Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-23

fielding of the team was adding
many and many extra gray hairs
TO his already grizzled "thatch."
Looked For Errorless Game.
When will my team ever play
an elrorless game" was the plain
tive cry very often during the sea-
son. If they do. then they will
win out hands down, but l have
about given up all hopes of their
being able to do so"
But with all the grit and deter
mination that is so characteristic
of him in sticking to his players,
he made few changes, preferring to
let them work out their own saliva
ton. He did shift Devore occa-
sionally. but had to return to that
plucky little speedboy when con-
tests of unusual importance need
ed pure game qualities to be shown.
Errors. and bad ones. often re-
peated, lost the worlds pennant,
and that they would was presaged
during the National league season.
1t was the natural conclusion to
arrive at. McGraw was fearful Of
1t, and so were his players. That
lack of confidence was also imbued
in those who had been with the
Giants the entire season and seen
them perform in all their games.
and the players who were most
erratic in their fielding were the
ones who stumbled. fumbled. muff-
ed and fell when the big games
were on.
There are players who are so
constituted mentally that they can
not stand the stain imposed by as
strenuous and important a series of
contests such as worlds champion
ship and other post season games
produce.
Such players with lighter mental
callber are placed at d big disad-
vantage below their more steady
minded players. II may not be that
the former are shy on gameness.
but it has been proven conclusively
in the most recent series that they
failed TO come to the front and
make good when the pinch occa-
SONS arose. And such players will
neither have the confidence in
themselves henceforth nor will
their fellow players have it for
them In fact, they have been tried
and found wanting, and not for the
hrst time, either. 1t is all well
and looks good for players to be
magnanimous for the faults Of
others, but at times that feeling Is
forced and the joke not followed bv
a laugh or a smile that is real.
Crane Looks For Deals.
look for Manager McGraw to
make some deals. either by trade
or purchase, for players during the
winter. Sentiment does not figure
a whole lot with the Giants leader
when he thinks any of his players
have lost their usefulness to his
club. He does not usually carry q
f'Sf - ~ p'b 30 NCdIS VI age. / MS
was Illustrated this past season.
when he allowed DevIin to go to
Boston. After DevHn had Joined
the Braves he said to me:
Il knew | would not last the sea
son out with McGraw. | was 80
years old, and McGraw quit play
ing when he was that age. He
seems to think no player, after he
reaches So is speedy enough for
the Giants, and it is considered an
unwritten law among the Giants
for them 70 have their grips packed
and ready to depart for other fields
when old 80 years hobs up. 1t may
be only a coincidence that McGraw
has let so many of his players 60
when they had just reached that
age, but we don't think so. We
think the plan is formed in his
mind. Anyhow, it has never failed
to be the canning age for us"
Now, who among the Giants has