Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-17
by lDabc Ruth.
Especial to The Times.Dispa,ch


ter: standing at the home plate was
close up to their pitchers: sitting ON
| TIE bench experienced the attitude.
OF the Yankee club as Il whole, and in
me coachcr's box at third base OBJ
served the Giant defense under fire.
On top OF all this ! witnessed two
games from the press box and got IA.
entirely different and very interest
inE viewpoint--thc irrespective OF IT,.
expert newspaper writer and the at.
titndc OF the enthusiastic fan. Cousc-
pucn;ly ] witnessed the eight games
OF the worlds series from more angles
thhn any Of the thirty odd thousun,,
VINO daily filed into the big stadium.
including writer's. spectators ard
players. The Impressions obtain "A
from such favorable and compict.,N
Inherent viewpoints should intcrcs,
baseball fans
MY comments arc open to aruu-
lhcht ana may be challenged by many
fans and experts. Any criticism,
made are with tho intention of fair
play to all and tho realization tn.
he Yankees. including myself. have
many faults that need correction
SiEnni Method, Strnnec.
The strongest thing in the series
was the signal methods Of Manager
McS'raw. The hir surprise. the pitch
or who bothered us mostly :, dart:
horse and acknowledgements a fast;
ball pitchcr-Jcn Barnes The
strat"gicai error in the series was !,
not pitching, Iioyt and Mays cxclu.
SNcIy. The big surprise Of the So.
res was the performance OF john.
rawlings. until recently Il m"diorr..
player with tho tail-cnd team of tn.
y
sition was the speed Of FrIscn.
George Kelly. as "A long .dist:,u,,o
cioutcr. seems ovcrratcd and IN.
! major disappointment was the disas-
trous failure OF the Yankee hattcrs
y bali club can have but one iii
recting head. and from that Sou:c.
sh"uld come all instructions at by,
| or in the field. Iiut To see one bat.
| ter after another crane his neck he
| tore ana after each pitched ball [,
| get his instructions from the man
| agcr on the bench would seem TO rob
| me batter OF his natural value. In d
| Crisis where the judgment and STRAIT
cTy OF an older head is required the
! individual player should by all mean,
look for signals hut the mechanical
regularity with which tho Giants
] twisted bcnchward after every bait
| made them look helpless and az,
| though unabl" To think for them.
| selves. II had been pointed out that
the YANKEES were not there with tho
head work. hut certainly in this SEE
| rics II was the Giants who looked Xix.
| manikins. OF course. the Giants won
and perhaps that v!ndicatcd the man
! :kin system. but nevertheless. IL wa,
the strangcst exhibition ! ever saw in
Il worlds series.
jcn Barncs Ia Monkey Wrench.
| consider JEFF barnes the monkey
| wrench that wrecked the Yankee ma
chincry. His unexpected resistance
had moro to do with the final outcom
than the work Of Frisch. Kelly. Raw.
! iinSs or Douglas. lie was more dca..-
- than the errors of Ward or Peck
by disposing OF Douglas, Toncy and
| Ncht AS We did in the beginning
We thought our pitching problems
solved. But BARNES. rushed i'm as a
substitute, without the worry or Oh.
legation responsibilities Of pitcher
who starts game. upset the calcutta
tons of both teams. a fast ban
| pitcher is considered easy for the
Yankee battcrs. but Barnes prov 81
! the exception.
In the matter Of relief pitchers tn.
Yankees made the exact opposite mis-
take from the Giants. McGraw was
afraid OF Barnes. hut he cam.
through. lluESins relied on Shawk..y
and Harper and they failed miscr-
ably. ! think il il were layed all
over Manager ItuyEins would ken
Mays and iioyt work ing until the So
rics was cinchcd. 10th were in grand
shape and eager for work
Rawlings Is Fenturc Player.
The rip-roaring tactics Of johnny
! Rawlings at the bat and in the feel!
| were easily the outstanding thrill OF
the series. With all due respect %
his courage and aEgrcssivcncss, Raw
! linGs is not a finished major League.
player. His season averages and zee
ords with other clubs prove that. su,
his performance in this series cXcn,-
piihcs what can be done. especially
in tight places. by p player of ordi-
nary ability possessed OF a spirit tina.
! won't he downcd.
Rawlings slashed at everything
that came near tho plate. He hit
more Than his share. When H..
thought he couldn't connect he would
| try to- get hit with a pitched bait
several times he Attempted to blocl,
| Schang in throwing. In the field H..
Fought drives with fury and went
| after base runncrs-Mikc McNallv
| ipr iHSidncc-Wltn vengeance. His
intentions were all right. and the re.
suits were OF priceless value to th.
Giants. But in cOmplimenting him.
at the same time predict that next
season nc will fall right back into
his ordinary swing.
! Frank Frisch is the specdicst play.
cr in the game today. 1t is his speed
and not his fielding that makes him
| a powerful man at third base. HIS
| throwing arm is to he compared witt,
| the mighty Bob Mcuscl. He is not AN
! impressive fielder. but rather knock 4
! the ball down any old way and then
! 10y lightning recovery and terrific
throwing. generally gets his man at
first base.
| On the bases he is q streak. but
here again it is natural speed and not
| his skill that enables him to outwit
catchers. His sliding is remarkable.
| but until he has greatly perfected his
| getaway he will never approach the
base running of Ty Cobb.
George kelly's ability to hit hon.
| crs cannot he fairly Judged in eight
| games but even so. he was disap-
| ppiDtinn Hc :rntberpd several Iitc