Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-29
SUPPOSE M'GRAw QUIT.
Giants Would Be Weak Team Then,
 Says an Exchanqe

The Cincinnati Enquirer says: This paper has consistently maintained that the Giants are a stupid and second class ball club driven to success in their league race by the splendid and forceful management of John Me- Graw, and helped by the ineff1ciency of the other clubs in the league which could beat them, out if equally well handled Without McGraW, the Giants would have a tough battle to stay in the first division With McGraw, any other four clubs in the league would have an excellent chance for the pen nant and all four would probably lead the Giants. For three years the Giants have been sadly beaten in the worlds series. In 1911 and 1913 they were completely Outclassed by the Athletics, and outclassed as much in brain and staying power as in actual mechanical skill on the field
 In 1912, playing against a club whose pitchers they could hit and which they should have easily beaten, they man. aged to drag the series along for eight games and then booted it away by childish errors at critical moments The reason the Giants have won the pennant is solely and simply because Mc(4raW is smarter, more resOurCeful, 8 quicker thinker and a better handler of men than any other manager in the National league, now that Frank
  The Giants win because they are forced to play the game right up to the handle in every contest because McGraW plays no favorites and allows no interference with his authority and because he forces his club to play it's best game every day of the season, taking as much pains to beat the Reds and the CaTdlnals as he does when playing the PhiIlies and the Cubs.
 You never see Giant go into base standing up. He always slides, even if the chance to arrive safely is slim. You often see a Pirate or a Red go in standing up, when a clever slide might land them safely The Giants are al- ways in good physical condition and they play the game with a snap and energy not observed in most of the other clubs. They cover up their de- fleets in form Nby a dash and pepper which is a result of their training by a dashing and neppery manager. Me GraW takes no chances and OVerlOoks nothing.
 Here is a case in point: On the last western trip of the Giants this year. late in September, when they were seven or eight games ahead of the Phillies and needed only three or four to cinch the flag, they played their last game in St. Louis on Q Friday. Mar Quard pitching They had only two more games in the west both in Gin cinnati, on Saturday and Sunday, and were then going right to New York After the Friday game in St. Louis Marquard begged McC4raw to let him go right home. without stopping off in Cincinnati.
 It looked like a reasonable request, as he had pitched q full game Friday, and 1t was not likely that he would be needed here on Saturday or Sunday. Tesreau was knocked out Of the box by the Reds, and the Giants would have lost the game if NFa1uuard had not been on hand to go In and save It. Any other manager but McGraw would have yielded to his request allowed him to go home from St, Louis and so lost 9 game here to the Reds, This is just an illustration Of the impor- tance that MeGraw places on every game. It is the sort of stuff that wins fer him. not the excellence of his team, which has very little first class mate rial