The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-06
Odds Favor
YankS Over
Giants
SIX GAMES SEEN
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

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talk.
We mean the baseball men,
those husky, leather-faced men
Who follow the fortunes of the big
leaguers and to whom the queS-
lion of the hour is:
who will win-the Yankees
or the Giants?"
They stood around the lobbies
# the hotel New Yorker and the
commodore this morning greeting
ach other with wisecrackS and
punching the bag" about the
series. In few hours they would
De swallowed up in the great
rowd of 10000 that will trek into
he Yankee Stadium to witness
he opening game.
Who's that sturdy little fellow
with the lined face and sporting
a loud tan suit? Why it's Rabbit
Meanwhile, the eX-big Lacquer who
used to make those basket catches
in the infield for years.
II like the Giants to win this
SERIES" announced the Rabbit.
And where is all that 2.to-1
money on the Yanks?"
IN GAME n YEARS
Meanwhile has been in baseball
for 81 years. He played in two
world series, with the Boston
Braves in 1914 against the Phila-
delphia AS, and with the st. Louis
Cardinals against the New York
Yankees in 1928. He now manages
the Montreal club in the 1nterna-
tional League.
'This is going to be red-hot
world SERIES" Meanwhile pre-
dicted. II like the Giants be-
cause they've got the spirit and
confidence. This Powell Of the
Yankees getting hurt is going
to do the Yankees no good. He
murders lefthanders."
Somebody remarked that Mar:
awhile looked pretty fit for an old
guy, and the Rabbit retorted:
why, I'm only 46. The other
day they had a Meanwhile Day
up at Springfield, Mass, and they
asked me to play few innings"
lie smiled and added:
II played nine"
Billy Evans, business manager
If the Boston Red SoX, former
general manager of the Cleveland
Indians and one-time big league
umpire, came along-a big, ruddy-
faced, succeSsfuI-looking man.
I'D say the Yanks to win,"
said Evans. II couldn't think
otherwise because this is the
great club that so often de-
stroyed my hopes in Cleveland
and Boston. But you must re-
member that in short series
pitching such as Hubbell and
Schumacher are capable Of Is a
big factor. I don't expect too
much of Melton. These first
year fellows do not figure prom.
inently in World Series. Babe
Adams Of the Pittsburgh Pi-
rates was an exception. He
won three in the 1919 series"
ANOTHER BALL GAME
Evans, who has umpired World
Series, remarked:
"Umpiring a World Series con-
test was just another ball game
to me. That's the way to figure
it, but everybody can't do that"
Casey Stengel, former manager
of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who
played in four World Series, was
button-holed.
I'll not comment" said STEM
gel. I'm looking for work and
I'm a diplomat"
Stengel played with Brooklyn in
the 1916 World Series and with
the Giants in the 1921, 1922 and
1928 series. He hit two home
runs in the 1923 series, which the
Giants lost to the Yankees.
The genial Clarence Rowland,
former manager Of the Chicago
White Sox, former umpire and
now scout for the Chicago Cubs,
said:
IT pick the Giants. They have
pitching and a great defense.
Right now the club is hot. AS
for those Yanks, they can be
pitched to by good ball club"
Warren Brown, Chicago sports
writer, WHO will broadcast the
series, remarked he wouldn't be
surprised if the series went seven
games.
ITS a toss up" said Brown.
"The Giants are a better ball
club than they were year ago.
The Yanks, however, are no bet
ter than year ago."
Ford Prick, president of the Ma.
tional League, was bit cagy. He
said:
THE Giants have great
chance. It will be a good series.
I'd say j. will go six games,
maybe seven. The Giants right
now are not They've been play.
ing great ball for the last month,
and a three-day layoff won't
hurt them"
1.-THE hot club usually wins a
World Series. The Giants are
a great defensive club. But, of
course, we all know those Yam.
KEGS can hit"
William Harridge, president Of
the American league, was sure it
would be the Yanks.
1.-THE Yanks to cop in six
games" was his prediction.
Big, jovial Dan Howley, former
manager of the Cincinnati Reds
and now the boss of the Toronto
&c.