The Detroit times., 1912-10-03
Muggsy Thinks He'll BE Able to
Live Through Winter
Without Title
CAN'T GET THE SPIRIT
THAT THE FANS ATTAIN
Sours When Rube Marquards
Love Affair is Men
toned
au. lnAA M,aLoNE GIBSON.

N NEW YORK, Oct. 81 am mere ~
state that baseball is on the leVei
And II was "Muggsy" McGraw VINO
,nnconsciously gave me a splendid IL
Illustration OF this fact. ..
McGraw Is surrounded by more
ffsbuffersr TO keep the public from him
than Maude Adams, who Is never III
terviewed, and that's going some
Neither his telephone number nor
Ms home address is obtainaple, uh-
less you reach one of his close triends
and AT the Polo grounds he Is never
on view until you have passed all
the police force and plain-clothes
men not at the graft inquiry or the
Rosenthal trial.
John NJ. Ward, who used to be cap
tain OF the New York club, but VINO
is now a lawyer and devotee OF golt'
nromised to introduce me to McGraw
and We went 10 the Polo grounds TO
Zee the Giants play and to see the
mighty Muggsy.
II was after the game that ! saw
the Giants manager, we'll groomed,
well dressed, we'll hammered. Nc
Graw was evidently at peace with
that most people who only see him
In uniform think John McGraw Is
happy.faced Irishman who smiles In
the characteristic Celtic manner. This
Is not so. ..
He is the most serious ball player |
ever talked to. He seldom smiles,
and told me that he put one on to
order when he had his picture taken
with me. He doesn't look as large In
mufti as on the diamond; I'm fact, he
has the appearance of the average
habitue of the Great White Way. His
hair is growing white at the temples
and he is developing an aldermanic
stomach. p. -
think that the shrewd manager
Of the Giants is hedging a little in his
own Bmind for when asked him 4f
helth0ught he was going to win the
wnfidix series, he said:
-Ofl course, we are going into the
game TO win, not because of any
uiory attached TO II, but because II Is
our business. However, feel that !
shall be able to live through the win
ter " we lose the worlds champion
ship. ! am not able to get up that
hIah-water mark enthusiasm which
exhilarates the fans 20 whom the
game Is pleasure and not busi-
mesa" ....
'Is IL true that you objected TO the
marriage of Marquard to Shirley Kel-
logg?'. | asked. ...
Indeed, | don't know whether he
Is married or not" he answered
suavely, but his brown eyes narrowed
and his lips came together firmly
"You know have nothing to do with
the private lives of my men,"
Maruuard's name and love affairs,
however. did not bring a rosy glow
20 the managers face and | imagine
McGraw has helped make the course
OF true love run little crooked, as
ethe Rube' has lost the jump to his
fast ball since his reported marriage.
McGraw thinks well of Tesreau, the
/. boy who is touted as second Joe
Wood. He jumped into the breach
this fall after Marquard's slump and
played rafting good ball when IL was
needed most. He has another young
Ditcher from the Southern league.
Damaree, whom he Is going 10 try out
This fall and Of whom he expects
treat things.
M He told me that one OF the finest
<ames he had ever seen was in train
Ing camp last spring, when Tesreau
md Damaree pitched against each
other IL errorless innings, o to 0.
Although McGraw did not say so.
II is probable that Matthewson win
pitch the first game against Boston,
followed by Tesreau. Unless Mar.
0uard shows better form he will not
be used unless II is absolutely neces-
tary.
This, OF course, is not Official, but
T. you may trust a woman's intuition
Tor that much, and also her prophesy
that the worlds series pennant will
30 to Boston.