Evening star., 1922-12-31

BAH way out III the country has been
ceep seated FOR years Il began away
back in the eighties" when the New
York Giants first assumed their i'm
Dortant par: in base hall. The natural
sEtaEonism Of the small city fer the
iarge was increased in those days by
'he manifest sense of Importance with
u'htch the New YORK players held
themselves on western fields. In re-
atty Il was very fine asset for New
York because the more bitter the RI
valry which they could engender. the
more likely they We're - attract
crowds 10 see them play.
Charge Pennants Bought.
Tie feeling Witch began years ago
r.-ver has abated and probably never
viii II was intensified ir 1922 when
both New York clubs IN Kid scaso,
chase oe piayers. Both teams needed
assistance. although thc Giants
proved thai they were less 4 nced OF
IL than their rivals.
When tn Yankees secured DUgal
from the Boston Americans sud the
Giants took McQuiiiap from the Ros-
ton cub OF their circuit thu rest and
part Of the east raised .hH cry that
me pennant was being bought. This
ras repeated again ard ae;-in until
lie wee: was = solid unit IL wishing
Goth -. Louis clubs good luck il their
,..forts to defeat New York.
The 81. Louis Nationals were the
fl-st to surrender TO the strength Of
the Giants in the National League.
The Browns carried the fgh: against
the New York team of the American
league to the very last days OF the
season Indeed. the ti,le to the pen
,ant in the American League was not
settled until the New York Americans
had but two days LEI, 70 play. They
needed one game to make their cham
p.onship sure and they won II In Bos-
ton by the narrowest OF margins.
Boston critics are OF the op Mon
1Hat IL Pennock. lefthandeo pitcher,
rad been started against the NeW
York Americans In the game. which
-ras played in Boston and which oe-
..tded the ownership OF the pennanc
T;oston would have Won and the pen
..an, race would have ended In G re;
However, that Is a matter OF personal
opinion and like ali such theories IN
nos,ih!e OF demonstration because the
lar is ended and the championship
race of 1922 Is decided.
Series short and sweet.
When the world series was played IN
Eev York the champions or the
National League defeated the cham
pions of the American League as they
lad the year before. They did IT IN
quicker time and fewer games. The
American League team did not Tin
game, although the second contest re-
suited in a tie. being called on ac-
count Of darkness at the END OF inc
tenth inning. Five games were played
in all and the proceeds Of the second
t,ame were given to charity. Half OF
rhe receipts were turned over to dis
abled soldiers and half to New YORK
charities; There vas some ns,'Ie 9nes'tSa ION
game, but action of that kind Is vested
in the jundment of the umplres ana
those who know the Polo Grounds
best are of the opinion that the um- I'M
pires were wise in not going 100 1ar
:gainst gathering gloom.
The New York Giants in the world
s.rtes outbatted their rivals, nelded
better than their ri"als. ran bases Win
better judgment than their rivals ard
were served with better pitching.
The New York Americans IN the
,,ur.d series had opportunities to Win
every game and never rose TO the
emergency They oas,as. made their ss, tnsx pes,
.,vercarne lead of three runs and
,ied the score. In spite of the fact
that the New York Nationals exceiiea
n these attributes of base ball which
.unstance that the Yankees had such
splendid possibilities. The luck OF
base ball was against them. There Is
no question as to that.
single Misplays Fatal.
, On three occasions one nisplay cost
them q game and on three occasions
they threw their chance away when
success was staring them In the race.
In that respect there has been no
world series like 1t. The reason for
II Is in the low scores. The Yankees
even in defeat, never permitted their
rivals to get away from them. SO,
while the victory Of the Giants ap-
pears to have been tremendously
,.ne-sided result. literally Il was not.
lost after securing what seemed to
nc IL winning lead.
The New York Nationals Won the
championship Of their league with Ii
Itching staff less capable than the
Giants ever had on Il championship
team because of the sudden return to
life of Casey Stengel. an outfelding
,-etcran. who had been thought to
lave served his best years. II is not
an exaggerated statement to give
hat much credit to Stcngel. Analyze
the results and the scores Of the
games of the Giants after Stengel was
brought into service and the ad-
rIirablc WORT Of this old fellow In
oase bali stands out as one OF the
most conspicuous performances IN
years. He was to his team what
,lany a star pitcher has been to other
winning teams.
Bush Won American Flag.
The New York Yankees won the
championship OF their league after
one of the keenest contests in the
history Of that circuit. Their victory
vas the result of the unexpectedly
admirable showing of Bush, a pitcher
whom they had obtained from the
Boston American club. II was their
Iuckicst part Of any deal that they
made. They did not lose anything
when they obtained Dugan from Bos-
ton to play third base. Baker had
become too slow and McNally was
not strong enough with the bat to
hold up championship team. Ruth
was not permitted to play with the
matter how fiat he fell In the world
series there is no doubt that during
the season he was a player Of value
to his club.
Cincinnati finished second In the
National because of the improvement
Of the clubs younger players. The
team developed consistent pitchers.
Pittsburgh was pushed out Of Sec
ond place In the National at the last
. lapses IN form which were typical of
the Pittsburgh club all the year.
St Louis, after being q contender in
the National. dropped back to a tie
Tor third, because the team generally
cruupled uo when 1t had its best op-
portunitY Of years to win a National
League championship.
Chicago. Brooklyn, Philadelphia and
Boston made up the second division
streugth was not great enough to
AIRY them any further. The out
NHG:Ec event Of the second division