New Britain herald., 1921-10-13
GIANTS HOPEFUL
 OF WINNING TODAY
Mugmen Expect to Be Worlds
 Champions Before Nightfal

New York, Oct. 13.-The world Series may end today in a victory for the New York Giants. But they will have to break themselves of the habit of getting whipped by Waite Hoyt, the amazing young man who earns his living pitching for the Tanks. Twice already he was outwitted the McGraw ment permitting them no runs the first time and only one score last Monday.
 Nehf and Hoyt
 Artie Nehf left handed, but trust worthy, probably will pitch for the Giants. He was their finger on both other days when Hoyt worked and the pitched well. His main trouble being the failure of his colleagues to render substantial encouragement with their bats.
 The Giants moved to within one game of basebalPs highest honors yesterday afternoon when Shufflin Douglas obtained 2 to 1 victory over Carl Mays who pitches like ten pin player but gets there just the same. This victory was the fourth of the series for the Giants. The Tanks have won three. It was the first time since the Vendetta began at the Polo Grounds last week that the Giants pranced ahead of the Huggins pack. Also it was the fourth triumph for the National Leaguers in the last five games.
 If the Giants win today the cham pionship is theirs while the Tanks to wear the crown must go forward this afternoon and repeat in the game that would follow. It is no secret that they now tenant an uneviable position sometimes described as having their backs to the wall.
 For the present they can hitch their wagon to Waite Hoyt But one star cannot pull a team around every day, at least not in baseball and the Tank supply is limited compared to Me Graw's constellation. Mays is the only other boxman who has shown 8 capa- city to befuddle the Giant batsmen. McGraw has Slim Sallee, Pat Shea and Jess Barnes to pitch against the Tanks 1 in a ninth game.
 Stars Out of Game
 | The Tanks begin the eighth battle still berett of their most powerful of fensive weapon the incomparable | Babe Ruth. His sundry sore spots compel him to refrain from the com bat And it may be they will have to get along without McNally, fast young third baseman. His shoulder was hurt yesterday in sliding to second base and he had to retire. Frank Baker replaced McNally and got two
 hits, but the veteran has not the Ispeed of the youth nor equal agility in the field.
 | People who believe in the exist f,< J < 11 AS,p of d1c iyex
 which compose the battery of the goods came right out today and said the Giants were sure to win the cham l pionship. They declared that the breaks" looked for in every sport. ing test to point to the ultimate winner
 came yesterday and indicated that tho goose of the Tanks was in the ice box and soon would be cooked.
 Fate picked out the seventh inning to do the Tanks a mean trick. There is cult of fans and writers whic} stern1y holds the seventh to be luck. lwhen such thiu~ft almost afway transpire and that usually they re dound to the greater glory of tn home team. The Giants were the hom team yesterday. They wore white uni | forms while the Tanks made believ
 they were out in the country and hat on their darker working clothes. When tho Break Came
 The afore mentioned cult Joined tht
 'I told you so" club last night. The, had been Mays and Douglas battlin. along evenly into the seventh innin:
 when with two men gone Rawling got to first on a hard roller the Ward muffed. Well there's the break one heard folks all around remarkin
 while Ward was thinking unkin
 things of his luck. And sure enoug the break had come. Before one coul say Jack Robinson more than half .. dozen times, this Rawlings perso crossed the plate with the run tha
 won the game. He had been sen
 around the bases by Snyder's two bas blow into center field that Miller an 2 1 EeNster had hard time raiclzinsz o1