The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-09
CONFIDENCE OF
JOHNNY M'CRAW
IS INDICATED
Great Leader Calls the Turn for
His Team Even Before Start
.xs of Series.

New York, Oct. 9.-(By the As
ISOLATED Press Just before the
opening of the worlds series last
Wednesday, John Joseph McGraw,
sometimes called Little Napo-
leon," said the club with the most
consistent fighters would win the
most ball games.
His statement has been vindi-
J, Gated, confirmed and sealed. His
Giants. rated even by the most con-
sentative of experts to have moth
ing more than faint, fighting
chance of winning one game, bat
tied through the finished super
play" of the Yankees, won four
games, tied one, lost none and are
still world champions.
From every approach that could
BE made on paper before the first
game was played, the Giants were
@considered beaten, badly beaten
club. The figures said that the
Giants had but one reliable pitcher;
that the Yanks had nothing else
but unbeatable hurlers, and that
pitching had won every world
series.
But the record books were re-
miss. The Index" didn't = even
carry the caption lighting ability"
Few men in baseball besides Lit
tie Napoleon" know how it's doped.
But that he had found that quality
in his ball players and he staked
his reputation that he could rec
ognize 1t when he saw it.
It's An Old Story.
Already it seems an old story
! It's been written every time mon
meet in combat. The score Of yes
a yesterdays game, that decided the
;, series for the Nationals, was to
3. but that's only an incident. Elk
actly how it was done is matter
of detail. The Giants won that
game and all the others they tool
because they were the most con-
sistent fighters"
OF course the Giants have ability
The Giants are giants. Courage
without skill in the last five days
at the Polo grounds would have
been as useful as an unframed
doughboy marching against a bat
terry of big berthas. No mean foes
were the Yankees.
1t was courage and skill that en-.
abled Long" George Kelly tc
straighten out Joe Bush fork
ball in the eighth inning of The
game yesterday. when the Giants
were one run behind and the bases
were filled with two out. He had
Just been belittled by Miller Hug.
gins, the Yankee manager, who
had ordered Bush to pass "Pep'
Young to get chance at the easy
mark"
That play was the climax Of the
game and the series, and will re.
main a matter of controversy
Some say that Higgins was justi-
fed in having Young walked to gel
at Kelly. Many. including McGraw
himself, say it was smart baseball
Long George was the weakest bat
ter in the winning lineup. Young
was an almost hitting certainty.
But Higgins did not figure the
human element that McGraw calls
courages The Yankee manager
had expected his pitcher. Bush. tt
be q soldier. But Joe is a star ant
temperamentaL Before the 10000
fans he fouted his manager BY
plainly showing his disgust wher
the order to pass Young was giver
and shouted. Jaw, let's play base
ball."
Meets Fast One.
At any rate he was OIL his stridi
when Kelly came to bat. He sen
over q wide one. Then he sho
enc of his fast ones. Kelly. awk
ward and gaunt, bent over tn,
plate. His lips weer set He grip
ped his bat tightly. He met tn
fast one sQuarely-the tying AM
winning runs scored.
As in two of the preceding game
the Yankees gained lead and thel
dissipated 1t.
In the first the Americans score:
on Dugan's single to center. Ruth
sacrifice bunt and Pipp's liner b
center that went for a hit
McGraw's men overcame TIL,
score in the second when Emf
Meusel stretched to Dugan, Y0uni
walked, Kelley sacrificed and Gun
ningham sent both runners in Will
! single to ENTER. The Yankees
tied the count in the fifth. War.
walked. Scott singled TO right
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