The Washington herald., 1922-10-04
Southpaw Nehf Selected by
McGraw to Face Maui
ing Hugmen.


crowded each October in this post
season jubilee. For while the two
pennant campal gns are long. hard
grinds from April to October. the
big climax rushes by with all the
speed and action of a moving pic
ture melodrama where the story
il quickly told.
II is in this series that the many
millions of fans set a decisive an
sver within a week as the drama
3 spread out before them, and the
heroes and the goats are awarded
the decorations that belong.
Yank Rooters Confident.
Thousands of Yankee fans will
start for the Polo Grounds tom0r-
row. fixed in their belief that after
the long drouth in wilderness their
ball club at last Is poised upon the
border of the promised land.
They have not underrated the
anagerial genius of McGraw nyr
have they overlooked the speed. bat
ting power and gameness of Mo
Draws men. But they are (, T
enough along in the wiles and WAYS
a heavy advantage in pitching
strength means and they are conf
dent that Bush. Shawkey, Hoyt and
Mays will be able to interpose four
right arms that will block any
Giant advance.
The study of the two fan camps
Is one of the most interesting
angles Of the series. Giant follow
ers willingly acknowledge the
pitching superiority of their rivals.
They are not leaving for the battle
field with any of the radiant OWL
mism that covers the Yankee !i1e
of march. But through the closing
days of the race when the test
reached the dusty stretch. they
saw McGraw maneuver his way
safely by all trouble with a pail
club that hit the ball and scored
enough runs to win game after
game. They saw the supposedly
crippled Giant ship safely DOCK ed
while the stronger Yankee craft W Is
still out struggling with the gales
and surf, barely able by the mar
gin of a game to make a landing
in the nick OF time.
Fin Hopes In mctraw.
And so just as many thousands
will carry to the ball park this
blind faith in McGraw and his
hard hitting. fast fielding club
figuring that in some way enough
good pitching will come around Il
pull the Giants safely through.
there will be any number of op-
portunities for both camps to ex'
pand the human lung and leave
the atmosphere rife with the bat.
tie howl Of the tribe. For wher
such brilliant felders as Bancroft
Scott. Frisch, Ward. Groh. Dugan
Young. Witt, etc. are turned loose
in the same corral there is SURF
to be a dizzy whirl of exciting
episode.
And when such heavy slugger,
as Babe Ruth, the two Meusels
Kelly. Young, Schang, Pipp anC
others take a toe hold and lear
against the fast ones there is alsC
the certainty that more than on,
outfielder will find the park too
small
SERIES Between stars.
We can recall no series that has
ever brought as many stars into
one world series frame Both
clubs have gathered talent from
far and wide, leaving the baseball
platters Of Boston and Philadelphia
far cleaner than the Spratt family
ever thought of doing. They have
both assembled all-star casts tC
cheer up the taxpayers, but the
departure of Shufflin' Phil Doug.
las and a pitching slump by somt
Of his mates left McGraw weaker
than he cares to be in such al
important department Of the game
This doesn't mean that he is sure
I" get poor pitching. After a long
healthy rest his uncertain stan may
Yet upset the dope by giving Yam
Eee pitching an even run. If Nehf
larnes- Scott and McQuillan happen
2" lie at their best. worked into
something Of a frenzy at the large
lunches of asparagus tossed in their
direction. the result may throw the
Yankees into something of a panic
u IS no pleasant feeling to find that
expected turn the Giant staff sud-
turned into a tigers nest. Not a hit
Of IL