8 THE DEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. OCTOUKK 4. Iittl. ! Giants Will Enter Scries v Weak in Utility New York National Minus Good Infield Extra. Plenty Outfieldm And CatcVn. i mam . . K nVak , By FREDERICK Q. L1EB. "A t'.-.ra I as strong as it sub nitufes.'' We once heard John McGraw, leader of the Gi ants, make this statement. It was at a time when the Giant trader had such utility men as Milton Stock, "Tillie" Shakr. Georgie Burns and Harry McCormick. The Giants team wilt enter the 1921 put' 1 V WDriO) srncs I Xs H. weaker in utility I ,J'-.-3f'.f material than any I J23r. dubwe have known 1 in the last 10 years IT. -atti t ..,1.1 tU nAacilil exception of 'Brooklyn last year. McGraw is fixed with extra out fielders; he has if it:S'tZxKl&. more catchers than :.';'vv::Sf' s-;?: i&H he needs, but every -" night Giant fans !;?W:5.:!i:; fay a prayer inai .! ' I nothing happens to any of the rcgu- i lar Giants inhcm. i An accident to Frisch or Ban- IeWe nothing short of EttivCrbrr. disastrous. Traded Extra Infield. During the season McGraw trad ed away all tits extra infielders, Pat terson to Seattle and Monroe to the Phillies. The only utility infielder carried by the club late in the season ' is Howard Berry, the former Uni versity of Pennsylvania all-around athlete and a famous foot ball player. At college Berry was an outfielder, but McGraw has been working him in a bit at second base. Gonzales, the Cuban catcher, plays a rattling good game at first base, though he isn't much of a hitter. He has substituted in a few games for "Long George" Kelly. In a pinch. McGraw can bring in Burns to third .base and Young to second. Young played the infield in the minors, and when he was with Rochester in 19'7 he divided his time between second base and the outfield, but Ross has lost the knack of playing the infield. . McGraw is well stocked with ex- tra outfielders, in Cunningham, Brown and Stengel. Cunningham is a brilliant youngster, and was go ing well in' center field before the club procured Meusel from Phila delphia. Brown, a weak thrower, has been dangerous as a pinch-hit- te. .. . v Yanks Fixed With Utility. The Yankees are far better fixed with utility strength than the Giants. Whether McNally 6r Baker plays , : third base, Huggins lias a splendid man in reserve for the position. The Yanks also has a brilliant substi tute for Peckinpaugh in Johnny Mitchell, formerly the star short stop of the Pacific coast league. In' the outfield Huggins has Bob by Roth, Wilson Fewster and Nel son (Chicken) Hawks 'for reserves. Roth, a .300 hitter, was layed up most of the season with water on the knee, but he again is ready to , play whenever needed. Hawks, who might be playing regularly but ' for a poor throwing arm, is the ast- , est' man in the bit; leagues today. ' .. Fewster, in addition to acting as Utility centerfieldcr, also can fill in at second, third or short if the oc casion demands.' The Yankees have a team which can be shifted , into several combinations. .Ruth can play a bangup game at first and Meusel plays either first or third. Diamond Stars of Yesteryear Play for Fandom's Idol M mw J"- if? 1 - JL s-mmMri ! Coach Dawson Starts Secret Husker Practice Ncbroeka Pigskiu Mciitur Torking Overtime Prepar ing Cornbuekers fur ()IaU j Witli Notre Dame. Christy Ka-K.VA' Thi areata -n1Iction of old-time base ball olavers ever gathered met and defeated the champion New York Giants in a five-innjig exhibition game at the Polo Grounds, New York, for the benefit of the Christy Mathewson fund. Between $40,000 and $50,000 was realized and turned over to the greatest pitcher of all times, at Saranac Lake, N. Yn where he it suffering from tuberculosis. A National league base ball, autographed by President Harding and Matty, shown in the illustration, was auctioned off and brought $7S0. The group picture shows, standing, left to right, Ed Micall, Amos Rus!e, Roger Bresnahan, Jess Burkett, Larry Doyle, Harry (Moose) McCormick, Jack Warner, Jess Tesreau, Frtd Merkle and Dan Douley. Seated, left to right, Bill Dahlen, Hans Lobert, George Wiltse, Arthur Dev'.in, Bill Gilbert, Joe Hornung and grandson, Joe, 3d, mascot; "Red" Murray and Fred Tenney. On the left is Joe Hornung, nearly 80 years old, who appeared on the field in uniform, but did not play. Wiltse and Tesreau were cn the mound for the old-timers, while Pat Shea hurled for the present-day champions. The score was rto 0. Pirates Grab Second Place New York, Oct. 3. With the Ma . jor league base ball season passed in to history, the eyes of the sporting world are turning toward the Polo grounds. There on Wedncs.y, the Giants and the Yankees will begin their struggle for the title of world's 'champions. The -national league champions finished the season with a defeat by their old rivals, the Brooklyn Super bas. yesterday while the Yankees wound up by winning from the Bos ton Red Sox. PittsburRh maintained second place in the national league by a victory over the St. Louis Card inals and the St. Louis Brown's wort third place'in the American circuit by subduing the Detroit Tigers Cleveland lost its final contest to Chicago. Walter Johnson turned in 10 strike outs in his team's victory over Phila delphia yesterday. Plainview Team Trims Wisner, 3-0 . Norfolk. Neb., Oct 3. ( Special Telegram.) Plainview defeated Wis ner here in a challenge base ball game, 3 to 0. Batteries: Plainview, Fussell and O'Conner; Wisner, Wig gington and Kane. Moriarty and Chill , : Appointed Umpires Chicago, Oct 3. - President Johnson of the American league today appointed George Moriarity asd Ollie Chill as the American Ieag-M ampires for tb world's '4 Quigley and Rigler Named as National League Umpires New York, Oct 3. President ifohn Heydler of the National eague today announced the ap pointment of Ernest C. Quigley and Charles Rigler as the Na tional league umpires for the world series play, which begins here Wednesday. jMiSchopl Stecher Will Meet Charlie Peters At Columbus Legion Show Columbus. Neb., . Oct. 3. (Spe cial.) A telegram received here to day announces the booking of Charles Peters, the Sarpy county (Neb.) sheriff, to wrestle Joe Stecher here November 10. Peters held ex champion Caddock for two hours to a draw last Thursday at Cedar Rap ids. la. , Ben Teller, chairman of the ac tivities committee, also advises the signing of Andy Schmader, whose opponent in a 10-round boxing match has not vet been selected. This definitely begins the lineup of boxers and wrestler who are to make up the program at the big American Legion athletic carnival to be staged here on Armistice, day. The, character of the arrangements are such that a record-breaking crowd, not only for this state and for this year but in the entire his tory of the city is looked for. It is planned to have the events begin immediately after the noon hour, starting with a foot ball match and continuing with the boxing and wrestling for - both afternoon and evening tn a huge circus tent, which is being contracted for. Anderson Defeats San Francisco Star Berkeley, Cal., Oct. 3. James O. Anderson, star " ot the Australian Davis cup tennis team, defeated Rol and Roberts, San Francisco, in an exhibition singles match here today, 10-12, 6-0,6-3. In an exhibition doubles match John Strachan and Roberts defeated Anderson and J. B. Hawkes, also of the Australian team, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. Foot-Ball' Broken Bo', 7: Loup City, 6. ' Loup City. Neb., Oct. 3. (Special.) The local high school toot ball team loat to th Broken Bow squad on the latter" field by tbo score of 7 to . The Loup City grldsters scored their lone touchdown sfter four minutes of play In the first quarter. Columbus, 14; Albion, 0. -Columbus, Neb., Oct. 8. (Special.) Tn a foot ball game played here between the local high .school foot ball team and the Aiblon squad, Columbus won by the score of 14 to 0. The feature of the game waa the playing of Oelrlch and Tryba of Co lumbus, gnuth Omaha High plays here October 21. Madison, 18) Tllden. 13. Madison. Neb.. Oct. 3. (Special.) The Madison High school foot ball team de feated the Tildon squad here by the score of 18 to 13. Gothenburg, 27) Lexington, 0. Gothenburg,'" Neb., Oct. 3. (Special.) With the consistent gains of Karr and Karlsou on end runs and their strong dc enslve play. Gothenburg was able to de feat Lexington here by the score of 21 to 0. Lexington was not able to come within scoring distance of its opponent's goal. Karr scored two touchdowns and Swanson and Weather each, chalked up a touchdown. Gothenburg Seconds, 31; Maxwell, 0. Gothenburg, Neb., Oct. 3. (Special.) The Gothenburg Second foot ball team succeeded in 'defeating the Maxwell squad on the latter's gridiron by the score n 21 to 0. Giants Eligible for World Series Named New York, Oct 3. Base ball 23 players, two coaches and Man ager McGraw were announced at National league headquarters to day as eligible for the world's series. . The list follows: . ' Pitchers Arthur Nehf, Fred Toney, Phil Douglas, jess Barnes, Pat Shea, Harry Sallee, pill Ryan and Cecil Causey. Catchers Frank Snyder, Earl Smith, Alex Goston and Mike Gonzales. Infielders George Kelly, John Rawlings, Dave Bancroft, Frank Frisch and Walter Kopf. Outfielders R o s s Young, George Burns, Emil Meusel, Bill Cunningham, Eddie Brown and Casey Stengel. Coaches and Manager Cozey Dolan, Hughey Jennings and John McGraw. Foot Ball Facts Worth Knowing By SOL METZGER. 1. May players on defense run for ward before the ball is snapped? 2. Are there one or two lines of scrimmage ? 3. Are these scrimmage lines mere ly lines or planes? 4. How may a ball be put in play after interference with a fair catch? 5. Are there any exceptions to the rule prohibiting players from lining up with any parV of their bodies beyond the Hue of scrimmage? . AXBH EK8. . . 1. riayers on defense may be in mot ion io any direction jf they remain outside. 'I. There are two line of scrimmage. One for the team with the ball, the other for the team on defense. 3. The line of scrimmage for either learn Is a plane passing through the near, est end of the ball, parallel to tbv goal', lines and perpendicular to the field ef play. 4. The team Interefrrred wltb Is given 3 yards from the point of the foul and has its choice of putting the ball .in play by scrimmage or by kicking It by a pant, drop-kick or place-kick. A. Yes, in the case of the man snapping the ball. He Is permitted to have his bead and his arm or arms used In holding the ball beyond the line of scr'mmago, Ty Cobb Expects To Sign Two Coast eague Players Detroit, Oct. 3. Ty Cobb, man ager of the Detroit American league base ball team, on his departure to night for San Francisco, where he will manage a winter league club, said he expected to acquire at least two plays during bis fitay on the coast He did not indicate who they were. "I expect to return to Detroit next year in a managerial and playing capacity," he added. Harry Heilmann, Tiger rightfield er, who engaged with his manager jn a merry race for batting honors in the league, will leave for the coast later in the week to play win ter base ball. . Postpone Circuit Races Lexington, K'., Oct 3. Opening of the Grand circuit trotting meet here today was postponed to Tues day because of track conditions fol lowing heavy rains last night. Lincoln, Oct. 3. Coach Fred Daw son drew a curtain about the prac tice of the Cornhuskm today, shad ing the Nebraska foot hall practice from the sight of interested students and other citizen. W hile the coach is working his closeted practice tvto werks before the Kainc with the Has kell Indians, it is plain to be seen that his aim is more distant and that he is preparing for the cluh with Notre Danifr three weeks lf. The Notre Dame-Nebraska ri valry which has exbted for a num ber of yrars makes the clash with the Indiana squad the big i;anie of the season for the Hukm Pitts burgh, although a new team on the Husker schedule and, even though it is one of the targe interactional games of the year, does not attract the Nebraska student attention and interest nearly to the degree that the Notre Dame match has done. The Husker mentor has been working out his backfield and line men to a maximum, demanding the greatest amount of energy from his men. 1 he contest lor the tackle and halfback ' positions are in the bat ance with candidates of speed, weight and ability hungering Jor the loos, Wright; Hartley, Russell, Hartman, Dcwitz. Lewellen, Layton, Noble and I reston are nvaking heroic at tempts to cinch the four backfield jobs, while fucclik, Lyman, Jolt, Wcller and several others are work' ing like demons for the tackle jobs. Nebraska's candidates this season provide the material for a wonderful machine, with heavy men alter every job on the line and with speed, weight and brains working hard to liab the backfield positions. Haskell promises a speedy team for the Huskers, but regardles." of the Husker-Haskell clash the chief thought of Nebraska remains cen tered on the clash with the Irish October 22 at South Bend. Los Angeles Clinches Pacific Coast Race San Froncisco, Oct. 3. Los An ireles. defeating Portland, 12 to 3, at Portland in yesterday's first game clinched the facitic Loast league pennant in the next to the hst ganie of the season. Sacramento won sec- ond place, San Francisco third and Seattle fourth, with Seattle only 18 points behind the winners. The San Francisco team had led the league for 22 weeks out of the 26 weeks. Fans Dissect Outfield of Series Contenders Figures Show Giants' Fielders Are Best Fly Chasers i Calf Tiikess-Oaslii 1st Usasd WKS. New York, Oct. 3. With the curtain rung down yester day on the big league annual production, "Chaning the Pennant,"" and with utars' dreeing room occupied by the Giants and the Yankees, painted and ready for the next big "how, fans retired to their homes to review the National and American leagues season and give a thought or two to the classic which starts Wednesday at the Polo grounds. And New York fans in particular will give a thought or two to this series. It'll be as close to them as paper is to a wall. The "eriY' is the talk of the town Fans hae wailed a lifetime for jot such a meeting, and idle mo ments arc spent in tiyitis! to dope out the winner. Giants Best Outfielders. Figures and complicated fttatistirs inay not mran a thing in the com ing games, but you can't drprive a fan of his fun. If he would spend his time poring over batting, field ing and pitching records, let him "figgcr." He may lilt the winner. J n weighing the chances of the Landis Dopes, Too. New York, Oct. 3. Judge K. M. Landis, commissioner of base ball, believes-the outcome of the world's series will be close. "I look for a close, interesting series of battles," declared the Chicago jurist ; "We nuy flee nine games," be added. ' two teams, "one mav snend all eve ning studying the averages of the! two clubs putfields. iou may array the percentages of Ruth, Miller and Afeusel of Jhc Yankees against those of Burns, Young and Meusel of the Giants and then just pick out jur favorite group of outfielders. i But cold dope gives the statistical edge of the comparison to the Giants' outfielders as far as fielding is. con cerned. ' Ruth Best Fielder. Averages which are compiled from all games played this season Postpone Second Inter-City iame St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 3. (Special Telegram.) The Drivc-It-Yourselfs and Hamilton-Brown game, sched uled today as the second contest in the inter-city series, was called oft because of rain. The Woodmen of the World and Drive-It-Yourself teams leftrfor Omaha this evening. Vxv Hasting Women Win , York;Ncb Oct. 3. (Special.) Hastings won out in the golf tourna ment with York women on the Country club links. Dinner was served to 57 out-of-town members at Hotel McCloud. fhow that the Giants' three ouliirld er luve the had over ihrir. rivals Young, Giant right tickler. Ju a fielding average of .''7. Yankee Meusel percentage, i .9J4. In thr rentrr field! Hums-has .970, and Miller's percentage i .V74. Ruth's percentage i .970, and thai of Irish Meusel is .2. Figures are not clastic enough to cover irnipe r.mirnt, thinking ability and nerves. A player's average through the season may be com mendable, but under the stress of a world's series, in which he is con scious that he must "do or die," he may "die," because liis figures weren't ; cla.stic enough to cover his nerves. I Irish Snares 'Em. 1 Babe Ruth is more than his avcr- ages show, lie is a help to the club ! because he is what he is champion home run hitter of the world, and a great ball player. I cam mates place faith in him. When he tries, all try. Figures don't cover trying, cither. Irish Yeusei, who will cavort around the same acreage as will kiuh, is no slouch of an outfielder. cither. Angular and agile, he cov ers his beat nicely, lie has a good whip. The Giant star outfielder, how ever, is George Burn?,' who has csught as many flies in left and cen ter fields at the l'olo grounds as the best grade of a stickum paper would tnarfi in a week in a "greasy vest" on Bowery. , Burns excels in pulling them out of where they arc, and he is a pep pery sort of an individual on the bases. . The aggregate overage of, he Yank outfielder's fielding is .950. .332 Their Pace. . That of the Giant outfielders is .964. Will the 14-point difference make a lot of difference in the world's series In batting the Yankees' outfield have it on their rivals. The aggre gate percentage ot the Jiugmcn is .332, while that of the Giants is .324. It's little, use trying to compare any of the other fielders with Ruth when it comes to batting, but Young, Burns and Meusel don't have their hands tied when they step to the plate. Centre Trying For Another Wonder Team Danville, Ky.. Oct. 3. With 40 men practicing regularly, the foot UU outlook at Centre college thit (..II is si team that will be the ccju-J r.f the i;re-t team of the last three ear. in the tH'inioii of college of ItciaU. Ihcrr ate a score or more uf men who have had tout ball ex perience elsewhere, besides a num ber of veteran player. The Kuad repotted to Coarh ''Tiny" TluMnhill on rpiember 2. and with Captain Armstrong and "B" McMillan handling the back, held men iinmed'ately began work. Twelve of last year's sijuad reported for work William V Jamr, the ctrrn ' tutklc bringing with him two Texas boys, K. L Koktr. a 19J. pound tackle from Georgetown, Tex., and Roy Smith, a 195-pound tackle from Dallas. Other veteran members of the squad arc B. W. Creager, guard: J. B. Robert, tackle; II. R. Snoddy, end: (.. Rice, center; J. Murphy, halfback; T. M. Moran, haltback; J. I'. Tanner, fullback; F. G. Bartlett, halfback, and George Chinii, guard. New men who have appeared on the field include Rhodes . Ingrrton, end, Am.irillo, Tex.; Hope Hudgins. end. Fort Worth, Tex.; Howard Lynch, Amarillo, 'Tex.t Weldon Bradley, end. Fort Worth. Tex.; H. N'etf, haliback, South Pittsburg, Tcnu.; George Jones, guard. Dallas, Tex.; Priest, end, Henderson, Ky.; Mince Gordy, fullback, Peoples Tucker School, Tennessee; J. A. Sharon, fullbaek, St. Louis. Mo.; Covington and Lemon, halfbacks, Mayficld, Ky.: Farmer, quarter, New York; Kubarth, tackie, Gates villu, Tex.; Reed, end, MayfielJ, Ky.; Munhall, Fittsburg, and Donald Dean, tackle, Pittsburg. Louisville and Baltimore to Open Series Wednesday Loui.sville, Ky., Oct 3. Since the organization of the American asso ciation 20 years ago, Louisville prior to this year twice has won the pen nant. 1 The runners-up in the 1920 flag chase, strengthened by the ad dition of players from the Southern association, led since June 13, with Minneapolis the most dangerous con tender. The Louisville club will open its series with Baltimore here Wednes day to determine the class A. A. championship. Managed by Joe McCarthy, who, with. Jay son Kirke, first baseman, was the only other member of the team when it won the pennant in 1916, the club plaved consistent ball throughout the season. Statistics Don't Help Win Game, History Shows What Players Do In Reg ular Season of Combat Means Nothing In Series. - - By FRANK a MENKE. Copyrlht, mi, Klnc Features Syndicate, Ine. OW is the time for all . good men to rise up and quote statistics in an tffort to show who's gonna win the world series in 1921.1 But what's the good of it? History shows it doesn't mean anything. : . What men do in the regular sea son of combat has nothing at all to do with the business of world series ing. Just because a man wallops .400 against American league sling ing, it doesn't mean he'll do any thing of the sort against the pen nant winning hurlers of the National And just because a bloke has swip ed 50 bases or so off Kational'lcague catchers it doesn't follow that he'll do ditto in ratio to games played when pertorming against backstop pers from the other circuit. You may recall Hankerinus Gow dy in 1914. The lacky receiver of! the Braves had made aroand. .240 through the - year. The - tigger hounds therefore ' didn't reckon he'd amount to.much as a bludgeon whirl er when the Braves arrayed them selves against the peerless Ath letics. But what Hank did with the hick ory has written his name forcvSr in to the list of diamond heroes.' He strutted to th,e firing lines 11 times ahd smacked out six lusty safeties. He emerged from the fray with a swatting mark of .545 which exceed ed anything ever turned jn before or since. And Hank numbered among his six hits a homer, a triple and three doubles the best extra-base record for times at bat since seriesing be came an aftermath of the base ball year. Peep into 1916. - , , In that whole year, which "em braced something like 150 games. Harry Hooper, the outflelding Red Soxer, had punched out exactly one home run. Therefore, no one in the wide, wide world expected him to do anything in the matter of four basing for the Red Sox. Yet in the final game of the struggle between the Phillies and the men from Boston, Hooper belted out two home runs, which wen the game and the world's title for his team. i Far back in 1907 when the Cubs were about to mingle with the Tigers in the blue ribbon classic of that year everybody told everybody elcc: ! "This irfrd Cobb is gonna bust, up I the series; with his clubbing." ' . Cobb, thereupon, hit for. .200. Cobb got three chances to garner world series glory 1907-1908-1909. He blew them all. Great player that he is, he never disported true to form in the big event of the base ball year, thus proving the fallacy of figures in picking the winner. Wat happened in 1907, 1908. 1909, 1914 and 1915 -has happened in every other series ever played. The ex pected rarely has happened. The unexpected always has transpired. Mighty stars have shone but dimly; the obscure have burst forth into radiant brilliancy. . ' Some folks will argue that because the Yanks are hitting .305 and the Giants .295 that the Yanks have the clubbing edge. But there's no real logic in that because each team batted sgain different pitching and there's no telling how they might have aver aged if conditions were reversed. 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