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~WPGRAW NOW FOREMOST ~ os PENNANT WINNING LEADER New York Nationals Obliged to Play Their rg Hardest to Beat Cardinals = in Third Game. By Robert Boyd. JOHN McGRAW HAS WON MHE GIANTS never had to fight so hard to win @ game all sea- = eon as they did to take the Qhird game of the present series with the St. Louis Cardinals that gave @iem their second consecutive pen- Rant. “We won't have to do any more worrying, or solving of problems in arithmetic,” bellowed (Long) George Kelly as he smashed one of Big Jeff Pieffer's fast ones down the left field chalk line, scoring Frankie Frisch from second with the run that cap- tured a tense, nerve-racking ten in nffig struggle from the Cardinals and the National League pennant. The Boon successive victory in the Na tiGhia). League for the world’s cham- makes it the eighth pennant John McGraw has won since he ne manager of the Giants. He “leads all managers in elther league {n the winning of pennants. =_ the Cardinals walked on the for yesterday's game Manager Rickey said “we are not out of this here pennant race. If the ts and Pirates lose all the rest games they have scheduled and we win the remaining games we have to, play. we still will be tied for first aa the Giants and Bucca- EIGHT N. L. PENNANTS WITH THE GIANTS John Joseph McGraw, leader of the bas now won his eighth Na- Giants, pt WORLD'S SERLES KECURD, Games. Won. The crowd surged on the diamond It was the straw that broke the camel's back. Another pennant had been won by the Giants. The Car- dinals stood there in dismay as cheir vast fond ray of hope and their am- bition of the season for a National League pennant vanished in the cool, stiff breeze that blew from the Har- lem River. “How come?" eurprisedly ques- tioned a newspaper man from {ue bagks of the muddy Mississsippi waco ts traveling with the club in their last invasion of the East. “Well,” retorted the leader of the ends famous Clouting Circus, “you give tie a newspaper with the rating of*the respective clubs and I will how you.” @here was a sudden scurrying THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1922, ‘GEORGE KELLY’S HIT CLINCHES ANOTHER PENNANT FOR GIANTS UNDERESTIMATING - . PARPENTIER. ‘STUNT GEORGE. ARE VUST RETURNING NORMALCY RECORDS OF PROBABLE WORLD S SERIES PLAYERS NO. 7—RIGHT FIELDERS. 1922 RECORDS. rrennd the press box at the Polo Ruth, Young. Grounds for a newspaper. It was| Safe hits 125 179 ted to Ricksy and he revealed |Runs . 93 101 to the amazemeht of the sporting | Batting average +318 faction how the Cardinals still were} Fielding chances 194 2 tm ‘the running. ‘‘Possible but not | Melding average . 962 936 probable,” was the way Rickey ex-|/trors ..... 9 18 plafned it to the reporters. Stolen bases . a ww “spread Mke wildfire through the stifiaé into the Bleachers and ito 1921 RECORDS. “Giant dug-out that the Cardinals Ruth. Young. jenly discovered that they had Safe Hits 172 165 @ gmathematical possibility of tying | Batting average 876 327 both the Pittsburgh and New York Fielding chance: 378 269 F Fielding average . pee 978 as like Injecting dope into a ‘eal ihe eivike h bedig LIFETIME BATTING AVERAGE. ing and battered fighter a stimu- Ruth. Young. tent to restore his lost vitality, this} Years in majors 7 65 news that there was still oue ray of| Batting average . 819 a4 hope left for the Westerners. All " they had trudged along dog- edly. Sometimes they would be lead- ing.the Giants and then the Giants ‘would replace them. It was a bitter «tgugesle in the earlier days of the P@pnant race. Adversities, indifferent Pitehing and the torrid weather of StLouls contributed largely to blunt {H@Ir fortitude. It was these same inals from that st@inge bandbex- Joong Sportsmen's Park in St. Louis that pressed the Giants eariler ‘nethe season, They made it a mercy race’-for the ‘World's Champlons. Later on, in the closing days of the ragp jt was the Pirates that sup- "Som them as the runners-up. after all their hope and am- 1 had been blasted with fate's tromy hand, “like the dead coming from their tomb," the Cardinals are i ed they still have a spark of left. Just how the sporting fra- ternity failed to observe this sooner ts "a mystery. Into the fray the Cards went, fight- seven games. Batting average. Fielding average . Babe Ruth, of cours takes the centre of the stage when the right- fleld comparisons are in order. The Bambino's work in the World's Series of next week will be oif€ of the mig features of the occasion. It will be recalled that the Babe was unable to play in the last three games of the 1921 classic, that the National Leaguers won all three games in question, and as a result the Yankee rooters will never be ve that if the Babe hadn't been forced out of thuse three games due to an operation on {ng ggainst appalling odds. Jeff 2 Pre§yf pitched as he never pitched} Me arm. {he Giant would have befqg Big Jeff knew that just one f Aside trom Shawkey, Ruth was the only Yankee player to bat .300, so possibly there is soma basis for the contentions of the Yankee supporters. What Ruth should do to the Giant hurlers this fall is expected to be nothing short of cruelty to pitchers Ross Young is batting about ten Points better in the averages than the Babe and is beyond question a bette: outfielder, though the big fellow is Hable to come through with a ficlding gem at any time that would make any vie would give the World's Cham- pions the pennant then and there at the jen’ of the came if he did not pitch his head off. | “Do these feliows still think they ave a chance?” sneered Hugh Mi Quillan as he shot a wide sweeping eurve at Bottomly in the first inning Bottomley sure did think he had a chance, for he slapped it to left, scor- ing Jack Smith and Blgdes. Two runs in the first inning revealed the fighting spirit of the Cardinals. In the third inning Rogers Hornsby hit}Uter gardener jealous. Young is a!so a three-bagger to deep left. centre.|% {7 more valuable base runner Rip fried to score on it but was|Ruth. who was a surpris smart thrown out. All this desperate play-J@"4 even speedy base steaier for his weight, seems to have lost something of his speed and ambition in this re- spect. For all Ruth's batting prowess, we ing typified the eagerness of the Car- dinals to win. Fighting like demons and going into the pinth inning trailing the St. Louimans by two runs the Giants arose (Tobin's 1916 record included, during which he took part in seventy- WORLD’S SERIES RECORDS. Ruth, Young. 222 280 1,000 1,000 (Ruth was five times at bat in the 1915 series, one time tn 1916 and up five times in the 1918 series (when he made his first World's Series hit) By Ed Van Every. r would not give him any dist vantage at bat over Young were the pitching TH FIGURED HIS FIGHT Wt Sitct_ NO MORE THAN A Copyright, 1922 (New York Mvening World), by Press Publishing Company. SS FEATURES wo aways @ BUM yuant HE WINS THE TITLE» Tobin. 201 117 830 N.Y. U,ELEVEN'S =} PRACTICE GAME PROVES REAL TEST Second Army Area Team at Fort Slocum Holds Them Tobin. 236 852 319 956 Tobin. 6 823 By Burris Jenkins. T was scheduled to be just @ friend- | ly game It ended up more like a battle, with the score 0 to 0, New University's footbat! athletes entered the “practice”? con- test with the Second Army Area team at Fort Siccum yesterday afternoon as smooth and well-ordered and con fident-looking as Benny Leonard's hair. They came out at the end of an York Inct ad obstacles anywhere near equal. Ross has been a consistent .300 |hour and ten minutes of almost un hitter every year of his major league career, although he ever, the Yanks will not Young so far as lefthanders are con cerned. Against Bush, Shawkey, Mays and Company, Young {s expected to hit ax well as he did last year when he was only twenty points shy of mark. As for Ruth, agal pitching array that the Gia present the Babe is counted o1 quite a few points to his last series average which was the Giant pitching with Dous about so freely. Of course, the Giants’ sec on the Babe's trail doping out ing weakness, but in view failure in this respect last fall ‘ardly wonder that fandom when: th: big series is In argument, pu sienificant stress on the que. What will Babe Ruth do Hiant pitching? aia Walker Knocks Out Sh Archie Walker, Freeport w knocked out Johnny Sheppard land tn the twelve-round bout ut Sporting Club last night, the supposed to have a weakness against lefthanders with a good outs'de corner ball. How 816 when ehf at his best was not being banged fifth round of a scheduled nterrupted struggle, battgred and ‘u- ‘ious, with little Jimmie Clark, thc iuarterback's, Jersey torn wide open wer a bleeding shoulder, with Capt Walter Taylor as centre so groggy he could hardly stand still, yelling as he staggered over the ball, “Come on, ang! Smear ‘em!"" with Toorocn. the fullback, almost crying with ray: wecause he had to be taken out for troubl., the .300 net Hie a wrenched shoulder, with every man nts willl oanting and sweating and many of n to add it them bloody, but with the spirit of attle coursing for the first time this season through the veins of N. Y. 1's young warriors, it was their baptism of fire,’ saci Head Coach Tom Thorp, smiling contentedly after the steaming giadi ators had started for the showers “Before this game most of our bunch were just rookies. Now they «now vhat it is to fight. Now they knov the difference between practising foot world’s vlas an? nuts are his bat of their you can ts mucl ry— ball and playing it. ‘They've taste! to the ood now they've seen red, and they're rookies no lon That's ¢ .« effect T wanted.” ne ‘There were several reasons why the rweik nt. } score stood at the end of the tw. of Eng- | nirty-tive minute periods 0 to 0. On was that Tom Thorp wasn’t inter- ested in scoring so much as studying his team. He was right in the midst of Freeport to t8d occassion and pounded out two rung,"tying the score. In the ninth the Cardinals made a valiant 2t- tempt to put over the winning run but failed: McGraw had taken MeQuil an out aad sent Bill Ryan to the mound, Ryan)was fresh and held the danger- ous Cjouting Circus safe, In the last half of the tenth with the srore four all, Pfeffer began to FOR EVEN John McGraw will report the world’s s M’GRAW WILL REPORT SERIES the scrimmaging most of the time pointing out mistakes, criticizing tn cessantly, shifting a man here, calling in another candidate for a trial there Never was his tongue sharper or hit criticisms more biting. He was giv- Ing his men the general rassberry, not only with the intention of improvin: mistakes, but to get them mad to the point where they would fight, a poi: ‘ which they reached finally in the last weaken. “Frisch defected a sate bit]... Th® greatest of diamond generals, who | ball managers in} w Mech they rea nally tn Off his glove. Irish Meuse! sacrificed, | the capture of baseball honors, and has browjht eight pennants to this city,| 70° | minutes. = Whenever ther» Young was intentionally passed think- fing that there was more of a chance to execute a double play. “So these fellows still think they ave a chance, do they?” ques- tioned George Kelly as he walked up limbed and brandishirg his No one knows mere b mastermind in our na championship ‘amd & crash followed. The ball sped fown the chalk line to left field. will tell the story of just how the 1922 baseball cla champions to another world’s title and he will tell in the columns of The' field before Evening World of his efforts to accomplish this splendid diamond feat. is won or lost. ball than John McGraw, and no one will have a closer insight into every move and play of the coming seri -Each important play and detail of each game will be reviewed by the i nal pastime and each story will tell more real b actual “inside baseball,” than any other resume of the 1922 worl en a chance to scor’ Thorpe took out a man and put in a new substitute. New York University kicking off at the beginning of the same on the Fort Slocum field whare both teams have been training latery, granted the Army the instead of Sartbub, “Ball one,”” bellowed Um. In the year 1902 John McGraw came to New York from the Baltimore}iaking the ball trom Rene a pireiftigler. Then there was a pause,| Club, then a member of the American League. During thie time McGraw) jing N.Y. U. didn't expect ine 7 é reigned throughout the stad.| has breught pennants to the big city in 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917.|t1e they is Ranihet emcee tum: among the 5,000 fans, Then} 1921 and 1922. In 1905 and 1921 his teams captured the. world’s baseball #—Harris, Cumrine and eee r swung his arms over his head| title. Next week John McGraw will endeavor to lead his National League f Started in to run the ball down ae the N. Y. U. youths real- {wed What they were up against, WOT UNTIL THE GANT CHAMPION WILLARD WAS SENT REBUNG in THE 13D RD. GN DEMPSEY 010 HE REGARD JACK AS @ DANGEROUS FOE - WORLD’S SERIES FACTS SCHEDULE. (Best Four Out of Seven Games). FIRST GAME—Wednesday, Oct. 4, Giants’ home game. SECOND GAME—Thursday, Oct. 5, Yankees’ home game. THIRD GAME—Friday, Oct. 6, Giants’ home game. FOURTH GAME—Saturday, Oct. 7, Yankees’ home game. FIFTH GAME—Sunday, Oct. 8, Giants’ home game. SIXTH GAME—Monday, Oct. 9, Yankees’ home game. SEVENTH GAME—Tuesday, Oct. 10. Toss of coin will! decide whether that will be home game of Giants or Yankees. If a game {s pcstponed on account of rain or if for some other cause a legal game Is not played the entire remaining schedule will be advanced one day A tie game will be played off the following day, and the home team of the day of the tie will remain the home team on the day of the playoff. TIME OF GAMES. Every game will start promptly at 2 P, M. Gates wil 10 A. M PRICE OF TICKETS. All box seats, $6.60, including tax. All lower grand stand (reserved) seats, $5.50, including tax. Upper grand stand (unreserved) seats, $3.30, including tax. Bleacher seats, $1.00. The clubs are ready to receive applications for tickets, and no one person will be able to get more than four tickets for any one game. The tickets will be sold in blocks of three—which means that the Giants will sel] three and the Yankees three—and make arrangements later if a seventh game is necessary. No applications for more than four tickets will be accepted. The tickets will be sold in series of three games each, and applications must be accompanied by certified checks or money orders. PLAYERS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE. GIANTS—Pitchers, Nehf, J. Barnes, McQuillan, Scott, V. Barnes, Jonnard, Ryan, Hill and Biume; catchers, Snyder, Earl Smith and Gas- ton; infielders, Kelly, Frisch, Bancroft, Gron, Rawlings, Maguire and MacPhee; outfielders, Emil Meusel, Stengel, Young, Cunningham, Rob- ertson, King and Shinners; manager, John J. McGraw; coaches, Hughey Jennings and Cosey Dolan. YANKEES—Pitchers, Bush, Mays, Hoyt, Jones, Shawkey, O'Doul and Murray; catchers, Schang, Hofmann and Devormer; infielders, Pipp, Ward, Scott, Dugan, Baker and McNally; outfielders, Ruth, Bob Meusel, Witt, Elmer Smith and Skinner; manager, Miller J. Huggins; coaches, Charley O'Leary and Frank Roth, LIVE WIRES By Neal k. O’ Hara. Correct answers 1) anxious corres- pondents: CONSTANT ADMIRER, Duplex, open at GIANTS HAVE FLAG WON, BUT YANKEES NEED ONE MORE WIN The National League pen- nant race is over. If the Giants lose their last seven games Vt.—The Braves won the 1914 world] 24 the Pittsburgh DIEBLOE series in straight: games, (2); The, Wi) the thres, they. hare: to Reds won the 1919 series in crooked play the standing onls al games, New York . 65 Ste ae Pittepureh 38 ST The Yankees must win one game out of four or the St. Louls Browns lose one game out of three to clinch the American League pennant for New York. Huggins and his men cannot get worse than a tie, however. If they lose their last four games and the Browns win three the stand- ing would read: R. I. P., Ascutney, La.—Ban John- son is called a Czar most appropri- ately. The Czar hasn't been heard rom in several years oe REGINALD HOULIHAN, Horning, N. Y.—Your chances of winning a baseball pool are as good as any one else's, So are your chances of col- lecting in case you win, . ee I. 0. O'F., Marblehead, Mass.— You lose the bet. Morvich likes a muddy track because mud is so soft,to lay down in. were) J. J. McX., Portind, Ore.—The railroad situation will not interfere with your seeing the World's Series, provided the Sixth and Ninth Avenue L's don’t break down. ee 8 VOX POPULI, Denver—(1). Prior to 1922 Joe Dugan belonged to the Philadelphia club. (2). Prior to 1921 ‘ohn McGraw belonged to the Lambs hang in the balance until Thursday at the earliest. On that day the Yankees begin « three-game series with the Red Sox in Boston and then wind up with one game in Washington on Sunday. The St. Louis Browns have Club. ene three games to play with the NUTLEY FAN—Baseball experts} Chicago White Sox on Friday, get their dada from comparing Saturtay and Sunday. World's Series players from a little white envelope labelled ‘‘Cocaine,”’ By Thornton Fisher —_—_——_ Gi § , 3.30 P. M., Pole ante ce St. Louis hiv ated ae HUGGING THINKS YANKEES WILL WIN OVER GIANTS New York American Manager Says They’ll Cop World’s Series Because They Have More Good Pitchers Than Rivals. By Bozeman Bulger. Scene: Smoking compartment of Pullman en route from Cleve land to New York and three hours late. Personnel; Baseball owner, manager, veteran players and scribem Bubject:; Piiching, batting, World's Series and whatnot. s CORRESPONDENT—Anyway, if you do hook up with the Glants yew A won't have so much ourve bal! pitching tc put you down. Mr. Huggins—Say, where did you fellows ever get that ide@ that my club can't hit curve ball pitching? All of you jumped on the idem that the Giants had found our weakness, had stuck in @ couple of ourve ballers and let it go at that. Another Ccrrespondent—Well, you are weak on curve ball pitching aren't you? Mr. Huggins—Sure we are—if It's good enough. So's everybody They just happened to have Barnes in there with an unusual change of pace. If you think cur cluy can't hit curve balis, how do you figure thas we got such a batting average? There are pretty good curve ballers in the American League, aren't there? Col. Huston—Is the Babe good on a curve ball? Carl Mays—if you think he ain't, just look at the dirds he's hit hig home runs off—some of ‘em letthanders, too. Joe Dugan (irrelevantly)—What kind of a guy {s this Battling Sit who popped Carpentier last night—know anything “bout him? A Correspondent—He's no fighter—Just a socker, Mr. Mays—But, talking ‘bout curved balis—you know a fellow can’t Pitch a curve wall now lke he used to could. These old timers who tell you there are no more good curve bal] pitchers never had to pitch with the ball we do now. They wouldn't make {t break one time in three, Thinks Lively Ball Affects Pitching. Col. Huston—You mean to say that this lively ball affects the pitching as much as the hitting? Mr. Hugeins—Bet your life it does. Why—— Carl Mays—That's the main reason they're getting so many hits. Lemme tell you something—the records will show that up to two years ago there wasn't a home run made off me in fuur years. Nowadays I'm pretty lucky, to get through a game without somebody socking one. An Old Correspondent (pricking up his ears)—Don't you think Matty, or Dovonan, 0’ Chief Bender could have pitched as well with this ball? Mr. Huggins—Certainly not. They cou.d fix the ball yp to suit theme selves—rub it In the dirt, soil it, scratch it, or anything they wanted to, Mr. Mays--Don’t you remember all the players, and even the ‘ans, used to yell with delight when a new ball was thrown in—used to say, “Here comes the old shining rock—bust it!” Every batter thought he could make a hit off a new ball, And they can, too. Mr. Huggins—Nowadays, you know, if a ball is even darkened on one side, or has a discolored spot on it, throw it out and put in a new how one. Yes, and the pitcher can’t even eub that one down go that he can handle it. Why, in Chicago, the other day, three balls were thrown out simply because a little clay had caught on the seams and made them smooth. Mr. Mays—That’s it, exactly. A few years ago I could make my fast ball hop just like I wanted it to, I could curve it anytime 1 wanted to, Now with one of these new ones a pitcher can't get hold of {t good. Half the time when you expect a break the curve don't happen. The ball goes over as straight as a string. A pitcher can't count on what It's going to do. I think that’s what causes the heavy hitting as much as the lively ball. You'll notice when a pitcher gets the ball working right there are no home -uns 1.0ok at that last game in Cleveland, It was just as close as in the old days. Jugan Insists on Talking Fight. Mr. Dugan—Y' Ud like to bet-—— Mr. Kuggins—And to prove that’s so about the pitchers, do you re- member the record where Matty pitched a whole gume and but one ball was ever put in play? Sure, you do. If a pitcher had a ball like that to ‘itch now there'd be no long wallops. A Corre: ndent—But talking about the World's Series. vasn't curve ball pitching that nicked you? Mr. Huggins—No—not necessarily. A lot of it was luck—Why, if youll emember, we beat the life out of two of their pitchers, and they were hing nothing but curve balls and spitters. Recall the first time we ‘ou reckon that fellow Siki will get a crack at Dempsey? You say i eat Douglas? Col. Huston—Not that I'm interested—no, not at all—but how do you igure this one, if you get a crack at the Giants? Mr. Huggins—Why, we ought to beat them, because we've got more ood pitchers than they have, and all our team |s in perfect shape When tuth ts hitting it makes a lot of difference. But you fellows should cas that stuff about the Giants having our number with curve ball pitching. We can hit curves as well as they can. Also, we can throw ‘em just a@ vell as they can. Well, here we are at Harlem, Got to go see a doctor, 'm getting off here. Exit hurriedly reporters. FRENCH TURF BARS AMERICAN TRAINER FOR ‘DOPING’ HORSE —_—————— YANKEES LIKELY TO BE FAVORITES OVER GIANTS The Yankees are sure to be the fav orites when the time for the opening PARIS, Sept. 26.—The French ! game with the Giants here rolls around, acing authorities have withdrawn but predictions concerning the odds vary the licenses of two trainers On| from 2 to 1 to 10 to 9. Just now charges of ‘doping’ horses at the] yankee followers are suggesting 6 to & Deauville races last month. They | with most of the Giant supporters holée ure Thomas Murphy, head of the| ing out for at least 7 to 5 American stable at Poissy, and Alex-|~ Among the few actual bets reported andre Baschkireff. The men- also] was one of £500 to $500, a commission were fined 500 franc | and the ; placed by John Boyle, with Edward Ele well tuking the L. Barnell & Glant, or # Co., tend, We 7 horses in question were distanced reported H. E. Leigh, an American who has| track yesterday there was some Yankee become a naturalized Frenchman, a] moncy in evidence, but there were no stable lad admitted administering a 11 League supporters. In sporte pill to the horse. ‘The authorities, | ing circles It tn expected that the spco- holding Leigh responsible for his em ulation w ECOME ME ely as soon ployes, fined him 5,000 franes and ie Yanks 1 all doubt of thelr distanced the horse, but did not sus. ‘ pend the trainer's license. The stable boy was barred trom all F ae | ROW THEY STAND ae BAIRD AND FRANCE WIN BOUTS IN PHILLY PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept fee ee NATIONAL LEAGUE. Ww. kL. Wt. Ww. t. PO. 89 08 605 'Chie'go 78 71 524 N.York Baird beat Earl Hartman in a slashing 4 I eight-round bout here last night. Baird] Pitts'h. 45 66 563 Br'klyn 74 76 493 made a great hit by his slashing style] St.to'is 32 67 $50 Phila,. 65 93 372 Land made things miserable for Hart-]Cin‘ati, 83 68 5650 Boston, 50 97 374 man. In another bout Earl France won over Frankie Rice on a foul in the sec ond roun in what promised to be a rattling bout, George Shade and Tom- my Loughran of Philadelphia boxed eight fast rounds to a draw, according to sporting critics at the ringside. Shade dropped Loughran for the count in the fourth round. Young Montreal, a Prov GAMES YEor ERDAY, New York, 9; St Lours, 4 (10 in). Cincinnati, 10, Philacelphia, 3, GAMES 10-DAY. St. Louis at Now York, Brooklyn at Boston. Cincinnati at Philadeiphia, {dence bantamweight, decisively de- feated Joe Nelson, Philadelphia ban- AMERICAN LEAGUE. tamweight, in eight sizzling rounds, Cun tins ae Ri AY Cleve'd 76 76 S00 N.York 93 97 St.Lo'ie 90 61 Detroit 79 73 Chie'go 77 74 020 396 Wash'n 66 81 449 220 Phila.. 61 87 412 510 Boston. 59 92 399 GAMES YESTERDAY, Chicawe Series Starts Oct. 4, CHICAGO, Sept. 26.—The city series between the two Chicago major league clubs will start Wednesday. the opening game at th National League park, home of the Cubs. ‘The No games scheduled. schedule calls for seven games under GAMES TO-DAY. World's Series rules, No games scheduled.