Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-09
Hank O'Day's Grew Ap-
pears to Have Heard
Something Recently.
GIANTS MUST HUSTLE
McGraw's Veterans DO Not Seem to
Have Such Sure Thing as Was Indi-
Gated Earlier in SeaSOn-PiratcS
and Reds Dangerous.
(By Frank G. Menke.)

(By Frank G. Menke)
New York, July S.-The Chicago
Cubs. seem to be considerably among
those present during the last week VI
two, and the Giants, who had figured
that the 1914 National league bunting
was won, have awakened to lind that
the old Chicago peril hovers over
them once again.
Hank O'Day, after getting away to
bar start seems to find his gang
working with almost the same ma
chine-like regularity that made the
1906 Cubs famous, and barring acct
dents, the Chicago outfit may yet
rise up and horn it's way into the
worlds series.
Tie Giants have lead that some
persons may term commanding, but
it's nothing to get over-confident
about. It's lead that week or so
of hard luck may chip away, and with
the end of the season still eleven
weeks off there is every reason for
the Cubs to feel hopeful about the
ultimate outcome Of the race as it
concerns them.
The best part OF the Cub uprising
is the fact that the entire team now
willingly comedies to Hank the job
of leader, and instead Of pulling
about ten different ways the gang
is pulling together for Hank-and for
victory.
Earlier in the year when the Cubs
were going like lame and spawned
mule, Roger Bresnahan, Tommy
Leach and Frank Shuttle, in whose
bonnets there was buzzing the mama
gerial bee, didn't exert themselves
overly much, according to reports.
Twas said they figured that if Hank
continued to make poor showing as
manager, he would be deposed soon
er or later and that the job of hand
ling theCub reins would be given ov-
er to one of the trio. So why work
your head ooff to win games, When
by losing them it brings about the
possibility of your becoming a mana
league ball player?
But all of sudden the Cubs began
to sit up and everybody in the vicin-
ity took notice of the process. The
Cub twirlers began pitching in real
form, the infield and outfield began
working with machine-like regular
ity, aid the whole gang began hit
ting like fiends. From position
near the bottom Of the heap the Cubs
shot up just behind the first place
Giants and seemed untired by the
pace. They continued to play at
ZOO clip, and although they since
have received a couple of set-backs,
they seem to have the power to do a
real comeback" and remain in the
comeback position right to the Octo-
Der tape.
Hank isn't making pannant predic-
tons, but his bunch has become fired
with the idea of landing ON top of
the heap, and right now they are
showing as much pep" as any team
In the big leagues. Hanks pitching
stair is a bit weak. He needs one
seasoned, reliable pitcher to bolster
II up, and he needs a hard-hitting adj
ditto to his outfield. Given this pair
for which he is searching both day
and highland the Chicago fans NAV
yet count on the privilege of seeing
a worlds series combat staged in
their home town.
Quite a number of our best little
easepaii experts are conceding the
pennant to the Giants, but it seems
quite bit too"early for making such
anaward. Even if the Cubs uplift
doesn't last. the Pirates still look
dangerous. And the Reds may recoy-
er from their slump of the past three
weeks, the Phillies aren't figured in
the pennant fight, but they may be
able TO "allop the Giants often
enough during the rest of the season
TO give some other team chance
to close up the gap that divides the
Giants and their nearest rivals.
me Boston Braves seem to he
coming along at pretty good gait,
100. There isn't one chance in one
hundred that they'll grab the pen-
hant, but they may do number of
stunts that will considerably gum
up the penna1t situation. The Braves
nave a habit of turning into the
stretch during the final weeks of the
campaign and beating everything In
sight, and who knows but what fhev
VIII turn upon the Giants pretty
snortly and soak them amidships with
suca lorce as to considerably weaken
Tue clutch the Giants have on the
1lrst rung OF the ladder?
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Stricken With Paralysis.
: Little Rock, July Col. j. r.
isyior' edltor OF Arkansas Progress,