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Show Prince Hal or Nobody For Waning Giant Hopes -AfterAces'-Take-Fall. Br BILL CORUM International Newi Sport Writer NEW YORK, Oct S Thar Isn't much to say about tha world I series until the Giant do something. Not If you are a kind-haerteej - fallniu lhF I ' Mivh In u t rat L. W. St. Jobs Is celebrating Bla twenty-fifth consecutive year as athletic director at Ohio Itata university. Because the lass said about the' Gianta the better. And aa for the Yankeea, they apeak for themselves. I suppose It shouldn't be a surprise sur-prise to anybody that tha world series se-ries of 1M7 should coma down to one of John McG raw's boys, because John McOraw was the Giants, and the Gianta were McOraw not ao long ago, and even In this swift moving world there must be a certain cer-tain number of holdovers from yesteryear. yes-teryear. Prince Hal Harold Schumacher, tha Arrow collar boy from Dolge-ville, Dolge-ville, N. Y. was only M yeara old when ha first signed a Giants' eon-tract. eon-tract. Joins Moflraw Schumacher gave up his amatsur standing to algn with John McG raw in the spring of INI. MoGraw thought that Prince Hal would make a winning major league pitcher, but ha could not use him that year. The spring of IMS saw the Giants under tha management of 'Memphis 'Mem-phis Bill Terry. Colonel Terry Immediately Im-mediately realised that Schumacher had a world of natural ability and that aprlng In California he turned Hal over to Coach Tom Clarke and the Dolgevllle adonis became a regular reg-ular on the Giant staff. Good in Pinches Prince, Hal's career with thi Gianta since that data la too well known to require comment. Ha has been a consistent winner and a tower of strength, particularly It the toguh spots. |