The Washington times., 1915-06-14
McGRAW SAYS
Players are draining more money and
playing less baseball in the National
League than ever in games history

been getting more pitching than any
other manager in the league. think he
has the best boxnan on our circuit this
year. and ! am not sure he IL not the
Grover Alexander. American Leasusrs
who made the trip 18th Alexander last
winter on the ali-star tour claim that
he is better than johnson.
Alexander 10 smooth worker and he
uses his head all the time. whenever
he goes out into that box, you can feel
pretty sure he is going to pitch you
q nice ball game. He may not win It,
him. but you know he will PITCH for
you. That has not been the case with
my twirlers. Mattys shoulder is in bad
shape; sIt.e He G may .y not be able 70 DO much
them are as changeable as a chameleon
Bancroft has been a big help to the
Phillies. and: under Moran, the team is
ssG%ss rcsd fss Is ssssns ssaa ssrsv.r sSs. r Pa E.
must hold the club together. That 10 a
tough thing to do with a Philadelphia
team. Then some Of the other clubs in
has has BEEN his pitching s Which a'inss has held ID
Moran up.
staliings is still asking every one to
wait
wait until my pitchers are right and
Johnny Evers gets back in the game"
says George. Then we will come"
stallings has said that Evers won't be
which will hurt the Braves very much.
What great year for a dark horse to
step in and grab that nag! The race
was just made for dark horse. be-
to form. The Phillles might be that
dark horse.
Even since Johnny Evers has re-
ported, ported back to the team. he has had
the New York club was in Boston, just
before we started West first, he turned
his ankle in practice game, and then
"rgncned re ned MS Isles leg again In practice; :.
| again" declared Evers.
II that boy thinks he Is lucky, then
| the rest OF us must be upholstered
| with horse shoes. His statement rep
break tougher for him than any man
who has ever been in baseball. And
II irks him to have to sit on the
bench. He Is Of the temperament that
ne must be doing something. and he
and gets hurt again. I understand
Stallings has given him decided or
ders that he is not to go inside the
diamond. but that he is to sit on the
bench SO quietly that he will look
to recuperate fully. His spirit and
his pepper and his brain are a big
loss to the Bostons and 1t means q
| whole lot.
| When We were in Boston, Gaffney
was trying to stall on the twenty-one
player limit rule. think IL a bad
rule. myself. and 1t hurts baseball,
but the National League saw At to
make II. One day Gaffney would
have one player on the disabled list
and one day nominate another, AMI
IT looked to me as II he were trying
to beat the rule. His club doesn't
need to. Stallings has made 1t for
him. II George had not gotten into
the jam with Frank Farrell when he
did. the Boston club would still be
In the neighborhood of last place
instead Of worlds champions
! Well, 1t is a tight race and the bad
baseball played has made it tight. As
II have said. any good club could
have gone out and broken UP the
league by this time against such op-
position. The old Cubs would have
made II look sick. Any team which
could play consistent baseball for q
month or so would have them al
backed into the corner. But IL 1,
lucky for US that there was so mrrf
bad baseball. 1t gave the Giants a
chance to stay in the race and we ar,
still in 1t. be sure OF that.
Copyright. 1918. by the Wheeler Syn,
y dicate; Inc)