Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-04

around. for the Giants can run the sacks
The Tanks, on the other hand. have the
habit OF smuggling their u,en around the
sacks. Can they do it in this series
Figures for the season show five Yanks
excel in run making but they have made
but five more hits than the Giants and
in tight series the supposed bulge of
the Hugmen at bat may fail TO ma
terialize.
McGraw as compared with Higgins is
a seasoned worlds series campaigner
and seven time pennant winner in his
own league. As Il StrategiSt he has shown
himself to be superior to the midget
manager in the way he has handled his
team this season. Higgins knows ball
players and how to develop them but he
Is untried as a world series field general
The big series. from all indications.
promises TO be battering affair. Both
teams will have their fighting clothes on
Victory means something between SO 600
eRd $1,000 apiece for the winning players
ID both are familiar with the Polo
Grounds, so neither will have an edge
In this respect. Also, the rivals will be
playing to home crowds" and each will
have a world of support
McCraW has always been partial to the
smuggling game. The hit-and-run is his
favorite method of attack but he can
mix 'em up when the occasion arises
The science of smuggling incidentally is
a second nature with the Yanks. and
players like Ruth, Peck Meusel and Pipp
are big stumbling blocks for any pitcher
to face Yet you never can judge what
a player will do in a worlds series by
what he has done during the regular
season. More often some comparatively
obscure player turns up as batting
hero. So, no matter which way you turn
in sizing up the rival teams stone wall
of uncertainty confronts you.
In comparing the regular players. man
for man, the teams balance up pretty
evenly, though the Giants are stronger
in the box and behind the bat.
COMPARISON OF
THE INFIELDERS.
At first base with Kelly and Pipp to
be considered. it looks like a stand off
Pipp has a shade in fielding and is a
mighty dangerous bs tier. Kelly. from
whose ashen war club singles doubles,
triples and home runs have bounced CON
sistently all season, is nearly as good a
fielder and a heavier hitter.
At second base Aaron Ward NAV be
given a slight shade over Johnny Raw
lings, but at shortstop Peck and Ban
croft offer another standoff. Both are
hashy helders, good hitters and quick
thinkers, who have had long experience
Frank FriSch ranks above McNally as
third baseman. He is a better hitter and
base-runner, and though he seems to re-
quire more effort in fielding hard hit
Ialls toward the hot corner, he gets
'em and he has a wonderful arm
IN leIC uelO, baDe huLn, because or
his terrific macing. gets the call over
Emil Meusel. Meusel is the better fielder
of the two, however, and a dangerous
batter at all times
George Burns, one OF the best fielders
in either major league, and a wonder
fully consistent hitter, Outranks Elmer
Miller of the Yanks in center field. Miller
fields practically as well as Burns but
he has not had the experience and he
does not come uD as a swatsman.
y Right field with Bob Meusel and Ross
Young on patrol duty, offers another
stand-off. Both Meusel and Young are
consistently good in the right garden.
Both can play balls hit off the high wall
accurately and it is a coincidence that
the last batch of batting averages
showed them hitting 325 apiece.
In the catching department the Giants
have the edge. Smith and Snyder both
hitting better than 800 are good. big
marks for pitchers. heady generals be-
hind the bat and good flelders. Both can
cut down runners at second with deadly
regularity and the slow-foOted Yanks
will do well not to tempt their arms.
Schang. the veteran, and young Devor-
mer are Higgins catching assets Be
cause Of his long experience, Schang
probably will catch every game for the
Yanks and thus he stands practically
alone against two Of the best backstop
peers in the National League.