HAVE ADVANTAGE a, Men Not in Natural Element When Competing in Big Series— | ae comes down to a matter “pressing.” of these classic done. thinute. the belief that a World's Series does t necessarily determine the better St. For instance, when the Boston Braves beut. the great Athletics four @traight ncbody thought them the better team, Succeeding years proved that they were not of real champion- whip calibre. They rolled in on the ffeakish momentum that had carried them to a pennant. Dick Rudolph’'s merve kept them steady. As to whether the Glants or the Yanks were the better club during ‘the regular championship season may be a moot question but, after all, it will have litle bearing on the out- oome of the coming World's Serics. Still, that's all we have as a guide jess one allows himself to be gov <yned entirely by hunches, So, le Personally I have ® bunch that some leathernecked fellow incapable of the keener sensibilities, unim- Pressed with the seridusness of the * gituation, is going to step up, without # thought 01 the future or past, and Knock the so-called classic for a row ay, rannmeery bushes. Just whether t fellow Will be Babe Kuth, Home Run Kelley or Bob Mcusel, you may decide for yourself. It may turn out be some bench warmer who has Bolished the seat of his breeches all year wondcring where the experts got off to call Carl Mays, Jesse Barnes, Waite Hoyt or Shuifling Mill Douglass a great pitcher. That has Tappened time and again. It may be some second-string pitcher who has nm wondering,all season why they dn’t get rid of Ruth or Kelley by striking him out. And, to prove his motion, he up and does it. Most of the non-partisan observers agree that the Giants have a better haseball machine—a team that works more as a unit, They also agree that the Yanks have a better coliec- tion of spectacular fielders and mur- derous hitte’s who work as indivia- ‘uals. The Giants are likely to work sinoothly and to @ given point on the basis of co-ordination, The Yanks, op the other hand, are apt to turn lgose any minute and beat the best ball club in the world by a score of is to 0, Once they get started the mlumber of runs means nothing to the Yanks. They can overcome a seven-run lead in the same weird manner as they can be hopelessly @but out by what they had previ- ously looked upon as a_ mediocre pitcher “who went in there with nothing more than his shoestrings you know, came from behind toward the end of the se mn. With a hard trtp ‘ahead of them, they stuck. right to their knit- ting and won the pennant against odds that seemed overpowering. A ball club must have nerve and con- fidence to do that—must be a fight- ing machine, 'y faith in the Yanks as potential ‘world’s champions, though previously shaky, was strengthened by view- ing their game of.Friday, Sept. 23, with Cleveland, in which they played with the deadly skill of real masters. ig was further strengthened in their ‘ame of last Monday when they met jeveland in the game which really Marked the turn of the tide. The players realized that this game Was the culminating test. The In- Mans also realized \t, as did the crowd. Despite a three-run lead against them and the unstrung nerves their supporters, they stuck to their guns and won. They outgamed Cleveland, which is some outxaming That, by the way, was the most thrilling, torturous game that I have seen in twenty-five years. Battle- acurred veterans such as Bobby Gilks, Joe Kelley, Bob Connery and Arthur Devlin actually gasped in relief when it was over. If I were to pick a winner I would pick the Yanks on that exhibition of gameness alone, But it, would be only a hunch. There was an incident in that un- forgettable thriller that should have @n important bearing on the strug- gie beginning Wednesday. The ap- Pearance of young Hoyt in the box, following the blow-up of Jack Quinn, gave the Yanks fresh Nope. After seeing him strike out the three lead- ing Cleveland batters, including Tris Speaker, the club rallied and pounded their way to a lead. But Hoyt grew tired. It was ap- * parent to the most casual onlooker that he was wabbling from sheer ex- haustion. Immediately the team be- Ban to wabble with hi Then Carl Mays stepped in. His mere presence was as bracing as a shot of brandy im the old days. They had seen his Nerve tested on previous occasion it was Of steel. His coolness and delibera- tion inspired players and spectators alike with confidence, And the Yanks rallied, and won. To my way of thinking, Carl May» ought to pitch the opening garn+ » and he ought t so had Cleveland~and knew Impossible to Determine What They Will Do by What They Have Done—Both Giants and Yankees Have Fighting Teams. By Bozeman Bulger. Wor'd’s Series has been a matter of pitchers. tae pitcher is the nerve centre of a game. of, nerve the attitude of the crowd is differ: Players never feel in their natural element {n one It is, therefore, impossidle to determine what they will do by what they have If the pitcher's attitude is calm, workmanlike and confident the whole team will be so influenced. If, on the contrary, he breaks under the strain of re-; Sponsibility and leadership the club usually breaks with aim. No matter What no does, always he {s the focal point. It there was any way of registering a pitcher's nerve and you could see the scientific proof, you could name the winner of the series in « affairs, Many veterans of the game are of¢————————____ Phil Douglass of the Giants. That big, loose-jointed fellow hasn't a jumpy nerve in his body. He has read the words “nervous tension” in the newspapers, but regards the ex- pression and the idea as some of that ia 2 stuff “that the press fel- lows is always pullin’, Baseball worry to him is a joke. He will never be bothered with psychological influence because it is beyond his comprehension, That's the fellow who ought to go in and trim the Yanks. Shufflin’ Phil understands the meaning of tempera- ment. He often exercises his own by running off and leaving the team when he sees some other amusement that he likes better, Fred Toney {s anothr callous sort ot fellow who has never been bothered with delicate sensibilities. Moreover, he 18 a whale of a good pitcher, In the past left handers have played an important part in deciding the world's championship, but it looks as if the right handers are to hold the limelight this time. McGraw, of course, has Arthur Nehf. With ‘that sidewheeler of his, Nehf can play on some clubs like a planola—Pittaburgh in particular. In actual ability he Is the one best bet of the Giants, Left handers, though, do not bother the Yanks as much as is generally sup- posed. Ruth and Pipp both maul left handers with abandon, and, of course, sidewinders are Bob Meusel’s meat. He is a right hander and a murder- ous slugger. Carl Mays has a decided advantage in addition to his known nerve. For years the National League has had no underhand pitcher of distinction and the Glants are not accustomed to that kind of delivery. It will worry them a lot. Bob Shawkey is a skilful pitcher of the Mathewson type—knows what he is doing every minute. In his last game against the Athletics he pitched a masterful game. Young Waite Hoyt may prove a sensation. .No pitcher has a greater variety of shots in his bag than this boy. With his tremendous strength he can sail a curve up there with al- most ax much speed as his fast ball. He is never afraid to take a chance either, That was Amos Ruste's secret of success. In the two-three hole he would sock a curve over with as little concern as to its accuracy as the av- erage pitcheg would one right In the groove and as straight as a string. Young Hoyt has so much faith in hin curve that he will pull it at any mo- ment. Like a beginner at a poker game, he violates all rules of proce- dure and a batter never knows what to expect. He never tries to figure out the other fellow’s hand too close- ly; consequently he is*never afraid. That counts for a lot. Now, there you are. Without going into further Wetall as to pitchers— there are several more good ones like Barnes, Quinn, Harper and Collins— try and figure out who has the bet- ter chance. Mind you, the series is going to depend on pitchers, All of them have in the past. In executive ability and leadership the Glants have a decided edge on the Yanks. Miller Huggins is up against It in bucking against two such ex- perienced Jeade veteyans, as McGraw and Hughey Jennings, It may be well to note, though, that Jennings never won a world's championship In three tries, while McGraw has won but one out of six, the first one at that. Huggins has never been on a championship club, After all, I do not believe that man- agement will have a lot to do with it. That mysterious, unknown fellow with the unexpected wallop is going to settle this series, It is easy enough to go right down the line and draw a comparison of the players in each position. But what of it? Hasn't that been done in advance of every World's Series? Has it ever worked out as the dopists doped it? Oh, I know a lot of fellows hay guessed the answer, but you've only got two guesses, and somebody is bound to be able to boast, “I told you ew of the expert analysts been able to guess in advance by what process the answer ws to be reached. One thing you want to remember is this series there will be no influ- Every crowd crowd and It will be No player c: thet in such thing as the prychologic ence of the home crowd will be a home pretty evenly divided une the old alibi of “Wait them on our home ground New York will not be influenced by civic pride to pull for the home boys. 2 il we get This is because In the long run it ull Ball clubs do not play in a World's Series as they do during the season. tension is greater, ent, the stake is higher, nothing can be trivial. a golfer would express it, every man on eaci club is The As , both World's Series) have THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, OCTOBE 1921. RVE OF PITCHERS WILL DECIDE WORLD’S ‘CHAMPIONSHI TWIRLING STARS OF GIANTS AND YANKEES’ BATTING ACE | BARNES WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO-DAY IN BOTH LEAGUES The stirring American League race should be decided. to-day. The Yankees to capture the pen- nant need only to win one game of the double header with the Athletics, or the same result can be achieved if Chi Cleveland. In i double header with Philadelphia the Yankees play their final game of the season with Boston to- morrow. A postponed game with Washington has been cancelled The Indians have two more gam with Chicago. The Giants came in po: the National League flag when St. Louis again triumphed ovor Pitts- burgh. Interest in the race now y of St. Louis tying the Pirat ond plac The Cardin: this by winning their last two contest: They are both town 1s just us proud of on home boys and the other, It looks as if the only war cry lett will be that of campaign mem- ory, Admirers of ind'vidual favorite: “un urge, “But, boys, get the mone For a matter of form, though, let's ea look at the rival players in the t several positions: At first base it is almost a tossup berween Keliey and Pipp. Both ave sluggers, with Kelley a lictle stronger. Both are good, workmanlike ficlders, though neither is brisiant. Kelley has ® great arm, second only to that of Bob Meuse! of the Yanks, if *that counts for anything. His batting av- rage is a little better than Pipp's: matter of 806 against Give Keiley a slonier edge. At second base Ward has an edge on Rawlings. He is a much better hitter and just as g&od inflelder ‘ard hits 310 aga nst Rawiings's 8. Also he is more experienced. Give an edge to Ward, At shortstop nobody will able to decide between the a ever be Peckinpaugh and tne sensatl Bancroft. Fans have taken black eyes over that question. Sporting caitors have been swamped with iet- | s asking for thel: opinion—"to de- cide a bet.” None has decided, Ban- croft has outhit Peck by .319 to 9, But who Is there who does not feel a relef when Peck goes to bat in a pinch? | Well, on figures, let's give Bancroft | a slight edge. At third base Frisch clearly has it on either Frank Baker or McNally. Not on!y can he outfield them both, but he can outhit them both. In bat- ting he has it on Baker by .341 to Centrefleld also goes to the Giants on form In left fleld Babe Ruth has it all over the younger Meusel brother. Not only is Babe the main siege gun of the Yanks, but he is a much better outfielder than is generally believed, Left field goes to the Yanks by a bie margin In right fleld Younx and Bob Meuse! bith @!t the ball at 25 clip. Both are good outfielders, but Meusel has © greatest throwing arm in base- ball, Meusel stands next to Babe Ruth as a home-run hitter, Always| he is a menace at the bat etter give right ficld to the Yanks by a slender margin in the catching department it ts a} dead heat. I can't see where you can| draw a line between Snyder and ith, for the Giants, and Schang, Vormer and Hofman for the All are good hitters and ali| quick-thinking catchers, that one off as fitty-fitty be Yanks. | good and accurato- | | th Already you have had a look at the p.tehers Now, who do you think will win? | Might an weil take a guess. veteran (yi 289, But Frisch has something else. | ( He im an outstanding star. Well is; he named the Fordhair Flash | Give third to Frisch | In centrefloid there are no two bet- | ter outflelders in the game to-day than Miller and Burns. » Giant} entry is one of the greatest players | the game hes ever known, and | has the advantage of experience, But} be won't catch any more fly balls than Miller. Burny will outhit him, | though. The b all eli ic will be covered for The Evening World by Boze- man Bulger, who knows baseball and baseball players, and N: | O'Hara Bulger will tell the fans of how the games were won and will give all the inside dope on the cont: and plays responsible for winning o from a humorous standpoint and wi pening during the seri He will describe in detail the players r losing. O'Hara will cover the gamos ill write on all the funny things hap- HOW THE PLAYERS OF BOTH TEAMS ARE BATTING A difference of three points separaie the Yankees and the Giants in club batting. The Yankees having a per- contage of 301, while the Gian credited with 298. The National League team, however, have proyen faster on the bases, The players, led by Frank Frisch, have accounted for 138 stolen bases, while the Yankee have 80 thefts to their credit. The batting averages of the two teams follow: YANKEES. Payer, a. | data, Devries Roh. Becsinpiauath Hawkes. Miller: Team batting average 301, GIANTS. Payer G Sallee vi Young Snyder Bancroft Kelly Burne Hiren Rawlings’, ty Han Douglas ‘Team batting’ average 208, THE PITCHERS’ RECORDS, YANKEES, Pitenerw, nau. Mi Coins Shawkey ost Bieroey Haree Quinn ‘SPEAKER'S. INDIANS STAY HOT ON TRAIL OF LEAGUE LEADERS Covéleskis Knera © Keeps Cleveland ir, Race With Victory Over White Sox, | | | | There CHICAGO, Oct, L—The Cleveland Indians still have wv look-in on the American League race. Speake tribe, fighting with their backs to the wall, retained their place in the exe citing finish when ‘Red’ Faber pitching ace of the White Sox, was subdued yesterday by the score vf 3 to 2 The ga Was a thrilling pitching | duel between Stanley Caveleskie, the Jace of the Cleveland staff, and Faber, who was attempting to win his twen- ty-sixth victory of season Coveleskie was u dy at the start and Chicago got away to a one-run lead jin the first in ung. After two men were at Coll Hooper plowed ht, and Collins when Sheely singled to Coveleskie settled down and sensa tonal supp was accorded him in the next two innings, Dut in the fourth he lost control nd Hooper was passed. Sheely worked him for a count of 3 and 2 and then hit to left for vo bases, ' ring Hoover A quick double play by jardner nd Sewell and Mulligan'’s fly to Gardner ended the inning. Cte oe Raseball To-Day, 2 games) Yankees y Phils, Polo Grounds. tn amet P.M —adn. | Crowd Hoots Secret Verdict— AN LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O'Hara. 1921, by the Press Publishing Ce, Pirate fans should have seen the handwriting on the wall. Copyright, biack in Pittsburgh before the season . 8 Statistics are proving to Manhattan citizens that they lose out. Usual rules will obtain at the Pol Grounds series, except a guy That argument has been use ee catches a ball over the fence doesn't ee Cards and Browns refuse to play enough alone, oo. Yale football team has nine games scheduled, but it won't play in any World's Series, owe Johnny Wilson may get his $37,000 in time to buy a World's Series ticket from a scalper, * 8 6 Cleveland Boxing Commission § boxing even with this year’s World's Serles in Cleveland, in the vicinity of the score boards. eo Football can't reach its zenith of rough with the series. a _ In Garden Bout in Which Jackson Gets Worst of It ) fought eight rounds in nip and tuck Willie Employed Tactics | Far Frorfi Manly. By Vincent Treanor. ILLIE JACKSON, the local lightweight, beat Pete Hart- | ley in one of fifteen rounds at the Garden last night, but Joe Humphries announced that the sum total of the decisions of the two| judges and the referee was a draw. The crowd was dumfounded at first, and then, very properly, hooted the verdict, It was just such a case as Buff-Hernian affair of last week. 't here ts no telling which of the | arbiters Was responsible for the deci- sion because of a recent commission | rule, but we know it wasn’t & unani- | ine © by any means. One judge decided Jackson had won, Jackson did everything one fighter could do to another without knocking him out, and it was unfair to him to call the bout a draw, As an exhibition of the manly art the bout was a poor one, Jackson showed himself to be a brave soul who delights in hitting an opponent from behind, and Hartley proved him- self a chumpion sap for submitting to that kind of punishment, Jackson had what may seem to him to be a clever trick of ducking from in front of Hartley under his | armpits and coming up behind his| shoulder blades, With his left arm holding Hartley in a position facing outside the ropes, Willie would lam- bast him before ‘Peter could wiggle away from the entanglement, At er times Jackson held in clinches necessarily. After tense of breuling he and grab a sneaky figured the feree doesn't seem trick of which Willie vantage Once or twice the crowd hooted when Jackson began punching Hart ley from behind his back, Willie | seemed ashamed of himself and re- frained from the dirty work for a round. He, however, would forget himself and get back to It In the next session Jackson should be a He has everything a needs—youth, making a pre- would reach in hold which he | wouldn't see. | to be a sneaky | won't take ad- Rood fighter near-champion strength and a good punch, and shouldn't h to resort to the unfair tactics hé employs. Morris Lux stooped Jimmy Sullivan} in the fifth round of the first hout of! the evening. Sullivan did well the first part, feree found halt Marty Symmers and Marty Gross ve it necessary to call a ow let's have a Mathematicians’ Day at the Polo grounds. been working hard for two weeks. Signs of unemployment will be visible in New York next weel Jing. Summers was the more willln Ko Le, o00039000-2 7 i 190100000-2 T 0 Batteries—-Coveieskie and O'Neill; Faber and { Schalk ‘At Boston— Washington ono202080-6 7 0 Boston ; 0020000094 8 0} Hatterlee—Mogridge and GRarrity; Buak and Yoru-Philedelphia game at Philadelphia postponed: ratn, but tired and finally the Philadelphia at New York (two). (The New York Rreniug Word) Things looked started, . can't possibly d before in Wall Street * that get free admission to the park, . Those guys . a city series on the theory of letuug uelched further bouts. That puts . K, especial- . interest till the ticket scalpers are fashion. First one led and then the other, They mussed a lot and both at times did considerable solid punch- of the pair and at the end was d clared the winner, It was a good d cision, The second and most famous of the Cross family, “Leaches,” appeared in the semi-final of eight rounds against Bert Spencer, Leach won the decis fon on sheer skill. He hasn't the strength of iis younger days, but he possessed all his old-time strategy He outboxed Spencer, cut his left eye early and generally outclassed iis younger and more husky opponent Leach weighed 184 to Spencer's 11). Leach pulled his old-time stalling act in the fifth, but it isn’t as effective as t was in the old days when Cross had a powerful right with which to cateh his opponent off guard. STANDING OF )) THE CLUBS ay NATIONAL LEAGUE, Clum, Ww. Le PC. | Clube, Ww. N. York 93 57 .620 Pitts'gh 89 63 586) Cin‘ati. 69 81 .460 St.Louis 87 65 572! Chic'go 62 88 .413 fy Po. B'klyn, 75 75 .500 Boston. 79 73 .519| Phila” - 50102 .329 GAMES YESTERDAY. At St. Loute— KLE. Pittsburge 464 St. ‘Louls 218 1 og bititerien< ‘and Clem Boxion-New York game at Polo Grounds post poned: rain, GAMES TO-DAY. New York at Philadelphia (two). Boston at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at St, Louis. Shicago at Cincinnati, AMERICAN LEAGUE, Clube, we ok. PC. Clute, OW. L. N. York 95 55 .633 Boston. 75 76 .497 Clevel'd 94 58 1618 Detroit. 71 80 .470 St.Louis 79 73 .520| Chicago 60 92 .395 Wash'n 77 73 813 Phila. 53 97 .353 GAME& YESTERDAY. GAMES TO-DAY. Header With Day. WO chances to- game which th sure the sta Yanks- he finals, ar beginning gave New York fans is showing that he “ ny poss! main go of twelve 10) rounder Tony Ions, fant: » knockouts, will Sherman. jarry Neary, manager of M Perry Martin of Provider rounds at Cleveland on Oct quarantes of $1,000 of Boston, who boxing shows tn that © other entertainmen Intends to put oo four the om Hutebtnson will meet ne ind at Chicago Washington at Boston (two). @t. Louis at Detroit. ) Phil Bemmsteia ts mow the to meet the Tain in Philadelphia Fistic News cago for his opening boxing show on re night of ¢ 24. Weilman has hopes of landing the match, and 1f successful he will charge’ from $5 $25 for tickets. Mike MoCabe, the Harlem Ughtwelgit, and Knockout Phi! Delmont will sway punches: in Sporting Club of Harlem to-night, te bantamwelaht, bay Just taken another management, He ts Satlo t heavywetgbt of the way d welgts 160 pounds and ts a gime, willing pattler. has Jos been clinched by Tom Met Jan fight promoter, who staged the Kil bene-Frush fight two weeks ago, He has signed up Jack Wolfe, the good bantamwelght of Cleveland, 9 held many has d decision, at Braves Field. Andy Chaney and two good men of their wel the effect thy olty, who has kame, has de cided that Satlor Friedman of ¢ ot fight any one tn “Philly” Billy De Foe, the 1 Westen eight who 1s vleinity for some { will be on Monday nigh wil! go f Maine in the featu bout of twelve rounds at the Frecport Sporting C1 of Freeport, 1. 1 ——— And Babe Ruth Will Also ree pear in Final Act in Double-} * Athletics To- By Isaac Shuman. day to win one e Yanks need to tisticians they- Giants in Oct. Ley sterday and a ruling of the American League, hich provides that in the event two cams are playing a continuous se- ries, no matter if the games are scheduled for different towns, post- poned conte may be played off where tthe two teams next op ry a double-header tor to-day. The first game will be called at 1 o'clock, and it will be started prob- ably by Carl M Waite Hoyt is slated to begin the second one, and in the first of those two games at least New York is promised a hard battle, even if the opponents of the Yanks are the lowly Mackmen Miller Huggins, by slating Mays and Hoyt to pitch in the double bill intends taking no ble slip betw An effort is being made by Bill Wellman, who will stage boxing shows at the Lexington Avenue Opera House, to sign up Champion Benny | Lenoard and Sailor Friedman of Chi the Commonwealth In the ot who has won many hook up with Willle dget Sinith, the or Rod Martin is to re 13, BY JOHN POLLOCK manager of a» new Mays and Hoyt Should Win Pennant for the Yankeesy the cup and ent New ries. wine stop the Yanks Rommel and Moore seem to be the robable choices of Mack, but then he may stick to s che vof yester- day for one gar and send in Fred Heimbach, ‘ n Dy, south- bow, whom Mack from the Moline club of the I League Heimbach is a husky youth who Is suid to have a good curve, a baffling change of pace nd jots of nerve. If he has enough of th er he may be a hard lid for the Ks to liek, since he has the adva of being & stranger to the Yank hitters. Of course, should tne Yanks win the first, which wi. tle the pen- nant race for all time, Huggins hard ly will feel i upon to work HoT unless he thinks that a little exertion will do Wa nd Babe Ruth, who came do to Phil- adelphia yesterday being con- fined to his bed for a day with a cold, displayed even more animation than usual during > Park w ertain, tice rain, in gam wi mor! home schedule yesterd novel expe there had lcting real ankle J vattles thts Oct amonwes. Fay Ketacr, the good middlewetgh! who will meet Billy mia, in the latter's fir Ma nd bout, pastum, A a heavy It was a nip roe land AUTUMN RACING JAM \ICA ookiyn right York’ th The th the mont © main go of twel rae 8 BRANCH, here Yonkers kn in ha Dan his K Monday’s § The $3000 G:, The Bostou Handicap AND 4 OTHER GOOD RACES, rinst the 1 S68 last game of the Ath y of Varbae, who has la th a RACE ip which may pre- ipping the World's A's have been go- ince x their pitching llent shape, and depended upon batting prac- ich preceded the to play in to- eason will be Red Sox here to hletics closed their and the fans iene of col- rain checks. ray sing local pantemwe as won ockouts, were rounds lub of Harlem on ef Cumberlany the champlon of fiebt Jo this ety af Oot 1, tn a fittecn Juing at Grupp's gym si Ocean Mon 1 out Joe Morar first round with punch to the Jaw 1k battle until Mon al Features inus Stakes