Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
Roast for McGraw and Giants
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Would Finish Sixth in American

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possibility that would beat the Nc
GRANTEES. If that were the case, the
Giants would wind up in seventh
place IL they should buy an American
League franchise.
Pitiful Exhibition.
The way the Athletics showed up
the Giants was pitiful. Just as ex-
pected, the pitching order of Connie
Mack was Bender Plank, youngster
(it was Bush). then Bender and Plank
again. We had expected that Bender
and Plank both would win two games
and that the youngster would lose,
making 1t four out of five for the
Athletics. 1t did turn out to be four
out of five for the Athletics, but Plank
lost his first game and the sensational
young Bush won his. But the main
idea was that the Athletics had five
Well-pitched games, whereas the
Giants had only two-the ones Math-
ewson pitched 1t was only remark
able work by Matty, coupled with the
breaks Of luck-which he earned,
however, and more power to him
that caused the downfall of Plank,
who pitched nine scoreless innings in
that second battle of the series, only
to fall in the tenth.
While the Giants were being made
monkeys Of, so was their manager,
John McGraw, hailed loudly as the
Little Napoleon OF the Diamond" 1t
seemed that every time McGraw was
called on to do something, he did
the wrong thing. The Giants would
have been overwhelmed anyway, of
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the part of their commander, but as
it was his poor judgment made the
rout all the worse.
1t is about time for McGraw to go
away and take for himself a back
seat. For years he has been pro-
claimed by most baseball fans to be
the equal of any manager in the
game, some even rating him at the
top, above Mack, Clarke, Chance,
Jennings and Griffith. He used such
woeful tactics in the worlds series
of 1911 and 1912 that many began to
lose faith in him. But this years
exhibition has been the last straw
that has broken all the high opinion
held by some Of his formerly staunch
admirers.
A Huge Mistake.
McGraw made one tremendous mis-
NetAO AZ last yCelI StTltS-OUt lHdi
resulted so dangerously for him and
his team that nobody expected him
to make it again. He had one pitcher
on whom he could depend to be I'M
swerved by the excitement incident to
the opening game of worlds Sc
ries. That man was Mathewson. But
McGraw didn't start him. He chose
Tesreau. After the Red SoX made a
couple of hits off him, Tesreau lest
his equilibrium and the Bostonians
batted in a victory.
McGraw made the very same mis-
take again this year The correct
move was obvious to ALL so much so
that practically every man who wrote
a word for his newspaper about it
SAID MatheWson was almost certain
choice for the opening game. But,
no. McGraw chose Marquard. 1t is
history now how the Rube went up
in the air in the excitement and final
ly, desperate in his effort to get the
ball over the plate, served such an
easy little lob that Baker hit it into
the grandstand for a home run. So,
through the fault of McGraw and no.
body else, the Giants have been COM
PEELED to start two worlds series with
opening day defeats.
McGraw who does not like to be
called Muggsy, also erred grievous-
ly in his manipulation of pinch hitters
all through the series, his chief mis-
take in this line being the choice of
Eddie Grant to hit for Marquard in
the fourth game when Jim Thorpe
sat on the bench. Thorpe may be
no fielder, but in the few times he
showed in the score during the sea-
son he exhibited an ability to whale
the leather. Half a dozen other in
cidents could be cited.