The evening world., 1913-08-11

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them. The thing I've got to do Is boz
Am making vigorous efforts to accom-
In the nrst place. morning practice
begins Just - soon a. the team reaones
the Polo Grounds this week. A. .
gsneral thing. insist on the men
going out to the grounds every morning |
and arriving there by 10 o'clock. This
IL merely a training regulation. because \
I krow q man who Is on hand at ten |
IN the morning. bright-eyed. has not
been up all night. The regulars have
not been putting on their uniforms at
ALL but simply reporting.
Hereafter. all hands Will get into their
uniforms ard 20 .oat for batting prac-
stice every morning. A falling of In the
hitting on this trip. combined with some
poor pitching. has been a. much to
blame for the slump as anything. There
IL going to be morning batting practice
and a lot OF II.
Another thing have done IL to In.
struct all the players to cut out golf.
Several OF the team. Herzog. Mathew
son. Merkle and Shafer. had taken up
the game recently and had been playing
d nearly every morning. II may be all
right for business man who needs
exercise. but II Is no game for q bali
player who has to work for two or three
hours each afternoon.
Some OF the boys were getting up
early every morning and playing from
eighteen to thirty-six holes This saps
vitality and batting averages and every
thing else. 1t also affects the batting
swlng. In golf. the player is hitting at
. stationary object with a light club.
In baseball. the bat is heavy. Merkle's
batting average dropped from more
than 300 to 30 after he began TO play
soif
NO MORE GOLF TILL PENNANr
IS WON.
'You fellows will have to cut Il out
until after the pennant 10 cinched or
definitely lost. The two games don't
mix. You need all your energy for base
ball." told them.
Do not think am q calamitist. There
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] do not believe the Phillies will ever
catch US unless the Giants are further
crippled by injuries. We have run into
some hard luck on this trip. Doyle and
Meyers have been hurt, and Shafer was
out Of the game for . couple Of days
because Of illness. also was forced to
stay away from the park In Chicago by
A attack Of indigestion. Stiil. had
the substitutes to fill In. and the team
kept liking along at pretty steady
pace until we hit Pittsburgh.
have been looking around lately
for another experienced outfelder. 1t
Is In this department that We are short
in case one OF the three regulars should
be hurt. Whether will land the man
want I cannot say. but I am after q
good ono.
It was tho injury to Meyers which
forced mo to make the trade with St.
Louis for Mclean. We needed hard
hitting catcher. and while Wilson 10 4
great man behind the bat, II he should
have been Injured the club would have
been up against It for efficient back
stopping. Catchers are more apt to be
hurt than players In any other posi-
tion. and was not taking any chances.
Injuries on ball team come like blow
outs with an automobile. You go along
for months without one and then get
three or four In one day.
M'LEAN A GOOD CATCHER AND
BATTER.
For two reasons liked Mclean.
lu,t, think he Is good catcher II
properly handled, and he hits them
nard Batting Is what wins pennants
A.Xt. ae Is accustomed 10 working with
!'rommc. Who used to be his battery
nlate IN Cincinnati, and l intend to
pit h Fromme more regularly now.
Some Of my pitchers need a slight
rest 10 put them on edge again, They are
a litte bit stale. Mathewson has been
bothered with his stomach recently.
but he says It Is In better shape at
present, Vanguard has been worried by
the ulntss o. his wife and has made
several trips back TO New York to see
her since the Giants have been away
from home Fromme works better with
Mclean than with any other catcher
because big Larry knows how to handle
him.
hated to let Crandall go. He was
one of the most earnest ball players
ever 10 belong to my club and he was
Always working for the best interests
of the team He did . lot for the
0iaAts while ne was with my club.
H>th as n pitchar ard hitter. But