The New York herald., 1921-10-09
RAIN Helps YANKS,
SAY THE Wise ONES
Barnes's Pitching in a Finch
a Tonic for Giants When
Faltering.
HARPER in RESERVE
Points of World Series Play as
Brought Out by Three
Games.
By WILLIAM II. HANNA.

q uOOH Lndl ne WOulu use DslDe mum
against the Giants to-day If the Babe
could lift his bat, but the big fellow
had his arm in sling at the time and
it was paining him. II don't care
whether he can throw or not" added
Hug. Ruth said his arm didn't feel as
II he would be able to play and the
chances are against it.
The absence of Ruth will necessitate
a change in the Yankee batting order
for the fourth game to-day If more
hitting strength Is to be brought
toward the top. For that reason Wally
Schang. the catcher, and a mean hand
with the stick, will be moved up to
third place and Chick Fewster will
play left field and bat in eighth place.
Carl Mays, who will pitch to-day. is
good hitter. so the Yankees will have
fair batting strength without the Babe.
Huggins figures that Phil Douglas will
be back on the slope for the Giants
The midget manager has read good
deal about how the Giants are likely to
find Mays the second time they look
why the Yankees aren't just as likely
to do likewise to Douglas.
From various founts OF wisdom yes
terday came the intelligence that yes
.terday's rain would help the Yankees
more than the Giants. This might be
true in that 1t would give Ruth more
chance to get back in the game-if he
is to get back-but why it should help
Hugginss pitchers any more than Nc
Graw's is a line Of reasoning not easy
to follow
Rest for the Pitchers.
Mays would have had two days OF
rest yesterday and Douglas two. AS 1t
is now, Mays will have three days OF
rest. with which interim he Is usually
better than with two. Likewise Waite
IIoyt will have three. But so will DOUG
las and Nehf, and being 100 per cent.
human, SO far as Is known to the con-
trary, three days wiil be as helpful to
them as to the others.
Fred Toney wasn't any mere of a ,spct
cess as McGraw's third first string
pitcher than Bob Shawkey was as Hug
gins's. The pitching situation Is much
the same in both camps. except that In
Jesse Barnes the Giants have turned up
a far better relief pitcher than the Yam
KEGS have. To that extent the Giant
staff is in the better trim for the rest
of the arduous campaign.
There'll be some subtle scheming and
manipulating before ~the strife is over
and on each side is a long headed boss
TO do 1t. Huggins, has Harry Harper
still in reserve. Harper Is, OF course. |
an unknown quantity, but he has the
stuff undoubtedly and Is hard man
to beat If he can get it over. Moreover.
he's a determined chap and showed
nerve in the final weeks Of the Yankees
pennant campaign.
The admirable pitching OF Barnes was
O great tonic for the Giants when they
were taltering. He pitched better on
Friday than he did In all the National
League year. His slow ball. mixed with
81 faster one, was effective. The Yankees
didn't hit him, and are due to begin
hitting. They have won two games out
OF three, but haven't hit nearly as well
as they are capable of hitting. be 1t
National or American League pitchers
opposing. them. 1t isn't reasonable to
suppose Mays and Hoyt can continue
AZ the clip they've shown thus far. and
the Yankees must hit better to carry off
this series However. Mays and Hoyt
are no more likely to retrograde than
Douglas and Nehf.
Ruth's Absence.
The leading topic is how will Ruth's
absence affect the strength of the team.
NJ hft like the Rahe
and the Yanks will have lost not only
threat but a power. The Giants cannot
help feel more confident with Ruth out
The Babe, without being SNOWY about
S. has been a big help on the offensive
He has stolen two bases, his base run
ming made possible one run and he has
batted in two. The two hits he made
were timely.
Fewster Is fast. aggressive and chock
full of pluck. There's no way Frank
Baker can be worked into the lineup so
that his batting ability may be utilized.
Yankee fans say the team can win the
series without Ruth. Which IS as may
be. Nor is II q sure thing the Yanks
could win with him.
go far as the battling has gone some
culirhtment has been thrown on the
respective ability Of the rivals In various
capacities n has been shown that the
Yankees are as good base runners az
the Giants. that they have Just as much
baseball brains, are fully as good night
ers and are fully as good In the field.
They have felded better so far and have
given as fine an inleld display as can
be found In seasons travel.
Throughout the morale OF the Yanks
has been splendid, and the Giants.
though wabbly and with stage fright for
two days, showed by their brace mem
tally as well as physically. on Friday
that their morale was there and needed
only to be aroused. The same admira-
BILE spirit with which these teams won
their respective pennants promises to at
tend the series to the finish and make
IL notable.
The unsportsmanlllSe and boorish con-
duct OF Earl Smith Of the Giants. which
brought upon his head a fine OF 5000.
has been the only discordant note. save
the cheap, contemplate and stupid ac-
tions of some alleged fans In ''razzlng"
Ruth and other Yankees In the third
game. There was none of that sort of
thing when the Yankees were beating
the Giants, and no decent minded fan
of either allegiance approves OF It.
The three games also have shown
that the batting strength OF the Giants
Ia better distributed than that OF the
Yankees. Piching being equal, 4 will
beat steadler rataplan throughout the
Est seven places.