The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
There Is No Such ThinGyA4sa Oddson WorldM j Series
By WILLIAM SLAVENS M'NUTT heased Wire To AEe-Herald)

Leased Wire To Age-Heraiul
 NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-There IS brand new inmate of the New York state asylum for the insane roaming the grounds of the local hoosegow. He is the one prime idiot, the fool ish pick of one hundred and ten million odd more or less baseball nuts, who tried in all sincerity to determine by figures the proper odds on the coming series between the Tanks and Giants.
 He could have saved his reason by coming in person to the writer of this screed. This writer would have explained to him in words of ore syllable that there are no proper odds on this series and amind might there by have been saved to figure out how many drops of water there are in the seven sas or how many shovel full of snow strong man could shake off pine trees in the arctiee in the course of a 10-hour day, or something else of equivalent moment.
 There is no dope on this series. Anything is liable to happen and probably will Four straight by either team is a possibility. A seven game series of three each and the odd is as good bet as any other. The Giants can beat the Tanks and the Tanks can beat the Giants.
 
 other team three or four straight.
 If they get away to a fighting start with Ruth doing his stuff and the Giant machine running smooth, the fans may see scrap to finish that will stay in baseball history as one of the highlights of the game. Nobody knows anything about it and any one who says he does can re- serve room right now in cell along side the poor nut who tried to figure the proper odds.
 There are certain interesting fac tors about which to think, factors that may mean a lot and may mean nothing when the two teams take the field and action takes the place of words.
 There is Ruth. The saying is that as Ruth so go the Yankees. Some- thing in that. Ruth has gone like secondhand fiivver with a busted differential and pair of burned out main bearings in the last two world series sessions against the Giants Some say that because of this the Giants have the Indian sign on the big Tank star, and he will be unable to deliver. That's not good be-. Ruth is not an ordinary player to whom ordinary rules apply. Accord Ing to all the dope the big slug9er was all through, down and out as d big leaguer last year, but to the surprise of all the wise guys he did a BllIy Sunday, took up singing as a recreation to fill in the time be- tween working hours and blossomed forth this year as greater player than he has ever been before. So despit the dope against him he may strike his stride against the GianLs thls year and carry the Tanks along with him to complete cleanup.
 Another thing to think about: The Tanks as team will be playing 10 men. There will be nine giants in uniform and old man Jinx in a shabby suit of invisiblity. Oldm an Jinx has played against the Tanks in every important game since the club was organized He was invariabiy Triumphant until Ruppert and Hous- ton bought the team and started to choke old man JinX with currency gas. This gas is made by burning SlOO bills in bales of 10 each in the presence of minor league magnates with good players to sell This gas so affected old man JinX that he was unable to prevent the Tanks from winning their league pennant. but he Waso hand once more when the world series began and did his stuff with his accustomed efficiency.
 Rumor has it that the pestiferous old gentleman was so shocked by Ruth's reformation this year that he dropped dead of heart failure. The storyl that this occurred in a bar room in Chicago when Ruth came in and lined up with some friends at the sign of the old brass rail- and when asked what he would have answered water" The writer does not vouch for the absolute authentic ity of this tale, but it seems plausi- blc.
 Of this one thing the dopesters can be sure: The teams will play to more people and more money than ever before in the history of the world series The lOSS of tba ta., n, that fails to win will not be complete. The beaten players will have some thing wherein to console themselves There will be dough. Large dough.
 The cut of the lossers will not equal that of the winners. ofc curse, but still and all when the players Of the defeated team leave the field at the end of the last game, each one will have about 1000 one dollar bills 10 use as handkerchiefs for the dry ing of the bitter tears that course down their gaunt cheeks. That's SOmething