New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-28
Giants Silence the Calamity
HowIers for a Time.
GOOD BASEBALL IN STORE
s;,s Donlin Says Laughing
Larry Doyle Is Boss Booster
of His BanC.

--oundg Win DeN'S4 '"''" "
80. .he,- last western trip, which when
w. W ,v,r prom.sed 70 he so disastrous,
nov, as e general uphearal
Il ., - racssga-y to stop the team in its
- FOR another peunent. but there is
10. cough uncertainty 10 add spice 20
-, u,r,as OF the next two weeks. Many
". .oa,ion has been planned 20 cover this
@.,,od when the Giants are entertaining
=. western clubs Unless al signs fail
...o, Is in store TO- those Who have
- ,;,,a 20 visit the POO Grounds.
.,,. chicago cubs w, be hero for two
~. Games, tomorrow and Tuesday, be-
90 ,bsy move across the bridge TO DO
,...,o viii, the Brooklyn Supcrbas. Moth
-, all satisfy the fans" except two
~,o,or,es 10 make Up T. part Cor the loss
- six out Of seven Of the last games
,,~ed between the tHo teams. The
.ss,..s sre hardly bette. than even.
housver re Franz Chance Is likely 10
.,rd "LYrid Lew Richie back against
.bs. Giants on Tuesday, and Richie is a
s,.1 man 20 beat The Cincinnati Reds
ALL arrive on ~ t~!.VS-"s "'N s'."' N~'
ss week Hank O'nsy's team has lost
- -er-ors. and unless unexpected i'm
o-o,.r,4pt Is shown the Giants are likely
4, clsan I'D as they did in Cincinnati ct
-r. tail end OF the last Western trip
.,d az they do when the Reds visited
the Polo Grounds earlier in the season.
Ha,r York has now won ten straight
-
the Pttts5urgh Pirates will put In an APP
pasrance. while the 81. Louis Cardinals
wifi wind up the Western invasion. the
series ending on August L The Giants
Will then start for their last swing around
the Western end OF the circuit, opening
in Chicago on August y.
Bi Dah,en. manager OF the SupeTbGs,
s said to be on the anxious seat. ana
Il this be true his chances OF holding his
lob are likely to hinge on the work Of his
team In the next three or four weeks.
The Reds and the Cubs will furnish the
Entertainment at Washington Park FOR
the next six days, and as Dahlen realizes
that something must be done 10 restore
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Doubt some good BASEBALL will be seen.
Interest In the Yankees and their 40
lngs is al low ebb. but the recent SHOW
q llfe indicates that they still may prove
thorn IN the sides Of some aspiring
teams. They will wind up their series in
s. Louis on Tuesday and then move or
to Chicago for four games with the White
Sox.
Nike Donl!n, once captain OF the Giants,
and now an outfielder with the Pittsburgh
Pirates says that II Larry Doyle was
forced to the side lines for any length OF
tine the New York Giants would ewerve
Ike e rudderless ship. He says further
hat Laughing Larry Is the boss booster
Of the band and keeps hi. teammates
lighting all the time. No doubt Don
In IS not far wrong. for Captain Doyle
BY his constant agGressiveness and hard,
consistent hitting is proving more valu-
able to his team this year than ever
before.
Bobby Wells, the clever catcher Of the
Jersey City club in the international
League, is booked for Cleveland. Harry
Davis is said TO have landed the prize.
Tor which practically every club IN both
major leagues has been angling. Frank
Farrell. owner Of the Yankees, offered a
good price for Wells, but IN vain. 30 81
may be assumed that Cleveland paid we'll
n tempting the Shelters 70 part With the
heady .backstop.
Jimmy Callahan, manager OF the chi
csso White Sox, will not profit by ex-
perience, and must now serve out an in
aeAnite suspension, imposed by Ban
Johnson, for his d!latory tactics IN lesy-
ng the field at the request OF Sheridan
on the Hilltop last Thursday, in a game
with the Yankees.
Joe Wood. pitcher extraordiDar, a., .he
Boston Red sox, is now only one game
behind Ru5e Vanguard. Wood has won
iSenty games and lost four, while Mar
Qaard has won twenty-one and lost four.
II COBB still heads the batting list in
ne American League with the rernarka-
De percentage OF .f22 for eighty-three
games. There is only one Ty Cobb.
Zimmerman. Of the Chicago Cubs, IL tho
real leader in the National League, with
81 for eighty-one games, but Burns. the
utility outAelder OF the Giants stands at
The top. with .4S2 for sixteen games.
Larry Doyle and Chief Meyers, also Of
he Giants. are close on the heels of Zim-
herman, with 81 and 1861, respectively.
The Yankees released r. {. Thompson,
he University OF Georgia pitcher, yestcr-
Day He will go TO the Brockton club Ct
uA New England League. where he Is
lkey TO gain much needed experience.
george Brown. the veteran outfelder,
Eho was once with the Giants, Is back
WITH the Phillies. as the Chattanooga club
could not find place for him.
Dio you ever stop and consider what
pitcher is up against when he faces
'he PhilliesT' Queried a prominent Ma
uohai League pitcher the other day.
LooK Them over. First up r. Paskert, a
~ inter; next comes Lobert, another
~ hitter. Both are fast on the bases.
ZOO walters. and the hit-and-run is made
w tnem. Then comes Magee. another
'" hitter and man who Is dangerous
inc paths unless you keep him
Shained TO a base.
"s mighty hard TO keep one Of those
.s men from getting on, and when one
~ on he's likely TO get around. And
a who's coming UP fourth. Cravath.
~"0'ner 900 batsman, who "a likely 70 slim,