Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-08
BY "Chief" Meyers.
(Star Catcher of the Champion
Giants and one of the Most
Deadly Sluggers in the Ma
tional Leauue.)

A FORTUNATELY half the Ma
"a tional League 1913 schedule
has been completed. and the
Giants are out in front. This happy
state OF affairs signifies a third con-
secutive pennant for the Giants,
will try TO show why, with the race
so well in hand at this stage, our
club can go to even easier victory
than we had anticipated at the open
ing Of the campaign.
In the first half of the season We
have more than held our own against
all competition. We have proven vast
superiority over the Phillies, the only
club that has so far given US real
argument for the honor of leading
the race. We fought and conquered
Dooins men single handed; there was
no assistance from the weaker clubs
| of the league that somehow failed
to develop rs stiff opposition against
DOoin's men as they showed against
US
Brooklyn. of course. helped us out
nicely on their recent visit to the
home Of the Cuakers. but that little
matter Of four straight victories was
Just about due the Dodgers, who lost
a great many games to Philadelphia
through tough luck and by one run
earlier in the season. At that the
Dodgers, with their recent victories.
have not won as great a percentage
against DOOin's men as they have won
from US.
For which reason ] think no one
Will dispute me when | say that the
Giants practically single-handed have
stopped the Quakers We handed
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time they called at tie Polo Grounds.
And they came right back with the
same dose the past week in Phila-
delphia.
In the last eight games with them
we made up just eight games gain.
That can not fail to have a very de-
Cided moral effect for the good OF
the Giants in the remaining games
between these two deadly rivals
Dodgers Are Troublesome.
| think the Phillies have been very
effectively stopped For the present
ut least we will presume to look in
other quarters for sitter opposition.
Just now cur attention is held by
Brooklyn. a club that has caused US
Il great deal of worry so far and a
club to my mind that is better fitted
to maintain q fight through to Octo-
Der than are the Quakers at the pres
ent time.
Chicago will have a rather tough
time of 1t in the East in the near fu-
ture PittsbUrE is too far down in
the race to cut any figure as con-
tender, while Cincinnati and St. Louis
have been out of the running from
the start.
McGraw is in a better position now
than he was two months later in 1912.
Last year our club encountered all it's
best luck early in the campaign. Mar
guard went out and won nineteen
straight games. Behind only average
pitching our players slugged Ike
demons. and, by running up big
scores, gradually drew away from the
field until we were leading by more
than sixteen games. During all that
time we never encountered a slump.
Then suddenly things began to break
badly for US
Marquard, as the result Of the ter
ribie strain to which he had been
subjected in his record breaking e.
forts, suffered a complete reversal
Of form when finally he was stopped.
He did not recover his wonderful ef-
feCtiveness until the approach Of the
worlds series. The good. old reliable
Tesreau and Matty had 10 shoulder
the pitching responsibilities
Chicago and Pittsburg finished
with a rush. Our lead dwindled away
TO about three games. The better the
Pirates and Cubs played the worse
we seemed to slump. And ] can tell
you the daily worry of seeing that
great lead fritter away was such
mental strain as few ball clubs have
ever experienced
Early Lead Wins.
Luckily for US the early lead we
had piled up was too much for the