Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-02

baseball. The American league has
some wonders-Hooper, Speaker
and Lewis, Of the Red sox, have
deadly arms one and all; Ty Cobb
is possessed of a good wing, and
so is Joe Birmingham, of the Maps.
Maybe some of these can return
the ball to the plate from a dep
field as quickly as RED Jack" bat
not one of them will make as maly
accurate pegs in ten trials.
His deadly accuracy has male
Murray the terror of all opposiis
base runners. Even fast men he,-
ltate about going from first to third
on a hit and-run play II the ne
essary bingle goes into Murrays
yard. Still fewer will attempt o
score from second on a hit to RICH.
while sacrifice ny in Jacks to-
ritory has to be about twice a
long as to any other section of tn
pasture. The uncanny accuracy (
Murray's wing Is responsible fir
this. He can whistle the ball win
rifle bullet velocity from almost an
part Of his playing territory rigf
to the plate, more than nine tins
out of ten. This Murray has prove
to the satisfaction OF all his OF
ponents, and now they give hima
wide berth.
10 q Hard Luck Player
Murray is good, game fenoS
He has proven as much this seaso.
Anybody under the hammers of tie
bleachers who can go out and mae
the fans doff their sky pieces n
admiration has to be possessed L
great gameness as we'll as greet
merit. Proably the best way D
explain Reds" former shortcom
ings is to refer to him as a har
luck player. When he hit safel
invariably there would be no on
on the sacks. When he famed tn
bases were generally full. Whe
he booted one 1t let in a run 0
two; usually they were the fata
runs that decided the pastime.
But this year Is a new page ii
Murray's history. He apparentl.
has outlived the little idiosyncra.
sizes OF the past. He has been on
Of the main cogs of McGraw,
champion pacemaker, and If a sec
ond pennant is unfurIed at tn
Brush stadium, no one will hav
had a greater part In bringing it t.
New York. Murray is playing the
game of his life. He Is one of the
best pinch hitters on the team. He
is one of tho best base runners.
Both defensively and extensively he
has had more spectacular achieve
ments than any other Giant. This
season he has won more games for
his club and lost fewer than any
of his fellows. In short, he has
generally been at his best in the
pinch.
On the Job in Pinch.
The most beautiful part of MUIR
rays work this year is that he is
supreme in emergencies. No out
fielder has cut down more runners
a the plate. No gardener has in
stilled more respect on the part OF
base runners in the matter of tax
ing chances Of advancing on long
flies. No fielder has taken more des-
perate chances when the game
hung in the balance. 1t takes
nerve to play for what appears
an almost impossible out when a
failure at that out means a long
hit. But Red" has never hesi-
tated about accepting the greater
responsibility. He has lost some
games by taking long chances in
stead of playing safety. but for
every game he has blown he has
saved several. The fans appreciate
this fact.
Murray kept the Giants in the
thick of the fight when his asso-
ciates were stale and almost ready
to give up the ghost. HIS sensa-
tional work against the Cubs saved
the Giants from complete annihi-
lation in the last series in Chi
cago. Had he gone the way of the
rest Of McGraw's slipping legion.
nothing could have prevented the
final trip through the west devel-
opins into an utter rout.