The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-29

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Babe, ] hear the Yankees are
TO the Giants"
Perhaps the fans might be In.
terested in knowing what / think
: IL going to happen October 10 and
after. But as / made a pretty poor
job OF reading the palm Of Lady
Luck before the last two series.
this year I've decided on a brand
new plan which is purposely saved
for another story.
Just to show what a lot of gloom
Il hanging over our heads. listen
to the optimism of various Yankee
players. WaIly Pipp. Joe Dugan
and Wal1y schang have gone 50
Ear a. to decide on the make Of
their new automobiles. Bob Muesel
xul bungalow in Los Angeles.
Two other fellows are figuring on
opening 8 big mercantile store and
Aaron Ward, from the way he's
talking. expects to buy up half the
State OF Arkansas. Everybody Is
figuring on where they're going
90 put the cash.
Judging from that spirit, any
BODY can read the Temperature 90
Miller Higgins ball club. It's
boiling hot. And even though
this coming series should smash
al attendance records, on account
of the two big parks, stiIl IL
takes considerable dough to buy
meter cArs, department stores and
farm kinds. In OEher words when
ban players do figuring of this
kind they are playing q hunch
On taking the winners end or
the BIC prize.
Notice / didn't mention myself.
Notice there's no way of telling my
opinion ~ to what's going to hap
pen and how. That's exactly what
had ia mind, up above, where
Lady Luck Is mentioned IN the
story.
In the first place. there's an old
saying. you've got to hit the bali
before. you place It. The Yankees
have got to win their first game be-
fore they can win the series. This
6allplayer has learned q lot Of
things since last series and one Of
s
busting into predictions without
thinking Il over
Harry Heilman told me something
about Detroit that illustrates the
idea. Maybe some people think
Harry and / are laying for each
ether In dark alleys, just because Of
our little duel for batting honors.
That's q big mistake. He's one Of
my best friends and we do lot
OF tanning.
Great noodle. Harry's got. And
what q hustler. You know. he's one
Of the leading insurance agents at
Detroit. It's getting awful the
way he mixes up his baseball con-
versation with annuities, endow-
ments, premiums and I'll kinds OF
insurance terms. Fact I told him
] Just al soon he'd devote all his
time to insurance and let me take
care Of the basehit business.
.T think the Yanlxs win trim the
Glanta," says Harry. 'eBut you
fellows ought to figure it ont like
the boys on our club" Only
few gnG1es separate the three
teams and Of course, they arc
fighting Il out for second and
tu8W pt8C0 mAOBcy Ou the WOF1O
series. One q these three clubs
win be squeezed out.
Some Of the Detroit players, not
satisfied with third money, started
scrambling towards second place.
But the older Detroit heads said,
First let's cinch third place and
20 after Cleveland later"
In other words, the ball club that
expects to step out and mop up the
opposition In one swing Ia taking
. big chance on blowing the
works." - they say. when good
ball club Is over anxious or over
confident. And without digging w
any skeletons think that's what
buried the Yankees In both world
series against the Giants.
So my idea regarding the 1925
series In that we've got to win on
the ball field not in the clubhouse
er In the betting odds.
fCopyright. 1s2a. by The Christy Walsh
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