The Washington times., 1921-10-04

Pitching has decided most worlds
series of other years. 1t may decide
this one. If 1t does the Giants are
the best prepared to stand the STRAIN
of a hard series.
But what will the edge in pitching
profit the Giants II the Yanks start
to Strengthening the slants Of Nc
Graw's men, or what If the prolific
bats of the Giants-six of them are
300 hitters no matter whether Smith
or Snyder Is used behind the bat
crash through the offerings of Carl
Mays and Waite Hoyt?
Looking at it from this angle, abil-
ity to make the hits count may have
more to do with the decision in favor
of the team that gets the fewest hits
than stingyness on the part Of the
slabbers.
He's Big Question.
Babe Ruth, naturally enough, looms
up as the big question mark for the
Giants to soak. Take him out of the
Yank lineup and New York fans
would make the Giants prime favor
ties. The Big BAN may break up the
best pitched ball game at any stage
Nobody knows this any better than
McGraw and it goes without saying
that Ruth will probably get base
on balls If the Giants are in tight
pinch. It's all in the game and the
Yankee pitchers have the same pre-
rogative.
1t can be said in favor of McGraw's
team that the Giants have better
seasoned and better primed pitching
staff today than the Yanks. In Neht,
Tony, Douglas, and Barnes, McGraw
has a might capable quartet. Behind
these men are Sallee, Ryan, and Shea.
Manager Higgins has his one big
ace-Carl Maya game and brilliant
young slabber in Wayte Hoyt, and
dangerous and willy veteran, when he
is right, in Bob Shawkey. But Shaw
key isn't at his best. Old Jack Quinn.
Harry Harper, Piercy, and Collins
stand behind these twirlers. The
Giants haven't looked at a submarine
delivery such as Mays uses and will
undoubtedly find it troublesome, but
Artie Nehf, in form, stands an even
chance to take Mays measure.
Giants Are Faster.
Compared with the Yankees. the
Giants are superior in fielding and
base running. They play a more di-
yersified game on both attack and de-
Tense than the Men O. Higgins. Once
they start men on the bases McGraw
will send them around, for the Giants
can run the sacks.
The Yanks, on the off mitt, have
the habit of smuggling their men
around the sacks. Can they do it
; in this series? Figures for the sea-
. son show that the Yankees excel in
run making, but they have made but
. five more hits than the Giants, and
in a tight series the supposed bulge
of the Hugmen at bat may fail to
materialize.
McGraw, as compared with Hug
gins. is a seasoned world series cam.
paigner and a seven-time winner in
, his own league. AS a strategist he
has shown himself to be superior to
the midget manager in the way he
has handled his team this season.
Huggins knows ball players and how
to develop them, but he Is untried
as a world series field general
Judge Lands lamped several ads
in the morning papers in which ticket
brokers offer to buy and sell paste
boards for the big series. The Judge
Immediately smelled a mouse in the
form of ticket speculation, and set
about to see what he might do.
Ticket speculation in New York is
nothing new and mighty hard to
eliminate, especially where fans must
buy $44 worth OF tickets in blocks
Of four from each team If they ex-
pect to see both the odd and even
games.
II the Giants win many a Nc
Grawian sympathizer, such as Eddie
Brannick, traffick manager for the
manager, will have enough hats to
start stand. Eddie has twenty
hats bet alreaiy. Yankee fans are
betting, too.
Governor Miller of New York State,
Mayor Hylan. Of New York city, and
many notables will see the opening
game. Clark Griffith sent over frnm