The New York herald., 1921-09-09
After Three Games With
Brooklyn New Yorks Will
Head Westward.
ny DANIEL.

ny DANIEL.
With only seventeen more games TO
be played the Giants to-day stand only
half a game behind the Pirates--nnd
Brooklyn to be met thrice before the
New Yorss leave for the West and the
Big Decision on Sunday night. With
Douglas back In form and Nehfs sore
arm responding to treatment the out
look is roseate-but 1t has been roseate
ever so many times this season only TO
turn as black as jet In single series.
On their way back from Philadelphia
on Wednesday night the New Yorks in
d,cated that they were more determined
than ever-deternined. particularly. to
kill that Brooklyn jinx in the series
which win be opened at the Polo
Grounds this afternoon.
There will be two games In Harlem
to-day and to-norrow--and on Sunday
the scene will shift TO Ebbets Field.
Bufleigh Grimes has not pitched eince
Labor Day. which means that he viii
go In agninst the New Yorks this after
noon. with Ruether. Smith and Mitchell
standing in line behind him. For the
Giants the order very likely will be
Toney. Barnes and Nehf The Dodgers
have won eleven out of eighteen with
the New Yorks this year.
Nehf had a sore arm the other day
when ne was batted out by the Braves,
and his left still was bit sore when
he faced the Phillies on Wednesday.
Yet he held the Quakers to seven
scattered hits with the help OF only four
curved balls. The southpaw was afraid
to take a chance with his arm and got
by on his speed. control and knowledge
Of the opposition. NO pitcher makes q
closer study OF the batsmen of other
clubs
Eleven Games in West.
The Western trip of the Giants VIII
be comparatively short-eleven games
all, to be played in this sequence: :
September 13. IA and Is, at Cincinnati
16, II and 10 {1s off, Sunday) in
Pittsburgh 20 and Fl (only two games)
In Chicago 90, "a and IS In st. Louis.
After the Western invasion come a
number Of off days, some OF which may
be flied with exhibitions at indianapolis
and other Glass AA cities. On Sep
tember 30 the Giants win meet the
Braves here In the testimonial game for
Christy Mathewson which bids fair TO
Jam the park. On October l. the New
Yorl.s will play in Philadelphia. and on
the next afternoon. Sunday. they will
step into Flatbush for parting shot at
the Dodgers.
The series In St Louis promises to be
q humdinger particularly with the Car
dnals getting better pitching then ever
before. However. it Is not SO much the
defence OF the Cards as their attack that
hurts the Giants. II ia strange fact
that with the improvement In pitching
the Cardinals have fallen back in hit
ting. They won three ! to games
recently. The Pirates close their season
with Ave games in st. Louis. Let's hope
the weather Is fair.
Frank Frisch has stolen fifty bases
and he ought to have sixty ny the close
Of the season. Frisch Will lead the
league by big margin. Last season
Carey OF the Pirates took the base steal
Ing title with 52, and F'r!sch had only "a,
but he was out good part OF the early
stage OF the campaign after his opera
.ion for appendicitis.
In spite of the closeness OF the base
bali races there already Is great interest
IN the approa ching football season. which
bids fair to be record breaker in every
way. Among the Giants football talk
breaks m some of the monotony OF
travel. FriEch of Fordham. Berry or
Penn. Kopf OF Dartmouth and Young OF
Texas were considerable stars In their
day.
Stories OF Pennsylvania football
practice at Cape May on Wednesday
had two squads going through the Heis-
man shift-that on the second day OF
preliminary work. II we were coaching
an eleven we would not give q plugged
nickel for that intricate shift at any
stare or the season. II requires too
much time ana effort TO master-and
PSnn never did master II at all last
year. But 20 begin drilling IN that shift
on the second day. when men should be
doing nothing but the most elementary
OF preliminary work-welL We just hope
that II wasn't so.
Keep your eye on Charley OHearn,
who Is out for quarterback at Yale. We
note that there already IL talk OF
O'Hearn's being shifted TO some othe.
place In the back5eld. but we do not be-
ileye that any such move will be made.
O'Hearn is a smart football player--an
Ideal quarterback with what is known
as the quarterback mind. He Is versa
tile. quick, resourceful. OHearn showed
that last season as quarter on the FRESH
man eleven and we are OF the opinion
that ne will show II again this year as
general OF the Eli varsity.
Charley is a brother OF the O'Iiearn.
who In 1914, was All America end at
Cornell. The Yale man prepped ~
EXETER, where in 1919 he was far and
away the leading figure on an eleven
which lost TO Andovcr---the fret Andovei
victory over It's great rival In seven
years.