Arizona republican., 1921-10-05

At second base I would rate Ward as better than Rawlings. They are different types. and perhaps Rawl- ings might have a greater ap- peal to McGraw than Ward, be- cause he is an aggressive fight CT who overcomes some of his shortcomings by his spirit and dash. He plugged the big hole at second in the Giants infield, and is the type of player who may go big: yet on form Ward must be conceded the sec- ond base honors.
 At first base the line Is perhaps drawn a little more closely. Kelly is a big fellow who offers a good tar get for his infield. and at the bat is always dangerous. home runs being his strong forte. Pipp is an equally good fielder. and just as good a hit- ter although he will not get the dist ance to his drives that Kelly does. Pipp, to my way of thinking. is a much better first baseman than he is generally rated. If he has a glaring fault it is tendency to throw wild at times. l think Pipp is entitled to a slight margin over Kelly.
 Giants Catchers Best
 Buck of the bat the honors go to the Giants. I believe that Schang will
 
 but his understudies lack experience. Devormer has shown great possibili- ties, and seems destined to be a star, but it would be asking a great deal for him to share the world series bur- den, in his first year in the majors. Snyder and Smith are fine receiv- CTS and hard hitters. Snyder usually works against Ieft-handed pitching and Smith when a right t-hander is opposing. Both players are extremely dangerous at the bat and have the home-run habit. Schang is doing the best catching of his career and Is q very dangerous batsman-
 In the outfield we have Meusel oi the Giants opposed to Babe Ruth, ir a battle for the left field honors Meusel is a fine ball player and q great hitter. He may prove more useful than Ruth in the series, but ot course the left field honors must bs slipped to Babe" It isn't because of his home run record. either, be- cause Ruth is a splendid fielder, q good thrower and, for a big fellow fast on the bases. I might add thai Musel does not suffer much in com. parison with basebalrs outstanding star.
 In center field George Burns of the Giants-who, in my opinion, is on, of the games greatest fielders-ha: the call over Miller of the Yankees Miller is a good fielder and a fail | hitter. His work in center field hal greatly helped the Yankees Burnl does everything well.
 1 Bob Meusel of the Yankees ha! Young of the Giants as his opponent If Bob Meusel took baseball seriousl, | ha nf,ld err in, nra. | of the games greatest stars. As { right-handed hitter he has almost a. much power as Ruth. He lacks inf. tiative and aggressiveness. However he is such remarkable batsman tha I feel he is entitled to the shade ovel Young. I feel that hitting alone de. l cides the margin in the case of thes' l two players.
 1 In my two previous articles hay, | discussed at length the pitchins strength of the two teams. The staf of the New York American leagu' team is. not going into the series il the best of shape. Shawkey has l; sore arm, and Mays in the fina stages of the race showed signs o | overwork. Hoyt is in fine form an, should do great work in the series Quinn may give one good game. Lacl of control makes Collins and Harpe doubtful.
 Resume Of Dope
 On the other hand, the Giant pitch ing staff in the final six weeks O the season has shown it's best form I feel that McGraw has the edge ol the pitching situation.
 Thus a resume would give tn Giants the edge back of the bat. il the box, at third base and in cente field. with a draw at shortstop. .
 The Yankees get the edge at frs and second, in left and right field and draw at shortstop. That make
 four points for each contender an
 one tie
 Since pitching usually decided tn
 outcome of every world series,
 would appear that a system of handi
 capping would award the best chanc
 to win to the Giants.
 The big point at issue is. will tn , admitted superiority of the Giant,
 staff be able to suppress the murder ous offense of the Yankees? It some job to turn that trick. I hay my doubts if the Giants twirlers wi be able to do it.
 Mays, while not at the top of hi game, is sure to prove most trouble some to the Giants. His peculia style of delivery is as effective as tn stuff he has on the ball. l feel ths Mays will turn in a couple of victor . ies, and has a chance of winnin