Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-05
American and National League Pennan
Winners Each Confident Winning
Opener at Polo Grounds -Toney and
Mays Probable Rival Pitchers
Much Expected Of Babe Ruth,
Home Run King
GAME AT 2 p. Nj.

New York, Oct. 4-(By the Asso-
ciated Press) 1.-The dream of the
Metropolitan baseball fans has be-
! come reality
For years local followers of the
national game have hoped for a
world series battle between the New
York National and New York Ameri-
can League teams. Now. after 10
years of waiting the Giants and the
Yankees, winners of their respective
league titles are to grapple for the
supreme prize of professional base
ball, the championship of the uni
verse.
On the historic Polo grounds to-
morrow afternoon the rival league of
1921 pennant winners meet in the
first of a series of best five out of
nine games which is expected to add
record breaking features to the long
history Of the world series. Led by
John McGraw and Miller Higgins.
the Giants and Yankees will scampcr
out on the diamond shortly after
| noon with a combination of stars
seldom, if ever, equalled in the an
= nails of the game.
In the gray travelling uniform of
the Yankees will be Babe Ruth, the
clouting king of the baseball world,
with a record Of 50 home runs this
season; Carl Mays, famous under
hand hurting artist; Catcher Wally
Schang. veteran of three past world
series, against whose speedy throw
, ing arm runner after runner has
tried to steal bases only to be
thrown out standing up; Roger
, Peckinpaugh, one of the best shotr-
! stops on the major circuit today and
Bob Meusel, heavy hitting outfield-
err
Opposed to this combination Of
stars the Giants will offer Frank
F'risch, the Fordham fash, one of
the fastest infielders that ever
played a skinned diamond position;
George Kelly, leading home run hit
Ter OF the National League; Emil
Meusel, brother of the Yankee Bob
; Meusel, also noted for his extra base
| polling of the ball; Dave Bancroft.
one or the most finished and brainy
shortstops of modern baseball, and
PITCHERS, Toney, Nehf and Barnes,
! all good twirlers
While close followers of baseball
hold the opinion that neither the
| Giants or Yankees of today are the
great playing machines that made
carrier world series history, such as
the Athletics of 191O-11-13 under
connie Mack and the Chicago Cubs
of 1906-1-S, when Frank Chance led
one OF the fastest and smoothest
working infield combinations in the
history OF the game, the two local
teams possess both the color and
| personality for sensational and
thrilling series. 1t will be. however
more individual than team or com
pinatlon feature play, and this. in
some respects, is expected to inten-
Sly the glamour of the clash.
Regardless of question of individual,
oriillancy against mechanical plav-
Ing perfection. the fact remains that
never in the history of Greater New
fork's participation in world series
mas the interest in the outcome been
SO keen. Twice before have tho
Giants and Yankees met on the home
diamond in the post season series of
1910 and 1914. In each case the Ma
uonal League club was the victor and
the McGrawites winning the first
clash four games to two with an ex-
ira tie contest for good measure and
the second four games to one. In
, 1910. 100000 spectators paid se1.4s2.50
to witness the play, while four wears
later close to 10000 fans paid $40
563.75 to see the games. Tonight
the baseball statistician is predicting
record breaking attendance and gate
receipts and there is much in the way
of advance data to bear out these
predictions. Reserved seats and box
es under the control of the two
clubs are reported to be sold out.
Thousands of spectators. who would
have been willing to pay q premium
for the privilege of reserving a seat.
must take their chances in the long
lines already formed before the gates
leading to the unreserved sections of
the stands. While the polo grounds
is not the largest baseball arena in
the country, its freely predicted that
should the series go seven or eight
games. as is generally expected the
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