Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1914-06-21
M'GRAW PULLED BONE
HEAD STUNT WHEN He
LET HERzOG WANDER
Cincinnati Is Given Palm For Be-
ing the Wonder Team Of the
Season and Having Champion
ship Material Throughout.

ST. LOUIS. June 2O.--When John
l. NcGrw pulls a John Anderson or
Merkle.izes an opportunity the world
usully takes notice. The conspicuous
mistakes made by the Giants leader
have been few. In one fateful In
stance. however. John J. seems to
have glutted the ivory market That
was when he let Herzog go to Cincin-
natl.
BY this one act McGraw has created
serious pennant opposition where
formerly he had not one rival to fear
for under Herzog. the Cincinnati club
has developed into a real contender.
The club is practically on even terms
with New York. That merit, not
chance, has put the club there is
I evinced in the teams steady rise and
in the defeat of both the Giants and
| Pittsburgh, in recent contests.
Besides, in Herzog McGraw lost an
infielder he would be glad to have
right now.
Herzog apparently deserves more
credit than any other manager in
either league. The club he inherited
was a derelict, virtually abandoned
by the last three shippers. Tinker
/ himself could do nothing with it.
Nevertheless Herzog begged for the
chance to salvage the hulk and, at
present writing, he has a fair pros
pect of towing it into pennant port
! Inst a chance though
In accomplishing this much Her2og
has had to remake his club, use un-
certain materials, to suffer the loss Of
good pitcher and an experienced
catcher johnson and Hartley and
develop some unknown timber To
do this it took not only energy and
knowledge but magnetism and ability
to arouse enthusiasm.
That he has shown all Of these
must be evident to anyone who looks
at the misfit outfit with which Her
zog is working and then notes the
results achieved by it.
Who says the baseball owner will
not take a chance? Pipe the way
they 20 back to the dough bin for
coin. when a "phenom" comes on the
scene. even though the law of aver
ages shows that the high priced re-
cruits in the minors bat about .OOg
average in the success league, when
they move up.
Larry ChappeT, the $18500 Milwau
/, kee skyrocket bought by the Sox last
year. Is down with blood poisoning
b and may lose his foot Even if he
/ dosnt he never amounted to great
, deal and the price paid for him was
4 above his value
q History shows that most Of oul
:. famous high-priced diamond lights
Z have turned out to be rhinestones.
O'Toole 500 800. has yet to delive
even $500 worth to the Pirates
Russell Blackburne, 10000, had to b.
3 sent back. refurbished and handles
e with care before he became such
It serviceable big Lacquer; Lefty Rus
3 sell broke Connie Mack's heart b.
d falling down TO a $50 valuation afte
# Cornelius had invested the wages O
10000 section hands for one day O
N the southpaw And what of Elme
.e Brown. the $1,000 diamond pendan
.e Brooklyn was so eager to grab fror
k the Browns Montgomery farm II
ID has the paste diamond hallmark o
a. him already
he History is stocked with other II
stances Of high prices for low return
And yet the magnates viii 90 rigf
10 back the very next time the chanc
r. offers. and grab a "phenom" frol
al the bushes-and pay the price tw
ways perhaps.