The New York herald., 1922-10-04
liIl Desert business.


Served seats will take their
line with the populace early
Ind wait for the chances to enter
ium with the rest.
use of the careful manner in
nSwhat Chaucer used to call the
pasteboards were distributed the
q tors have very little chance to
IN tickets for the worlds series.
IL an absolute check on every
Owed seat sold by either office.
Rush for Seats Unprecedented.
: Despite the lugubrious predictions that
the series of 1922 would rouse very lit
tie interest the rush for seats for the
drama which starts near Coogan's Bluff
to-day has been unprecedented. Some
of this added interest may be due to
the fact that the statlstics-which are
not always to be relied upon--indicated
that the Yanks have better than an
even chance to win their first worlds
championship and that the Yanks of
1928, headed by Col. Jacob Rupert
carrying the fountain pen and check
book that constructed the Yanks team
and Col. Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Hus-
ton wearing the famous iron hat, will
march into their new park with two
pennants flying.
Never have the Giants gone into a
world series with such a weak aggrega-
ton of pitchers-Judging from the work
of the hurlers during the regular sea-
SON The loss of Shufflin' Phil Douglas.
who was shuffled right out of organized
baseball Just as he was needed most,
disorganlzed. almost utterly. what was
not particularly strong staff to begin
with McGraw is forced to start the
series with rather frai left handler.
a. - L. -
Joe Bush, flushed with the conf
dence of his twentysix victories: Bob
Shawkey. the original wearer OF the
red flannel shirt. the coolest and
gamest pitcher of them all: Waite
Hoyt, the Brooklyn Boy Wonder, who
started for the Yanks la the last world
series: Carl Mays, who has not had a
particularly good year but who is still
great pitcher. and Sad Sam Jones
who promised most Of all at the start
of the season but delivered the least.
Jess Barnes ON Job Again.
Following Nehf, the Giants have jess
Barnes, one OF the Giant heroes of the
last world series but not so good in
the season Just closed; Hugh McQun-
Ian, the most recent purchase from the
Boston Braves; Jack Scott, whose sore
0NNF1OtAo
into shape; Rosie Ryan. Claude Jonnard
and Young Virgil Barnes, own brother
TO Jess. the latter three being young
and inexperienced.
In pitching the Yanks not only have
the edge. They have tho whole blade.
An yet John Joseph McGraw, with the
iron gray head that used to bob up so
aggressively near the umpires. bowed
in thought. took this disorganized pitch
ing staff through the turbulent West.
even through st. Louis, and won nine
out of eleveu~games in the dash that
cinched the pennant for the Giants
With the wonderful pitching staff OF
the Yankees the New York Americans
just staggered under the wire while the
iron hat Of Col. Tillinghast LHomme-
dieu Huston was cracking under the
strain and the hand that held the
pen that wrote the check for the Yanks
was palsied with trepidation.
Municipality Is Neutral.
The municipality Is more or less neu-
trail in this close 70 fratricldal strife
which starts on the south bank OF tho
Harlem River to-day. Mayor John Il.
Hylan will maintain a dignfied neutral
ity, hoping that the better team Will get
the extra change AL Smith, despite his
own Tammany affiliations and the Tam
many affiliations OF the Giants. will tosr
In the first ball without fear or favor.
The ball will be tossed TO Arthur Nehf.
ono OF New YorlS's favorite sons from
Terre Haute. as the Giants are the home
team and will wear their white uniforms.
The Yanks. to preserve the polite fiction
that they are visitors and strangers TO
tho Polo Grounds, will wear their travel
ing suits OF slate blue and go 10 the hat
first.
In the natural course Of events Babe
Ruth will come to bat early in the day.
What the Babe docs may turn the whole
tide Of the conflict IL he busts ono
against tho welkin tho detonation OF tho
bat against the ball may mean that the
worlds championship dream. OF Coils
Rupert and Huston. the dream for
which they have been paying tho bills
for many years. is about to be realized.
In the course OF his career OF bust
the Babe has accumulated no few homo
runs, particularly in the Polo Grounds.
home run at this particular point to-
morrow would have considerably
greater historical and financial valre
than any he has made 20 date. Yet
when homo run would have meant
chapters Of baseball history the Babe
has been known to cause a vacuum witt.
n long sweep Of his bat or TO peer in
tently at a third strike as Il curved
gracefully over the plate.
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