New Britain herald., 1921-10-11
BARNES OR TONEY .
 GIANT M0UNDSMAN
Tanks to Use Harper, Early
 Predictions State

New York, Oct. Hilary Harper for the Tanks and Jess Barnes for the Giants were expected to receive the pitching assignments today for the sixth clash of the world series, in which the American leaguers now have lead of three victories to two.
 No one is sure they will start, however. Even Miller Huggins, man. ager of the Tanks and oJhn McGraw, leader of the Giants, seemed unde- cided this morning. Higgins agreed it might be Harper, but surmised he would also give a thought or two to Shawkey or the mellowed Jack Quinn. The Napoleonic general of the Giants announced that he would select either Barnes or Toney.
 t The type of fan who can't keep his mind on office work at all this week because of the expressing business that is being conducted at the Polo Grounds felt pretty sure it would be Barnes and not Toney who would go forth to meet the Yank hitsmiths He argued like this:
 Barnes Looks Good.
 Toney was knocked out of the box last Friday but Barnes, who replaced him, kept the Huggins clan subdued while his comrades punished an as- sortment of fingers who followed one another from Yankee dugout to pitchers mound and thence perforce of Giant aggressiveness with the big stick. to the soothing showers.
 People who devote time to think ing of Barnes generally consider him relief pitcher. That has been his occupation this season but he still can be useful as early as the first inning, without waiting to learn from the mistakes of others.
 The commander-in-ch of the Tanks contemplated the prospects of his men with optimism as he break lasted with one eye on a sport page and the other watching the tricky grapefruit. The team got back it's fighting spirit while whipping the Giants, 3 to 1 yesterday he remarked, going on to predict that the Giants would never come back far enough to beat the Tanks out of the cham pionship.
 Ruth Out Again.
 The only gloom on Huggins hori- zon was the fact that Babe Ruth s doctor again had ordered him out of the series because of his injured arm and leg. The Babe over-ruled a sim liar order Sunday in his eagerness to see the series through, but it ap- peared he might have to bow to the new edict. Ee was obviously in bad shape after yesterdays exertions and his doctor declared there was danger of permanent injury if the big slug ger persisted in using his infected arm.
 "Hoyt was in great form," said Hug gins. All of us had confidence that the boy would win again. The whole team played vigorously behind him and it was great after the tough loss of Sunday"
 1 Wasn't our Meusel wonderful in the field and at bat?" he inquired.
 That was an easy one to answer
 Meusel was wonderful even more SC than the box score showed. The hit
 ting statistics gave him a two bag ger and single. They didn't ever
 hint how close he came to making
 another two bagger. It was in the ninth. The Yank Meusel slammed a liner over third base and galloped half way around the diamond before someone gently broke the news that the ball had been adjudged foul Strolling back he picked up his bal again feeling much the same as ir the first game of the series when he whaled a three bagger and was called out for snubbing first base on his way to better roasting places.
 This same Meusel 1t was who stif1ed a Giant hitting spell in the second round with 8 beautiful throw to sec ond afte1 Bancroft mauled into right field while Burns was on base. Agair in the eighth he extinguished thu
 flaming Giant hopes by fast fielding on Xelly's smash that caromed of a signboard and whizzing throw tha tagged Kelly at second. Young previ
 ously had singled and a run seemed
 imminent at the time.
 Makes No Forecast. |, Unlike Higgins McGraw made nc , fowery forecast of the future. No ! had he any bouquets for the past. " . believe Ruth was out at first on tha bunt," he said. This referred to thu little surprise attack by the enfan : terrible which started the Tanks to ward triumph number three. MI
 McGraw also maintained the umpir ing behind the plate was bad. w lost, and we should have won,' wa his retrospective summary of tn proceedings that went on yesterda 3 before the tribune assembled unde the shadow of Coogan's not unad 3 vertised bluff.
 Babe Ruth's bat devoted itself t , swelling the breeze of the afternoo Q on all occasions save the one tha 0 presented him as a master craftsma 3 in the gentle art of bunting. Rut 5 fooled everybody with that soft taI
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