New-York tribune., 1909-02-21
GIANTS IN THE MAKING
NEW MEN FOR M'GRAW
Young Players to Whom NezU York
Fans Look for Victorg.

With the Giants in Texas. working for the CONT.
season and the fight to keep fourth pennant tro,,
going to Chicago interest Is beginning % e-,,,.-
on the promising men on whom John Mcer,.
Is counting to help New York to victory Some q,
these men will play regularly, in all probabuiry.
some will stay the bench much OF the tim.
McGraw is done with them. for he has never bee,
a picker of poor men
II any one man was largely responsible for N.
teams great work last year It was probably Brss,s
ham, Now he is gone and naturally the fans Ar.
interested in the who come TO replace hin,
First. of course to be considered IS George SchI.t
Of Cincinnati. s5chlei for several years has baa,
the mainstay OF the Reds behind the bat FTe ba,
been wholly capable, and has caught with con-
spicuous such fine pitchers as Overall spa5a
and other stars of the Cincinnati team He ia nor
a Bresnahan vet. but he is first class catcher IN
every Of the term. and Bresnahan will ba
missed chiefly for his batting.
The other men who figured N this trade wsre
Murray and Raymond, Of st. Louis. Jack Murray is
young. keen player, who has made good as one ~
the best outfelders in the National Ieague He m.
hard last sson amid all the dscouraginz eircru-
stances attendant upon membership Of a tail-end
team. and his mark Of .2s2 should be improved
under McGraw's coaching and the stimulus Of a
first division team
Raymond is an eccentric player, but sterling
pitcher Tall, raw-boned, powerful. he is a pitcher
Of great skill. and. like Rube Wadde can be count
ed to win many games when he is amenabIs
to discipline McCiraw is not afraid OF Raymond
so far as his behavior goes and expects to add him
his first string OF Observation-Disclosures. wItse
and Ames.
TWO more good pitchers would have the pen
nant for McGraw last season, and MarQuard and
Durham who came from Indianapolis with great
regulations last year only make fzzle OF their
FIRST appearance. against Cincinnati ought to 90 a
lot OF good work this year
MarQuard is q tall slight left-hander. who is not
unlike George Wiltse in many respects. He has
great speed. wide and deceptive curve. and IN
his games against American Association teams hs
showed lot Of head work. He had no sort Of a
chance last year, and McGraw sent him into
game against his own, better judgment McGraw
has Just as much confidence in MsTquard. who In
said to have cost S1.0OO, ever.
Louis Durham cubmate Of MarQuard In
Indianapolis and had reputation quits good
as Marquard's with the Western critics He Is q
shorter stocEIer than MarQuard. and an older
and more experienced one. In Indianapolis ne used
TO pitch and win double headers with q regularity
that won him the soubriquet OF Iron Man." =
narne so well earned by Joe McGinnity IN the good
old DAYS OF the pennant winning teams OF 1874 and
1905 Durham impressed many who saw him last
fan as a potentially great pitcher he Is quiet and
,,nassunnine in the field, and had only one bad
,,ninz in the game hs pitched against Cincinnati
Czood support that day would have gwen hin =
better start IN New York
7 Meyers Is an Indian catcher from St Paul VINO
s,5 nns work with the American Association club
+or .everal seasons. He looked good IN practice
last fall, handling himself well and showing re-
rnarkable ability shoot the ball down TO second
baza lack Meyers also comes from ST Paul and
Is a promising outfelder-
E-r.d Keller Is an outhelder about whom lttls IS
,rnovn. He will help De Wore and OHarS, who
..r,. last season from Newark and Montreal. re-
..--.1 % an up holes Il the regular outheldsrs
are laid up
Harry Knepper. Western pitcher aent ms con-
.-ac+ 70 MoC,rav yesterday. McGraw picked him
Nv, ON one of his side trips last year. but has SAID
little about him