The New York herald., 1921-10-16
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bore themselves well. too. with two or
three muckerish exceptions.
Tho umpiring was competent and up
10 the average. Notwithstanding all the
kicking and possibly In some cases
sincere criticisms made of II. 1t was
splendidly fair and impartial. Unpires
do wonderfully well in their strict ad-
herence to the principle Of calling them
as they see them," and never receive
half the credit for their unbending i'm
partiality they deserve.
Tho 1921 series did not compare with
the 1912 series--Giants VS.. Red Sox--in
dramatic interest, but was better played
and more consistently grinding and ex-
acting. Every player had to be at his
bes< every minute, for the teams were
unusually well matched. The extraordi-
narilv effective pitching was the out
standing feature.
In three games. four off Barnes in two
games (16 1-3 innings) off Nehf, SIX In
three games: off Mays. six In three
games: off Hoyt, two in three games.
Fans who attended saw pitching of the
sort they aren't likely to look upon again
soon. Where, oh where, was the lively"
ball? Did It suddenly go dead. or were
the boys Tightening up too much at the
bat and swinging too much at bad onesY
knows.
The Cincinnati Reds Of 1919 were q
mighty good club, and a club fit to pat-
tie with the White Sox with the latter
playing their best and not handicapped
by the chicanery of certain members,
but the Giants of 1921 are the hardest
National League team to beat the Amer
icau League has met since 1914. Inc
Giants this year did not play any bet-
ter baseball than the Braves of 19l4--
not as good, in fact, except in pitching
but are team of much native ability.
The crowd George Stallings led in l9l4
WAS the best fighting aggregation or
decade
with great pitching on each side this
year. the Giants had the better OF II
there because they had more good
pitchers. Hoyt was the best on either
side. There wasn't passed ball or
wild pitch on the New York American
side. 1t was pretty close between
Snyder and Schang.. Snyder was the
more valuable hitter of the two; the
other the better backstop. His work was
cleaner than Snyder's and seemed I'd get
more out of the pitching, Schangs
throwing was more consistent. but sew
eraI times he was slow getting Ms
throws away and lost opportunities
Snyder has lots of pep and buoyancy,
which must ndNc ildu it> eiiSSt Oi' @'@N'
team. He had mono OF the appearance
of woodenness that so often attends his
work Smith gave a poor account pf
himself. end besides his rowdyism was
| a blot on himself and his team.
Expert fielding WAS seen at first base.
particularly in taking wayward throws.
| It's a case there of pay your money ana
take your choice. Kelly did his team
more good with the bat than Pipp did.
with both weak at the bat. Kelly led
| the whole field in number OF strike-outs.
Pipp's felders made 1t easier for him
than Kelly's did. The infield throwing
of the Yankees was consistently ac-
curate.
| Aaron Ward covered more ground at
second than John Rawlings and made
more spectacular plays. Both are square
| jawed lads and good fighters. Raw
lings, to the writer's way of thinking.
was tho more useful man OF the two.
His batting was timelier and his field
ing better In pinches. He was steady
and blamed active about 1t. too. He was
| a big figure of the series and the best
man In the Giant infield, notwithstand-
ing all the early sensationalisrn OF
Frisch. In short. he rose to the occasion.
and yet is not in the class with Frisch as
natural ball player.
| 4
J croft's work was ragged and he did not
add to his reputation. He did not play
as we'll al he can. He was disappoint-
| ment Both he and Peck hit poorly and
much after the manner OF old women.
| Peck handled ground balls more cleanly
and with harder chances. and at that
he blew" the last game by a missed
grounder He covered more ground than
! Bancroft and his throwing was more ac-
curate.
Frisch. though he tapered off In hit
ting in the last three games. played a
more brilliant third base than McNally
although McNally did his share OF that
| sort of thing. The third basemen con-
| tributed largely to what pyrotechnics
| the series furnished. Frsch was the
| series best base runner. He killed nu-
merous base hits for the Yanks and was
q fielding wizard. Mays and Hoyt
| stopped him to n standstill at the bat
once they sized him up. but considering
his youth. the short time he has been in
baseball and that 1t was his first world
series he acquitted himself exceedingly
WELL
| After Babe Ruth was forced out Of
the battling and his intrepid soul forced
| to chafe on the bench. Irish Meusel was
the best man In left field, the best with
the bat. He was one OF the most valu-
aable batsmen of the ruction. He field
| ed adequately in the main and saved one
situation with a perfect throw. Both
Ruth and Fewster were as good as he in
| the field.
The Yankee infield played batters
fully as shrewdly as their rivals-a bit
better on the whole. individually, how
ever, Elmer Miller was not George
Burns's equal. He was his compeer on
fly balls, but not as proficient at the
bat or on ground balls. Burns did not
throw as wei las was expected.