The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-08
Dope Experts Wrong

New 1Ork, Oct. 0.-1ne weather al
s o'clock this morning was cloudy with
official forecasts predicting rain. The
weather man held out hope, however
that the rain, if it came. might be
over in time for the fourth world Sc
ries game.
Their batting sights clear and set
for sharp shooting, the Giants were
determined to lombard the Yankee
twirling selection and gain an even
footing in the worlds series. They
hammered four Yankee pitchers for
worlds series record of 20 hits
yesterday, and won the third game
13 to after dropping the first two
without a score.
Manager McGraw intimated he
would sent "Shufflin' Phil Douglas.
the spit baller, to the mound in an eff
fort to hold the Yankee sluggers while
his men march to their second vic.
tory. Phil hurled a great game in
the opening contest against Mays,
but the underhanded finger was craft
ier.
Harry Harper, the Hackensack, NJ
j., hurler, who makes up Higgins
portsided mound staff is most likely
to oppose Phil, and if the Jerseyite is
jprs eaxns, the fourth game of the Sc.
ries may develop into another battle
between pitchers.
All the dope issued previous to the
series by the so-called experts has
materialized, but it turned out they
said Giants where they should have
said Yankees and vice versa. They
predicted the Giants would show the
greatest dash, speed and resourceful-
ness, while the Yankees would win
their games by horSe-hide mauling
In the first two games the Yanks won
by dash and resourcefulness and in
the third, the Giants punched their
way to triumph.
But McGraw's men are content to
win, be it dash or punch, while the
Yanks, with one game to the good.
still are all optimism.
Higgins probably will not call on
Shawkey, Quinn or Collins again in
the series, as the Giants got to them
hard yesterday. If Harper comes
through today be believes the series
will be ON ice for the Americans. with
Mays and Hoyt in reserve for the
',eeded two games. If Harper fails,
[uggins will have to rely on his two
ices for an Iron man stunt"
Behind the bat yesterday Snyder
performed we'll for the Giants. He
welded the stick with precision, too
and he will be sent into the game
again today.
Wallie Schang will perform for the
Yanks, as usual.
Suffering from an abscess on his
arm as a result of his base stealing
in the second game, Babe Ruth may
be compelled to watch the fourth con-
test from the bench. Wilson "Chick"
Fewster, will take his place in the
event that Babe is unable to play.
Ruth, who lacks series home run,
may get chance to pinch hit, how
ever, if the occasion warrants.
my greatest desire right now"
said the Babe, sis to crown my world S
series play with home run into the
stands. I'd die easy if could do it,
Yesterdays game. as result of
the ineffective pitching of the Yankee
twirlers, saw number of world S
series records smashed to smithe-
reens. Those eight hits in the sew
enth inning made one record, the eight
runs another and the twelve men who
batted still another. Pep Young's
two hits in the seventh inning, one a
double, the other triple, also made
history. The time required to play
the nine innings-two hours and forty
minutes-added a few lines to the
records. s9yle .. i,a
Twenty hits for one team in one
game never were recorded before in
a worlds series. Burns garnered four
of them, three singles and triple
Frisch, besides drawing three free
passes, hit safely twice; Young walked
twice, then made a triple and sin
gle in one inning. Emil Meusel col
lected double and two singles; Sny
der. four singles, and Jess Barnes
two; Rawlings got two and Bancroft
one. Kelly and Toney were the only
Giants who failed>to connect at feast
once. s.
George Burns great run and cap
ture Of Quinn's drive toward the cen
ter field bleacher wall will go dowr
s. in baseball history as one Of the great
est plays OF the game. It will be men
toned along with Aaron Wards leap
ing one-hahded catch Of Rawlings lin'