New Britain herald., 1922-10-09
BILLY EVANS SAYS
 BEST TEAM WON
Umpire Gives Opinion Tanks
 Were Far Below Form
Especial to The Herald)

Polo Grounds, New York, Oct. D. The New York Giants will continue to hold the title of world champions dur ing the season of 1923, By defeating l the Yankees in the fifth game of the series, the Giants really went over in four straight.
 The triumph of the Giants makes the third time in the history of the classic that a team has won the title without suffering a defeat. Back in 1907 the Chicago Cubs defeated De- troit in five games, one of them being 12-inning tie. In this game Catcher Schmidt of Detroit, had passed ball cn a third strike that would have re- tired the side in the ninth inning and given Detroit a victory. This was the first game of the series. The Cubs then went out and took four straight
 In 1914. the despsed Boston Braves deefated the Philadelphia Athletics in four straight. The result of that ser ies was one of the. biggest upsets in the history of baseball The Athletics that year were one of the strongest clubs ever gathered together by Con- nie Mack.
 Third Unique Feat
 The overwhelming defeat of the Yankees in the 1922 series is the third of the unique feats. The Giants, after winning the first. tied the second, and then ended the series by taking three more in row. While the Yankees were not favored to win as strongly as the Athletics in 1914, still practical ly every baseball expert of any prom thence in the country liked the chances of the American leaguers. The Giants won because it proved to be by far the better team. It played heads up baseball all the way. showed plenty of courage in coming from be- hind, got excellent pitching from staff supposed to be very weak, and in addition got all the breaks of the game as a winning team usually does The Yankees, on the other hand, I played far below form. In all prob ability the American leaguers could not have won had they been at the top of their game, however, had they played ordinary baseball the series would have been far more bitterly contested.
 Tanks Lacked Brains
 tnquestionably the Yankee club has much ability. During the American league season the team constantly han dicapped it's play by often doing the wrong thing. Mental slip often made the going tough for the Tanks. In the present series, the American leaguers pulled almost every bad play possible in baseball. In a word they beat themselves. The Tanks threw the ser ies away on the bases.
 The pitching of the American leag, uers while not invincible as generally couple of games with proper play in the field, at the bat and on the bases l
 Pitching Not Inc Factor
 The 1922 series will stand out as one event that pitching did not decide | Poor base running by the Yankees was the deciding factor Joe Bush, | making his second start of the ser ies, again went down to defeat in the | final game. While not in his bes, form. it looked as if he might win when he went into the eighth inning with a lone run lead As in the first game. the Giants beat him by scor- ing three runs in the fatal eighth
 It was kelly, who shared home run honors with Babe Ruth year ago, W ho delivered the final blow. Four of the hits Kelly made in the series were at the expense of Bush. He singled with the bases filled, scoring two runs, putting the Giants in the lead. A