The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-17
M GRAW BEGINS TO
RECRUIT THE GIANTS
Hustling Manager Gobbling Ur
All the Promising Young
sters He Can Find.

NEW YORK. August 16.-NTanager
McGraw is beginning to stock up. &c
is gobbling promising players from
the smaller leagues of the West. BY
the time that the season for these
minor organizations is finish ed nice
lot of nalter-brol1en colts Will report
for further training at the Polo
Grounds. Some of them-most of them
will, as usual, pass back to innocu-
Gus desuetude and the cowpaths, but
some OF them may stick and shine on
the Polo Grounds when the bald
headed stars that glitter for John t.
Brush now are forgotten. These are
the acquisitions since the club left New
York on the Western trip:
Josh" Devore, of the Meriden Club,
of the Mississippi League, outflelder
Fred Merblc, tirst-baseman of the
Tecumsen (Mch) Club, of the South
| ern Michigan League, nineteen years
| Old graduate of the Toledo HiEh
/ school, 100 pounds stripped six feet
| tall, fast end sure,g plays tirstaand the
outlleld.
Monte Pfyl, -baseman Of the
West End Club. of the City League of
| st, Louis, now let out to the Springfield
| Club, OF the Three rs League, rangy,
nervy. can bat.
In addition to these he has Hanni-
fan and Ferguson in New York, who,
is not complete by any means. There
are more to come. 1t would not startle
the old-timers of the Giants to find
at the. Polo Grounds this fall a herd
of fifteen or twenty ambitious bushers
from whom genius is aching to burst.
"Of course, l am always looking for
/ young players" said McGraw on the
way to pittsburg, just as the sun be-
gan to fight It's way through the
handicap of steel trust smoke. II want
good hitters, and L am anxious to de-
velop some. The pitchers are going
along all right. We have not been
troubled by their failure. ! wish that
we could hit the ball harder and Of
| tener"
Though Larry Doyle, the S450O pur-
chase from Mr.. 1insella, of the Three
| Us League, has played most nconsst-
4 ent baseball, the manager Is we'll
1 satisfied. DOYLE made three errors one
day in m-S-ups with the Cubs.
But while he was letting In runs for
the Chicago men, he was knocking out
j runs for the Giants. For he made
| three hits in that game. "He Is ner-
vous and over-anNions", said Mcdraw !,
"1'hat is all there is the matter Will
{. him. He's going to make great ball
! player. In another year, after he has
been through the remainder of this sea
son and had n course In our spring
, training, he will show up without the
errors that you see him make occa'
! slonally."
There is every indication that Doyle
: is going to surprise New York whel
: lie returns from this trip. BY tina
time the wire edge Of anNicty tina
:; >auses him to do fool things out in TIL
:, hs.ld may have Worn Off. His tlmel,
: hitting will be treat for critlca
fet-~ That's ono of the best thing
abs.h MIS- hitting" said McGrnw IL
hits when hitting counts. Doyle wa
one of the three Giants to geta hit OF
that pitching marvel, Mordecai Brown
y in Chicago. 1t was n scratch hit, bu
so were all three Of the hits by IN
Giants, That game was one OF Tn
most remarkable that has been seel
in thee West Side Park There wer
only seven hits off the two pitchers
dummy" Taylor and Brown. Their
were two clean ones off TaSior am
, two scratches The Giants were beatel
to .,