Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
SERIES SHOULD CO
TO EIGHT GAMES
Form Of Rival Players Forecasts
Long Series for Title,
Says Rice
CLUBS EVENLY MATCHED
Rv GRANTLASD RICE

xsw York. Oct. For the first
t,r,o since Mattv's arm was young a
tordo of New York fans moved upon
.ho Polo Grounds this afternoon with
s,,, any fpar that some hostile tribe will
s,,n,nlr thp home club into Shapcless
Most Of these Same fans have seen
.ho Athletics, Boston or Chicago re-
sort ond promptly start pushing the
C;onts into the gravel ditch, but those
.on,bsr. sordid days now belong to the
moth eaten paSt.
Tho Mackmcn hit the soap chute six
-oors oco and have never left the cellar
ss;rce The White SoX arc only notch
oboro thc NIackmcn. and the Red SoX
aico are travelling second class. well
ort of thc srrimmage So now If the
Giants are to lose their fifth successive
cbamniouship their scalps nt least will
mt he borne away to distant wigwams.
for thp three clubs that have beaten
them before are foundering on the reef.
Fan Psychology ,. -.
The fan psychology Of the World $
Series. which opened this afternoon,
will be ono Of its leading features day
by day.
There is not such wide division rs
tbn Soy and Cubs of 1906 encountered.
with two distinct clans worked up into
high fever over South Side or West
Side success.
As the 10000 took their places This
afternoon while Mays ana Nehf and
Toncy were warming up no one could
saw how many Of these will be support
ing the Giants or pulling for the
Yankees
While both will have supporting
voices raised t" lusty clamor, another
large section will be- distinctly neutral
until il comes TO the case of Ruth.
Ruth lifting a home run over the
them the main thrill. but from these
neutras. as we'll as all Yankee back
ers, You will hear only shrill, plaintive
pitchers. deciding that discretion Is the
better part Of bravado, start issuing in
tentionN passes to the Sultan of Slug.
Passing Ruth in n pinch will be
smart baseball on stated occasions, but
Il will not hC n popular gesture with
GO per cent of the multitude.
Should 30 Eight Games
New York all through yesterday made
Babel sound like listening post in
No Man Land when it came to chatter
Of picking a winner. We spent no
small part Of the day in long lines
leading TO both Giant and Yankee
Offices. and before the day was over
We began to wonder how London and
Paris ever got in on the series. for no
such masses of humanity ever came
from New York alone
In so far aS the fans themselves were
concerned, fcw seemed to have any
definite bunch. Tho main idea seemed
to be a toss up. with thr lanks slightly
favored in case Ruth felt in pummel-
Ing mood
There were others 10 these ticket
stalking lines who thought the Ganks
were banking too heavily upon one
man, and this is no small talking point
In favor Of the Giants.
:. II Ruth is polling 'cm--great for the
Yankees. But suppose he isn't!
Against this ON" outstanding star,
who bestrides the series as Herman J.
Colossus once rcstrodo n narrow world.
McGraw sent we'll rounded. evenly
balanced machine into action that can
Suler lapse or two and still present
an organized front
IN form III" series should go to
eght games, and if it does, over 200.
oOO people will pay in over 5000 900 by
way OF breaking all past records. with
lot OF pCopl" and lot of dollars left
over Neither club seems strong enough
70 WIN hyr ont of seven games. since
neither club can command that much
suIe'hrc pitching.
~ the series goes to eight games the
admission record will stand until they
vts'h expanding ball parks to proper
sizes smeS' giving most of those Interested
zone sH outside chance to pick up an eye
u'ants Skidded Four Times
IN four successive occasions now the
wants "'an'S have skiddcd badly at some
TTPIot along the Worlds Series path,
tn.S tneS were up against stoutcr stuff when
St' gave way before the Athletics,
o"t,o out ighIy spotted play wrecked their
SSa,iOoA against the Red Sox and White
L53ssy have few survivors from tbosc
cS'a %Su'aIE championship days and their
snt snte '45s week may be entirely differ.
stn n,, But they must break lon-
tto'aaIing W !Ilg habit if they are to nIay m
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