The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-05
Giants Have Best Of the Pitching


pitching has decided most worlds
nls one. n ID docs tho Giants are
OF hard sHricH
Eut chat VIII ;hc edge in pitching
tn HllughtcriuE the rlnnis Of McSrnW
nf the Giants. ak Of whom are 400
snyder is used behind the bat. crash
and Waite iloyti
Looking at it from this angle. abil
moro TO do with the decision In iaNor
than stinglncss on the part Of thc elan
babe Ruth, naturally enough looms
Gtnnt Ditcheru To solve, Ipko MIN uI
fans would mako the Giants prim" "a
che big hambiuu may break up th'
Nobody Knows this bctth thHn Mc',I
viii probably get base on balls u iN
In the game ana the Yankee pilch'I'
Giant Staff Seasoned
II can bo said In favor OF McGraw.s
team that the Giants have n better
seasoned and better primcd puChlnE
staff today than the Nauks. In Nehi
Toney, Douglas and Barnes, McbInW
has q mighty capable qunrt'I he
hind these men are Sallcc, Ryan ana
Shea.
Manager Huggins has his one big
arc--Cnrl Maya game aud hrll- ,
liant young slabber In Waite Hoyt
and dangerous ana willy veteran
when he is right, In Bob Shawkey.
lack Quinn, Harry Harper, Piercy
and Collins stand behind those
twirlers. The Giants haven't looked
al a submarine delivery such as Mays
uses and viii undoubtedly ind II
tro,bleaomo, but Art Ncht In form,
stands an even chance 10 take Mays
measure. -
Giants are superior in fielding and
base running. They play t'nre al,
VersifiCd game on both attack ana
defense than the men Ollugglhs'
once they start getting men on bases
McGraw win send them around Tor
the Giants can run the sacks. The
Yanka, on the other hand, have the
habit os slugglng their men around
the track. Can they do II In TINS
series? Figures for the season show
the Yanks excel In making hut
they have made but five more hits
than the Giants and in tight
series, the supposed bulge OF the
Huggins men at bat may iah 10
materialize
MCGrnw and 1Iuggiis.
McGraw. as compared with Hug.
gins, Is scaso1cd world = series
oampaignCr and seven -tlmc pen
nant winner in his own league AZ
a startegist he has shown himself TO
he superior TO tho midget mauHgcr n
the way he has handled hts tram lhia
season. Huggins knows ball play' rs
and how To develop them but he Is
uutried as worlds series tIelJ gen
cral.
Tho big scrlcs. from an indica-
tions, promises TO hc "a battcring at.
fair. Both tcama will have their
nghUnu clothes ON. Victory m"nU|
somCthtng between $4,000 and $1,000
apiece Tor the winning player und
both are familiar with lnH tnln
grounds ao neither will hU.. uU edge
In this respect. Also. tuo u'1'H WIN
he playins - h"n'., crowds and ""'h
%ili have a world 90. support
McGraw has always hoon upr0'nl
20 the siugginB game. In' h't ANd
run is his favorito method OF attack
but he can mix 'cm mp when tE'
occasion arises. The science ot SINS
sing, incidentally, Ia "a second nature
with the Yanks and players like
Ruth, Peck, Mouscl and hipp are
big stumbling blocks FOR any pitcheI
10 face Yet you never can 1udg
what a player will do In a world
series by what ne has done durlhi
the regular season. More ottei
some comparatively obscure pl"yr
turns up as n batting hero. SO, No
matter which way you turn In si5inI
up the rival teams, stone wall o
uncertainty confronts you.
Even, Man for Man.
In comparing the regular players
mah for man. the team shows
balance pretty even, though th'
Giants are stronger in tho box ant
behind the bat.
Al first base, with Kelly and Pipl
20 he considered. IL looks Ike
standoff, pipp has a shade In field
ing and he is a mighty dangerous
NNhlEA asher
war club singles, doubles, .triple'
.nd homo runs have bounced consis
Gently all season, is nearly as good
% fielder and a heavier hitter,
Al second lasr Aaron Ward may
be given slight shade over Johnny
Rawlings. but AT shortstop, Peck
and Bancroft offer another stHndutt
Both are flashy ficldcrs good hit
ters and quick thinkers, who have
had long experience.
Frank trtsh ranks above McNolN
as a third baHeman. IL is n hyttcI
hitter and base runner and thuuul
he seems to require moro effort n
fielding hard-hit balls toward tn
hot corner he gets 'cm and he ha
a wonderful arm.
In left field Babe Ruth, because O
his terrific guacing, gets the call owe
fnmil Mcuscl. Meusel In the bette
SiaIAer OF the two, however, and
II aanaerous batter at all times
SseorNe Barns, one OF the be
S,,laase In either major leagues al
a,,derfully consistent hitter, GU
~Ls Elmer Miller OF the Yanb
n center field, Miller fields this pa
nIar section as wen as Burns b
has not had the experience al
aoesn't come UP TO Burns as
swaIIht swRaIsht field. with Bob Meusei a
Ross Youps ON psiR5o,', pRo,, aS,y, Ma,,.s, Sfi' G
another stand stansda.aistsntiy ,oih % good Sa'S' in 4
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