The New York herald., 1922-09-20
PIRATES HERE WITH
HOPES FOR PENNANT
Giants Can End Tt All With
Three Straight-Hill
Pitches To-day.
BY DANIEL.


to-day. all popped up for their series
Of three games with the Giants The
time was not so long ago when "Hey
Barney" had visions OF leading his bad
Buccaneers into the Polo Grounds this
afternoon In the role of the pursued
leading the old league with hundred
carpenters building extra seats at
Forbes Field for a misplaced world
series But here are the Pirate, five and
half games behind and only ten more
IL they do go crazy and win three
straight from the New Yorks.
The Giants have 1t in their power to
kill whatever small spark of life still
fingers in the Pittsburgh hopes while
the Pirates are here. John McGraw's
agile athletes have thirteen games more.
If they should take three In row from
Pittsburgh and then lose their remaining
ten while the Pirates are winning all
their eight contests after they leave
here the race would wind up in tie,
with each club having won SO and lost
65. 1t will be noted therefore that the
Smoky City's chances are about rs big
as wart on an undernourished pickle.
Still, those three games between the
Giants and the Pirates ought to be
hummers The New Yorks were warned
yesterday morning by McGraw. in
session in their club house, to strain
every nerve and make every possible
effort to clean up the series. Il will
be mighty disappointed If you do not
take two out of three anyway" Mac
told his athletes. He gathered his
pitchers and planned his campaign with
them.
Hill Likely To-day.
1t seems likely that Carmen Hill will
pitch for the locals to-day, with Jess
Barnes slated for tomorrow and Arthur
Nehf for the third game. with Hughie Nc
Quillan and Jack Scott behind him. Rosy
Ryan no doubt will be held in reserve
with Claude Jonnard for relief purposes.
II, Hill should happen to falter early
Barnes very likely will be rushed in
and McQuillan may be asked to start
the second game. He has not worked
very hard of late while Nehf hurled a
tough game on Sunday.
II Bill McKechnie sticks to his
regular order of working his pitchers
ne will open with the veteran Babe
Adams follow with Charley Glazner and
close with Wilbur Cooper. Johnny Nor
rison was eliminated from the series
when he pitched both games of the
double header in Philadelphia on Mon
day. Earl Hamilton may be started.
for the left handler usually Is effective
against the Giants. but we doubt II he
has been scheduled for anything more
than relief work along with Brown, the
new pitcher from Reading
So u looks like Parson Hill. the be-
specialized right handler. against Adams
and maybe Cooper this afternoon. Nc
Kechnie's star southpaw has pitched
very we'll against the New Yorks this
season. and the manager may decide
TO play his big ace first. Hill will face
the club with which he broke into the
Big Show. for he was with the Pirates
before the war.
Parson Has n Fndeawny.
Tho Parson, we hear, is the only
pitcher In the league with a real fade
away of the old Matty type-one % two
major leaguers with that specially. The
other In Pruitt, the young leftHander
of the Browns. who throws nothing but
fadeaways when he faces Babe Ruth.
With their pitching staff enjoying
the healthlest complexion 1t has shown
I'm six weeks-and orders out for print
ing Polo Grounds world series tickets
the Giants will go after the Pirates
minus most OF the strain which has
been attending their efforts. The Giants
have little to lose and everything to
gain. while their rivals face nothing
better than second money. Thus far
this year the Giants have won ten out of
nineteen from the Corsairs
After the Pirates leave here we may
expect official announcements from the
local clubs about the world series
where and how to get those tickets.
While the Yankees have a tough road
before them they should win again and
give US another world series on a five
cent fare.