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    THE PEE: OMAHA. WKDNESDAV. OCTOBER 5. 1921.
World
Nehf and Mays
May Hurl in
Initial Contest
Curtain Lift at 2 O'CIotk
Eaetrrn Time at Polo
Grounds Expect
Large CrowtJa.
By C. A. LOVETT.
I'hli-age Trlbo.a-Omsha lee leased Wire.
New York, Oct. 4. The stage is
all et and perfectly from the view
point of the New York fan tor the
eiRhteenth annual world serin of
bae hall. With rapacity crowds
tnd (air, '! wratlur assured, the
get away of the October set of
Krue for the crown of crowns of
the diamons stort ghm every prom-
Me cl auspiciounrsx. J lie curiam
lifts at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
at the historic Polo crounds when
the Giants, National league cham
pions, take the field a the home club
to the Yankees, American league
pennant winners. Each team is bent
on winning five games with the least
possible delay, that number of vic
tories being required for acquisition
of the to-called world championship.
From all indications tonight, the
batteries for the first Ranic will be
Arthur Nehf, left hander and Earl
Smith fo rthc Giants, and Carl Mays,
right hander, and, Wallic Scliang,
for the Yankees.
Take Final Practice.
The warm tip of pitchers in today's
work outs of the rival teams dis
closed the fact that the pitching
choice of Manager Miller James
Huggins of the American leaguers
will between Mays and Willie lioyt,
youthful right hand twiler, and that
the Giants board of strategy, consist
ing of Manager John J. McGraw.
veteran of six earlier world scries,
Jlugiiie ejnnings, who won three
American league buntings with the
Detroit team and is now chief coach
of the Giants, and Captain Davey
Bancroft, Giant short fielder, will
select either Nehf or "Shuffliu' " Phil
Douglas, the erratic spit bailer, with
the probilities all in the former's
favor.
That the Yanks expect to face
Nehf was evident in Huggins' nom
ination of Harry Harper, his south
paw wild man, to pitch to the Yank
regulars in the greater part of their
batting practice this morning. Har
per demonstrated fair control and hit
none of the Yanks with what few
wild pitches he cut loose.
Both teams shaped up well
,n
their endeavors to maintain keen
S ness of batting and fielding eye and
to keep their muscles supple for the
supreme test of the base ball year.
What handicap there will be from
lack of fitness is on the Yank's side,
for both of Huggins' great sluggers
are a bit lame, Bob Meusel, with a
bruised shin that caused him to limp
considerably today, and Ruth with a
twisted knee that has bothered him
for several weeks.
X-Ray of Meusel's Shin.
An X-ray of .Meusel's shin was
made this morning, but failed to re
xes! any splintered or broken bones
and unless the injury, and old ones
recurring, proves more painful to
morrow, it will not prevent his tak
ing his position in right field in the
opening game . Meusel's loss to the
club, if only for a game or two,
would be a severe setback to Yankee
hopes.
Wagering on the outcome of the
first game, the conditions being that
Mays and Nehf pitch, was spirited
today at even money. The Giants
rule slightly favorites to triumph in
the long run, notwithstanding the
record of world series play since 1903
which reveals 11 world series titles
won by the American league and but
vix by the National league. The fact
that McGraw, in six previous world
series, has won but one inter-league
championship and that Jennings'
Timers, although participating in
three big series, never were able to
vin the greater honors, apparently
is' not taken into consideration bj
backers of the Giants in the set of
games getting under way tonfcirrow
afternoon.
Columbus Club
Riddle Solved
Columbus, Oct. 4. H. J. Kersen
brock, a traveling salesman for an
Omaha house, but who lives in this
city, has started a puzzle .story in
connection with the Country club
Eolf links here. His assertion is
that Columbus is the only city in
the United States that possesses
links crossed by two national high
ways yet on which the players do
not have to cross either of them to
finish a complete game on the
tourse. The solution lies in the mat
ter of long bridges which, on both
the Lincoln ind Meridian highways
are so high where they cut through
the grounds that tlte course is not
disturbed.
Five Nova Scotia
Vessels Enter Race
Luneburg, X. S-, Oct. 4. Five
Nova Scotia fishing vessels are as
sured as entries for the Canadian
fishing schooner championship races,
the first of which is to be sailed at
Halifax, Saturday, October 15. ac
cording to an announcement here.
Two others may start.
The five assured are the Canadian
Blue Nose and Canadia, Delewana,
last year' winner; Alcala and In
dependence. Dundee Outpoints
Dayton Lightweight
Dayton, O., Oct 4. Johnny Dun
dee of New York -won the referee's
j : t- i i- t:i ! r ,
urcreion over xviwiarus i j
this city in a 12-round bout here last i
TiiffM. Thv ar- liirhfrweiehts. t
Harvey Thorpe in Win
Over Alex Trambitas
St. Louis, Oct. 4. Harrey Thorpe
rf Kansas City was outpointed by
Alex Trambitas. Portland, Oregon,
fa 10 ronnd decision bout here
last night
York College's
Giants Have Physical Edge
On Yanks
By FRANK G. MENKE.
(Copyright, 1921, by King restarts Syndicate, Inc.)
S the umpirical persons make ready to bellow the
first "play ball" across the world series field, this
dual fact is apparent:
The Giants have the physical edge and the
Yanks have the mental advantage in a sort of re
verse way.
And. after all reckoning has been done, it will
ue louna that those two factors
tion are the mighty ones in deciding a flag battle.
The lanks, as a whole, are a
team of blokes who arc not highly
strung, not sensitive, not given
much to playing the game with the
brains, but rather with their arms
and legs.
Yanks Plod Along.
The Yanks size up as the most
phelgmatic crew that ever hopped
into the blue ribbon classic. Noth
ing seems to disturb their mentil
poise. If they lose, well, they just
lose and forget about it. If they
win it's the same thing. They1 don't
do much worrying before a game,
during it, or after it.
Tough breaks during the heat of
conflict do not disturb or upset
them. They plod along. A great
rally on their own part doesn't lift
them to the heights. They take it
as a matter of course and do the
very same thing if the opposition
busts them for a dozen runs or so.
High Strung Crew.
And that's a characteristic which
may be condemned by some but
which is of mighty help in world
series play. For high strung ath
letes are likely to crack and go to
pieces if the breaks are against
them in a world's championship
tussle. But that'll never happen to
the Yanks.
Cut the Giants are different
muchly.
If they encounter a spell of tough
luck, they're likely to crumple and
be carried down to inglorious de
teat by it. But, on the other hand,
if they get a few breaks, they'll ride
along on those breaks in furious
fashion . and play a game beyond
themselves. They're irresistible if
they're lucky; impotent if 6ther
wise. Hugmen Under Strain.
And because the Yanks are the
plodders and the Giants the brilliant
but eccentric outfit the Yanks will
John Layton in
Win Over Weston
Pittsburgh, Oct. 4. John Layton
cf Sedalia, Mo., present champion,
defeated Charles Weston of Pitts
burgh, 50 to 44, in the opening game
of the national three-cushion billiard
championship play which began here
tonight. There were 66 innings.
Layton 's high run was four and Wes
ton's live. Both tied in the 54th in
ning, with 56. A run of two for
Laj-ton in the next inning placed
him in the lead, which he maintained
thereafter.
SemrProo7Sf
I Amateur I
Oakland Makes Clean Sweep.
Oakland. Keb., Oet. 4. (Special.) TUe
!ocal town base- ball team mad a clean
sweep of the county fair base balr series i
played Here by wlnninr all tne games, i
The Oakland club la acheduled to play the
Omaha Westema league team hero nest
Friday. Ten locals have been playing ,
Eood basa ball this season and have
been defeated only four timet, twice by.
Wtsner and once each by the Fremont
and Dodge teams. The scores and bat
teries ( the tournament games fellow:
R. H.
Oakland
14
Si - rinner
4 t I
B,,tert: Sullivan and Eraert
and Draemrf.
Korb
;
R. H.
14 1 a j
"nesaay
Oakland
Herman
1
Batteries: Kiggington and Eggert; West
an-1 Harris.
. Thursday: B. H.
Oakland S It
Hooper t
Batteries: Sui'ivaa and Eggert; Lr? Ti
er and Ehennan.-
Friday: R. M.
Wlsner ...3 3
Oakland
aklaad t
Batteries: Wlggirgtoa and Eggert:
land acd Kane. '
Star Gridsters
York. Neb., Oct (Special.)
York college gridster are hard at
work each afternoon preparing for
their first game of the reason
which is scheduled for Thursday
afternoon with the Peru State Nor
mal warriors. The 8;me will be
played on the local's gridiron.
The York coach rus three good
players in Center Grow, Quarter
back . Bowers and Halfback Mc
Laughlin. Grow is a dandy center
and one capable of holding his sec
tion of the line in fine style, while
both Bowers and McLaughlin are
speedy backfield men. Bowers' toe
is expected to boot York out of
many tight places this season.
in World's Series
physical and mental condi-
have an edge as far as mental atti
tude is concerned. For they'll not
be subject to cracking and the
Giants will be.
Certainly, the Giants will go into
the fray far better equipped physi
cally than their home-town rivals.
For the strain was off the Giants a
week before the conflict was sched
uled, to start, whereas the Yanks
had to burn almost all of their Tt-.
niaining store of energy right up to
the last hour 01 the American league
fight.
Carl Mays, slinging ace of tht
Yanks, once a Gibraltar, has shown
through the last three weeks the ter
rific strain upon his arm. Every club
that has faced him has belted his
offerings with considerable gusto.
Only the heavy macing behind Maivs
saved hint from at least three defeats
in the final month.
"Giants Will Win."
It's the same with the other Yank
hurlers. Their flippers . have been
overworked and without a chance to
rest the weary muscle?, while the
Giant sharpshooters have been bene
fited by a vacation of nearly a full
week.
The Giant team romps into the
world series in tip-top condition fit
and. ready. The Yanks are Wobbly.
Ruth has a bag leg. Schang and
F'eckenpaugh have been a bit "under
the weather." Which means that one
third of the regulars are somewhat
on the "fritz."
It looks, therefore, that the Giants
should win the series in about seven
games.
Postpones Meeting
Of State League
r Grand Island, Neb., Oct. 4. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Former President
Miles of the Nebraska State league,
who had called a meeting for the
State league organization for 1922
at the Lindell hotel, Lincoln, Friday,
October 7, has postponed the date
to Monday, October 10, at the same
place.
Grand Circuit Results
First Race The. Kentucky futurity for
Z-year-olds, 2 In 3, purse K.OOO
Helen Dillon, b. t, by Dillon '
Axworthy - Miss Plerette
(Sen-ill) . s i i
Shavlty, b. f., by Etawah
Ouava (Pitman) i 3 2
Edith Worthy, b. t.. by Guy
Axworthy -(Brussie) J 2 4
Meditation, br. f., by Lee
Axworthy (JIurphy) 4 4 3
Klanor Worthy. Collateral. Kinj Etawah
and Peter Earl, also started.
Time: I:0, !:10"t. !:10.
!:7 race, S in 3, purse 11,000:
Vanna Mcy. sr. m.. by Ash
land Cassell (Palin) Jit
J. w. 8.. b. g.. by J. S. O.
Ray i 4 (
Jessie Rises, b. m., bv Argot
Hal (V. Fleming) 4 I t
May Belle Direct, 8. m., by
Gordon Prince (Gray) i 6 t
Direct Light, b. g. (Legg).. 5 14
Time- 3:06U. 3:05.. 2:07. -
Third Race The Walnut Halt cup,
trot, in 3, purse 12.000:
Jeanette Rankin, ch. m., by San
Francisco-Rosina Bellini (Mc
::08
Donald) I
Emma Harvester, b.
m., by The
Harvester (Cane) T
Kilowatts, b. tn., by General Watts
(Child?) 2
E. Colorado, b. b. by Colorado
E. H. Fleming-) 3
Voltage, br. c. (Ciinl .....J 4
Wlkl Wikl, b. g. (Gers) 8 4
Jane, the Great. Peter Pater, Walnut
Frisco and Dorothy Day. also started.
Time: ::04. S.Oa'i.
Fourth Race 2:16 tret. 1 heata Inn.
finished), purse 1.001-
Lightsome Watts, b. m., by Gen-
oral Watts (Egan) 1 1
Trninpater. b, g., by San Fr&ncis-
co (Stokra i . I
Kilo. to. m.. by Peter the Great
(Pitman 4 I
Marie I'eile Watts, b. m., by Gen
eral Watts (Thema? t 4
Lena iloko. b. in. (Whitehead).... i S
Jolly, b. g. I Burrows) f 1
Betsy Chandler, br. . (Drns-
sie) ..! t
I Harvest Kern. 1. -h. (Osbom).... S 4
i Jay Lee,
Hy-!larted.
upr.r crecK, vui :t, also
Tinia: MIU, 2:1U.
British Women
Golfers Survive
First Round
J.eitch Sictcrs and Mr. Lath
am Hull Emerge Victorious
At Deal Tour-
MOV.
lly The ,tMrUtd Tin.
Deal, N. J . Oct. 4.Tlic i!ang r
of the woman's golf championship of
the United Stales l';ng captured ly
an English woman iiurcaxrd today
when three representatives of lirct
Dritain survived' the first round o(
match play of the natiouul tourna
ment in impressive M)lc .it the
Hollywood (iolf dub.
Miss Cecil f.eitch, champion of
f treat .Britain, France and Canada, I
von by eight and st-ven, i-liiiiiiutiiii
Mrs. K. 11, Hammer of New York.
She had an easy opponent, but her
trip to the turn in 41 against a head
winnd increased respect for her Uabc
Kuth-likc driving power.
The greatest upset of the day was
the defeat of Miss Glennn Collett of
. !J 1. - I t .'I .1..
I roviuencr, wno nai urii lor nic
niialifviiig medal, by Miss Edith
Lcitcli, sister of the British chrtmpion,
three and two. Miss Collctl's poor
putting and one shot into a ditch
were to blame.
The closest match was between
Mrs. Latham Hall of England, who
had tied Miss Collett in qualifying,
and Mrs. V. A. Gavin of New York,
which went to 2(1 holes. Mrs. Hall
won as the result of Mrs. Gavin un
thinkingly tamping her footprints in
a bunker witli tier ciun Deioie sue
had flayed out. Mrs. Gavin did this
in the qualifying round, and it cost
her two strokes, -.today it meant
the match under the rules.
Miss Alexa Stirling of Atlanta, de
fending champion, had no trouble in
surviving.
Of the other American tavonie.
Miss Mildred Cavcrly of I'hiladel
nhia had the createst difficulty, de-
! feating Mia liessie Fenn of Port
land, Maitfe, at the ivtn noie. A tea
shot out of bounds by a hair at the
13th possibly cost Miss Fenn the
match, as she was one up after play
ing the seventeenth.
Kallio Throws
Belt Claimant
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Oct. 4.
(Special) Gus Kallio, Omaha,
wrested the welterweight champion
ship from Jack Reynolds of this city
in a wrestling match lasting 82 min
utes last night.
The match was one fall, Reynolds
acknowledging the fall because of a
wrenched shoulder. The former
champion conceded the second fall to
Kallio on advice of his physician
without going to the mat.
Expect Large Crowd
At Beatrice Show
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 4 (Special)
The American Legion post here is
making plans to entertain a large
crowd at their athletic carnival to
be held here on October 7. next Fri
day. Manhattan and Beatrice will
be pitted against each other on the
gridiron, and Beatrice and the St.
Louis all-star ball club will clash
in an exhibition game. In the even
ing, Abe Stein of Kansas City and
Joe Herrick will box 10 rounds,
The mill will be staged in the old
shirt factory building on South
Sixth street.
Dust From the
Big Series Lot
By HARY NEWMAN.
Chicago Trlbone-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
New York, Oct. 4. "Bahe" Ruth steppud
into the Yankee practice in his clvles and
took a few punches at the ball, then re
tired. The Bambino looks good and will
not doubt be out there tomorrow afternoon
whaling them In bis accustomed style.
Harry Harper, the Yankee southpaw,
was chucking them at Wally PIpp for quite
a time. Wally Is said to bo plate shy
when a left-hander Is working, but he sure
cculd wallop Harper's curves.
Carl Irfays bad b! underhand eboots
working in great shape, with Frank
Roth, the old-time catcher, flll.ng In
a a receiver.
Amos Rusle and Jack Warner, the olfl-
ni.nt Ho, tar.' at nnA ftn the ffirfe lines
watching the Yanks practlco and probably I
thlnkinK of the sweet old long aso when
they were members .or cnampionsnip
teams.
Jack Murray, another old-time Giant,
blew in while the Yanks were ut there
doing their stunts. Tho sorrel-topped vet
eran thinks tha Giants will win.
Most of the Tank practice was confined
tu batting, but near the end Hug.;lrs sent
them out for field practice, and had nis
entire Infield working like clock v.o:)i.
McNallr will start at third hne for
he Yankees with Frank Hakes- on
deck in case the yoonrter faUs to de
liver. Frank would Jut lore to get
In there once more with boma rno
socks.
Arthur Delvln came along to th.i field
in the afternoon. The former great third
baseman of the Giants cannot see bow tho
McGraw gang can lose.
"Beauty" Bancroft, the Slant oheit
fielder, skipped about in great fashion
picking them up on every side -of him.
Benny thinks the Giants will grab tho
works before the seventh game.
Frank Frtsch hasn't any fear of Babe
Ruth. Frank says ttt9 Bambino can slam
them down his way just as hard as he
wants to.
Hugh Jennings thinks the series
will be a hard-foDarht one. But like
others he feele that if Ruth wete out
of the way. the Gianls would walk 'n.
Judge Landis will have a talk to the
members of both teams tomorrow after
noon JUEt before play time. The judge,
has keen an ardent base ball fan for many
years and knows the game from soup to
nuts.
. Henry Fabian, the around keeper, was a
busy hird all day. When the Oiants got
through he had his gang out there polish
ing off tha old diamond and everything
p-omised to be in shipshape when the bell
rings tomorrow.
trtnrge Bum, tne reateiTleMer or
the (jiMita. taiproTe like wine, with
age. George is the veteran of the
McGraw crew find has been throogh
many a tcorh stare More be tint came
to New York. W r1d eeeiea event ar
com men thing with 4,eorge. bat right
t ww ne mh, ifs gooa ae any
j , leengster In the outfit.
Ecttlrg late tnnirht was 11 to 19 that
i the Giants viou,d ccp. v
Foot Ball Facts
Worth Knowing
By SOL METZGER.
1. Is the center the only player
who may map the ball back?
m. Is the man who make a fair
catch tin; only player who may kick
the ball should his team decide to put
the hall in play in this way?
J. Mjy th! guard playing next to
the snapper-back receive the tall di
rectly rom him and run w ith ilr
4, In ruse tfo trams cannot
agree on the length o a game be
fore the time for it to start is there
t.ny provision for settling this dis
pute? 5. The nil's imv that a captain
may request a delay of the game fur
twu minutes three times in each half
without penalty. Is there any cx-
rendon?
.tM4Mt.ll.
t. ny iliorr f the tram mar snap
herlt fit tmtl lu begin m M-rlmmag.
S, Any player may kirk,
S, N. If In KUMTll reeelree the IHM
illrert I mm the renter Mlt his teauu I
IH-naJI'nl IK arrta.
4. rm. Tho referee may order plaj to
hmin unit the tu train play four la.
minute nuartera.
A. r. A rnntaln may requeet time wit
at any time wlltiout penalty prolftrJ he
rmuiN one of Ills plaer from the same.
Monte Munn Out of
i
M-
Cornhusker Lineup
Husky University of Nebraska
Gridster Has Infected
Finger.
Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 4. (Special
Telegram.) Monte Munn, husky
guard, is out of the Husker foot ball
lineup indefinitely because of an in
fected finger, according to a state
ment issued this afternoon by Ath
It tic Director F. W. Luehring. Mon
te lias been with the' Cqrnhuskcrs
three seasons and his loss will be a
hard blow to the Nebraska team.
He is one of the three "Big Munns"
who have played on Husker teams
in the last eight years.
The Husker guard tipped the
.-cales at 220 pounds and is six feet,
five inches in height. His S. A. T.
C. foot ball year together with his
work in 1919 and 192IJ makes him
three years of foot ball already and
this would be his fourth However,
the team of 19)8 is not counted in
the ruling prohibiting more than
three years of competition. Munn
would, therefore, he a valuable man
because both of his weight and ex
perience. Northwestern Line
Smasher Injured
Chicago, Oct. 4. "Ole" Magnu
son. one of vhe heftiest of North
western university's, foot ball line
men, will be out of the game for the
season as a result of a wrenched
knee sustained in the game against
Chicago Saturday, it be-.aine known
today.
WTTHTHE
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire.
New York, Oet. 4. "Smiling" Jimmy
Coffroth, the California promoter anil
f.irmf Tla.1na.nn. imnressario.. is in town
a?ain. His presence has revived tha talk
of Coffroth
.n, v. ... t.ciii,irt mt m r. nnvino
club here.
"v - - -
Although Promoter Tex Rlckard has
come to terms with Jess Willard for a
match with Jack Dempsey, the champion
still is holding off Eickard says 1 that ,
to meot tho big fellow again. Jack
wants to wait to see If anything else
will turn up before putting his signature
to a set of articles. Dempsey evidently
would rather meet Bill Brennan than
Willard.
Benny Leonard Is training industriously
for a strenuous campaign. The lightweight
chaninion coos on the road every morn
ing and Is fast getting rid of i the surplus
weight he picked up while resting his
injured hand. Leonard may tackle Sailor
Freed ma u in his first important match
of the season,
Willie Kohler, featherweight, who
meets Harvey Bright, the Brooklyn
student at the opening show of the Rink
Sporting club of Brooklyn next Saturday
night, has a unique training stunt. One
of the aviators at Sheepshead Bay is
a life-long pal of Kohiers and Willie
manes it a practice to preceae eacn
plane flight when the weather permits.
Like real Southern
cooking, Virginia
tobacco has a flavor
all its own more
snapMnore "life",
more relish.
Lhkcit k Mrkaa Tobacco CrV
PUGS
Ira
"Grand Old Man of Base Ball"
Picks Giants Asserts McGraw
Is Craftiest Leader in Game
By CAPT. ODRIAN ANSON.
(Co) right. I. I, hy InlvarMl her tie.)
New York, Oct. 4 They play the
came a bit differently in this era
llun they did in my day, which be
pan 'way back in 1670. And becaune
of that ehift in tactics, it seems to
me that the Giants have an "edge"
in what it now regarded as the most
important factor in a ball clul) sue
cesi I mran team leadership.
Through all the year hat I
played the fame am! for a long
time afterward the biggest thing
was brains. The boys who had
none, as far a bae ball was con
cerned, didn't last long The greatest
players were those whose wits were
working at top speed all the time
who were men of daring and (juirk
thinking and ever alert to an op
portunity. In those days each side had nine
men who had and used nine sets
of brains. No one .did the thinking
for them. They had to do it them
selves. As a result individual bril
liance made the game spectacular
and wonderful to watcli. All men
were expected, in a mighty measure,
to work out their own salvation.
The manager wasn't expected to do
alt, or even the major part of the
thinking for them.
There was team work, of course,
wonderful and effective team work.
But the outstanding feature of the
game in my day was individual
brains individual performance at
the bat, on the bases and in the field.
But in the years since then i
change has come. I guess it all
dates back to the time when John
McGraw and Connie Mack became
chronic pennant winners. Every
Ifcdy wanted to know how they did
it. Thev discovered, upon investiga
tion, that both leaders did nearly all
the thinking for the team. 1 he club
was runs from the bench not by
the individual brains of the players.
The manager decided upon how each
play should be made. He instructed
the men what to do and their work
was only to carry it out.
As a result machine pla' cainc
about. Managers began to tell theif
players what to do for every occa
sion. At times, of course, players
would make a play of their own
creation but in the majorit3' of cases
the plays of today are not those
originated by the player himself.
They are the ideas of the leader put
into execution by the various cogs
in his machine.
Three Master Minds.
If you don't believe It watch the
average big league club in action.
You 11 see that the men usually look
to the manager for final orders when
stepping to the plate. You'll sec
that they look to the bench for in
structions when they get on t!ie
bases. And you'll see the pitchers
looking that way when they are in
trouble.
Alt of which brings me to this
point:
The team of today which is the
most successful, therefore, is the one
which has the smartest manager
or the brainiest board of strategy.
On one side in the world's series
of 1921 will be Miller Huggins. On
the other will be John McGraw,
Hughie Jennings and Jess Burkett.
Huggins is a clever leader, n ne
weren't he couldn't have lifted his
ball club to pennant heights. All
this talk by his enemies that he bun-
iclcd thines vanishes into
thin air
. . ... ......
F,v,r tho -n-t is inriisniitah 0 that
Hueeins was sent out to win a pen
nantand won it. No one could
expect more
chronic yckerg,
than that except
Huggins Great Leader.
Some fellows have the idea that
some other manager than Huggins
could have brought the Yankees
home eight or 10 games in front in
stead of by the small margin of vic
tory which they achieved. But to
w;n (,y a wnjsker S iust as good a
. . ... . Tl . . ,
winning uy a uuir. auc vcaui gio
into the world series no matter how
big or how little is the advantages
over the second place club.
Huggins knows base ball. He is
keen and niinble-witted. Whether
th( f,nvs ffo out dav after dav and
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play for hnn with everything theyve
arier-gotls f omethlllg that I can t an
SWer.
But the very fact that hfs
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the gsti tobacco grtus
tram did win the ft.,' bespeaks abil
ity for a "buet" of a manager that
could wreck the (lag chance of an
al.tar team.
But, great as Huggins may be, he
must yield in managerial skill to the
shrewd, agile-brained John Mc
Graw. They rail him the "craftiest
leader in the game," nd he eems to
have earned that title. McGraw
knows base ball every one of its
million intricate angles about as
well, if not better, than any man
alive.
Two Great Stars.
And associated with him in the
bossing of the Giants are Ilughir
Jennings and Jess Burkett two of
the brightest stars that ever shone
in the base ball sky two of the
((uickest-thinkiug, smoothest-thinking
and trickiest men that the game
ever produced.
Therefore, the Yankees will go in
to battle for the highest honors in
base ball directed by a man who is
a good leader but certainly not a
genius of geniuses. Opposed to
them will be the powerful machine!
of the Giants driven bv the power
and the almost unerring accuracy of
not merely one great base ball brain,
but three of them.
What's the answer?
(Anson's article tomorrow
discuss the weakncs and
will
the
strength of the Giants.)
Tobinites Play
Two Games Here
An array of American league tal
ent, under the tutelage of Johnny
Tobin, veteran St. Louis star, will
clash in exhibition games here Satur
day and Sunday with the Buffaloes.
The . home club will present the
regular lineup, with the exception
that Lelivelt and Haney wilf be
missing, and Hazen, an Omahan of
1920, will be in the outfield.
Tobin's coterie of big leaguers are
Dixie Davis, McManus, erstwhile
Tulsa Oiler: Pat Collins, a former
Joplin catcher; Lee, and the veteran
Jimmy Austin, all of the St. Louis
Browns; Mitchel of Philadelphia ;
Red Oldham, Blue and Jones of the
Detroit club, and Courtney of Wash
ington and Josh Billings of Cleve
land. Blue and Pat Collins are doing the
receiving for the stray leaguers.
Red Oldham, the veteran Detroit
slinger, will be on the moond for
the all-stars in the opening game,
according to Pat Collins, who ar
ranged the games here.
The Buffalo is have been mowing
'em down on their barnstorming trip
through Nebraska and Iowa. They
won a double-header from Walnut
and Atlantic yesterday. They have
an off day today and play tomor-
rof at Sutton, Neb., Thursday at
Auburn and Friday at Oakland.
Slim" Davenport and Bert Glaiser
will hurt for the locals.
International Chess
Tourney to Be Held
New York, Oct. 4. An interna
tional chess tourney soon will be
played in Budapest, according to ad
vices from Europe, received by New
York chess experts. Entered are 10
masters of the game the Russians,
A. A. Alechine and" Boguljuboff,
Euwe, Amsterdam; Boris Kostich,
Serbia; Faul Johner, formerly of
New York;. Gruenfeld, Richard Reti,
Dr. Tartakower, Jaojues Mieses,
and Saemisch. Eight Hungarian
amateurs also will compete.
High school
rooi-Baii
Gfj-lns, 14; Morrill. 13. j
Goring. Neb., Oct. 4. (Special.) The
local high school team defeated the Mor
rill squad here by the score of 14 to II.
Gentry of the locals reeled off a 70-yard I
run for a touchdown.
Jack Lelivelt
Still Belongs
To Buffaloes
JicW Lelivelt, Om!u Wetrnt
league first baicman and leading pill
smarher of "I'a" Tearney's circuit.
has not purchased
Ins release from the
Buffalo herd This
announcement came
from twnie otlirr
than Secretary
"Mike" Finn, and if
Lelivelt has bought
his release someone
lus slipped one over
o "Mike." which
lf.tiivilt
doesn't happen u-ry often.
Thirty days before the WcMcrn
league closed it4 door to the b,ie
ball hungry public, Secretary Finn
shipped the local's ireerv list to
President Teatney of the swing. On
this list appeared Ix livelt's name.
"We have not Riven Jack his re
lease." timiti-d "MiU" U-t night.
"However, he has been placed on the
restive list and we have told him
that should he receive an offer to
manage a club or become engaged
in any other business than playing
hall we will give him his rclrase.
Rut he cannot play ball with any
other club without that team's owner
doing business with us."
Dame Rumor has it that Lelivelt
is trying to get a franchise into Den
ver or Lincoln. It is said that the
heavy hitter of the Western circuit
has u nice pile of kale which is being
kept in the of sock until Hie right
time comes when it can purchase a
Western league franchise, or help in
the transaction.
Then again. Dame Rumor has in
formed us that Jack Lelivelt may
manage either the Oklahoma City or
Tulsa Western league clubs next
season.
Jack is getting alongr in j-ears and
is anxious to cither operate a club
from the bench or the office,
Frank McGrath on
University of Chicago
Freshmen Grid Team
Frank McGrath, former Central
High school star base ball player, is
playing quarterback on the Uni
versity of Chicago freshpieti grit!
team. McGrath didn't participate in
foot ball while attending Central,
The former Central star hurler
pitched the Woodmen of the World
Class "B" team to victory over the
Columbias. He joined the W. O.
W. team last Sunday at St. Louis
and was cardec to hurl in the Sunday
game against a St Louis amateur
team, but Jupiter Pluvius cheated
him out of the chance. He returned
to Chicago Sunday night.
Fight Fans Stage
Big Battle Royal
Memphis, Tenn., Oct 4. Pal
Moore, Memphis bantamweight, was
awarded the referee's decision in an
eight-round bout here last night with
Frankie Garcia. Los Angeles. Moore
forced the fighting in the last four
rounds, although his work was not
as fast as usual. Both men took
considerable punishment. The de
cision was unpopular with Garcia's
friends, and police were called to end
a free-for-all fight among some
spectators when it was announced.
! 1 IT C
Ubbons Mere tor
Bout With Herrick
Mike' Gibbons, St. Paul boxer, ar
rived in Omaha today with his mana
ger, Mike Collins, for his bout with
Joe Herrick at the Auditorium, Octo
ber 6.
Both Gibbons and his manager are
registered at the Fontenelle. He will
complete his training at the Queens
bury Athletic club.
U. S. Reclaimed
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