New-York tribune., 1922-10-04

Fh,s makes it unanimous in the<
s...ss eamp. That raucous chorus Of
sxsr.u arises only from the Giant in
...,.hments, where frankie Frisch,
Ivssh MeuseI and Long George Kelly
..re heen sharpening up their bats in
syepsrs.ion for vicious assault on
~ alleged ave-star fiinging staff of
s. - ,,ehtweight leader. Miller Hug
~. - rakes no secret Of the fact that
= a. synects Bush to humble the Clan
g.n,sw in the opening battle. He
ss.sn,. rare who knows it, and that
- -. -, all the Giants, individually
and collectively.
" Yesterday the Americans League
,...,n,o,. vent through a brief work
sns sefors the Giants took the field.
u.v,rc been Informed that the Ma
.iansI tlS r,saruers were going in strong
for tha bunting game as part OF their
tsi, fashion show, at the suggestion OF
Wally Pipp, the Hugmen put IN
healthy session practicing the whole
ssla production Of two-baggers and
trinles. Pipp thinks that a pair OF
tro.haepers will at least Offset one
snceessful bunt. That has been his
story through the last half Of this
stirring season, and he means to stick
to it. r,u
Genial "Doc" Woods, the chiroprac-
tical trainer of the temperamental
troupe, issued an official bulletin Civ.
ing all the athletes clean bill OF
health, with the solitary exception OF
Manly Lewellyn, the rookie hurler, who
wss recalled from Buffalo few days
AGO to toss the ball up in the practice
sessions. A looping liner smote hin,
on the thumb yesterday morning and
nearly removed that unornamental but
highly useful article from his left
hand. But r. Meusel, Esq, Wally
Schang, Ditto Pipp. Deacon Scott, Aaron
Ward, Whitley Witt, Joey Dugan and
the other members of the regular ros--
ter are in tip-top condition and Trarin'
TO co." as the Doc says. Babe Ruth IS
built on such mammoth proportions
that some part of his anatomy is al
ways in state of temporary disability.
However, he has to be told about those
little sprains and scratches; he never
notices them himself until "Woodie9
goes over him with a surveying lnstru,
ment and announces the net damage.
Outside of sliding bruise, perhaps,
the big Bambino is ready and fit to
knock the whole series into the Harlem
River with his devastating biudgeon.
As the Hugmen felt that they would
be called upon to face the port slants !
Of Lii Arthur Nehf in the curtain
raiser, Lefty O'Doul was led to the
Slaughter in the morning practice yes
terday. Slaughter is not the correct
wosd--it was a shambles. II youthful
and ambitious fork-handed hurlers
could have seen the frightful ferocity
with which the hopeful Hugmen smote
the curves of Frank O'Doul they would
have Immediately abandoned their
nquitous left-handed ways and turned
10 the right once and for all. "Smiler"
Murray threw q few right-handed and
perfectly orthodox slants to the batters
before the boys departed from the
held This precaution, according to
Miller Higgins, was taken Gin case"
The cease" in question is doubtless
the cease ace" that John McGraw holds
in making a pitching switch at the
last moment if he so desires. He has
done it before with telling effect, and
reserves the right to do it again.
Yankee Owners Confident
Colonel Jacob Rupert remained in
the seclusion Of his bachelor apart
msnts yesterday far from the mad
ding crowd. 1t was not from any
weakness in the hour of battle, how
ever, Over the phone came his de-
l Iant prediction: "Those boys will win!
They smell money"
HIS esteemed copartner in crime,
Colonel Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Hus-
ton, hrazened out the situation in the
sahcSum "a sanctorum Of the Yankee
G. 4. Q, in Forty.second Street. 81
sans see anything but the Yankees"
rs. asserted ~, the portly ornament of the
Ahglneering Corps, United States Re-
ts; serves. On the Giant side am stone
.! sSIlnd, stone deaf and absolutely dumb.
wy sympathy for the terrible punish.