Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
WILL
GET CHANCE To
REDEEM ERROR
By Sam Crane.
TIRED SNODGRAss. the Giants


center fielder will no doubt be
on the regular team that plays
against the Athletics in the coming
worlds series next month
While neither McGraw's nor Mack's
club has an absolute cinch on the
pennants of the National and Ameri-
can League, respectively, still both
the Giants and Athletics have such q
commanding lead over their closest
rivals that they are acknowledged
contestants for the coming battle for
the gonfalon emblematic of the base
ball supremacy of the universe.
Possibly no player was more un-
popular or revlled than was Snod-
grass after the last worlds series.
He had lost the Giants the cham
pionship by making one of. the most
costly errors ever known in the his
tory of the national game. The
muff he made Of an easy fly cost not
only himself and his fellow players
more than $500 each, or the differ
ence between the winners and losers
end, but also caused the changing of
hands of an amount Of money
wagered on the result of the series
the country over that may have been
up in the millions.
McGraw Has Faith In Him.
But while time has smoothed over
the heaps of abuse shOwered on the
head of the unlucky player, Manager
McGraw even from the very time of
the accident never lost faith in the
Californian and in the height of all
the roasting and knocking against
Snodgrass came out publicly on the
vaudeville stage and said he did not
blame him in the least. and that he
would be a member of the Giants
again this year.
McGraw has frequently announced
that Snodgrass is the earnest player
on the Giants team and when it is
taken into consideration that on the
very next play after he had made the
historical muff that Snodgrass made
about as grand a catch as the entire
series produced. McGraw's opinion is
probably correct
Anyhow, Snodgrass will be given
the chance this fall To redeem him
self, and while he has as yet failed
to make good in any post season
series he has been a Giant, still
think he will go TO the front this
year and come to his own, as did
Red" Murray after his batting slump
in 1911.
Fielding Well Now.
Snodgrass has played better field
ing game this season than he ever
did as an Outfielder. His Judgment
Of opposing batters has been superb
and he has covered more ground than
any center fielder in his league He
has been doing this day after day, too.
so 1t is no flash in the pan His
throwing has improved. too, and his
running of bases has shown much
better headwork. He seems to have
scratched out those bone" plays that
were one glazing fault and intensely
aggravating.
There is no player with McGraw
who will take more daring chances,
and as MCGraw has succeeded in
tanning his too keen individuality, ne
does better team work and is cOnse-
quently of more value to his club
Snodgrass' batting this season has
not been uniformly good. In fact. his
hitting has been erratic. but none OF
the Giants have been batting very
steadily "Snod" did get on a SPLEEN
did squirt on one Western trip and he
won many games during 1t. He is
very liable to come back" with the
rest of his fellow PLAYERS with their
sticks" and when they do bat all
together Snodgrass will be there with
the winning wallop as often as any.
At any rate, Snodgrass can be re-
lied on to be out there fighting to the
last drop of the hat. He will never
quit or weaken.