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Show Runyon Likes the Giants n ti . n n Looks for Great Series By DAMON RUNYON. jew York, September 8. FT WOULD appear to be hih time for John .. MoGraw to get out the long X green whiskers, disguise himself as a dish of Spinach, and go take a peek at the Chicago White Sox. Clarence Pants Rowland's bunch is almost "thar. " It is the custom for managers of potential opponents in a world's series to have a look at each other's clubs, the idea being that they might be able to locate the other guy's weaknesses. John ,1. McUraw was never much of a hand for that sort of thing, preferring pre-ferring to take snap judgment on his adversary when play begins, and only once, if memory serves, did he give a prospective rival the close-up, but in this case it may pay him. We suggest, however, that he look, not for the White Sox weakness, weak-ness, but for their strength, which is the jazz-ball hurling of Messrs. Cicotte, Danforth and Williams. Just how. he can circumvent that hurling we do not know, but there may be a way. We rather like the Giants against the White Sox, because of the superior drive of the bige-town men; especially do we like them on the old home heath, when the instruments of amusement are more carefully cloistered than in the) American league, but we would like them a lot more if the jazz-ball is completely com-pletely barred. Sox Versus Giants. Y7 HEN the lads begin comparing the Giants and the White Sox man for man, the advantage is not going to be very strong one way or the other. Chick Gandil is playing amazing baseball for Rowland, and has turned into a dangerous hitter, but he has no" edge on Walter llolke, save in experience. Eddie Collins will probably be given a general shade by many on Herzog, but if the latter is back in the game in his old form we prefer him in a short series to any man in the world. Charley has championsliip spirit to a degree possessed by no other ball player in the business, and so highly do we regard him that we consider the Giants' chances hinge almost entirely upon his condition. con-dition. At short Fletcher outclasses Risberg in every way. There is no argument. argu-ment. At third, if Buck Weaver is back, it is a standoff. Against Mc.Mullen or Byrne, Zimmerman stands out. In Chicago they say Heine can't play a lick against the Sox because Kid Gleason gets him up in the air, but we are willing to gamble on Zim being better than Weaver's sub. In right field it is about a standoff, with Davy Robertson against Lie-bold Lie-bold or Shano Collins; in center, Kauff is a better hitter than Felsch, and Hap a better fielder than Benja; in left, Burns is better than Jackson on Joe's present form. Behind the bat Sehalk admits of little debate. As for pitchers, Mc-Graw Mc-Graw 's left-handers are better than Rowland's side-winders, but Rowland's best right-hander is above JleG raw's best in that line, especially if the jazz ball prevails. Will Be Great Series. THERE you have in a few paragraphs an opinion that we ma- later have to elaborate into columns. The base running of both clubs is just so-so. Neither leads its league in that department. The Giants hit .2fi5 as a club ; the Sox .21'.'-. Baseball men say the pitching in the American league is better than in the National. The Giants play the slug-through tvpe of game; the Sox are more or less devoted to the practicing of sacrificing, which prevails throughout the American. The Sox pitchers, with perhaps the exception of Cicotte, are not rated (Continued on Page Two.) RUNYON 'LIKES THE GIANT, (Continued from Page One.) among the star hurlers of dohnson 'a circuit, but on the other hand the Giai have a couple of shooters who are ranked iu the first flignt of National leap fhngers. eraly aoTPC( throughout the baseball world that if the Giants a the White Sox meet it will be the greatest, series in the history of the gai though it may not bo involving the best clubs tnat ever clashed lor the I title. . , The Giants are likelv to be the betting favorites, but more for the rea: that the big betting on' baseball is done by Now Yorkers, and they are, at rule, loyal to the. home club. |