The Detroit times., 1913-10-03
"M'CRAW IS
DYNAMITE AND
MACK IS ice"
81 Pick the Powerful Explosive"
Says Billy Sunday, of the
Leaders
MUGGSY HAS TEAM SPEED
AT HIGHEST DEVELOPMENT
But the Margin of Victory Is
One Base Hit, and Those Ath-
letics Hit
Nv BILLY SUNDAY.

Now the worlds most suceessfu'
evangelist, but once star OF An
sons famous White Stockings and
the fieetest player who ever wore
spiked shoes.
(copyrioht, 1918, by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.)
John McGraw ID baseball dynamite
He Is q hot-headed. hard-hsted Irish
man who loves a fight, and the faster
the battling the brighter he shines!
Despite his fierce nature, McGraw
is cool In action. He thinks with the
speed OF q machine gun. He sees an
opening, grasps 1t and In an instant
has bettered his position.
McGraw Ia the leading advocate or
old fashioned baseball brought down
to the minute.
Speed il his mania.
Errors mean nothing II man is
out there trying. This Is one OF his
strong points. To abuse player for
making an error is fatal.
McGraw proved himself master
of men when he kept Merkle follow
Ing that famous "bonehead" stunt
that cost the Giants pennant, and
lucTc6Sou lib c0i0iy hO hh~oS - o.
ball player BY that move. ne showed
II this year by keeping Snodgrass
when the fans expected him to re-
place the man who lost the worlds
series.
To have let these men-or any good
men-gO because of their errors is
like shooting good horse after 1t
had worked hard all summer.
In McGraw's school great pitchers
are necessary. He has them In Mar
GUARD, Mathewson, Tesreau, Fromme
and Demaree.
He has speed developed to the high
est notch The Giants are hiking
along on the high gear all the time.
The team doesn't rank high as a field
ing combination, because they play
for McGraw and not for newspaper
records.
The Giants are pitcherkillers, not
because they are sluggers but they
force every pitcher to the limit. Once
they get a pitcher In a hole, they have
the edge. and you bet every man
who works for Muggsy gets this
edge at every chance.
Connie Mack is McGraw's opposite.
Cool, calm and studiOus. he betrays
no more emotion than a mummy. |
don't believe he would bat an eye II
he saw Bender chased from the
mound in the game that meant the
pennant.
The Athletics are sluggers. Baker
Ia of the Ed. Delehanty type. one OF
the old Observation-Disclosures
fellows. But they don't have to drive
their men around to score, as was
the case with the Detroit champions
of 1887.
Good hard h.tters and good base
runners make q rare combination.
Mack has them. although his team
does not rank with the Giants on the
paths.
Mack sees far in advance. He Is
uncanny in this. No one can see
signs of blowing up In Q pitcher SEEM
ingly well within himself quicker than
Connie, and no one will let pitcher
remain right up to the breaking point
to get all the good out Of him like
this same keen Connie Mack.
Mack is the iceberg Of baseball. He
is most dangerous when cornered. He
has the power on his team to chase
any pitcher, no matter now gOO0, once
his boys start one Of their fierce bat
ting rallies.
This was shown two years ago
when Matty and MarQuard we're beat
en- in games that looked for q cinch
for them, and, while MarQuard Is bet
ter now than in 1911. the margin Of
victory over defeat Is the thickness
Of one base hit!
And neither pitcher nor batter can
tell just WHEN that base hit will
come.
With all his wonderful skill and sa-
gacity, his knowledge OF players and
the game. think Mack Is not quite
the equal of McGraw when 1t Gomez
down to delivering the punch.
Summer up, It's the iceberg against
dynamite, and I favor the explosive.