Evening star., 1922-09-17

Tho rejGTcratCd SteuGcI. wnoee re
turn 10 life merely indicates how lit
tie life the National League possess
cs; tho 100000 iuiinId. which has
performed 30 per cent OF all season:
the outfield. which is made up Of onr
player and two promises-none o.
these would have anchored the Giants
in tho haven of world series IL the
remorseful Phil hadn't pitched 'heup
there. From a sentimental standpoint
they owe Bill something even il there
is nothing coming to him from "a
strictly moral and sportsrnaniike
standard.
As the world series approaches
thought must be given to all Of this.
At the moment II looks as If ;he(
Giants would embark in the post-sc;-0
son games with another of those un-
fortunate combinations which has
been led to the slaughter from New
York in the past. Who knows. on Tho
other hand. but these youngsters and
these pitchers who went 10 the shops
for repairs and turned up with their
arms freshly strung, for the fray MAY
not be the kind of combination puz-
cling TO the opposition.
How Rival May BE shocked.
II they did win il probably would oe
rivals. Any team which would hnd
itself wabbly and nerye-shaken after
facing the pitching stan OF the Nop
York National League would at
tribute it TO the fact that they had
never seen anything quite like IL be
fore. Hence the shock.
Nehf, who is as good as the Giants
have when IL comes TO skill and
knowledge OF pitching. is wearing
away like grindstone. Never the
strongest left handler. he has found
the physical strain Of pitching a tax
n ni
year. He can barely win 90 per cent
Of his games. This is winning bail, OF
course, but is not championship base
ball.
twenty five games his year with -
percentage of 500, and probably will
finish the season at the same pace.
is fine hammered. hard-working and
faithful young fellow. But he is no
Alexander.
Jesse Barnes, like Nehf, is wearing
away Never thicker through than
a gingerbread wafer, he cannot stand
too much pitching in succession. IL /
there had been trade in sight IL
would have been made. Barnes also is
a 500 pitcher and a modest, shrink
ing 500.
These three who have been men
toned are the stars" Smoked glass
is not needed to look upon them. They
will not harm the naked eye.
man came to the Giants. was sent
hence and was recalled. He has won
six games. but not six full games.
He may be one of the shocks.
Then there is Scott. Last spring Scott
thought he was through. He tried out
with Cincinnati and after the doctors
had rummaged around his pitching arm
for a while they told him that Ii.
needed rest. and the Cincinnati base
ball club gave il to him-permanent
ly. His arm got better and the Giants
took him. He has won FIVE and lost
two, but it is hoping a lot to ask him
do do that we'll in a world series.
Maybe he is a shock.
There also is McQuillan. MeQuillan
can't be much OF shock because h.
has been pitching too long.
Virgil Barnes and Hill are left
Virgil looks more like shock than
Hill. The latter is cool bird. II ne
leaned over a tea kettle IL would be
iced tea after while. Yet he is not
a great pitcher.
The Giants will miss Phil Douglas
in the world series. Phil thought he
had as many personal rights as the Z
man who hectored him all of the time
That's where he made a mistake, hue-
he Will have won the pennant iol
the Giants in l9ee-if they win IL,