Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-03
NEITHER MANAGER
PREDICTS VICTORY
Miller Huggins or John McCraw
Not Confident OF
Success
BUSH VS.. NEHF IN OPENER

New York. Oct. 3.--It's rather pc
cuiar World Series which will break
into baseball history at the Polo
Grounds tomorrow ftcrnoon-curtain
at . precisely. Neither John j. Nc
Graw nor Miller j. lTuggins today
would go oD record with prediction Of
SUCCESS for his club. This sets n mark
for managerial shyncss and conscrva-
tism which has not been approached
since the memorable classic Of 1914--
and which incidentally had some little
influence on the reduction Of the odds.
Preliminary TO the series of 1914
Connie Mack, the tall Sage of Tioga.
was MS talkativc and MS communica.
tive as tho old Sphinx ON Egypt's
sands. while George T. Stnllings would
commit himself no further than TO
claim that his Braves really were in
the tussle. It will be recollcctcd--nO
doubt with poignant grief by many
that tho Bostons took the famous Attn
letics for four in row and knocked
the baseball world dcadcr than a door
nail.
Huggins made it clear that while hr
would not be at all surprised if the
Yankees won the series he did not think
that there ought TO be such things as
odds in scrap for tho world laurcls.
In this hc is supported by McGraw and
many other old timers. Odds are very
interesting, but when tho boys get out
on the field they very often show n
sncering disregard for the way the bet &.
ting went and the manner in which the
advance dope on stars and teams was
laid out.
Yanks Have Good Pitchers
eve have great lot of pitchers
we have terrific hitter in Ruth-we
have game. hard hitting. fighting ball
club-a fer better team than the on" the
Giants beat last year. said lluggins.
1--WE have everything in our favor. All
the mon are ready, physically fit. men
tally primod. We just have come out
Of the toughest fight ever waged for n
pennnnt--n far tougher battle than the
fans realize. On paper we look stronger
than the Giants--but World Series arc
not won on paper and then Miller
chucklcd.
II would be much more optimistic il
we had to play half of the series away
from New York. IIuggns continued
THAT may sound peculiar. but it is Il
fact that the Yankees have done theii
best work against bowling. razzinl
mohs. When Ruth fans on foreign
, field and the fans begin TO raz1 hin
the other boys get fighting mad ant
battle like blazps. But at home they
ar" not 50 aggressive.
II will open with Joe Bush. Joe is
I in great shape-onc Of the greatest
pitchers ! ever saw. That boy has more
stuff than the fans think. | intend iC
send Bob Shawkey out for tho secono
for the third. or maybe. Waite lloyt
Sam Jones is not exactly in top form.
Nehf for Giants
McGraw still was not certain VIII,
" uld open the series for him. but iudg
ing from tho fact that he worked Ar,
, Nchf. Jack Scott and Ilughc McQuil,
! Ian three innings each in the secOnt
game Saturday. lie is debating which o,
| the trio to start. Jess barnes. hero ot
/ the 1921 series. who won two games il
which Fred Toncy was knocked out has
not worked in some time. and we doubt
T il McGraw includes him in his cnlcula
/ ions for the first two games. Barnc,
/ may be held as an lace in the hole.
as he was last October. The chance!
are that Nehf will face Bush tomorrow
| There are many factors in the rcduc.
! ton of the odds today. The troubl,
experienced by Bush and Shawkey il
. Boston-thcir being beaten on success
sive days by the last place Red Sox-
! ted many Giant supporters 10 come on
/ of their burrows with their money. Thi,
rush Of National League coin helped Il
pare point of the odds hat in spit
of tho fact that the games in l;o>tor
proved nothing Al all and had ahsoutcl!
no bearing on the World Series.