The sun., 1912-07-01
COMPARES 1905 GIANTS
WITH CLUB Of PRESENT
Latter, Says McGraw. a
stronger Organization Than
His World Champions.
TEAM MAKING MORE RUNS
Figures Show Steady Increase
in Number If Extra Base
Hits Over 1910.
TEAM MAKING MORE RUNS

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good many more runs than that club did. "
te, lis look the two teams over and see. |
Rshind the hat IN 1905 Motraw had Rrcs. !
rshnu nnd Eovcrmap. and Brcsnahan was |
.u,h q good man that the present catching |
s,s~ Of tho Giants has not hing on tho ooi |
,ear, Bre.nahan, like Meyers, was u fine |,
bat.mar. IA good an all around backstop
ne ,he chief and u better base runner. lie |
vas quito "a valuable to the team a. IL
Meycrs to-day. Bowermap was Mt his beat |
IN those days too and though the Giants |
have two proficient second string men in /
wilson aud Hartley the catching stsfY was |
a. strong then as now.
The pitching mainstays in 1905 were
Mathewsor. McCiinnity. Taylor. Wiltse and |
,mes That was u strong stan. but GER |
'ainly Marduard more than Nils tho place !,
lef, vacant by McCinnty. Wiltse perhaps |
isn't as dependable now ~ then, but he md
Ames and Mathewsou are going strongly. |
Ma'hewson With his head work and genera,
skill still being a potent figure in the box.
Craudall il more valuable to the team than
va. 1aylor and with Te.reau coming along
the Chants are better equipped On the mound
than when they beat tho Athletics seven
yes,s ago,
McGraN says McrkIe is the best first base.
man in baseball and he means IT, Tho only
ore who can measure skill with him IL
Nclnncs Alcrkle ia u better first baseman
than Mc,;aun ever was lie covers ground
Ike a shortstor. is first class batter and
base runner and fine FIRST sack guardian
on thrown balls. McGraw Describes Doyle
a. fast ground covercr. He covers as
much either way as Gilbert did and lays
wsv over the latter in hitting and base rum
ming lie makes more hits and longer hits
and is prominent as a cleanup batter.
As between Fletcher and Dlhlen the
former il one of the best In the game on
the range of his work. quick at recovering
after n tumble and n strong thrower: but
FOR all that Dahlen was wonderful de-
fensive PLAYER and at his best In a pinch
lie made less show of his work than
Fletcher. but in a less Spectacular way ac-
oomplished about rs much. lierzoS. goo d
man that he is. isn't the player Devlin was
VIII on the latter was in his prime.
Mertes. Donlin and Browne made hard
hitting outfcld for the Giants in 1905.
Browne when at his best was a whirlwind
at running to first and a splendid throwcr.
bui the present outfield. Snodgrass, Becker
and Murray. represents better combined
throwin; ability than did the trio of iWi.
II may not hit quite as well. but hits pretty
well for III that and more than makes u . T or
any comparative shortcomings in that re-
spcct by superiority in covering ground.
throwing and hu sitting on the bases. Muir
ray never 4 clded as we'll as he is doing this
year. and Becker covers as much ground as
any outheldcr in the game.
The present team is more strongly fortified
with substitutes than its predecessor. The
.rhetitutcs ft in so nicely that he absence
1 II regular ipak.s no difference in the
sharpness and drive OF the atta.k. and thcy
are ught in the school OF speed ready to
ccrry on the work at the same clip when
pitched into game.
Recent batting averagcsYshowcd that
'or the FIRST eleven weeks OF Isi = there
were made in the American League 100 two
haSgers. ~ three baggers and rs home runs.
The figures in the National League are go
lvo bsggers. ios three baggcrs and %
nome runs. These figures were not of he
entire leagues but only those OF The pla yerS
i,sted wee,Iy in the unofficial averages as
leading siu.gers. Twenty-three Ameri-
an League batters were in this list and
twenty-onc National 'eaguers.
III" question arises when the extra base
nI,'ins Of this year and 1911 are compared
with thar Of Iolo. are the battcrs nowadays
ri,'ins the ball with greater force than they
dld before the Introduction Of the present
iNcly ball. which ball was introduced in the
ster part of1the season OF 1910? There is q
considerable increase in the number OF
extra bases
taking twenty one men in the parent
league and tuenty-three in tho junior or
:aniiation. that IL the leading hittcrs in
each and men who played in most OF the
games as TO do full justice to 1910. and the
figures for that year we're: American
League -5ac Two baggers. 22o three baggers
and ~ home runs. National l.eague-5:s
jvo bag.ers. PA three baggers aud - home
runs
Now note the number OF extra base hits
n 1911 made by the same number Of men
american League two baggers. 293
hree baggcrs and ~ home runs: National
'"ague- 40 two bsgge:e. 2s2 three baggers
nd 81 home runs. The total bases from
american League and i.es+ In the National
lcague for laiO. In 1911 they we're o.sii
me american League and :,2So in the
bases ln the American League and OF :5d
the ratio Of the rs' eleven
b'- as hnys been made 10 date. This ap:
RULES aud ~ home runs in the American
league, and $50 doubles, 200 triples and i?7
born. runs in the National, Tho total bases
she National. a loss in the former FROM leil
dnd gam In the National but Ia both cases
sain over ial0. or course 1912 may not
nau ON in reality as It has been going. bu,
What there has been shows that this year
md last have produced q greater number OF
'"ns hits tnaD did 1910
hs Developments OF last week in the
hic Leagues involved the efforts OF the
"ian's along the line OF consecutive vic
'orl"s, together with MarGuard's ambition
20 aud probability OF shatteriDg the pitch
ing rerord, whatever that record may
n" the tussle between the Pirates and
lhs for second place; the fluctuations
,' The Brooklyns up and down in the second
'Iyia.on. tho determination with which
rho F"d sos are hanging on to first place
end M" stern chase being made by the
N''"'irs to overhaul them; the bump
'e'"lc"i hv the Washingtons when they
s'a"e"d w against the champions; the
'lt'h"' decline of the Dctroits to incdioc-
as. and the consistently poor game being
i Il hv the liighlanders and Browns
'~" ''c probability that the Boston Ma
'nah ~. firmly cntrenched in last place.
W." GIANTS arc now five games removed
l'nn "JValling tho seventeen straight Of
'N" Na-hluy'ons and haven't the hardest
hH- ln ~" world TO accomplish that feat
,"'"N. having n string OF battles with
lo' t"-'"ne aud RroOklyns Should they
N'r H"'"u'""n straight analysis will show
h' - '- hardly a parallel feat 10 tina, of
we N'-'iu.'"ns. for the latter won then
90 'Sn''"n - the expense of siN teams,
''''d- ih" i,ian's will have met only
80. "u! second division clubs al that.
u''H'"r ~" Giants may go further than
'' NH-nlnr'ons did. In any event theif
NJ Western trip will show whether
are '" 'Wrh tho pennnnt in mdsummci
'in''i -pm" show of resistance.