, 1923-10-09
SHOULD WIN
WORLDS SERIES ON
ALL THE DOPE, BUT

mediately fell into a slump. He
got the idea that he couldn't hit In
the New York Yankee stadium. and
ideas Of that kind Impose a fata.
mental hazard on a ball player. Ruth
however. apparently worked himself
out of that mental bunker and start
ed hitting.
Ruth has always maintained that
he liked the Polo Grounds better
than any park on the circuit, when
tho American League was sharing
the home of the Giants and part OF
the series will be played there.
He ought to hit at least normally
under conditions that are as near &c
ideal as possible and his normal gail
this a has been around 400.
Giant pitchers in 1921 and 1922 hat
to fool only a Babe who was tryinf
to murder the ball and who WASH
in shape to connect with a blimp
But the Babe of 1923 is a great ba,
ter as well as the king slugger ano
he is in shape.
With the Giants forced to play
part of the series on a strange field
while the Yanks are at home in boil
grounds. the National League cham
pions will also face another handicap
1t may amount to nothing ind again
1t may turn out to be q most import
ant factor.
The Yankee Stadium is hard to p,ay
In. Irish Meusel and Pep" Young
the Giant left and rightfielders, WI
have almost twice the territory to
cover that they protect in the Polo
grornd and strange lighting cond
tons may bother the batters. Am.
erican League players claim the Yam
kee home is the hardest field to play
IN n big leagues and 1t is only nat.
urai that h Giants might have
some difficulty in adjusting them.
selves.
Jus before the series opened last
tall. the New York correspondent of
a japanese paper cabled the follow.
Ing expert Representation on the
series to his paper:
All depends on how the Yankee
oatters bat and Giant pitchers pitch -
The same abstract dope might be
applied this year. although It might
be amended to predict that the series
VIII epend upon how the Yankee
oatters bat and how the Yankee
pitchers pitch.
Disregarding the proof placed Mt
hand in 1921 that great pitching a.
not an insurmountable obstacle for
good ball club to overcome. IL stul
remeins difficult to reason that
GlAi-ts can get by Sam Jones. uerh
Iennock. Waite Hoyt. Joe Bush ana
Bob Shawkey just because thew ala
iast year and the year previous
With a ball club that Is mora NAV.
tally alert. a team that Is aotuatad
by better spirit and a wiz
has peen able to establish harmony
where discord prevailed before, II is
not logical that the Yankees should
De out'thought and out-piayed again
Just because they were last fail ana
the fall before.
WIN Babe Ruth playing the rerat.
est game of his life on III, o,,on.a
ana the defense and with the yvboIa
inhkee team set to vindlcate them.
serves. Just as the Babe wants IN r,.
uoem himself. II is not IN
thke vidence from the past 10 draw
the conclusion that once ana tv,I.,
wrong. tho Yanks viii always he
wrong. NC
Because the Yanks have notb,no
better than their best which faIIe6
IN two previous fights against The
Giants 1t is not safe to depend upon
n moral reformation Of the te,r,
ana psychology to bet that the aertos
VIII not result just as II aid In ~
two previous cases
On form and dope, the Gian,s
ought to win the championsb,p
again. The experts who strunr
along with tho Yanks for two years
have all swung over to the cham.
pions and are picking the Giants,
The Giants. It is true. have many
reasons and causes why they should
win but we do not believe they VIII.