The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-13
DO YOU BELIEVE GIANTS"
RECEIVE SPECIAL FAVORs?,
"Boobs" Claim Race Is FIXED for n
Close FinisI, so That League Mag
mates Will Make Money.
FACTS DIsPRovE ARGUMENT
Fixing a Pennant Race Would Wreck
Any League-Players Would Not
Be Party to Such u Deal-Lucky
Trades Ray Help Braves in Games.

NEW YORK. September 12--And
now the boobs are assuring each other
thusly: "Well. maybe the National
LeDguc race amt fixed fer the Giants
to win the pennant. but it's fixed for
close hnish, go the league magnates
Will make money"
1t seems that those folks who can
not believe baseball is an honest game
cannot he suppressed. They arc like
corks--always bobbing around. And.
like corks they arc light throughput
their makeup.
Fixing a pcnnant race. as previously
pointed out. would be the height Of
folly for tho men behind. To iix a
race tn" managers or owners % the
clubs that were not to win would have
10 issue orders for their men to LAY
down" Probably the men would 'lny
down but the chances arc they would
refuse. They want II share OF the
worlds series money JUS, as well as
The next person.
But. assuming that the men did agree
tn las down. Some time in the future
one or another Of those fellows might
get a raw deal from his owners. II
would make him peevish and vindica-
tlNc what would be his nrst move?
Nothing else but TO rush TO some news-
paper Office ANA relate the inner de-
tails of'the framc-up
Docs any one think that the ba sebali
nagnates whose fortunes are tied up
upon the honesty of the game. would
become involved in :, crooked deal that
later on certainly would be disclosed
by some diegruntled player?
In other years. IL may he reinem
hercd. the claim was made that tie
Giants were strengthened ia midscasom,
at the expense OF tho weaker clubs. 20
that IT would he a cinch for the N-w
foT k.rs 10 win the pcnuant. The boob
element had II all figured out that the
Hn'iohal LEAGUE powers wanted the
'iants TO win because the Giants could
pull bigger crowd than any other
town In the National circuit
ne Giants are able TO outdraw any
other city in the worlds series crowds
but IT ISM at all certain that they'll
be IN the worlds series They need
help IN the form OF real PLAYERS but
they aIcn't getting II. They need at
once clean helding, hard hitting ont
nelicrs. 20 bolster UP their outer gar
uen. They need some one to take
stocks place at third The recruit;
fields well and IL heady. bu, nc is weak
with the stick
And most Of all the Giants need a
seasoned pitchcr--onc who can he
counted upon 10 win nj ieusi two
gotten hiNi and they Won get him.
The other clubs need their good pitch.
crs Just as much a. tho Giants Ana
thcN arc hanging on 10 them The
~" orherS Sot Marty cToolc from
the FiGtcs last week FOR the waiver
price OF $500. but it's question
whether o'Toole will help them
Tho condition seems to cnectivciv
Spike any yarn that thc powers that
are In the National League force other
riuos Is make trades With the Giants
mat arc advantageous 10 tho Giants
" th"; did they certainly would do SO
noN. But they> won't They meyer
have and never will
some folks seem, think tina
Boston Brooklyn deal. Whereby the
Braves got Red" Smith, The third
sackc', was liked" More bunk The
funny par; Of the deal is tn. fact that
the Dodgers were glad TO got rid OF
smith They would have Let him 20
20 Inc minors, so the story goes, II
The Braves hadn't taken him OF their
hands.
Smith didn't PLAY any wonderful
game for the Dodgers either Mt bat
or in held. ana he was accused Of being
trouble-naker Manager Robinson
had oietz. whom he wanted to piay a,
third, and whom lie considered better
than smith. Just AT the timc the
Dod,cr owners We're figuring on wlai
10 do with the red headed sacker.
stal'ings came along ana made an
Offer for hin
SiailinRs Inquired that Smith was JUS,
the man he needed to round on, his
inhcld, He got Smith--almosi at his
own tcrms--and smith JUSTIFIED the
judgment; OF Stallings he has played
an almost faultlesa game at third has
hit In timely fashion. ana has rouudtd
on, the stonewall inheld of the Bos-
ton!ars
stallinss took chance on smith
when no one else would. Ana stall
inrs also has taken a chance on Moran.
the onre-:ime Brooklyn outhelder
whom lie bought from tire Reds. The
Braves outhcld up TO the time Moran
joined the club was not powerful
looking set and many believe that Mo-
ran will not he much OF an improve
mcn:.
Hut StnllinEs hgureu tina; Moran
would help him, lie paid = price for
him far beyond that which any other
manager would have paid. lie pi,,cd
his estimate % Moran aeninst that OF
the other managers in the old league as
TO Moran's value.
VIII Moran demonstrate that Stall
mass Judgment was best Aud. if
Moran makes good, will the "hNcd" elc-
meni have something TO say about The
race being fixed fer the braves to win"