The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-15
M'GRAW YARN
PIPE DREAM

Indications now are that John ]. Nc
Graw will again manage the New York
National League team next season, despite
reports to the contrary. President Brush,
who will not be Interviewed, and Secre-
tary Knowles, who is perfectly willing to
talk on all subjects except baseball when
he can be found, have refused to discuss
the story of McGraw's retirement, desir-
Ing to let the yarn die a natural death.
All that the officials of the Giants would
saw was that McGraw's contract still had
a year to run,-and that as far as they
could observe there was no wild desire ON
the part of the public for a new COM
mander.
McGraw has not been seen In his ac.
customed haunts recently, but yesterday
ne was on Broadway with j.. Bentley Sey-
mour, alias Cy, and he laughed at the
tale that he was to be fired or that matters
would be made so unpleasant for him thai
ne would find II agreeable to resign. The
little leader. like all strong personalities
in the baseball world, has many enemies,
and the poor showing of the Giants toward
the END OF last season furnished them with
capital for stories of dissatisfaction on the
part of the owners of the club.
Brush undoubtedly was displeased with
the way the Giants blew up after the
first month of the campaign, but his dis
satisfaction was more with the Individual
players than with the manager. For what
the members of the Old Guard had accom-
plished during their successful seasons Of
1904 and 1905 there was a spirit of l~eniency
SHOWN that will not again be in evidence,
from now on the motto of all connect
ed with the direction of affairs Of the
Giants will be: make good or quit"
McGraw, by going to New York and ak
ing hold OF a team that was a tail-ender
and showing 1t TO the top, earned the con-
ndence OF his employers, though they do
not wholly approve Of the way he ran
things last season. His policies of nom
aggressiveness at the start of the year
and superfiuous strenuousness near the
Wind-up have not had the appreciation of
President Brush, but both owner and
leader nave arrived at an understanding
az 70 the proper course to pursue and the
Giants will be neither lambs nor wolves
on the diamond in 1908. McGraw will be
more in evidence than he has been for
some time and will see personally that his
team gets Its rights. Last season Dan
MeGann was supposed to be the person
to put in the rightful protests. but in this
capacity Dan was O lamentable failure.
McGraw still is undecided about going
70 the Pacific coast this winter. One
thing is sure: he will not leave New York
for the slope until after the National
League meeting next month. Learnine
there are to he radical changes in the
G1ants next year, managers and owners OF
the various National League clubs are be-
sleging the New York club with offers for
men by telegraph and mail and all the
communications are being turned over to
McGraw. :"
McGraw does not relish all that has been
said against him for his failure to finish
better than -four In the 1907 race. and Is
attacking the reconstruction lob with mucb
pleasure. He has seen many of the colt
players who have been aided to the roster
of the Giants on the recommendation Of
scout pan Brouthers, and is so enamored
OF fred Merkle, the young first baseman.
or trade.