The New York herald., 1921-10-02
GIANTS ARE THE
MORE RESOURCEFUL
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Frisch. Unless the American League
pitching is steady. more SO than 1t has
been for the most part this year. the
Giants will show clean, crisp bunch hit
ting to a dangerous degree and the speed
to make the most of 1t while the rally
is on.
But the Giants possess no such poten-
tiality with the bat as Is found In the
group consisting Of Peck, Ruth, Meusel
and Pipp. long distance wallopers who.
with a blow or two, can round up a
bunch OF runs In hurry and change
the aspect of a ball game.
Much has been made of the speed of
the Giants as compared with that Of the
Yankees. with such men as Burns. Ban
croft Frisch and Young they are faster
afoot than the Yankees. but the Ameri-
can Leaguers aren't nearly as slow as
they've often been made out to be; and
the probabilities are that there won't be
much advantage to the Giants from their
greater fleetness OF foot.
Base running superiority. that IL, base
stealing superiority, hasn't much chance
to manifest itself In = short series. and
then again there's good deal more tU
base running than stealing bases The
ability to get to first speedily. to 60 from
first to third on singles or from second
home Is an important part of the base
running department..
The Yankees have nobody as fast as
Trisch. but they have in McNally a real
fast man, and other fast ones in Meusel
"a much faster traveller than his
brother Emil--Ruth. Pipp. Schang and
II -, 4 l~> Av. 4,
SERIES also Hawkes., who IL as neet as
Frisch. Schang is the fastest catcher in
baseball. and his understudy. De vor-
sner. is another fast one. The Yankees
quite likely. with the same opportuni-
ties, will 60 from frst to third as often
as the Giants. though they may not beat
out as many inield hits.
Alertness and Moods.
I like the alertness Of the Giants, the
buoyancy, the elan, as compared to the
Yankees demeanor. The latter are
more a team of moods, but don't make
the mistake OF thinking they aren't
game. They are and as definitely so as
any team in either league, but not as
olithesome about 1t or as positive in ex-
preston. Moreover 1t is the purest non
sense to say the Yankees are nothing
and can turn on q varied offence when
they call on all natural resources. Yet
the Giants are the more resourcefu
team of the two and play with more
apparent confidence in a close, un-
certain game. They are more likely to
put over q needed run or two, and thai
is most useful attribute in worlds
series.
The Giants a1ave been a strong finish
! ing team game by game this year. Thai
indeed is one OF their most admirable
qualities. They excel the Yanks there.
| There's one factor of offence this yeal
not existing in previous worlds series
and that is the factor of the liveliel
ball.
The ball, whatever its n'ards, ha.
been driven further this year than evel
before. Maybe it's the pitching, fol
never before in the writer's observation
OF thirty-five years has he seen sucf
ordinary pitching. In either event thu
greater freedom with which the ball |!
being biffed introduces the possibility
| Of more scoring and less "tightness'
than have been the rule in world.
series play. The Yanks with theil
greater ability to hit them far are lilsel,
to be the greater beneflciaries by thi
| new condition.
! 1t is Il new condition which may pu.
less emphasis on pitching than in previ-
GUS years, though not sufficiently tc
keep 1t from being the chief single de.
pendence Of either of the contendins
clubs. Nothing dampens a teams ardol
like inability to hit The Yanks show tc
poor advantage when their hitting is
curbed seriously, more so than do the
Giants. To whatever extent that diff
ference exists just SO much will 1. be in
the Giants favor.
On what each side has done the
Giants catching STAFF. a decidedly ca.
pable one mechanically, has so little or
the Yankee staff except numerically
that IL isn't worth mentioning. Both run
more to mechanical ability than the
other kind. All of the regulars--Schang
Snyder and Smith-are good, even dan
gerous, hitters with Schang having the
greater offensive value because he car
| run much faster than either of the othel
| two.
Snyder is preferable as a thrower. He
is more consistent thrower. The Yam
kee is corking good man on fouls ant
| foul tips, but Snyder excels him on play.
at the plate and handles crratic pitching
better. Any one of the three Is liabl,
to slam ball into the grand stand an,
time. De vormer OF the Yankees is fas
ard a good hitter, a cool, fighting man
as he has shown such times as he ha,
been used. Fred Holman is a hustler
None of the lot Is Of the quality o
| ONeill of the Indians.
Moving along out the all importan
median line. one comes to the pitchers
the chief integers OF defence. Maye
Shawlsey. Hoyt and possibly Harpe
may be looked for TO shoulder the worl
for the Yanks: Toncy. Nehf and Dougla
appear to be the men on whom McGray
will place his main reliance.
PerplcxinE Situation.