New-York tribune., 1922-10-07

Yanks Favored
To Take Third
Battle TO-DAY
''Old Percentage Points ;.
Victory for Hugrnen a., &
ter Brace Of SethaeL.
By w. ]. Macbeth

The genus Of sportsman specnI.e
ly to be found about New Yort !.
tainly glutton for punishment :,
betting in sporting circles about ~ ..''
last night indicated.
Though the Yankees in the ,s,..
games to date have shown H..,s
the class that enables them to asr Al
American League championships =,
though they failed to stop Mscr.~,
worlds champions in three starts q.
are still favorites, at 4 to s. fa, -.
afternoons game. For the world,
championship, of course, McGrav,s .l.t
is a prohibitive favorite, with litss {
no betting, the odds running all 4.
way from TO 4 to ! to 8.
In the best posted circles il i,t.
lieved that Joe Bush and Arthur N...
who opposed each other on the hin I,
the opening encounter, which Ssjt5.,
finished, will be the respectiys ia.
men this afternoon. Bush, the chsn,;,.
finger of the American League. ma.
opinion of followers Of the gane i,u
likely to drop two in rog. for !.
always has been at his very bs.s >,
occasions OF such moment. # seem, -
most certainty that McGraw viii ron,,
back with Nehf, his southpaw aco ~
the Yankees are supposed to like fort
hand finging none too we'll and xehf
will be ready to drop into best adyor
tage in this spot.
To date the 1922 worlds seris. l..
been notable for the comparativeIg Gs
light wagering recorded. Il ia nrabati..
that not one-tenth the money ordinarii,.
wagered on this blue ribbon has he's.
hazarded. And what activity there w.s
in the market last night indicated thst
those VINO had backed the Yankees n
win the series had been goaded 70 -Ls
desperation of one last fling as the hos,
means Of successfully "hedgine.'
John T. Doyle, the billiard inn-s,.
sario, is one of the best posted author.
ties on betting on games of ell kind,
Il cannot remember series in which
there is go little wagering" SAID Doyls
last night. "The market has been mors
active since the finish of today's ea-,s
than at any time previously since tbs
two New York clubs won their men.
nants.
"In view Of what has already tran.
spired it may strike the casual N.
server as somewhat strange that tho
Yankees should be to ) favorites for
Saturdays game. But it is simply
question OF the old percentage. The ole.
ment of luck is so strange that few
sane men can figure the Yankees d
drop three in a row, no matter now had.
ly they have slumped. It evidertIy
strikes the Yankee supporters that d.
days game is the one on which 10 taL.
welcher's chance.
While most of those now wsper,,
on the Yankees seem to be bettas
originally hooked on the championsh,.
proposition. there are some few takv
the short end Of an apparently =
bet in the hope that the Ameriua
League representatives. may con.
through successfully in the Ss.ardsY
engagement. A Yankee vicsory. ui
course, would effect such switch n
the odds that late bettors at fancy odds
could shop so successfully as to eiaes
plenty of soft winter money Ths
market should be brisk twenty.fosy
hours later if the Yankees win. Other.
wise it is likely to be case of wait
ing for the inevitable on the part Of
those who originally favored the rep-
resentatlves of the American League"