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Show "j jWOR QF PROBABLE CONTENDERS PITCHING j McQUixlan ' Ri-sn' sniKY Bv BIIiLY EVANS. B NLYV VORK AMERICAN-LbH AMERICAN-LbH has had ono of the best u n o what he calls the fork ban Ms enabled him to do a great come-1 come-1 ' 1 he fork ball breaks much I after the manner of :t spltter Still haa great speed, but resorts to it onlv r.reasionally. Has a good ruro and excellent change of pace. Fields tin position well. For a pitcher Is a i fine batsman SIIAWKEY After having just a .so-so year in 1921, and failing In the series. Shawkey has liad a big tea-son tea-son in lf22. Uses a fast ball which has a good hop on It . Also mix.'s In a curve and slow ball. Is a good fielder and u pretty lair batsman. MATS The breaks have. he.n against Mays, the Yankees' aee of 1921 Still ha.s his old-time stall but has trouble winning. Yankees have done iitlP hitting behind htm this year- With his peculiar underhand under-hand delivery he B always a serious menace to a club that has nevr hll against him. HOYT The hero of the 1921 series has met with uncertain going thlB rear Like Mays, the breaks have not favored him. Hoyt lias e-very-tiiinc. Including "guts" and Is "a tough foeinan for any club to face JONBfi One of the game's best Pitcher?, w'ho has h.id a wry ordinary season with the Yankees. Possesses all his old-tlni" stuff, yet has not been ;i irejey healthy winner. No pitcher knows the art of pitching in i-ter i-ter than Joni a. Lack of confidence In his 'r-;.' 1 1 i;v, due to many un- mays lt nnrr joni-s NEJLF BARNES SHOCKER ; expected r..erscs. lias been his chief , failing. Bush. Shawkey, llovt. Mays and , Jones are all right banders. M W YORK (.lMs NLHF One of the best southpaws In the game, lias good stuff and a thorough knowledge of how to pitch t t Fields his position well. Is a hard man to beat, particularly for a club. that has a number of left -Handed hit-1 ters in Us lineup. Is the pitching ace.' Of M 1 raw's staff. BARNES When in form Barnes Is' one of the best right handers In the ; business. Seems to pitch In spurts. Was easily the pitching sensation .f, I the series last fall. Showed me a ur.. thai was a wonder. In 15 Innings In-nings he pitched against the Yankees' he fanned 17 men. Has met with onlyi ordinary success this year. McQUILLAJN McGraw, when hoi saw his pitching staff faltering, se-' i .it... I McQuillan In a trade with Bos-; f.ju McQuillan's best bet is a curve' ball Hint he keeps at the knee, when I fe 4.4 PRUETT WRIGHT BAYNE he has control he Is a hard man tr beat. Compelled to groove the ball ho is not so successful. McQuillan Is a right bander. SCOTT McGraw resurrected Scott after Cincinnati had let him out, figuring fig-uring ills arm was gone. Scott, a lark horse, may prove to be unother Barnes if the Giants get Into the series Scott Is a right hanJer. RYAN --The work of Ryan has done much to overcome the defection of Douglas Ryan Is a rlght-handrr and he has Jiist arrived as a regular Has good stuff sr LOUIS IMERICANS SHOCKER The ace of the Browns' staff is one of the grent'-rt. it ners In the game. Shocker Is a right-hander. Has the right to use a splthall. but has everything else In his repertoire reper-toire Bubbles over with nerve and is a glutton for work A pitcher of Shocker's great ability is capable of winning a world series himself if he should get the Breaks. PRUETT A young left-hander f whose best bet Is a peculiar fadeaway. fade-away. He Is poison to Babe Ruth. Has struck him out something like I ten times this year. DAVIS A right-hander who is I very, very good when good, and very ; bud when wild VAN GILDER A right-hander with a great fast ball and an excellent excel-lent curve. Lack of a change of pace I Is his only falling WRIGHT A mighty good right -1 bander who mixes in a deceptive i knuckle ball with good speed and a nice curvo. BAYNE A left-hander with a puz-.-.llng curve, who has been unable to j win with any consistency. KOLP A right-bander with good 'stuff, who always has excellent con-I con-I trol. Uses his head as w-11 as his I arm. As a staff the honors go to the New York Americans. Y't one great pitcher like Shocker has a chance to I prove as valuable In a short series as j five star pitchers A world series often ' produces the unusual In pitching |