Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-04

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boxes.
II il the second time these Man
haitian teams have battled for the
title. McGraw's relentless flghtipg ma
chine brushed aside the trim Yankee
band after getting away To poor
start last year. The Giants were IA
voritcs then and came through, though
tho battIe lasted through eight games.
This yenr the Yankees. because of n
great pitching stafr, composed oi
"pullct Joe" Bush. sailor Bob
shawkey, the rod ed-undershirted finger;
the youthful Waite Hoyt and the de-
pendable Jones. are rated best by
majority nf the experts. But the Ma
tfonoIs nro as ever tho lighters, at
their best when against odds. ana
though their pitchers on paper DO not
appear as well as those OF liuggins
they arc dangerous lot.
Arthur Nehf, the young left handed
pItching star Of the Giants. was In
share for mound duty. while Miller
trupgins announced he had selected
Bush 10 oppose him. Wallie Schang
was TO work behind the bat Tor the
Yanks and Snyder was McGraws
backatop selection.
KLEIN. the chief of National League
umpires, was assigned TO callstrikes
and balls as tho National League club.
having won the toss, will be the home
team" Hildebrand. Of the Ameri-
can League. was assigned to duty at
the initial sack. Mccormick Of the
Nationals had the job at the Keystone
station and Brick" Owens of the
Americans was named 10 ofhclate at
| third
club officials expected n capacity
crowd. The Polo Grounds are largo
enough Ia accommodate 10000 spec
tators. The lower tier OF the great
horseshoe stands have been reserved
and all seats are sold. The upper
tier. with room for $4,000 Of the fans.
| has been left open for those buying
tickets Mt the gate today.
| Despite the fact that the series
principals are both Manhattan teams
the games have attracted baseball
enthusiasts from the nooks and cran-
nles of the continent.
Men OF finance. here attending the
American Bankers Association con
vontion, decided to postpone their talk
on nlckels and dimes and enjoy the
sport They will minsle with q num-
ber Of governors, and former COVER
nors. n score or more Of mayors and
lesser lights OF officialdom and GONE
of the country's leading sportsmen
Governor Miller, Of New York. Gov
ernor Edwards, Of New Jersey. Gov
ernor Davis. Of Ohio. and Governor
! Allen. Of Kansas. have reserved seats.
j. =. Morgan. Harry Payne Whitney,
Charles H. Sabin. Harry r. Sinclair
and Finley J Shepard are among the
box holders.
These fellows waited until almost
game time before leaving for the Polo
Grounds. but others. not 40 well pro-
vided with coin Of the realm. took
up an early stand In crooked line
that ran from the ticket windows down
the square. There is always this line
at world series games. II js msde up
OF fans who are willing to take n
chance on getting tickets in tho cheap
ar unreserved sections. They stood
patiently until the ticket windows
opened nj 10 o'clol X, then as the pe ste
boards were placed in their hands,
found places In the upper stands and
lunched on frankfurters and peanuts,
OF which there seems TO be an ever
Increasing supply.
And while lunching they started the
usual arguments on the game
weighed the ability OF the opposing
players and fought the best known
games of tho season over again. They
had learned that Hugh McQuillsn.
one of the Giant hurlers. had been
hit in the leg by n ball during prac-
tive yesterday afternoon. but that the
injury WAS not regarded az serious,
and McQuillan would be available for
duty If needed
Some OF them declared that the
Yankee infield, Dugan, Scott, Ward
and Pipp. was the greatest in base
ball. and that IL would stop anything
the Giants put on the ground. Others
asserted that McGraws infleld keepers,
Groh. Bancroft. Frisch and Kelly.
were equally as good.
They started speculating about
home runs. Somebody said that Babe
Ruth would gather at least three dur
Ing the series and that his team
mates. Bob Meusel and Whitley Witt.
and maybe First Baseman Pipp would
garner few. too. But what, another
said, about Irish Meusel, Long George
Kelly, Snyder and Stengel OF the
Giants. They We're able TO send a ball
far enough TO run around the bases.
And SO 1t went, until the teams were
ready to parade across the field and
engaged in the usual limhering up
exercise. Then the parade of officials
Including Mayor Hylan. and the gov
ernors. the former governors, Com
missioner lands. the white headed
boss of tho national pastime. and the
! band.
The announcement of the batting
: order:
Nationals SIS; Frisch. Oh;
Meusel, II; Young, RI; Kelly, 1b:
Stengel. CT; Snyder. c. Nehf, p.
Americans--Witt. CT; Dugan. 80
Ruth. II; Pipp. ID; Meusel. IF; Schang
c; Ward, 2b; Scott, SIS: Bush, p.