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GIANTS ALWAYS WILL BE IN RUNNING FOR PENNANT WITH MUGGSY M'GRAW AS ADVISER
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WITH McGRAW'S MASTER HAND
AT HELM, NEW YORK GIANTS
CAN NEVER BE OUTCLASSED
, Little -Napoleon Still Baseball's Greatest Tac
tician Has Gawy Cravath Lost the Confi
' dent Style That Terrified All Pitchers
THE word Is bulns passed around among tho -wise persons that the Giants do
not belong. Although fen slmon pure experts have vontured to stand right
Up In meetln' and Inform tho trusting public that tho men of McGraw do not look
like pennant contenders, a murmur of Inside stuff has been peddled to that effect.
This whisper may grow to a roar, or It may dlo on tho breezes of carty summer.
Tho Giants may develop or they may remain dormant but como what may, tho
team from Broadway can never bo called downright bad so .long as John J.
McGraw remains at tho helm.
For John J. will still bo tho Little Napoleon of baseball when ho retires.
McGraw Is tho sort of a man who cannot tolerate failure, and when ho concludos
that his star Is coming to an eclipse ho will forsake tho baseball firmament and
qpend his remaining years 'tsomewhero" In tho shadow of obscurity. But that
day has not yet come. McGraw's Is still tho master hand. No ono who has
made a study of the two games played between tho Giants and Phillies can
question this.
Tho Giants do not look particularly strong. As a mattor of fact they looked
rathor bad In tho opening game. Yesterday their defenso was vastly improved
but their attack did not strike tho truo McGraw swing until tho ninth Inning.
Loyal Philadelphia fans wilt not find much pleasure In recalling tho ovents of
that fatal ninth, but for tho student of baseball It Is significant.
McGraw's Master Hand Evident
Nowspaper headlines tell us that Stock's error on Fletcher's hit brought
Victory to tho Giants yesterday. Tho hit nnd tho error wcro contributing factors,
tout add It all up and you will find that McGraw's generalship won the game for
tho Now Yorkers. Tho players aro simply pawns In J. J's offensive campaign.
Yestorday Mayor and Tcsreau locked horns In a thrilling pitching duel for
eight Innings. For eight frames tho visitors tried to break through tho young
sldearm hurler's defonso without result They tried waiting him out, only to find
that his control was masterly they tried slugging tho ball, and only succeeded
In, lifting pop files or skipping grounders Into tho mitts of his supporting cast.
For eight Innings tho Giant attack not only appeared weak, but It seemed listless.
Suddenly, In tho ninth, thoy wcro tho old aggrcsslvo Giants. Their best hitters
were up. This was tho psychological moment. Doylo fell on tho first ball to come
over for a single Tho rollablo Fletcher picked out tho second pitch and laid It
down for a sacrifice. Tho Phillies wcro caught off their balanco, and In his hurry
Stock fumbled tho ball. For a brief second tha Phillies bumped tho celling, and ns
Stock throw to Luderuo too lato to get Fletcher, McGraw saw that third wna left
unoccupied and brought Doyle on that pad. Thoro was no chance to get the Giant
captain, but Luderus took a chance and throw tho ball for tho bag. As there was
no ono thoro to get It, the pcllot rolled to tho grandstand and Doylo kept on to tho
Plato. Fletcher mado second on tho play, and instead of allowing Kauff to hit, Mc
Graw signaled him to lay down a sacrifice, which put Flotchcr on third.
Tho Phillies woro upset and McGraw. know it. Had Mayer been given a
chance to work on Mcrkle, the champions might havo settled down; but this was
lio part of John J.'s plan. Merklo went to the plato with orders to hit and hit
quick. Ho did so, with tho result that a single was sent hurling through NIohoff's
legs, a hit that"would ordinarily havo been fielded. Fletcher scored, nnd tho
domago was dono.
. It Is this sort of baseball that haa mado McGraw famous. A quick llghtnlng
Uko drive, get tho other fellows on tho run, and when they aro running, mako
ho supremo effort and put tho bacon on Ico. Tho Giants' half of tho ninth inning
yesterday was typical McGraw baseball; and no team that plays It will over bo
outclassed. .,
Cravath Not Yet in Step
During the tlmo that tho Phils wero in tho South tho heart of tho local fan
was gladdened from day to day by glowing reports of tho condition of Cravnth's
batting oye. Pleasant as It may bo to contemplate Gavvy at his best. It must
bo admitted that tho noted slugger has dono little thus far to reassure tho
cynical ones.
It Is not that Cravath has failed to propol tho Spalding over the ramparts;
nor yet that ho has thus far failed to mangle tho occupants of tho loft-flcld
bleachers. It Is that Gavvy Is not showing his form at bat. The careless confi
dence of complete efficiency Is not evident. Tho great pill punlsher has always
looked tho part; to an opposing pitcher ho has ever been tho personification of
batting power. When Cravath stood at tho plate ominously swinging his bat
low with ono hand, spectators and playors allko felt that something was going
to happen and something mighty unpleasant for tho aliens.
It Is his style that Cravath seems to have lost. He docs not seem confident
at tho plate he does not seem sure of himself. Tho swish of his bat Is not as
sharp as it was, and he does not seem to tlmo the ball as well as he did a year ago.
Probably within a month Cravath will get back in his stride. Ho is not a
youngster, and it takes him an unusually long time to get In shape. Cactus has
always been a lato starter, and this year seems to bo no exception.
Witt's Confidence Is His Greatest Asset
"Dutchy" Witt, the young shortflelder whom Connie Mack will probably put
In the llnc-up In tha near future, has not had enough experience to cause him to
lose any of tho confidence that ho developed as a minor leaguer.
It often happens that when a good minor player Is tried out In tho majors,
bo feels himself inferior to his opponents, and, therefore, lays himself liable to
haviifetlie "Indian sign" put on him by tho pitchers. But Witt does not suffer
from this malady. Although a left-handed hitter, Witt says that ho had Just as
soon face a southpaw pitcher, even ono with a cross-fire, as a right-hander. "I
was always taught tb-jblt 'em no matter who was throwln' 'em." That is the
motto Witt has adopted for himself, and thus far ho has proved that ho, really
doesnt care what tho hurler sends up to him or who tho hurler Is.
' Several Clubs Ilelped by Sale of Speaker
As w view tho situation, tho sale of Speaker benefits the White Sox, Tigers,
Yankees and Browns more than It does any one else. True, the Red Sox aro
benefited $50,000 In cash and two players, but their chances for pennant honors
are much slimmer without Speaker.
Tho difference between a pennant-winner and a runner-up Is from J75.000
to $160,000. Of course, the Sox may win without Speaker, but it's doubtful. His
great batting and fielding usually won unaided at least 10 games per season.
Eemova 10 victories from tho 1916 total of tho Red Sox, apply them to tho losing
side and the .team would have finished third In tho 1916 race.
Tho Red Box won tho 1916 American Leaguo championship by a margin of
two and one-half games. Without Speaker they never would have won. Minus
the services of Speaker this year, the outlook for the Red Sox is in nowise bright.
Tho weaienlng of tho Red Sox by the loss of Speaker enhances the chances
of the four, other teams that wero conceded a chance for tho honors. It brings
the Sox nearer to or perhaps below the level of tho Yanks, Browns, White
pax ana xjgers.
In the "bookie" wagering before the Speaker sale, tho Red S)x were 8 to 6
favorites. Speaker's absence has shifted tho figures to 4 to 1 and there Isn't
much Red Sox money being offered.
Speaker, in 1908, Was Left Behind as Rental
The sale of Tris Speaker to Cleveland "for more money than was ever paid
for a player, not excepting Eddio Collins" recalls tho story of Speaker being left
at Little Rock In 1908 as rental for the ball park there. The Boston club trained
at Little Rock that season, agreeing to turn back a player to Mike Finn's club
In payment for the use of the grounds. When the Red Sox left Little Rock
Speaker was left behind.
That season Tris developed Into a remarkable player and several clubs, in
cluding the Giants, made offers for him. Manager Finn might have sold him
without violating any agreements, but he felt that Boston was entitled to first
claim, so he sent the player back to the Red Sox for the sum of 500. Eight
ysars later Tris, once a ground-rent player, Is sold for tho "record figure of
baseball sales."
Oulmet Poes Not Fear Professional "Call"
Francis Oulmet, the famous young Boston golfer, la highly praised In some
quarters because he has opened a sporting goods store in the Bean City, The
praise came apparently because the writers saw In Oulmet a fearless young
man who was not afraid to endanger his amateur standing.
Indeed, there Is no reason why Oulmet should fear anything of this nature as
the United States Golf Association recently defined an amateur, stating that only
players getting compensation for their actual playing services would be declared
professionals. Even golf-course architects may ply their trade without fear
of their status being questioned.
The golf association did the right thing In defining an amateur as it did,
but there is no reason why Oulmet should be a hero for doing something not
tabooed by golfers, although It Is by a number of other branches of sport.
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Como on. ye slave merchants and ye
money-changers;
Come on, ye magnates of the block and
such like;
Como on nnd bind me with your chains
and hempen rope
And lead mo out into a vile captivity.
Where or playing a game I love two
hours each afternoon
For six months in the year or thereabouts
You arc to pay me tis,000 or mora and
also
May slip me a tidy bonus on the side;
For I am weary of tho freedom I now
hold
It pains, it wracks, it sore distresses me;
I yearn for serfdom and tho kale thereof
Come on and lead mo to tho bally auction
block
Come on and sell me like a baseball stave.
A great ball plnyor on a club, such as
Cobb. Speaker or Collins, is n. moral force
as well as physical one. Which Is to
any, such a star operates In tho capacity of
a psychological uplift. Ho lends en
couragement, by his nets, to the rest ot
the cast He starts rallies and helps to
carry them along. If tho Ilcd Sox can
still win a pennant without Speaker you
can underwrite them aB wonders.
Pennant Fate
The deal that sent Tris Speaker to
Cleveland recalls the fact that whllo the
Forest City has never won a flag, It haa
hnd more than Its share of stars. The
list Includes such men as Lajole, Bradley,
Flick. Hay, Turner, Clarke. Joss, Bern
hardt, Chapman, Jackson, Hickman, Gregg
and others, all In the last ten years.
Cleveland has had some of the finest
pitching, the hardest hitting and the most
brilliant fielding we have ever seen, but
there has always been some Ingredient
needed to mold a pennant cast.
This missing Ingredient, we should say,
has been constructive leadership. It is a
bigger part of winning baseball than most
will ever know.
A Busy Fall
The announcement that Percy Haugh
ton will again bo In charge of Harvard's
football machine Indicates a fairly brisk
autumn for this enterprising citizen.
If the Braves should happen to get Into
a world series this briskness will be
Increased, but even this will not Inter
fere to any great extent with Harvard's
football progress. In Leo I.eary. Haughi
ton has the greatest aide in the game
one who can well look after the task of
starting the Crimson squad under proper
headway. So even If the Braves become
involved In another world series Haugh
ton will be able to go to Leary's help by
the middle of October.
The Span of Walter Johnson
Walter Johnson Is now upon the edge
of his 10th year In the Major Frolic
And with his build and the easy pitch
ing motion he has the Welser Wizard
should be good for 10 years more.
He Is now only 28 years old, and no
pitcher In the business works with greater
ease. He has. a pitching motion without
a kink as smooth and as simple as a
piece o! machinery.
They will tell you that here and there
Johnson is slipping a bit. You can label
this exactly so much bunk without wast
ing any further language. For his first
six years Johnson allowed over two earnid
runs a game each season. In 1912, sup
posed by many to) be his greatest year,
By GRANTLAND RICE
ho allowed 2.91 earned tallies to the con
test. For the last thrco Beapons ho has been
at his best. In 1913 ho yielded only l.Ofl
earned runs to tho gamo; In 1914 ha al
lowed 1.71; in 1915 he lowered this to 1.55.
If this be slipping, then provide ua with a
Rlu nip.
The Greater Part of Nerve
Dear Sir Do you know, In my opinion,
what tho greater part of Nervo In sport
Is? It Is skill plus natural ability. I
have found, with only a few exceptions,
the nerviest players to bo composed of
those who havo developed a natural abil
ity Into skill. When they havo this com
bination they havo nil tho nervo any ono
needs. I havo rarely seen the case where
an Incompetent starter also had a lot of
nerve under the strain.
BYSTANDER..
This Is very largely true. Among tho
nerviest contenders wo hao had In var
ious sports aro Cobb, Mathowson, Drlck
ley, Marian, Travers, Oulmet nnd Mc
laughlin. And theso have all been blessed
with a superabundance of general ef
ficiency. If any one wants to get an argument
all ho lias to do Is to toll Charley Van
Loan that Eric tho Red, otherwise known
as Maurice McLaughlin. Is about through.
"Ho Is bo far through," says Van, "that
ho Is coming back to win the national
championship at Forost Hills this late
summer. Watch him."
Tho saddest phrase on the golfing grounds
Is the caddie's echo -"OUTER BOUNDS !"
Golfing courses are now opening up
again. On with tho grand old slogan
"Here, boy, bring me the niblick !"
Olympia A. A. ffiSjiSriSlfcp.
MONDAY NIfiUT $p SHARP
ANDY IIIWNH w. Kft TEXAS .
TOMMY O'KEKKB t. IHfCK FLEMING.
VODNO McMOVKKN t. JOE TUIlKIt
FKANKIE J1UIINS .. CUHMK LEWIS
Joe Borrell vs. Eddie Revoke
Adu. tSe. Hal. Ren. SOc. Arena Rci. tic, 1.
LINCOLN A. C.
19th and Woodland I ote. Dtcker, SIr,
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FIGIITINCJ HOIl t. LKO VINCENT
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TOMORROW NIGHT 8:30 SHARP
JOHNNY KELLY . YOUNG DIGOINS
AduiUiQD, ISO. Retorted teat. 60c.
GAFFNEY NOT AFTER PIRATES;
DREYFUSS ANXIOUS TO SELL
Former Boston Owner Denies Trying;
to Purchase Pittsburgh Club
NEW YORK. April H. James B.
Gaffney, the New York contractor, who
owned the Boston Draves when they won
the world's series in 1914, has denied
that he was negotiating to purchase the
Pittsburgh Club from Harney Dreyfuss.
Gaffney admitted that he had talked with
the owner of the Pirates when he was
here Wednesday, but declared nothing
was said about buying out the tatter's
Interest In tho Pirates.
Gaffney said that he was still deeply
Interested In baseball and would like to
get back Into the game, but that the only
cities In which he would invest In a club
were New York and Boston.
It Is understood, however, that Drey
fuss Is anxious to sell the controlling
interest in the Pittsburgh Club. With
the retirement of Fred Clarke as manager,
Dreyfuas' Interest In the game has di
minished. In another season or two hla
other old stand-by, Hans Wagner, will
retire, so the sentiment which has kept
the Pirate owner In the game Is fast
disappearing.
ATHLETES OF LEDGER
FORM ASSOCIATION
Herbert Augustine Chosen Pres
ident Shnner Made Base
ball Manager
At a meeting held yesterday In tho
Washington Building, G08 Chestnut street,
by cmiiloyes of tho Ledger Company, nn
athletic organization, to ho known ns tho
Ledger A. A., wns formed nnd officers
elected, ns follows: Piesldcnt. Herbert Au
gu.stlnc; vice president, IMwnrd Flynn;
i.ocretary-trcaHUrer, Walter Hnffcy. Harry
Khnncr was chosen to manage tho baseball
team. Tho organization will tako up nil
sports, but nt present will centre Its ef
forts on the diamond pastime.
With nn aggregation of tho speediest
players, ohtnlnable former stars of tho
various' local high school teams, others
recruited from fast semlpro ranks tho
newly organized Ledger A. A. plays Its
RACING
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Special Trains i Fenna. It. It., lmre
Itrnad .St., 1J:3I piflfwt Fhlla,, Hi 38
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Admission. Grandstand nnd Paddock,
$1.50. Ladies, $1.00
riUST ItACE AT 2 130 P. M.
Initial contest April 20. Manager Holt's
rejuvenated Wclcomo A. A. will bo tho
other 50 per cent, of tho attraction and
tho contest will open the new Welcome
Field, 33d street and Gray's Ferry road.
On Slay 6 Ledger tackles another strong
aggregation Corley Catholic Club. Man
ager William Jackson, of tho latter team,
has signed tho best players of lasti year's
team, which went through the season with
but two defeats, nnd has added several
semlpro stars to his 101G roster.
Following Its clashes with thcse clubs.
Ledger A. A. Is planning to campaign
thiough New Jersey and Pennsylvania
in Sunday gnmes, unci local gnmes on Sat
urdays throughout tho season. Byrne, a
clever southpaw ; Kd Flynn nnd Jack
Spenlman, right-handers, will do tho twirl
ing, whllo August I no nnd Miller will han
dle the Bhoots behind tho rubber.
Philadelphia Bowler Two Pins Shy of
First Place in A. C. B. Tourney
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 14. J. B.
McClure, Washington, rolled 367 nnd took
tho lead last night In tho duckpln singles
competition of tho Atlantic Coast Bowling
tournament. In tho duckpln doubles,
H. D ITnlley nnd II. F Krnuss, Washing
ton, rolled G41, displacing Jones and Dono
hue for fifth placo In that class.
Leaders in the tenpln events are!
Doubles, Von Lossberg nnd Swelger, Bal
timore, 1186; Dantz and Schwarbl, Buffa
lo, 1137 ; Lambert and Kline, Philadel
phia, 1135 ; Hartley nnd Barrl, Phila
delphia, 1118; Burdlne nnd Eckstein,
Washington. 1111.
Singles, L'ckRteln, Washington, 567 $
Bnrrl Philadelphia. 5G5 ; Solomon, Phila
delphia, 562 i Krlchton. Baltimore, 656 ;
MacFarland, Illchmond, and Lambert,
Philadelphia, 553 ench.
Nnvy Lacrosse Team Defeats Penn
ANNAPOLIS, JM Arrll 14. The Nnvy ln:
rrtwm twelve won from the VnlvcrMtjr of
Pennmrlvanta yentcrilny nttcrnoon by 0 to S,
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