New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
Giants Need Four or Five Games
to CIinCh the Pennant.
GRIFFITH LOVES UMPIRES
So It Seems, at Least, by the
Way He Talks of Some
Fun in Prospect.

| nag. Oflly Il Few caldnllty MOWERS -eN-
press any fear for the final outcome. but
close followers OF the team would nike to
see the fight settled In order that the
Giants can profit by the relaxation which
would come once the strain OF the hong,
gruelling struggle Is over. 1t looks now
as II the final settlement might be car
ried TO the closing days OF the season, AS
four or five victories are needed and
| there are only two more weeks to go
More than that the Pirates, who are
working desperately to capture second
place. are likely to make trouble In their
two remaining games Tomorrow and
| Tuesday '
Unless a postponed game crops up the
Giants will rest on Wednesday, while the'
| Boston Braves viii be at the Polo
| Grounds to play out the week. The Cubs
have quite as hard row TO hoe the
next few days as the Giants, as they
must play two games with Philadelphia
and three with Cincinnati. In view OF
the fact that the Reds and the PhillieS
are fighting on for last place In tho f1rss
division they arc sure to make IL hard
going for Charley Murphy's band.
| II the proposed baseball game between
the National and American leagues urn~
| pires Is played, Clark Griffith will act as
one of the umpires of the game Grifnth
readily fell into the plan OF giving 2
benefit for Bull Perrine, the former
umpire, now I'll at his homo In California
while the idea of umpiring q game be-
tween umpires struck his fancy. In talk"'
Ing OF the fun he would have. he said: .,-
They'll have to call all the umpires IN
the United States to the bench IL they
want to play nine innings. Just one word
Of protest and out goes the protaeter.
] The first man I'm going after Is Blk
O'Loughlin. I'm going TO call Wild
pitch a strike, and then II he says boo
out he goes. Then I'm going TO chase
Tom Connolly. After Connolly, KLEIN and
Rieler will be benched. I will take Cash.
ion, my 225-pound pitcher, and George
StovalI. OF st. Louis, dress them In
polcemen's clothes, and IL an umpire
player don't move off the field fast
enough 90 suit me I'll sick Stovall and
Cashion on him and throw him OUT
bodily. Every ball that comes within
two feet OF the plate will be strike, IL
Connolly, OLoughlin, Rgler or Klein Is
batting.
THE game won't go three Innings be-
fore umpjres from Glass y will be play
ing and the big league fellows looking III
through the knotholes from the outside
NJ the fence. II Johnny McGraw Is me
same old Johnny, I'm sure he'h accept
! the assignment to act with me IN SNOW
ing the umpires what brutes they are
from the standpoint of the hard WORKING
players and managers
Word comes from Boston that 1eors'
stallings, former manager or the Yankees
and this year with the Buffalo ciuo' Oh
the International League, VIII sign hVe-
year contract 70 handle the Braves tor
lanes Z. Gaffney. II Is said that the SAL
sry will be something over $,0N year
Although "Rube" Marquard was beaten
on Friday he pitched five innings IN
way that was heartening to the rams Oh
this city. with the worlds series only TWO
vesks of. II looked for time as II Mar
nuard had lost his cunning or his conn
dence. and In any case close followers OK
the team had about lost confidence In the
pitcher who reeled off nineteen victories
IN a row early this season and eauailed
the record set by Tim Keefe many years
ago
When Marquards remarkable strns OK
| victories was cut early IN July ~ en-
cago he failed to recover his Stride Ano
since then he has not pitched more than
six good games In twenty. OF the twenty
he has won seven, lost ten and called Tor
helm In three, while statistics show that
he has been Knocked out OF the box or
driven to cover in no less than eight en-
gagements.
From July, 1911, 10 July, isia, Maruuard
won forty games of the forty-four no
pitched. q truly amazing record. but his
slump has been so long sustained shss
his brilliant performances must b re-
called TO be remembered.
The Chicago Club or the EationA
League withdrew It's draft yesterday on
| Russell Blackburne. former shortstop or
the Chicago White SOx. President Co
miskey, who had second call on the play
er. also refused 10 take him, so that
p, Blackburne will stay in Milwaukee.
Before injuring hts knee Blackourne
| was rated among the best inaeiders IN
| the major leagues.
Arthur Devlin, former third haseman OF
| the Giants and now with the Boston
Braves, has refused an offer 10 manage
the Sacramento club. OF the Pacific Coast
| League. He says he Is anxious TO round
out ten years OF service In the National
League.
In commenting on the task of awarding
the Chalmers automobiles TO the player
In both the National and American
| League who has been OF most service to
his club "The Baseball Magazine" says;
The Chalmers commission, composed OF
representative body OF newspaper men,
| IL accomplishing a work not only OF gem
/ eral interest but also OF real service.
! For IL devolves upon this commission. AZ
every one knows, to determine annually
| who IL the leading player in the National
and American leagues.
This year the labors Of the commission
will be made more difficult than usual
by the presence OF several complications.
| The argument as to whether or not o
| previous winner OF the commissions tro-
ply should be rendered ineligible on that
account has been happily settled In the
negative. There seems no reason why q
: player should be debarred from further
| participation In the chief honors OF the
/ baseball world simply because he has al
ready at some previous time In his career
| attained that honor, and the vote OF the
commission to consider q candidates