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IAtftS, AFTER WINNING 26 STRAIGHT GAMES, TURN INTO PYGMIES AGAINST BROOKLY1
PO3R SHOWING OF THE GIANTS
..AGAINST DODGERS IS MYSTERY
' WHlCH NEEDS AN EXPLANATION
Winning: of 1916 National League Pennant Brings
Out Charges Against New York Players
and Honesty of Game Is at Stake
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r' 18 unfortunate that the finger or suspfclon should be pointed at thn cloning
frames intth National league when the race for the pennant la so clone. )t
unfortunate that two of the leading teams are placed in a position where It 5
iwceseary to explain their action In the moat Important contest of the year, be
en ute the winning of the contest rentlUd. In the winning of n National league
Tnnant. Brooklyn defeated New York by the score of 9 to yesterday and It
le said that the same virtually wiui a 'gift from the men playing for McOraw.
It la not difficult to arouse the suspicions of the average lxiseball fan, and
Judging from reports, there were several things pulled In the battle on Ebbets
Held which rave the fans plenty of fcod for thought. It had been pointed out
by dopeatera weeks before that McQraw would ''lay down" In thn final series with
Rrooklyn, It the team from across tha river needed the games to cinch the pen
nant. The baseball' public absorbed all of this comment In the newspapers
whether It was true or not and wero not surprised when the ftlants, a team, with
twenty-six straight wins to Its credit, lost the first game and played such miserable
hall In the second that even the worst bush-league club In the country could have
scored n victory.
Was the Game' I'laycd on the l.crel
It matters not whether thu New York players deliberately thiew the game to
Brooklyn or suffered an off day which caused the costly mlsplays. The fans
have a feeling, that everything was not on the level arid the slipshod, sloppy,
semlpro performance of the Giants not only Is good cause for speculation, but
also exposes a mystery which must be explained. The game will go down In his
tory as one of the "queer" things In baseball and occupy the same niche In the
y minds of the fans with Merkle's famous "bone" when Vie failed to touch second.
Perhaps It never will be explained, and It not, the reputation of baseball, which
thus fnrbas'been clean, falr.and free from scandal, surely must suffer.
It was not' an ordinary game of baseball. Sports wrlters'who have been follow. ,
Ing the game for years sensed something wrong, as can lie seen from tho follow
ing excerpts' from their stories;
The Giants Mere loose and ramlrss. The machine-like accuracy of their
phi) was missing.
, Tlief looked a, If the)' needed a pulmolor or a few tanks of oxygen.
The OUiita' opposition was futile and listless. You wouldn't believe that a
club (hat won-twenty-six straight games from all kinds of trams during the
last three weeks could play such foolish baseball.
Itoberlson at second made a brainless' play and tried to get to third, which
wan occupied by lienor,, lienor tried to go home, but was run down between
the bases.
The (lUuits tilt) not play baseball they simply filled the positions. Mcfiraw
was' sore, but any one would feel that ay If lie felt that his team had thrown
htm down. It wan a shame to see n team like New York go out and refuse to
play baseball. '
These are the views of the majority of the newspaper men representing the
home town of the Cllanls. "flicy surely cannot be prejudiced, for as a general rule
they always take the other side of the case. The home club can do no wrong,
Its mistakes are covered up or carefully explained; so It looks very strange
the hammers of the scribes arc bared for action. And to carry It further, the game
must have been exceedingly raw to unleash that cyclonic attack which has bowled
over every member of the team. Personalities are flying thick and fast today, with
the New York players loudly proclaiming- their Innocence and the llrooklyn ath
letes Insisting he game was on the square.
McGraw's Actions Are Mysterious
TAKINU It nit In all. It Is a beautiful mess, and the part played by John Mcdruw
does not help matters. John, who Is noted throughout the land as a strict dis
ciplinarian, left tho field in the Afth Inning because his players refused to follow
his Instructions. Ever hear of a big league manager doing this before? Yu prob
ably have read In the newspapers and magazines of how McOraw yanked the best
player on his team out of the game because he missed a hit-and-run sign, or sent. a
pitcher to the shower hath because he refused to pass a man who was regarded as
a heavy hitter.
. Tales of McGnxw's prowess with his fists, when he emphasized his clubhouse
, argument with crringr players, also 'reached the public, and we all can look hack
n tew )vnra unu rcau ui mn uauics hub mimic aikuiuw uau wiui umpires mien ne
played with the famous Baltimore Orioles. Wi ninny pictured McGraw as n
fighter n man who never would quit and who would fight all the harder when
things broke gainst him.
Can a qian'a ersonatlty suffer such a change In one day? It does not seem
possible. For example, take McGraw's statement, which was ' published exclu
sively In the Uvkninu I.eikieii lust night In the only true account of the game:
"That stuff was too much for me. I don't believe any of my players delib
erately favored llrooklyn, but they simply refused to obey my orders and fooled
about In n listless manner. When IVrrltt wound up with a man on first base,
allowing the runner to steal second, I lost my patience and left the bench. I have
worked too hard this year to stand around and watch playing like that and I refuse
to bo connected with It. I am through for the year."
This does not sound like McGraw, yet he said It. He left the field, utterly dis
gusted with tho men he had taught to fear him left the field without busting
some one on the Jaw or grabbing the pitcher by the hair and dragging him out of
the box. It was not n true McGrawlan act and we naturally seek some explanation.
Hobby and .Muggsy Friends for Years
Delving once more Into the musty files, we find tha,t McGraw and Itobliuon
ro pals. They have beeu the closest friends for years and the friendship began
way back in the early nineties when both played with the Orioles. In those
days the New York manager earned the sobriquet of "Muggsy" and lived up
to It In hi dally spats with the umpires. Itoblnson always took Muggsy'a part
and became the official "fixer" when hla friend went on the rampage.
When the Orioles disbanded, Robbie and Muggsy went to St. Louis and
later opened up a cafe In Baltimore as business partners. After they had sold
cut and McGraw took charge of New York, Robinson waa sent for a few years
ago to get the pitchers In shape for the, coming world's series. He did hla
work well and from then on was on the payroll of the club. Then, when Robbie
bad a chance to take charge of Brooklyn, McGraw helped him In every way
he could to get the Job.
McGraw Did Hlght to Protect Hla Reputation
THIS bit of ancient history Is retold merely to show the position John McGraw
waa In when the series started, riace yourself In his own position and figure
what you would do. He saw that his team waa giving- a farcical exhibition and waa
vainly flashing signs to them, but they alt were Ignored. When the Giants re
turned to th. bench at theend of the third Inning it Is said that several pis vers
made It, ptata to him that they- were going to do Just about what they pleased.
McGraw realised that the fana throughout the country would blame him for
the ItascojiBd trie1 record he has long kept clean would be blotted. He took the
eat) course that .would save him. It he remained on the bench for the nine Innings,
It would b up to him to explain, the fiasco, but when he left the field and made his
MMtlonr announcement to the Kvkxinu Lkdoer representative he showed that
Ke had noth-fnr whatever tdo.wUh the frame-up, If It was one.
o doubt the National Commission Is going to take McGraw to task for not
keeping quiet until the storm blows over, but there were at least $000 New York
huts preeeHt who worship, McGraw, and he rightfully refused to make It seem
that he wag a prty td anything that was depriving- thsra of hard-earned money,
there behur an timwual amount of money wagered on the game.
Then,' we return to tl10 Playing of the TCew Tork player who banded the
mase to Jreelyi after taking a four-run lead. Perhaps they wsre Intentionally
very .hum. and iwrhapa they had, an oS day. Once more we ask, "What's the
aawtwerr'' '. "
It's a butlfu-(tngle for the National Commission to unravel.
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LISTLESS PLAYING OF THE GIANTS WAS UNFAIR
TO PHILADELPHIA, DECLARES GRANTLAND RICE
Work of New York Team in Deciding Game Against Brooklyn Dodgers
Justly Angers McGraw and Spoils Finish of Great Race
for Pennant
JOHN J. McUllAW exploded twenty-eight
tons of guncotton under the National
league race yesterday afternoon when he
quit the field In the fifth Inning at Iftbets
I'ark. disgusted at the work of his lub.
The Glsnt leader's openly expressed dla'
gti.it. In our opinion, wun pretty well Justi
fied. While the Ilraves were crashing Into the
Phillies st top speed and playing out the
game as the game should be played, the
(Hants were curling up badly against the
new pennant winners, making no part of
an effort to go out and fight.
It was not so much a matter of mlsplays,
errors and basehlts. The charge to be
brought against the record holders was the
mental attitude of the team, the csrelesi,
listless, allprhod don'tgtve-a-hang attitude
all through the game with a pennant at
stake. IJrrors, basehlts and wild pitches
rre alt a part of baseball. Hut loafing or.
the Job lnu't.
Yestef day's schedule a a critical spot
In the National league race. The Ilraves,
by winning a game on Hominy and nailing
the first game on Tuesday, had already
shown they were giving the Phillies the best
they had to give. In place of putting up
the same sort of fight, of carrying on the
wrto a finish, the Giants looked to be out
for a romp, for In any number of cases they
failed to hustle as much as they would In
sn exhibition game.
There was no sign of the old Giant ag
gressiveness at any stage. The pitching
especially was atrocious. In the sense that
It wasn't of the deadly earnest type, but
rsther of the let-em-hlt-lt type. This Glsnt
exhibition was no fault of Hrooklyn's. The
Hoblns were out to win, and they probably
would hate won anyway. They had already
beaten the Giants U out of IS games.
This Is a sufficient test, n sufficient
proof. Brooklyn, with Phlladelph a'a double
defeat, would have bagged the pennant any
way. So Brooklyn doesn't come In for any
criticism over the day's play. The crit
icism goes against the Giants, who, by their
listless attitude at such an Important sec
tion of the stretch, dealt baseball a hard
blow. In that It gave any number of critics
the opening they had been looking for to
charge the Giants with friendliness towsrd
the Brooklyn camp.
No one could say, of course, there wss
any .frame-up at hand, for It wasn't that
sort of an exhibition. In a frame-up or an
understood arrangement the affair would
have been handled with greater care. In
this case the entire smear was open to
public inspection. No attempt was made
to cover anything up.
The Giants, or rsther the most of them,
made no effort to conceal the fact that they
were not Interested In the game to the
slightest degree. -Whether this waa due
to a big letdown from the recent record
drive or from friendliness to Bobby, or from
irom
JSapifojy
Buroidor
hyafdeakrs
HQufcturr3
By GKANTLAND RICE
a lack of desire to get out and hustle. Is
a phase of the situation that no one can
tell.
Hut the vital part of the. sltustlon Is
this here was a day In baseball that might
decide a pennantvrnre
In this city one of the contenders wss
forced to face a ball club fighting Its hard
est all the. way. In llrooklyn another con
tender was facing iv-ball club that should
have been doing the same, but In place of
this was making no part of a determined
stand.
This, of course, was strictly unfair to
the I'hlts. The Giants should have real
ised this, and no matter how badly stale
they might have felt the effort at least
should have been made to play the game
and play It to the final out
There should have been four ball clubs
fighting hard yesterday Philadelphia. Bos.
ton. Brooklyn and New York. In place of
thia there' were, only three clubs- fighting,
and one of thesevthree was not New York.
Now, there Is one thing that McGraw's
harshest critics could never say of him.
and that Is that he Isn't n fighter every
Inch of the way. No matter how frlendlv
John J. would have felt toward Hobby.
It Is his nature to go out and give battle
to the last. It was the realisation that
the listless attitude of his club was putting
him In had wh'.ch caused him to leave the
field In anger and disgust
He knew well enough that any number
of fans were- willing to believe that he
would like to favor his old lieutenant. Bob.
Inson. When his club began to go through
the motions attached to an afternoon off
or a holiday he felt that It was up to him
to show that he had no part In the day's
big fUsle. It was his only way to prove
that he was not attached to the cave-In
and that he Was In no way responsible for
what took place.
It waa a most unfortunate ending to one
of the greatest races the National league
has ever had. It was unfortunate for
Brooklyn, who hsd no part In the plot:
unfortunate for the Giants, who lott any
number of friends, and unfortunate for
baseball, a sport that has been built up on
the theory that all connected with it shall
play the game and play It out
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the north end of town. Boston hung the
kibosh on the home talent twice In the
same plsce and It might be stated right
here that the Phils did not throw either
of the games. Our hoys played as well as
they knew how. but the Hattllng Hean
town Ilraves played a couple of mltcs
belter gosh ding 'em'
The battle of Waterloo was enacted on
the National League grounds with n full
csst and before nn appreciative audience.
There were eighteen different acts, the
majority of which made Just as much of a
hit ns the sinking of the Titanic. Instead
of cheers there were groans and the audi
ence stood with bared heads, weeping
silently as the men of Pat Moran sank for
the third time, with no hope of rescue.
It was the end of nn Imperfect day a
day which will linger long In the minds of
the 1S.G0O customers who paid real money
to click the clicks on the turnstiles. They
rode In crowded street cars, wllowcd the
burglars who drive taxlcabs to take all of
their money with a smile; In fact, suffered
every Inconvenience to watch the Phillies
climb over the prostrate bodies of the
Ilraves arid get closer to the pennant. They
had pleasant thoughts, which were hope
lessly wrecked and they sadly wended their
way homeward, feeling like a gang of col
lege students nfter the dealt football team
had been beaten to a frazzle.
After the first game had been lost there
still was hope, as llrooklyn then was trail
ing New York and had a good chance to
lose. But In the second disaster, after
Boston had taken the lead In the seventh
and started the bombardment In the eighth,
all hope had fled. It was then that the
spectators gave vent to their feelings.
A heavy pall of smoke slowly settled
over the field when Bender faced the foe.
It was In keeping with tho depressed feel
ings of the faithful who etayed for the
finish. Wllholt, the first man up, made a
clean single, but silence was his reward.
Konetchy also singled and more silence
prevailed. Smith followed with another
base hit and the crowd shuddered when
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