The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-15

Ia BIZ OF satisfaction Tor toe oopNSo''
In !act, IT .ooks nov as x tho races IN
both leagues will be run PRACTICAL. S
the dope ,his spring indicated they
wCu,d De.
In March the dope nSures Indicated
that PITTSBURGH would beat the Giants
on, after hard EEn;. and tina, 'he'r
victory would De due chiefly 10 one IN
fe!d weakness and ;hr Inherent ptcA-
ing weakness OF the MrGraw ouih'.
The dcpe Indicated Ne-! p.a!niy that
the raaAces would eventually "ea7
down Cleveland and bea: 'aem out. ana
that the CauSe would De that the Glove
land p!.cn:as s;aT could not hold the
gait through the entire season. while
tho Yanks ought 20 VIII on tae'r reserve
power ON comparison u the regular
teams A. ihat time n" lrdIans had
shade the better OF the argument. eu;
when the entlre power % the TWO teams
came into use the Yankees outagured
them.
Thus far the predictions VI the dope
figures are working exactly as they
promised 70 do Cleveland - making
gallant struggle 70 right It's pitching
department. The other day | took me
spring DIRE figures and rehgured them
on the basis OF added and lost strengths.
The result was uncanny. The teams
figure almost exactly as they did in
the sprinK excepting that the hTures
show so clearly the gains and losses.
There are two teams OUT OF line. and
these probably never viii get back into
line.
TIE fellow who accepts to rsvArds
OF rsspo1stbdltty must b prSpArsd %
ArAae ny xAs criticisms II he fails
Miller Huggins manager OF the Yam
, kee. has come IN FOR his fair share or
criticism thus far th!S seacon. There
, arc those who believe the Yankees
would have the league spread-eaSled and
the pennant already ctnched with some
other manager in charge There are
those who declare that HugGtns can
not handle men. select pitchers or ar
range bal club
We can ali as second guessers. PICK
our mistakes Higgins has made. games
he has lost and blunde-s he has pulled.
Against this We cannot pick out the
games he has won. nor can we do more
than guess what others might have
done A mans oapacity FOR pulling bone
head plays is limited 20 his actual past
performances In that respect.
The truth - tina: Higgins hasn't
great bail club. II - great in spots.
weak In others. indifferent in others. He
has had - keep switching. patching ami
making changes. and he has kept Il II
the night. and his prospects are best now
TO win. As the dope indicated in the
spring. IL the Yankees lose out eventu-
ally the fault will lie with Higgins en-
tlrely He has plenty OF material to
win over the weakened Cleveland team
II ne handles Il right.
Undoubtedly Higgins has not had an
entirely square shake out OF the box
There 10 dtscpnten: in the team Itself
over his handling and the players. or
some o. them. think that they would
do better under another manager--Peck-
inpauSh. for instance. In fact Peck
has a lot OF press agents who think HIM
a world beater. There is no disputing
:he fact that the club showed more pep
and hustle under Peck. during HuEgins's
Illness. than x did either before or since
but that fact does not prove anything
The uaAxksn,nn Who hits me balls
eys ART shot and then quits may hold
q repusaeson, but the fellow who keeps
ng rets the bulf Of the EAmA
Higgins has terrific night ahead. and
II ne wins all OF US who have criticised
must take on our hats 10 him He is
q crabby listle man. who knows about
as much about baseball az there Is TO
b. known. a superior sort OF \ Fellow
fans or players. In fact. the greater
par, OF the criticism OF Higgins has
come from the fact that be holds aloor,
especially from players
Tho owners have given him every
thing procurao'e. Whether he has
handled Il well is another problem. He
undou ot edly lost during the hnaI west
ern trip. He seems 20 have made fewer
mistakes OF that sort this season. He
insisted upon Baker at third. and got
him In spite OF sharp criticism. Baker
made good for him. rather Unexpectedly.
but still he Justified HuEEins's judg-
ment.
The chief effect OF a manager upon
team Is IN IT, spirit. There Is no
doubt that Husgins's rather pessimistic
style has a discouraging effect upon
some OF the boys. However. he Is en-
titled 10 4 fair deal and safety from
criticism until his team Is beaten. NJ
least.
oamsas8 ssnsrauy II <naa quality
wAdsA enables . man 70 eAks part %
whaa u coming 70 htm without yell
tax.
decided tina; thlrtyeight years Is the
limit OF are AZ which boxers may meet.
there arises q question. Tho age Of an
athlete Is n tender subject at best. In
four cases out OF Ave when you inves-
tiEate tho alleged age Of a boxer. wrest-
Ter. ball player or other professional
You will discover ne Is cheating from
h.e IL TWO years and sometimes even
more
When. a. tho outset OF tho war aud
ire draft. the age limit was set at
thirty-ons years no fewer than nine ball
players whose ames are on my lists
suddenly discovered that. instead OF
being anywhere from twenty-seven TO
thirty years old. they were thirty-one.
plus. The case OF one boxer Ia IN point
He was rated and cardsd ~ beinx forty.
whsn his wife Inadvertently Informed
lapse OF four years. ne Eives his age as
forty. the same as IL Was.
know one tighter wao Is by the book
and by tho family records thirty-seven.
VINO rates himself just eleven years
younger in ,Ae ring. How are the judges
and the honorable boxing commission
ers 'non-alaried) Of Now York state TO
decide q mans age? How are they TO
nar any man who claims ne Is thirty
seven. no mntter whether he Is nfty
Ut not"
The new ruling OF the New York oom-
mission HIS started something. FEht-
ers. ball players and others arc moro
sensitive about thsr ages than women
arr supposed To he. and Incidentally
'NrEer and more daring liars. VINO u
10 decide whether they tell tho truth
OF not,
Wonder how such a ruling would
spply IN baseball. Ansnn was a great
ea'l PLAYER years after me thirty-eight-
year limit. Wagner was 1t his best