Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-06

! blows were very weak they had the
effect of slowing up Moran to a great
/ extent. and he, too, was weary
man in this round. They were so
exhausted. it might be remarked,
that both of them at the tap by the
timekeeper denoting that the round
had only ten seconds to go turned
and walked toward their corners;
but. shooed back again by their sec
onds. the bell rang before they could
assume a fighting pose. When they
came out for the next round Moran
was much the stronger, because he
had more vitality to fall back on.
Palzer was very weak and the click
ing" he received in that round was
expected. He took it like a hero and
got up after sinking to the floor just
as the bell sounded. It was about the
gamest exhibition ever seen in the
ring. 1t was more severe test than
that given Carl Morris in his fight
with Flynn, for the simple reason
that Morris never lost his strength
and stood up strong under the pun
ishment. Morris suffered mostly from
loss of blood, while Palzer's beating
was more than skin deep.
No one can deny that the New York
Giants are scrappy cusses, yet no one
can truthfully say that the self-same
Giants, to any extent, come out victo-
rious in their numerous fuses. Nc
Graw will scrap and his men will
scrap but nine out of ten times the
verdict goes against them. Yet it
is their scrappy, aggressive methods
that pulls them out of the hole and
puts them into the lead. Fight is
their middle name and they are bat
Ting when their opponents are quit
ting under the hot pace.
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The Giants are winners not be-
long shot. They win for the simple
reason that McGraw, with a lash in
his hand, is continually driving them
on and on until they force their way
to the front. Take peek at. say, at
least three other teams in the Ma
closest observation the most expert
of baseball men would select the
Giants to finish no better than fourth
in a pennant race. Take Pittsburgh.
for instance. The Pirates show off
like a house af1re while in action, yet
tn win a ct1ffi-
cient number of ball games to beat
the Giants in the fight for the cham
pionship, Then look over Chicago.
The Cubs. no one can deny, are a
snappy little, scrappy little ball
team. But that's all. They can't
Philadelphia can come in right here
and take its place in the field. The
Phillies, as far as brilliancy on the
diamond is concerned, outshine the
Giants at nearly every angle. Still
they are not winners, although to
give them their just dues, they are
very keen contenders. The fact is
New York, with it's McGraw and it's
fighting spirit, has something on the
others. Any one of the three teams
mentioned-the Pirates, the Cubs or
the Philies-could win the pennant
with McGraw whipping them to the
front.
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AS remarked In the previous para
graph, the Giants are always fighting,
but they seldom get any of the tech
meal decisions in the game. Surely
we all remember wildly how the
Giants lost the pennant to the Cubs
on the now famous Merl<le-failed-t to-
ing to baseball law, but it was
tough luck" just the same. Other
cases might be cited. but none of
them, as we can recall, made any
difference in the general result. An
other thing, the Giants are blamed
for much that is not their fault. and
1 believe l have been one of their
most severe critics. Yet if all will
carefully observe in the numerous
technical arguments that crop up
throughout season the Giants
share of victories off the ball field is
about the closest thing to nil pos
sible. Let us take the latest case in
point-the recent affair at Philadel-
phia. The umpire-Brennan by name
gives the game to the Giants be-
cause the Philadelphia management
refuses to at least make an honest
effort to clear certain portion of
the centre field bleachers In order
that he and the catcher and the
batter can see the pitched balls. For
a moment. it looks as If the Giants
are on a live one, but "All of a Sud-
den, Peggy" along comes Grand Mas
ter of the National League Lynch and
he not only takes the game away
from the Giants, but presents it to
the Phillies. BY any right, such
decision was unfair, yet the latest
from the Giants camp is that they
are not going to appeal the decision
to the board of directors of the
league, the time limit of such action
expiring next Monday. One thing for
the Giants we must say, with all
their battling, they seem to take
lot of beating without making much
of boiler.
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Strange how baseball matters are
viewed. Just as soon as it became
known that Brennan had forfeited
game to the Giants over the contend
ing Philadelphians, the cry was raised