Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
GIANTS HAVE
CHANCE TO SET
new RECORD
MCGraw's Team May Land Fourth
Straight PennantMenke Dis
Cussss Coming Races.
By Frank g. Menke.

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Just now as il the New York
Giants win grab off the 1914
pennant in the National League,
thereby turning the trick that no
team in modern baseball has been
able to turn-winning pennant four
times in row..
The Phiilies, looked upon as being
able to give the Giants a real fight
all the way to the wire, have been
shot to pieces by the invading Fed
erals. With Seaton and Brennan now
performing in Federal uniforms. the
Phillies' pitching strength is at least
SO per cent weaker than it was at the
close of the 1918 season.
The actions of Second Baseman
Knabe and Shortstop Doolan In going.
over to the Federals has wrecked the
inner breastworks of the. Phillies, and
Manager Dooin has no one among his
recruits that looks able enough. to-
!, jump into the vacated boots and per-
form in real style.
IT HE Cubs are not looked upon to
1 furnish any real trouble this sea-
son. The Cubs in the old days stack
ed up as one Of the best aggregations
in baseball history. But the going OF
Tinker, Chance, Evers, Brown, Reul-
bach and few of the othen stars has
reduced the outfit to little more than
a second division organization.
Pittsburg, and possibly the Boston
Braves, are the only teams that loom
up Just now as strong enough 10.
heckle the Giants. The Pirates seem
to have been greatly strengthened,
the inf1eld by the trade with the
Cardinals, but the showing of the
club depends quite a lot on what tpe
pitchers will do. If the hurlers can
strike steady stride at the start OF
the season and keep it up, Wagner,
viox, Mowrey ct al. may be counted
upon to do their share in the uplift'
work.
II HE Braves are a problem. The ac-
4 QUESTION of Evers has strength
ened the team materially, and on pa
ser they look like onefef the very best
little aggregations that has worn a
Boston uniform since Lots wife took
Atanother squint and was transformed
into a bag of salt. But what will they
look like-and what will they do when
they begin cavorting on the greens
next month?
The Giants pitching staff sizes up
as the very best in the league. Ma
thewson, Marquard, Demaree ana
Tesreau constitute a quartet that
seem to have enough skill and power
"a grab off about 70 per cent of their
games. In addition to this quartet
the New Workers. have a few new
Fingers who may breeze along at
winning gait-and who may not. Al
any rate, they'll get chance to snow
their wares during the summer ana
if thew succeed in annexing at least
half Of their games and the "Big
Four" shows up to standard, the
Giants ought to romp home with an
average around .675-a mighty husky
one for the other contenders to shoot
at
n Nm Braves. with the addition Of
/ Fvers. seem to Nave a stronger
snfeld than the Giants, who have
been weakened by the loss OF "Tllly
Shafer the temperamental third
hasine person, who announced That
he was through with the game be-
cause the game worried him 80 tnat
4 created "silver threads among the
gold But the Braves pitching stan
On mast performances seems inferior
10 the Giants Tyler stacks up as
The braves best bet in the hurting
line with Perdue a close second.
Hess Dickson and James are good
pitchers. Perhaps they'll show some
thing startling this year. And per-
hans a few of the new Brave recruits
will 1lncork some Ringing stunts that
win win them places near the top OF
tha list If these little possibilities
: hammer the Braves will have look
In
rs previously stated. Brooklyn
l might cause a little trouble with
frequent spurts during the season,
hut it's quite unlikely that they'll
scare ANYBODY with pennant ambi-
tions. Wilhert Robinson, the new
manager. fell heir to a mighty good
outfit hut it hasn't developed enough
to warrant any pennant- possibility
predictions.
Charles Lincoln Herzog. after Civ
ing his crowd of Cincinnati Reds
close scrutiny, has not rushed up TO
any newspaper person and claimed
the remnant Which vindicates those
who often have stated that Charles
Lincoln was a rather brainy person.
Miller Higgins, who Is serving time
as manager of the Cardinals, has
homes that his team will emerge from
the cellar and make things exciting
for the persons occupying the ground
floor and upstairs rooms In the Ma
tionaI League. But Miller always
was a hopeful fellow, and his motto
always has been: