The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-04
Yankees Haze Edge Over
Giants, Declares Expert

IL writer's for their opinion. Six of
them favored Bancroft. four liked
Peckinpaugh bsS;, and two said 1t
was toss up.
Perhaps no body Of men are i'll Il
better position TO pass Judgment on
the New York teams. aud while me
majority OF the writer's favored Ban
croft, the best can give him IS a
draw regard he two great PLAY
ers as of about equal value 10 their
respective teams.
Second Base.
AT second base would rate Ward
as better than Rawlings. They are
different types, and perhaps Raw
tllngs might have greater appea!
to McGraw than Ward. because he
is all aggressive fighter, who over
comes some Of his shortcomings by
his spirit and dash. He plugged the
hig hole at second in the Giants in.
field. and is the type Of player VINO
mas go big. vet on form Ward must
be conceded the second'bas-a hon
ors.
At first base tho line Is perhaps
drawn a little more closely. Kelly IS
a big fellow. who offers 4 good tar
get for his infield. and at the bat is
always dangerous. home runs being
hts strong forte. Pipp is an equally
good fielder. and just as good u
hitter, although he won't get the
distance to his drives that Kelly
does. Pipp, to my way OF thinking,
10 :, much better first baSeman
than he is generally rated, If he
has n glaring fault it is tendency
to throw Wild at times. think
Plpp is entitled to slight margin
over Kelly.
Behind Plate.
Back OF the bat the honors 30 to
the Giants. I believe that SChang
will rate up with either Snyde" or
Smith .but his uNderstUdtes lack OK
nerionCe. Devormcr has shown great
possibilities. and seems destined TO
be star, hut 1t would be asking
a great deal for him to share tho
world series burden, in his first
year In the majors.
Snyder and Smith are fine re-
ceivers and hard hitters. Snyder
usually works against left-handed
pitchers, and Smith when a right
handler Is opposing, Both players
are extremely dangerous at the bat
and have the home-run habit
Schang is doing the best catching
Of his career and is a very danger.
Gus batsman,
In the outfieid we have Meuscl OF
the Giants opposed to rahe RUIN,
In a battle for the left field honors.
Meusel is n fine ballplnyer and n
great hitter. IIe may prove more
useful than Ruth in the series, but
OF course tho left field honors must
be sllpped to Babe" It isn't be
cause OF his home-run record either,
because Ruth Is n splendid fielder,
n good thrower and for big fellow,
fast on the bases. might add that
Meusel docs not suffer much in
comparison with baseball's out
standing star.
in center field George Burns, Of
the Giants, who in my opinion Is
one OF the gamo's greatest fielders,
has the call over Miller, OF tho
Yankees. Miller is a good fielder
and n fair hitter. His work In CEN
ter field has greatly helped the
Yankees. Burns does everything
we'll.
OutfIeld.
Bob Meusel OF the Yankees, has
Young Of the Giants rs his oNpo-
nent. II Bob Meusel took baseball
seriously he would 60 down In his
tory as ono OF the games greatest
stars. AS n right.hnnded hitter he
has almost as much power az Ruth,
FIe lacks initiative and aggressive
ness. However, ho ia such re-
markahlc batsman that I feel he is
entitled to the shade over Young.
feel that hitting alone decides
the margin in the case OF these two
players.
Yankee HurIers.
In my two previous articles I
have discussed Mt length the pitch.
ing strength OF the two teams. The
stan Of tho New York American