New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-31
Reasons for Faith That
Giants Will Win Fourth
Penlant.
TIME FOR MANAGERS
TO PLAY THEIR PART
Three Days of Racing at SYRIA
cuse 10 Bridge Gap Between
Saratoga and Belmont Park.
By HERBERT.
BY HERBERT.

and the Brooklyn Supcrbas First the
Pirates. then the Reds. Cubs, Braves
and Cardinals. in turn. "voilcycd ana
Numbered Dripping water Will wear
hole in hardest rock. and the CON
slant assault from three sides may
eventually batter down the defcnccs o.
the New York Club. | must confess.
however. 90 an abiding faith % John
j. McGraw. Matty and the others. who
have SGT their hearts ON winning their
fourth National League pcnnant m a
row. and So establishing ascba!l
precedent They have not been play
ING ike -"ol champions. There have
been serious lapses. ard no end OF
those sins Of commission. 10 say moth
my Of sins Of omission. which work so
much damage. but up 20 this time thet
have always risen 10 the call, when
needs must. I'm a way 20 inspire conf
dcncc in their ability to ultimately
clinch the flag and bring another
worlds series to this city.
IL IS one thing 20 express confidence,
hut quite another 10 give practical
reasons why that confidence exists.
particularly in the face of some OF the
baseball the Giants have been playing
on the present Western trip. Every
SO often one sees a racehorSe OF true
class soundly beat some opponent IN
much slower time than that opponent
has been running simply by reehnc Oh
some furlonC or some quarter AZ d
rfcc a. which the other could not 1--we.
The Giants. in my opinion. have that
ability. that class. They play last
enough I'M spots 10 discourage oppo-
nents and make them break under
the strain. The Pirates were checked;
the Reds were hurled back; the CUBS
were stoppcd al least for q time. and
now for "a week the Braves ana the
Cardinals have been fought on. a
said before. the stress of all this may
tell i'm the end. but the three otner
teams which are battling so hard foF
that place al the ton also will expert
e1ce the mental strain which is more
,vhaustinC than physical effort VI
tho four. then. the Giants are most
likely 10 stand up under IRE. backed
,,- they are by greater experience ana
the guiding hand Of q field general ana
baseball tactician who has no superior
Miller Higgins has worked wonders
with the s.. Louis Cardinals. There is
nothiuc new or startling IN TINS state
,nert. iu fact. 10 has become more or
loss stereotyned. but u Is worth re-
,catinc from time TO time and never
more so than at this minute. hugglhs
belongs 10 that type OF man VINO De
1ioves IN rigid training methods' anu
me clean. honest way Of carrying them
ont. and living. OF high principles MN,
self he demands much OF ms me go Gu
sots an example for them 70 follo".
TEe George Stallings. who has done so
much with the Boston Braves, he Is
.trict disciplinarian. but decidedly un-
1to S-alIings i'm his methods. The lat
ter tends TO s-A+.-t-- N harsh language,
and. while this may serve ceftal"
uurnose. II tends TO make hlgh-splr ~
"a man sulk when every thOughV
should be on the work at hand' NJ
so long ago McGTaw remarked thal 'ne
~ Louis team was the one ne mus
feared. and no doubt he had parity III
mind the characteristics OF me W.
managers. and realized that ID pi''Sd
d,ive the methods Of one woulq De
f.r more effective than the methods OF
,Fc other. When nerves are ifayed
and patience easily exhausted much
denends on the leader and ms handllhg
of men. both on and of the heId'
Tho PHILADELPHIA Athletics have just
about ruined the American Leag ~
r.ce II the managers of the other
In do not concede the pennant 1t IS
onlv because they have more ialth lh
heir men than is justified by their
playing.
Harold n. Hilton has expressed sew
eral opinions on foursOmes ana louI
ban contests and has gone on recoIu
a. favorinc the fOurball as the more
pooular Because he does TINS now
c,er +, is not 10 be taken that ne
thinks fourball contests better teS's o.
Golf Note the following from his pen:
form Of the game is an admitted az
1hov are much appreciated as test
hint uopopular en- account OF the sever
itv Of that test And they viii neVes
.cain take their oldtime place IN h'
Elections Of the goltng pubic bul j.
"a rorr al schooling foi thc virtues OF
ront~I we hold the decided opinion
f,at foursome play Is phase OF me
eswe which i- bv TAR the best OF an;
And many OF cur young players "ouIu
probably turn their natural soI,ht
ability TO much greater account ~ 'h'H
were 10 be seen more frequently par
,icinatinc IN matches ,n which the four
players are merely playing with TWO
balls in place Of the customary Tour.
"Our cvpcrience has taught us that
there lis nothing quite as testing 70 the
-emperauont and nerves OF golfer as
"A came in which every shot played mas
direct and practical bearing upon The
succeeding stroke which has TO be
plsyed by d partner. i is here that
The strain upon the temperament Is so
pronounced In loursome. SO few
golfers are prepared 20 sink their am
btion and individuality In the inter
csts Of their partner, and this rs abso.
ivtely essential If even measure Of
success is 10 be attained IN foursome
/ may
Three days OF racing at Syracuse this
week Wi, bridge the gap between the
closing Of the meeting al Saratoga
SPRING on Saturday and the opening
OF the fall meeting az Belmont Parl
next Monday Labor Day. The STATE
Pair Handicap OF $4,000 is the mag
net for the gathering Of thoroughbred
al Syracuse. and barring accidents. An
drew Miller's Roamer o. likely Z
Gather the spoils. Roamer rs goo
iit,lc horse and unquestionably M
best ,hree-ycar-old in training, but ~
also has been a lucky horse HIS paa
would have been rougher If Old hose
RIIIIARDS AND BOWLING.