The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-13

New YORK, OCJ. 10 -Iletl. tHlilN
weather prevailed this morning ard
indications were that the eighth game
of the worlds series would be played
under ideal football conditions.
EARLY Morning Dope
New York. Oct. 13.-The world
series may end today in Il victory for
the New York Giants. But they will
have to break themselves of the habit
Of getting whipped by Waite ioyt,
he amazing young man who earns
lis living pitching for the Yankees.
Twice already he has outwitted the
McGraw men, permitting them NJ
runs the first time. and orly one score
last Monday. Artie Nehf. left hand
ed, but trustworthy, probably will
pitch for the Giants. He was their
flinger on both other days when lOyt
worked, and he pitched well, his main
trouble being the failure of his col
leagues to render substantial encour-
agement with their bats. The Giants
moved to within one game of base
balls highest onors yesterday after
noon when "'Shufilin' Phil Douglas
obtained two to one verdict over
Carl Mays, who pitches like ten
pin player, but gets there just the
same. The Yankees won three.
1t was the first time since the ven
delta began at the Polo grounds last
week that the Giants pranced ahead
of the Higgins pack. Also it was
the fourth triumph by the National
Leaguers in the last five games.
If the Giants win today the cham
pionship is theirs, while the Yankees
to wear the crown. must go forward
this afternoon and repeat in the game
that would follow. 1t is no secret
that they now tenant an unenviable
position sometimes described as hay
ing their backs to the wall.
For the present they can hitch
their wagon to Waite Hoyt. But one
star cannot pull a team around ev-
cry day, at least not in baseball, and
the Yankee supply is limited COM
pared to McGraw's constellation.
Mays is the only other boxman who
has shown a capacity to befuddle the
Giant batsmen. McGraw has Slim
Sallee, Pat Shea. and Jess Barnes to
pit against the Yanks in ninth
game.
Tho Yanks begin the eighth battle
ctill bcrift of their most powerful
offensive power-the Incompatible
Babe Ruth. His sundry sore spots
compel him to refrain from the COM
bat. And il may be they will have
TO get along without McNally, fast
young third baseman. His shoulder
was hurt yesterday in sliding to sec
ond base and he had to- retire.
Frank Baker replaced McNally and
got two hits but the veteran has not
the speed of the youth, nor equal
agility in the field.
People who believe in the existence
of fate and the finger of destiny, who
compose the battery of the Gods,
came right out today and said the
Giants were sure to win the cham
pionship. They declared that the
break looked for in every sporting
contest to point to the ultimate Win
ner came yesterday and indicated that
the Goose of the Yankees was in the
ice box and soon would be cooked.
Fate picked out the seventh inning
to do the Yanks a mean trick. There
is cult of fans and writer's which
sternly hold the seventh to be the in
ming when such things almost always
transpire, and that usually they re-
dound to the greater glory of the
home team. The Giants were the
home team yesterday. They wore
white uniforms while the Yankees
made believe they were out in the
country and had on their darker
working clothes.
The aforementioned cult Joined the
81 told you so" club last night. They
had seen Mays and Douglas battling
along evenly to the seventh inning
when, with two men gone, Rawlings
got to first on hard roller that Ward
muffed We'll. there's the break"
one heard folks all around remark
ing, while Ward was thinking unkind
things of his luck. And. sure enough,
the break had come. Before one could
say Jack Robinson more than half
a dozen times this Rawlings person
crossed the plate with the run that
won the game. He had been sent
around the bases by Snyders two
base blow into center field that Miller
| and Fewster had hard time picking
out of the grass. M
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