Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-03-25
GIANTS SEEM GOOD FOR FOURTH TRIP Have Fine Outlook to An nex Pennant in National
 Seance. \ -. LITTLE OPPOSITION Pirates and Braves on Advance Dope Are Only Two Teams Which
 Can Worry McGraw.
LITTLE OPPOSITION
(By Frank G. Menke.)

New York, March 24.-It looks jus now as if the Giants will grab of the 1914 pennant in the Nationa
 League, thereby turning the trick that no team in modern baseball has been able to turn-winning a pennant four times in row.
 The Phillies, 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 Federals With Seaton and Brennan now per- forming in Federal uniforms, the Phillies' pitching strength is at least B per cent weaker than it was at the close of the 1913 season.
 The actions of Second Baseman knabe and Shortstop Doolan in going over to the F'ederals has wrecked the inner breastworks of the Phillies and Manager Dooin has no one among his recruits that looks able senough to jump into the vacated boots and per form in real style.
 The Cubs are not 4ooked upon to furnish any real trouble this season. The Cubs in the old days stacked up as one of the best aggregations in baseball history. But the going of Tinker, Chance, Evers, Brown, Ruehl- bach and few of the oth kr stars has reduced the outfit to little more than second division organization.
 Two Other Good Teams.
 Pittsburg, and possibly the Boston Braves, are the only teams that loom up just now as strong enough to heckle the Giants. The Pirates seem to have greatly strengthened the ipfeld by the trade with the Cardi- nals, but the showing of the club. de- pends quite lot on what the pitch CTS will do. If the hurlers can strike a steady stride at the start of the season and keep it up, Wagner, Vioz, Mowry ct al., may be counted upon to do their share in the nplift work.
 The Braves are a problem. The acquisition of Eves has strengthened the team materially and on paper they look like one of the very best little aggregations that has worn Boston uniform since Lots wife took another squ4nt 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 ill the league. Mathewson, Marquard, Demaree and Tesreau constitute a quartet that seem to have enough skill and power to 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. At any rate, they'll get chance to show their wares during the sum- mer, and if they succeed in annexing at least half of their games, ard 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.
 Eyers Helps Some.
 The Braves, with the addition of Evers, seem to have a stronger infield than the Giants, who have been weakened by the loss of "Tilly" Shafer, the temperamental third bas- ing person, who announced that he was through with the game because the game worried him so that it ere ated "silver threads among the gold" But the Braves pitching staff on past performances, seems infeAor to the Giants Tyler stacks up as the Braves best bet in the hurling line, with Perdue a close second. Hess, Dickson and James are good pitchers