The evening world., 1912-03-26
Outfielder Who Went Hl1esS
Through Worlds Series Last
Fall Batting Ball for Keeps
in South.
BY BOzEMAN @

On train snrouts from Tsxarkana 10
NsndiAn. Miss, March -.
THE hundreds q New York fans
who saw Jack Murray 20 throusA
the Wor3d's Series without get
ting . hit and then wondered II Mo
0raw would Aroo him from the team In
in1 may Be surprised to know that this
red-headsd young Ilshman - right now
the White Hope Of ths Giants.
After looking ove the bright salary
Of fence busters for the spring We ana
thar the name Of Jack Murray lsads
thsm all. This morning he II the toast
Of the can end the pride Of NDc0raw.
Never in his lfe has Red played such
havoc with spring pitchers, In the past
two days he has combed the opposing
twirlers for eioht clean hits, four Of
which we're for extra bases In the
game at Texaskana he stood Ut bat IN
Texas and smashed . drive 20 far into
Arkansas that the bruised and bat
tered bail we came back. The Texas
police chased the boy VINO captured It
as far as the line. but could 70 no fur
ther without q requistion.
Several Of the players were discussing
Murray's failure to hit in the big series
this morning. and for the FIRST time Nc.
0raw discussed that much mooted svb-
ject.
M'oRAW NEVER INTENDED TO
LET MURRAY GO.
while he didn't get a HIT" said Nc
Graw. II wal quite we'll satisfied with
his work. for ne hit them all hard and
on the nose. He was unlucky In having
his drives shoot straight nj some fielder.
I never had any idea Of letting him 60.
In crdticising Murray for his lack Of
batting the fans probably overlooked
the fact that during the . he drove
In many a winning run with his long
smashes."
This spring Murray has made a con.
siderable change In his batting. and the
new plan he has evidently hit the mark.
Instead Of long. wild swings which he
formerly used In an endeavor to break
down h fences. Murray has adopted
the short. choppy stroke hat made
Chief Myers one OF the best hitters
In the league. Murray has been using
that chop stroke all spring now and
thai accounts for the fact that he Is
Tar ahead of his teammates in the mum.
her Of safe hits.
Next to Murray the surprising hitte,
OF the 10 shafer. who IL sure to b.
h utility inielder for the coming sea.
son. Shafer has changed from a right
handed TO left handed hitter IN the las,
three weeks and Is doing far better
from the short side Of the plate instead
OF s~tarboard. In batting left handed he
has hit we'll over 800 In all OF the G
hibition games. and 1t now looks as Il
he will give the regular infslders a
hard battle to hold their jobs. McGraw
saw the necessity OF making a left
handed batter ou. of Shafer so that he
could use his wonderful speed to ad-
vantage In going TO first on hunts. II
was a left handed hitter or nothing for
Shafer. and he has conquered :he style
The Giants are in great good humoi
this morning as they speed on to the
East, and the car still rinss vita laugh.
ter over the game at Texarkana. where
In they won BY n score OF Is to 3 and
could have gene further II the crow
had not already got its moneys worth.
GIANTS HIT BALL HARD IN
GAME AT TExARkANA.
The grounds were laid out while tn,
New Workers. warmed ~, and the r!gh'