The New York herald., 1922-09-29
Burkett Expects Breaks to
Decide Baseball Classic
Ea Barrow Looks for Yanks to
Win Through Great
Pitching.
BY DANIEL.

BY DANIEL.
Don't let anybody tell you that a
world series is anything but an even
proposition. ! have been around long
enough to know that nothing should be
taken for granted in baseball" said
Jess Burkett, the Giants scout and
tutor of recruits, in discussion OF the
coming classic yesterday afternoon.
Don't forget that the breaks decide.
Great pitchers fail, great sluggers are
stopped-unknowns suddenly jump into
the limelight-all In a world series."
added the once great sltigger, who is a
mighty close student of baseball
Don't let anybody tell you that pitch
ing Is not the big thing In q world
SERIES" asseverated Ed Barrow. secre-
tary of the Yankees and a former major
league manager himself In between ses-
sions with tons of certified checks at the
offices Of the club last evening. ANY
club with the kind Of pitching staff at
the command of Miller Huggins ought to
win any series against any team"
So there you are. The supporters of
the Yankees wax more enthusiastic every
hour over the power, which Hugginss
stellar singing corps is expected to WELD
over John McGraw's hitters. while the
adherents Of the Giants are either con-
tent to call 1t an even proposition or
predict victory through the terrific punch
of their favorites. The uncertainty
grows, and by the time the clubs get to-
gether next Wednesday 1t is highly prob
able that the odds will come down to s
to s, with the American Leaguers still
favorites.
"watch Scott" Says Jess.
Burkett. taking himself for the mo-
ment out Of the Giant picture and dis
cussing the series with calm and cool cal
culation, declared q stalemate between
the fine pitching OF the Yankees and the
great punch OF the Giants. 1T remains
to be seen how the breaks will so and
which side will be thus favored" Jess
added. 'Tf you ask me which OF the
Giants pitchers to watch suggest that
you pay little attention to Jack Scott.
There's a man with a style to bother the
Yankees. He has lot more stuff than
the boys imagine. He's my pick for
hero"
He who presumes to nominate hero
IN advance of world series Is a hero
himself Last year II was left to Jess
Barnes. who had been so bad toward the
close of the season that he was used as
a bench warmer, and the unheralded
Johnny Rawlings to take the hero roles.
In 1920 the dope" was quite accurate,
for Stanley Coveleskie, who stood out as
does Joe Bush now anr Elmer Smith.
now with the Yankees. came through.
But further down the line you Will find
the Hall of Fame inches of world series
occupied by unknowns who had touno
themselves In the white heat or battle
men like George Whitefnan In 1918 ano
George Rhoe in 1906. And don't forget
the astonishing Braves OF 1914 and their
four straight sweep over the famed
Athletics.
That Giant Punch.
An analysis Of the punch OF the
Giants discloses that IL is we'll distrib-
uted. There Is lot Of II in the outfield
but there Is a world of II in the infield
100. and behind the bat. McGraw's bat
ting order is full of 200 men. Just how
much this may mean Is another prob
lem Many a great slugger has been
held I'm check in a world series. A man
with batting average of .2So may be
far greater money player than a
proud possessor OF $50 average. Men
like Eddie Collins, Everett Scott,
Charley Herzog, Heinie Groh and Irish
Meusel will rise TO great heights In q
classic because they have that tempera-
ment which keeps their heads level.
The prize at stake does not excite them
but spurs them to abnormal effective
ness Let us take the outfields OF the
Giants and the Yankees and SEQ Just
where tho batting power lies. Salient in
this discussion, OF course. must be the
terrific power of Babe Ruth, whose
heavy bat is likely to break up any
old ball game any old time. The Giants
have steadier batters than the Babe but
thev haven't a man with the deadly
drive OF George Herman While his
average this morning is only 3is Ruth
shows IS home runs for LOG games. and
80 other hits,-and he's great money
player Fill the park--and then watch
The Giants place great reliance on the
phiegmatic Irish Meusel. who covered
himself with glory against the Yankees
last year. Irish batted IN seven runs In
the series and tied the record aiso
shared by Tommy Leach. Hobey Ferris
Danny Murphy, Frank Baker and Eddie