The New York herald., 1921-10-07
Incidentally McGraw's Team
Is Playing Up to World
Series Form.

BY SAMUEL J. BROOKMAN.
We are forced to the conclusion that
tne Yankees have chance; even the
liant rooters admit it.
True. thu Giants arc not playing to
season form but there Is no denying the
act that they are living up to their
worlds series form.
There ar, one or two questions in this
s,ies still unanswered One OF them
~ Have the Giants really as much
speed as the critics said they have?
Chances are they have, but they haven't
reached fret base often enough either to
'rove it or disprove Il
Giant supporters are consoling them
selves with the thought that the Yankees
'aa't play any better ball than they
have been playing, nor can McGraw.s
,eam play any worse. Mix In the law
or averages. and If. you are a Giant
roster you can begin to see hope.
Here's tho answer to the Giants fail
IRE, In nutshell: Eighteen innings
without run, seven regulars without
IL hit in two games. a bit of headless
baseball at important stages.
Notice tie similarity between the first
anS secord games. Each a pitchers
battle. Both games ended in double
Tiay and with the score SO. In both
contests Ftisch and Rawlings were the
only Giants to hit safely.
You can't keep a star out OF the lime
light. Prevent Ruth from hitting by
Passing him to frst, and ne proceeds to
rim rampant on the bases. stealing Sec
and and third. He might have made
Lrcak for home, too, had Meusel waited
Iorg enough at bat to give him an op-
pLrtunity. It was the very daring and
audiences OF Ruth's pilferins that en-
abled him to go through with 1t sue
cessfully.
As for Waite Hoyt. all Flatbush Is his
for the asking. 1t was said on reliable
authority last night that the real estate
men Of Flathush in order to boom busi
Il. SIS have decided to contribute to the
ra.nting Of a huge sign to be displayed
on the maiY. F1atbush thoroughfare and
hearing this legend: waite Hoyt lives
heie."
After being called out on close de-
cision at etcond In the eighth inning.
Burns said a few things to Chill, and
the latter, as was to be expected, gave
him an icy stare
One Yarkee rooter In high glee after
rho game admitted to a disgruntled
Girnt fan that Frank Frisch was a
pretty fair team. "But what are those
ether men in uniform doing out there"
he added.
or all the seeing and hearing UNI
pires IN the major leagues George Mori-
arity Is the seeingest and the hearingest.
George could hear remarks from the
Yankee and Giant benches that an UNI
pire with just ordinary developed senses
would be ignorant entirely. and he
was kept busy telling the offending ath-
occasional difficulties on balls and
strikes and the constant threat of
slugfest between Earl Smith. the talka-
tive Giant catcher. and some OF the
Yankees, and Moriarity certainly had
most nervous afternoon.
The game had far more pepper than
the nrst There were moro difflcult
chances for the ielders and consequently
more thrills.
That's getting the breaks" averred
Yankee fan when Frisch started
lightning double play that cut of
Yankee rally In the first inning. That
same fan didn't seem to understand
that had he been out there irving TO
stop the drive that sizzled Off Bob Meu-
sells bat the impact would have carried
him almost into the Harlem River. Yet
in blissful ignorance he called 1t get
ting the breaks"
Rawlings's second hit OF the series,
like his first, was a Texas Lacquer.
Frisch's hit was the only solid bingle
off Hoyts delivery.
For three innings Nehf rocked like
staggering boxer about to take the
count, but some alright support saved
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