The Washington herald., 1922-10-03
YANKS FAVORITES
due ETOSTRENCTH
: OF MOUND STAFF
Giants Depend Upon
Hitting Strength to
Win Honors.
STATISTICIANS BUSY
Army of Gate Crashers Ready
For Annual Assault on
Barriers.
STATISTICIANS BUSY

NEW YORK, Oct 2.-There comes
a time like this every fall when the
country Is all talked out two days
before the world series and lips
move and chins waggle in the public
places, but no more sound comes
forth. This is the time of tension
and pent up tumult which precedss
the forming of single files before
the bleacher ticket windows, when
the Mayor, or city oficial enamels
his bunions In preparation for the
majestic march across the turf to
the befiagged field box. when Judge
Lands stands, before his mirror per-
fecting the democratic unkemptnesS
OF his cotton coiffure and the all
American gate crashing team gets
sst for its mighty fling against the
guarded barriers which separate the
world at large from the world
series.
sien with pads and pencils have
done strange feats of percentage
of numerals pertaining to every
member of the Giants and the Yank-
ees in this season as well as in sea-
sons past. They have breathed
upon and prayed over their columns
aud by laborious mathematical
hQcus-pocus have reached conclu-
sions which the world series will
rsfute or confirm. Either eventual
ity would be a mere coincidence.
Yanks Generally Picked.
-The Yankees have generally been
picked to win more games and
larger pro rata of the gate receipts
than the Giants because the Yanks
have those five ace pitchers whose
names have been dinned into the
ears of a baseball-minded nation
for the last 30 days and are here
with dinned once more-Bush, Hoyt,
Shawkey. Jones and Mays.
sBut the Giants have eight hitters
in- their regular lineup whose bat
ting averages range along between
$50 and $40. And now you are
getting into the ifs and butts which
lurk along the course of the world
series sOoth-sayer and snap at his
convictions.
a workout of the Yankees is the
COpsummatiOn CT the utmost am
bilious of COmT&de Lenin, the enact
Tlent Os the wOrkman's will and
the complete Illustration of vested
authority's irksome tyranny. 1t is
in contrast to a workout fof the
Giants under Gar John McGraw
and Grand Duke Hughie Jennings.
whose commands are issued with
more force than regard for per-
snnaI incIina'rops and enforced with
the knOut If necessary.
No Injuries This Year.
There are nu injuries among the
clubs this year. but Babe Ruth is
reported to be slightly disarranged
in rrespcct to some flank muscles,
then there's nothing the matter
with Ruth. that's a sign / ere's
something the matter.
The usual conspicuous world Sc
ries personaEes will be as conspic-
nous as usual this year. These in
clude the man who came all the
way from Alaska. by dog train.
pneumatic tube. parcel post, and
O'Leary express to see the series.
They include the millionaire lolly-
pop grower from Cuba who comes
up every year beginning now and
the distinguished Englishman who
will says it's all very extraordinary.
but admits, sir. the game is nothing
but the English game of ronders.
Tammdny Young. former cham
pion gate c-asher of the United
States. has abdicated his title by
accepting the magnates' yoke in the
shape of a press box. This means
that there should be a dark horse
champion this year. for One Eyed
Connolly recently reported himself
in Cleveland, where he was wasting
his talents on the contemplate
gate of Tommy McGinty's race
track. Connolly was Tam's runner
up.
Among the ostentatious absentees
will be Abe kttelI. the genius of
1919. known to base balloon as
Honest Abe. and Shufflin' Phil
Douglas. who won last years series
for the Giants but who took to lit =
erature this summer and wrote his
resignation in a special delivery
letter to Boston.
There will be 10000 unreserved
So tickets on sale each day for seats
in the upper stands. which were
literally snubbed by last years
mob. But you can't tell about New
York. They may be dangling from
the girders this year.