Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-04

taxing tie capacity of convention con
 gested hotels.
 New records in either attendance or gate receipts are unlikely however, for with the return to the seven game se- riee, duplication of the figures estaD- fshed in last seasons best five out -of | nine games appear impossible An other year. when the Yankees new. lpzrk with it's seventy to eighty thou sand seating capacity is completed, there may be different tale to tell but this season the 1921 total receipt | for eight games of $S00.23S, and the laggregate attendance of 26s,977 seems safe.
 Landis Refuses to Pick Winner
 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, high commissioner of baseball, assigned the umpires for the opening game this evening, with the statement that all the preliminaries had been completed and that now 1t was Up to the play CTS and the weather man. Now don't ask me to name win Iner," he warned. q am neutral but | it's going to be a great series. His selections of positions for the umpires place W. J. Klem and Barry IMcCormick of the National league be- hind home plate and at second, while | As of the American league will work close to the first and third base foul lines. l The arbiters will have plenty to do | from the start of play for a keener
 contested series is not likely to be
 found in the history of the World se-
 ries.
 | Strongest cenbinations for Today l It goes without saying that both manager McGraw and Miller Higgins, the Yankees mentor, will send their strongest combinations into battle to-
 morrow. In short four out of seven game series, victory in the initial clash si spells an advantage which it is hard to overcome.
 The Giants are expected to open on | their own grounds and in the role of home players with Artie Nehf, the I'star twirler, facing the American lea I que standard bearers Nehf has won nineteen games out of thirty-seven starts in the National league pen nant race this season and is with out doubt the Giants pitching ace.
 'IGuggins is expected to send Joe l Bush, the Brainard, Minn., siege gun I to the mound in an endeavor to se- fcure the initial edge on the McGraw- Iites. Y {. has lost but seven games out of. the thirty eight he started this sea son and probably will prove a for
 nidabfe obstacle in the Nationals rush to victory.
 Il MeGraw Confident
 Manager McGraw. contends that ht
 has sufficient twirling strength fol such a series and predicts that sen. sationaI fielding will back up tho
 pitchers and cut down the heavy ant
 long distance batting that the ayeragt ! followers of baseball expects to fea.
 ture the play.
 4 Huggins;. assured, of excellent hurl
 ing from his veteran staff of pitchers ! is counting upon. the Yankees heav,
 hitters to, batter their way to the iron pfomptly and hold the lead until tn end.
 Much Depends on Ruth { Much will depend upon Babe
 Ruth's ability to hook into the de ) livery of the opposing leagues sta boxmen. Twelve months ago he wa , not in physical condition to do him self justice. Aside from a sligh
 " strained side today, he is ready an
 Yankee fans are hoping that tn
 Baufbino will deliver in sensationa E fashion in his second facing of tn
 the Giants twirlers.
 The Barnbino was out with the Tan kees in their final practice which be gan shortly after 10 o'clock this morn ? ing and ended the Giants ambled ou about eleven. He leaned hard agains :. the pitching, sent a. couple from hi 3 bludgeons into the cooler attitudes an r then disappeared.
 II It was before a quiet but deeply in { terested crowd of truant school boys -H. tA n1, get inside by percolating through tn concrete walls, that both teams pu ? in their final stitches. Mostly,.it wa ? a light workout to keep muscles froI stiffening.
 Teams Work Nicely II The teams worked similarly, the reg 8 ular infields practicing as they before game, and the outf eide. g chasing fungoes and some of tn VI pitchers and catchers passing the bal