, 1923-10-28
BY HENRY l.. FARRELL

tCnANr0 IItSS sDOAAH 1lAIoIN
NEW YORK. Oct. 81 Omitted
PressEMechanical play in the
words series of 1923 between the
Yankees and Giants was tho most
perfect ever staged over n stretch
OF six games in the opinion of vet
Gran managers OF baseball men.
Brilliant fielding and spectacular
hitting we're scattered throughout
the entire series and were not con-
fined to either team. although be-
cause It brought them victory tho
work of tho Yankees might have
been considered more important and
more spectacular. With fine field
ing on all sides. consistent hitting
and good pitching shared by sew
eral stars. Il was impossible to pick
out the big outstanding hero of the
series.
The following nominations as he
roes, certainly could be made. how
ever.
Joe Dugan, Frank Frisch, Erin
Ward. Babe Ruth, Joe Bush, Heinie
Groh. Bob Meusel. Casey stengel.
Joe Dugan leads the list. No
third baseman. including the bril-
liant Groh, ever gave the exhibit
ton of mechanical perfection in a
worlds series that RAJ put forth by
the former Holy Cross star.
Dugan's fielding was spectacular
His reooveries were consistently SEN
sntional and his throws we're as
founding. His hitting was hard
and most timely.
For several years Dugan was on
the threshold of stardom, but he
stepped over this year with room to
spare.
Dugan is beyond doubt the great
est third baseman of his day.
Frank Frlsch gave perhaps as
great an exhibition OF second base
play as any that has ever been seen
in n worlds series. Eddie Collins.
In his prime, might have been just
as good. but no was never better.
Frisch would have been the big
hero OF the worlds series II the
Giants had won the sixth game, but
they didn't. and the brllliance of the
former Fordham star was overshad-
owed by the work OF the Yankees in
that ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS eighth In
ming OF tho ast game.
Frisch had cut off two runs with
the most sensational bits of fielding.
He had singled twice md tripled
once in three trips to the plate and
scored two runs. The garments OF
the hero premier were laid out ready
for him when the Yankees burst
forth. and Frisch was forgotten.
Just n trifle behind Frisch was
Erin Ward. the great little second
baseman of the Yankees, who seems
surely destined TO win the place of
one of the greatest OF them alp
Ward did not shine as spectacular'y
as did Frisch simply because he did
not get the spectacular chances to
shine that came the way of the
Giant second baseman.
Ward was the leading batter of
the regular players who worked all
through tho series. His fielding
perfect and his spirit is always
admirable. He tried hard all the
time and is a great conner from be-,
hind" like Frisch and Young of
the Giants.
Ward IS much more graceful than
Frlsch. He handles the ball more
cleanly and, while Frlsch makes all
chanoes look hard. Ward pulls them
I'm so gracefully and gets tho play
away so fast that tho hardest
chances look like cinches.
Babe Ruth certainly was n hero of
the series. He made a record by
hitting three home runs. Perhaps
he did fall in several plnches when
his bat would have broken up more
games. but he was always a threat
that badly worried. and several times
completely upset tho Giants.
The Babe was an outstanding star
as q fielder, however. He outraged
Pep Young, tho star rightfielder OF
tho Giants. by such a margin that
It was noticeable.
Ruth was in shape. He held him.
self up under n terrible razzing from
the Giants, and he delivered-even
II he did fan in the last game with
tho bases filled.
In any other series where Joe pu-
gan would have been around TO ex.
plot his W brllliance, Heinie Groh
would have come out of tho series
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