The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-25
Giant-Yank Show
 Will Be Old One But Hashed OUer
By wEsTBROOK PEGLER Leased Wire To The Age-Heral

NAeaseu wire 10 Ine ASe-heIdiu'l
 NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-Assuming that the New York Yankees, who have already won their pennant in the American league, will draw the Giants again as their opponents In the world series, that annual disturbance will lose it's appearance of enthusia- stic rivalry and assume the aspects of a most affectionate partnership. As such, 1t still may draw large receipts. There Is no objection to partner ships in New York where Weber and Fields, Dundee and Leonard, and Haig and Haig have scored historic the United States at large, which supported the grand old firm of Ted Kid" Lewis and Jack Britton through 19 productions of their box ing spectacle, demands any more originality in It's amusements than New York city.
 Partnerships, then, seem to be profitable as lone as they are car ried on in a brisk, business-llke manner.
 The Giants having won the two world series from the Yankees, there would be no demand for third por- trayal of the spectacle, unless those involved In the enterprise were alert enough to inject new business into the piece. Weber and Fields, always maintaining the same makeup, nevertheless kept shifting the seem aria and renewing their line of pleas antries. Dundee and Leonard stretched their limited repertoire over six or seven performances, but when they began to repeat their old sallies their clinentele drifted over to the rival act of Leyinsky and Golf fey. And only recently when the Cromwell Athletic club essayed to pr oduce them in revival of the old skit, the cashier fell asleep over his cash register and rang up $9 by mis- take. Haig and Haig are said never to have altered their formula, but It Is common knowledge that gasoline has been injected into the recipe within the last few years, giving the product a new piquancy.
 Now the Yankees and the Giants have not been in the exhibition busi- ness all these years without learning their lessons. They will be able therefore to present the world series again, for the third time, as though 1t were a new venture instead Of 8 habit. The Giants will have Jack Bentley and Jimmy O'Connell. who cost much money at the baseball <ate of exchange, and they will also have, Travis Jackson, a juvenile shortstop who cost nothing to speak of.
 A star player who costs nothing is rarer far than a star who costs a vast amount None of these was involved in either of the two previous transac- tions between the Yankees and the Giants and so, as will be readily per ceived, this one will be much dif- ferent.
 Likewise, the Yankees in the other two seasons were the ones who had to fight to the last day or so for their pennants. whereas the Giants came in rather comfortably and not breathing g | hard. In 1923 cases are transposed. The Yankees have been across the line for several days and there is still a chance that the Giants, who were defeated Monday, may not win a pennant at all.
 This raises the question:: Are the | Giants strong enough to beat the Yankees again this year," And, al- though this Is really not as important as some other questions confronting 8 nervous world, the answer will pay the club owners more than Greece will pay Italy.
 And then, as the five-starred won der of the gigantic open air spectacle, the Yankees will present the fear some behemoth, the bust supreme of 1922, Babe Ruth, in a character as the best-behaved and most valuable ball player in either major league. Babe Ruth positively will drink a saucer