The New York herald., 1921-10-05


series. which begins at the Polo
Grounds at o'clock this afternoon,
the Giant players poured out through
their clubhouse door and skipped out
on the field for their practice. The
Yankees were dressed and gone by the
town rivals were In the grounds at the
same time, but scarcely saw one an
other.
The weather was fine for the work.
outs and the grounds In splendid con-
dition-the best condition. according
to Henry Fabian, they ever have been
in. The sun following the rain was
fine for them, and Fabian was at work
on them all day.
Miller Huggins had charge Of his
men, who were in the best Of spirits,
dashing around and whooping 1t up
like boys out for play. That was a
feature of their drill: they apparently
were looking forward to the blue RIB
bon clash-the first for them-without
any misgivings-in any event, not
worrying.
There was a bit Of disquieting news
in the camp. though. Bob Meusel. the
outfielder and long distance hitter.
visited doctor in the morning to have
an x-ray picture made of his left shin
bone. An old injury there has been
troubling him lately. It has panied
him when he stood on 1t for any length
OF time and. he thinks, possibly, anect-
ing his hitting.
Bone May Ne. splintereA.
The doctor thought the bone might be
splintered. but had to await the devel-
opment of the picture TO tell about that
Meusel was more fretted lest the M ID.
tell him not to play on the leg than oy
the leg Itself He said he would De on.
there II he had to play on one leg. Al
Woods, the Yankee trainer. had nttie
doubt that Meusel would be all right
for play The .x-ray. he said. was
taken to make sure nothing serious was
wrong, and wo~,ds thought the recent
wet weather might have caused the leg
TO ache.
Babe Ruth's leg has come along ia
mously with two days rest, and Frank
Frisch has about reco, cred from MS
charley horse. It Is we'll. for these TWO
are fast members of their respective
bands. Manager McGraw was not at
the Polo Grounds. He left the super
vision of the practice to Hugh jennings.
The work for both outfits was OF the
usual kind and was lively ana full OF
vim. Mays and Hoyt warmed up IN
good style for the Yankees and Shawkcy
followed with a spell of fiinging.
Mays said he had a hne workout ana
Shawkey said he was feeling much bet
ter than for several days. The whole
Yankee crowd Is clipper and smiling
The question Of just who viii pitch the
opening game to-day is no nearer de-
cided than II has been. Huggins would
make no final announcement regarding
his pitcher. and, In truth, he won't de-
eide himself until to-day. 1t VIII DO
Mays or Hoyt for the Yankees. and 10 as
likely to be one as the other.
McGraw did not intimate 20 either
Jennings or to John Evers. who ad-
dressed the Giants Just before they went
out for practice. whether he would pick
Toney or Nehf. Both went through their
course OF sprouts yesterday a. II every
thing depended on them to-day. With
certain men close to the team there's q
strong hunch that Toney will be the
nominee with others just as close. that
Nehf will be. All sorts Of sapient rea-
sons are advanced In behalf OF each. 1t
is one or the other sure with the wise |
birds, SO maybe II win be Douglas.
winning the First Game.
It has occurred to moro than one stu !
dent OF baseball. the sort not inclined to |
follow the herd blindly In the matter OF
pre-war talk. that undue stress is being
laid on the importance Of winning the
first game. Naturally II Is better to win
than lose Il but success In the first
game simply because IL In the first
game means nothing. That Is. the team
winning the first Is no better Off than
the other crowd II the latter win the
second. Losers OF the first game have
been known to win the series. II will
take five victories to win this series-
not one.
Battery probabilities for to-day have
narrowed down to these: Giants-Toney
and Snyder or Nehf and Smith. Yanks-
Mays or Hoyt and Schang.
John Evers tossed some redhot words
at the Giants at the latter's meeting.
Johnny II good at that sort OF thing.
McGraw likes to have the Trojan
around and he'll be pretty close to the
National Leaguers during the series. He
knows the Giants pretty we'll too. hav-
he's heart and soul for the National
League In every world series.
Coming back from St Louis. the
Giants had q meeting on the train to
decide how they are going TO distribute
their cut of the world series booty. but
that's their affair; anyway. they aren't
telling what arrangement they agreed
O.
Judge lands was a pleasant caller.
so 70 speak. at the Polo Grounds. He
was there during the iull. the hour after
the Yanks had gone and before the
Giants had come. He wanted to see
where his box was and opined he
wouldn't mind sitting a wee mite
higher. II fans only knew II. the higher
seats are the better. but they don't know
It, 90 what's the useY
Judge Lands Gives FatheyIy TIP.
The commissioner will speak TO the
piayers OF each club for a short while
to-day and give them fathcriy ito or
two. He shook Groundkeepcr Fabian
by the hand yesterday and spoke thus
"Mr. Fabian. I'm proud to meet you.
rye heard OF you and your work and
have often wanted to meet you"
Judge" bespoke a voice In the COM
n1issioner's ear. I'm George Levy. the
official announcer for to-morrow's
game"
"Ah. Mr.. Levy" was the reply, you
have a grave responsibility.
The umpires for to-day will be dis
fributcd in this order. At the plate,