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Show McGraw's 'Spies' Glean Little of Account hy Watching 'Enemy Play Manager Rowland Declines to Let His Men Put Best Foot Forward While Under Observation; Figures Continue to Show Rival Clubs in World's Series Are Evenly Matched; Both Contestants Will Practice This Week. Ey ARTHUR STRUWE. 1 By International News Service. J N.EW YORK, Sept. 30. In every nook and corner of the Polo grounds there were crowded yesterday Giants "spies." They were there to get a line on the White Sox. The:r observations will not be very enlightening en-lightening to their chief, John J. Mc Graw. These "spies" saw Williams and Din forth, whom they expect to meet on the firing line during the coming series, hammered by the Yankees, a second division di-vision club. They saw Cicotte, upon whose shoulders the pitching burden probably will be carried, hurl his teammates team-mates to victory. And when they locked further they beheld Eddie Collins and Joe Jackson, the heavy hitters of the Chicago bunch, hit the ball tor an average aver-age of .55 each. They got a glance of Buck Weaver playing at short in pbicij of Swede "Risberg and saw him accept j eight chances without a mishap and hit j the ball at a .375 clip. And they sized up Ray Schalk. rated the best catcher on the two teams, who allowod the Yankees to steal three bases. With all the observations that the Giants spies made, it looks as if Clarence Rowland Row-land put one over on McGraw. The leader of the Windy City bunch knew that McGraw Mc-Graw had the "spies" working overtime. He knew they were scattered in their own bailiwick, where they knew every crack in the cement and every knothole in the woodwork, to get pointers on the j American league champions. Chicago Strategy? To the casual observer, the White Sox i did not "shine" to advantage in the ; games with the Yankees. Their playing was not of championship caliber not of , the brand that would bring to them the 1 highest honors in baseball. The wav they played made it appear to the fans that "something was in the air." And Lhit "something" was none other than the leader of the White Sox checkmating McGraw and his hirelings. With all the unofficial averages compiler.; com-piler.; on the merits of the two team.3. it is figured out that each club, includim; every player who is eligible to compete i:i the big series, -is fielding at the rate of .069 on the season, with the Giants bat- ting as a team .26$, against the White Sox .:'67. . , In the compiling of the ' unofficial averages aver-ages the Giants catchers have it on tne Whut Sox in batting, but r.ie behind m fielding. Chicago Infield Leads. Taking the infields as they will play In the bie series, the White Sox wdl lead their onoonmts bv 10 j oints in each department of the game. The added sirciiislh will be due to the shitting ot Weave- to short in place of Risberg and i he ketping of McMullin at ihnd. The out-fiild out-fiild figures, with t wo substii u tes included in '.lie unofficial averages, show that the outer garden experts are hitting at t.ie. same figure, while the Chicago bunch is fie! ti i n g m u c h he 1 1 e r. The unofficial figures, taken as a group, show: Field-Position. Field-Position. Team. Batting. in-3- CfU-hers White Sox 2:5 .9$; Cat hers Giants I'tiO .U$0 Field - Position. 'Team. Batting. ing. Infield White Sox 271 .DK6 InfieldGiants 261 .H55 Field-Position. Field-Position. Team. Batting. ing. Outfield White Sox 279 .976 OuHield Giants v . 2T9 .UOo Outfielders Even. But. in figuring the outfield, it rr.ust be. tr ken into consideration mat McGraw has two men hitting over .300 Kauff and Burns while only one of the back men on the Chicago bunch is over that figure Felsch alrhough Joe Jackson is perilously near the coveted mark. This week will see the end of the regular regu-lar season. The Giants will get their "warming-up" practice for the big games in two double-headers with the Phillies. These will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday. After Wednesday's game the Giants will entrain for Chicago, arriving ar-riving there Thursday. They will practice prac-tice on the White Sox grounds n Friday, Fri-day, the first time tiie team will hav played on their ooponents' ground. The White Sox will finish with the Yankees tomorrow. This will wind up their season.- They will immediately hike for the west and will get the "limbering-up" "limbering-up" process with Cleveland. This will put them on edge for the coming conflict". |