The Washington times., 1922-10-01

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DoSToN, Sept. 3O.-Pitching
h is 80 per cent of any short
~ series and / think it is gen.
orally agreed that the Yankee
pitching staff is far superior to
the Giant heaving corps. This
being 80, it naturally follows that
the Yankees will enter the COM
ing world series with a tre-
mendous advantage over the
Giants, and barring accidents,
should win the great October
classic.
& I haven't seen the Giants this year,
but from what i hear Of them,
judge that they are no stronger in
the inffeld or in the outfield than they
were last year and are in quite con.
siderably weaker in the pitchers box
because of the loss OF "Snufflm
Phil Douglas. The Yankees. on the
other hand, are sat least as strong
on the pitching mound as they were
in the fall of '21. and demonstra bly,
stronger in every other department.
In other words. the Giants do not
figure as well this year as they did
last. while the Yankees. reinforced
by the acquisition of Everett Scott
at short, Joe Dugan at third and
Whitley Witt in center field, are at
least 25 per cent more formidable
than they were when they met the
Giantsfn a worlds series for the first
time.
Ruth In Good Shape.
Another thing to consider in
doping" the coming event is the
fact that l will be in good condition
for this series. An abscess on my left
arm crippled me at the start Of the
series last fall, and when was
forced to retire from the Yankees
batting order Manager Miller Hug
gins had no dependable hitter to take
my place. The result was that the
Yankees were beaten In low score
games where / might have been able
to turn the tide in their favor.
MANAGER Miller Higgins has not
vet decided how he will use his
pitchers against the Giants but the
indications are that the bulk OF the
flinging burden will fall upon Bob
Shawkey and Bullet Joe" Bush,
The latter has won thirty.five OF
his last forty.three games, nine out
of ten last season and twenty-six out
of thirty-three this, and figures
TO beat any club he starts against.
I notice that some Of the old
timers say that Bush will be easy
for the Giants but that Is because
they do not know Joe an do and
do not properly appreciate the
things he can do with the hall.
His "fork" ball Is one OF the most
effective deliveries now In use by
any pitcher and in my opinion
should be just as good against the
Giants as it has been against the
Tigers, the Browns and other hard.
hitting clubs In the American
league.
Banks on Shawkey. {.
notice, too, that some Of the
Giants are inclined to believe that
Shawkey cannot last more than q
couple of innings against them.
They apparently figure that Shaw,
key can show them nothing this fall
that he didn't have on tap last year
and in this they are previously mts.
taken. At no time last season did
Shawkey have a real fast ball to
mix with his curve and any time
he couldn't control his hook he
was easy for any opponent.
This year, however, he has a good
fast ball, one with a real hop on Il,
as witness the games that he, like
Bush, has pitched against some Of
the strongest Of the Yankees Ameri.
can League rivals.
l look for Bush and Shawkey to
win two games apiece but II, by any
chance, either Of these two stars
should prove unable to win we still
would have Waite Hoyt, Sam Jones
and Carl Mays available for service
and in splendid physical condition.
In short. we have five capable
Fingers where the Giants have only
one in Southpaw Arthur Nehf. This
being SO do not see how the Giants
possibly can beat us again and win
be surprised indeed II the series
iasts more than, SIX days. -
Copyright. 1s13, by the christy walsh