New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Douglas and Mays
Will Meet Again
In To-day's Battle
10000 Fans Disappointed
When Fourth Contest of
Big Series Is Postponed
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Second Baseman Aaron Ward, who
takes bow with twenty-five accepted
chances, minus an error, and robust
batting average of 1854. This combina-
ton upon attack and defense is some
thing to cheer over, and if Frisch slips
and Ward keeps going there may be
shift in scepters at the last moment.
McGraw, with four handy pitchers
around, needed no such dispensation
from an overhead providence, but in
spite of all this the Giant manager
coyly admitted that having broken
through he believed now that his ball
club was on it's way to the winners
end of the biggest financial split in the
history of the game.
The prospects are that 176,0C0 fans
will pay $4,000 to see the first five
games, in which the players reap their
golden harvest For the first FIVE
games worlds series players get rs
per cent of sd per cent of the total
taken in, which will amount to $685.
600, the same to be split 6O-40. This
leaves something like $1,000 each for
the winers and paltry $4,000 each
for those cnsnarled in the whirlpool
Of defeat.
With Mays facing Douglas in the
fourth encounter there are keen indi
cations that another pitchers battle
test as their first meeting. The Giants
figure to hit Mays battling underhand
delivery with trifie moro abandon,
but if the Ozark star is right they
will hardly reach him for any surplus
of tallies. The welcome rest leaves
big Carl on edge, and this means that
Shufflin' Phil will need one of his top
afternoons to recover damages for
what took place on opening day.
These two on form should turn out
a corking contest, with both clubs now
keyed to an extreme notch. In the
same way the two rival factions have
with the old family feeling of brother
ly love tossed out of the window for
the duration of the war. All of which
has pumped q flow of spice into the
program, and if the big Babe only
gets the hinge in condition everything
will be back to its pristine pink
Peck at short has outfelded Bancroft
by a distance margin, but neither has
figured to any extent upon attack.
Peck's infeld play has been one of
the high spots of the giddy whirl, but
as the two short stops together have
only amassed two hits, they need big
Improvement with the wooden mace
to reach their proper places in the
final ranking
The Yanks still outrange the Giants
by number of furlongs upon defense,
but as a result of Fridays roaring
thunder the Giants are Sc points
ahead at bat with 10 runs against II.
Through Ruth and McNally the Yanks
still lead in stolen bases by the ad-
vantage Of q single theft, but one of
those slides by Ruth may cost him
heavily in the end as we'll as on the
elbow.
No one can say for certain at Just
what point he will dash back into the
plot, but unless they chain him down
he will be there before the curtain
falls.
Kelly Goes Hitless
Among those anxious for the series
to get under away again is Kelly, of
the Giants, who is imbued with yearn-
ing desire to promulgate his first base
hit. 1t has been q tough series on the
sluggers, but Kelly's fate has been
the toughest of the lot. 1t may be in
teresting to note that rival pitchers
have famed Ruth and Kelly, home run
kings, far more than any one else on
the field. Each has padded the gold
en- October air four times, while no
one else has famed more than twice.
The penalty is far from light for the
cove who Is expected to hoist the ball
over the distant wall every time he
lifts bat. They both draw the best
stuff each pitcher has to offer, and
this doesn't help them on the way.