New-York tribune., 1922-10-04

hAN SRSN ~ S&AiOGS w law
breeches Tapping around his ankles
ambled across the field to the club
before the worlds series was over.
First the Yankees, then the Giants
practiced. as ON Monday, then there
was nothing for the warriors to do ex-
cept TO wait for the cali to arms in the
first game at o'clock this afternoon
and to try to get hold of what tickets
they could, which was not an easy mat
ter even for the Giant and Yankee
players.
The Yankees go into the series slight
favorites to win. You hear they will
win four out of FIVE. Nobody has made
that bold prediction in favor of the
Giants, but the fact that nobody has
hasn't the slightest bearing on how
the series will come out. You may
talk till kingdom come on why the
series will go this way and that way,
but without giving one good reason
why it will.
Players Not Saying Much
The truth is the players themselves
aren't saying much about how the Sc
ries will come ont. Probably they don't
know. There is good deal of quiet
confidence in both camps, and there
arc whole lot Of people who purpose
going there to see how it will come
cut. Without tho interest being at all
feyeriab, the hot weather has whipped
up desire that Jagged few days ago,
when the weather was cool, and there
was a heavy eleventh hour rush for
tickets.
Speculation Is rife. The we'll known
person who breaks out at all Of these
h{O G~t,,roo oh
busily engaged in trying to decide in
his own mind who the pitchers in the
opening game would be. He knows one
pitcher, for Manager Huggins has an
nounced that Joe Bush, his main de-
pendence in the pennant race, will
have the first fling at the Giants.
II don't know" said Manager Nc
Graw last night when asked who would
pitch for the Giants, and he meant it.
Il haven't worried my players with
that question, and haven't worried my
self" So anybody who knows who the
Giants. pitcher will be knows more
than McGraw. 1t may be Nehf-it's
got to be somebody. By tonight every
body will be in on the secret.
Heinie Groh, Dave Bancroft and
Frank Frisch had short, sharp infield
workout. George Kelly was in the
dressing room by that time. Some of
the players did nothing but bat. Said
.Kel, the Longshanks, who Is not given
to idle talk:
"If we get any kind of pitching we'll
beat 'em. Our pitchers are getting bet
ter every day, too. The Yankees will
face a different kind Of pitching from
what they're had in the American
League. There isn't as much curve ball
pitching in that league"
Pep Young on Hitting
Pep Young says there won't be any
hitting in the series. This because the
center field curtains will be down. And
when the curtains are down and the
background consists of fans, says
Young in his Texas dialect, "you CANT
see pitched balls; that's all"
Hugh McQuillan was hit in the groin
by batted ball in practice, but didn't
seem to be much the worse for it. He
walked off the field without limp and
last night Cozy Dolan, whose locker is
next to McQuillan's and who dressed
at the same time, said he hadn't heard
of any injury and that McQuillan hadn't
mentioned it to him.
The Yankee outfit Is fit as can be
with the possible exception of Bush.
Bush has had tape over the stone bruise
Cleveland, or did have until yester
day, when "Doc" Woods, the trainer,
took it off. Joe will do his firing this
afternoon with nothing beneath his
heel save his stocking, his shoe and
5000 miles of Mother Earth.
Watch Groh!" is the tip from Giant
players. "This hasn't been the best
season he ever had, but watch him go
in this series"
Lands Instructs Umpires
Judge Lands, commissioner not
high commissioner-assembled the UNI
pires up among the clouds where his
hotel suite is situated, told them few
stories and parceled out advice and
suggestions. He confirmed the state
ment made in this column yesterday
that KLEIN would be behind the plate
to-day, Hildebrand on first, Mccormick
on second, Owens on third.
Il was expected that Messrs. Lands,
Heydler and Johnson, baseball's advis-
ory board, would meet and put q formal
0. X. on the Japanese trip Of major
says it's the toughest job in the world
to get this board together. Mr.. Heyd-
Ter, however, notified the judge that
the trip was all right with him. Judge
Lands is for it and only Mr., Johnson's
consent now is needed. @The project
must be o. KID unanimously.
Herbert Hunter, who is arranging
the Junkets has the approval OF all the
managers concerned except McGraw's.
The Gianta' presiding genius says he
will take that up after the worlds
series. Nehf, Kelly and Meusel are the
Giants booked for the jaunt, if they
get their managers consent
There has been no rush of baseball
men to town for the series. No more
than for an ordinary winter meeting.
So far, too, the news gatherers haven't
flocked in as large numbers as last
year.
The Yankee mascotting department
will be reinforced by the presence of
three-yearold Raymond Kelly, Of 1926
Broadway, youngster said to have
preeocious talent in that direction.