The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-03
would take the series.

New York, Oct. 3.-Who's going to
win the worlds ser;es-the Giants or
the Yanks?
This was the burning question
among New York fans today as they
prepared to enjoy the first all-metro-
pelitan baseball classic in history.
The answer, of course, is up to the
rival teams. But in advance of what
promises to be the greatest series ever
played, fans and experts alike stood
divided.
Result Is ''Toss Up"
Old Man Consensus of Opinion-if
you kept both ears open-whispered
that the outcome of the series is a
toss up.
The Yanks and Giants have come
down the long April October trail to
championships after two of the hottest
pennant races ever held. Neither
team was able to clinch a pennant I'M
til the baseball season ebbed into a
fade out.
Today, team for team and player for
player, they appear on paper to be
more evenly matched than any former
world series rivals.
Both have tremendous hitting power.
The Yanks. as a team, bat an average
of .3O1. The Giants are three points
in the wake of the Hugmen in club
batting.
Little to Choose.
In pitching strength there is appar-
emily little to choose between the
teams after sitting down the figures.
SO in Carl Mays the Yanks have one
of the best twirlers of the year and
the only one with a successful under
hand delivery.
Those who are in the habit of "dep-
ing" worlds series point to the fact
that pitching has decided the issue in
most series of the past But with this
two teams with such terrific batters
are more than liable to knock prece-
dent into a cooked hat.
Yanks Have Hitters.
The YanlIs, with Miller, Hoyt, Ruth,
Bob Meusel, Pipp, Ward and McNally,
who can be figured as the potential
run getters in the everyday lineup.
have a seven-man batting average of
-308, according to the latest aVaila bic
figures. The Giants with Burns, Ban
croft, Frisch, Young, Kelly, Emil
Meusel and Rawlings to manufa cture
their runs, the averaged swatting fig
ure of .316, or eight points better than
the Yanks. Ruth's fine average of
$50 is figured in the Yank percentage.
Emil MeuseTs .343 is high for the
Giants. In face of such figures, the
batting reputation of the Yanks loses
some of its coler.
AS a base running team, the Giants
have somewhat of an edge on the
Yanks. They have stolen 13s bases
this season against 81 for the Yanks.
and speed on the paths means speed
in the field.
Ruth, king of batsmen, and Mays
are the mainstays of the Yanks. The
Giants have no one to compare with
Ruth, but they have five 800 hitters
in the first seven inches in their bat
ting order against three 900 swat
tiers for the Yanks and they have
southpaw Art Nehf, a real menace in
the box for any team to face.
100000 to Gate Daily.
These are some of the pros and
ICONS fans and professional critics
are handing out as Gotham marks
time, waiting for the series to begin
at o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The Giant partisan simply can't see
the Yanks with a field glass. The
Yank rooter declares there's moth
ing to it." and so it goes.
Meanwhile, Club officials are getting
ready to handle the series, capacity
crowds, etc, etc, while out of town
visitors are swarming into the
metropolis hopeful of getting seats
Judge k. NJ. Lands, high Pooh Bah of
baseball, arrived Sunday.
1t is conservatively estimated that
with an attendance of approximately
10000 at each game, gate receipts will
run over s10e, 600 daily.