New-York tribune., 1915-07-09
Battle for Sixth Place bv
Giants Follows Yankees
Fight for Fourth.
DOOM MAY APPEAR
IN NEW UNIFORM
Heinie Zimmerman Quits Bark.
ing at Umpires at Request Of
His Teammates.
By HEYWOOD BROUN.

/ When the Yankees went away thoy
took the fight for fourth place vi.b
them, but New York is never wi,sou.
a baseball crisis, and the Reds and
Giants will begin a struggle this after.
noon for the possession Of sixth place.
The teams were 70 have met yesterday.
but the suspense has been prolonged
! by rain.
Two games are 20 be played today.
and BY winning both McGiaw's men
/ can pass the Reds. Sixth place Itself
| is not so much, but any upward move.
mert will be welcome. In spite OF the
/ showing 20 date, there is much reason
TO believe that the Giants are not al.
ways doomed TO the second division.
On their last Western trip the Yan.
KEGS won five games and lost eight. bs.
the team ought TO do better this time.
Shawkey will help a pitching stat
which has been surprisingly weak Re.
/ Gently. The Athletics hit him hard n
| his first start, but he was playing Tor
/ the first time after long .ay-of
Donovan will do well Z he uses Cg
/ Pieh more often. Cy is not a hesdy
/ pitcher, but anybody with the speed
and curves Of Pieh can get along jus.
/ as we'll as If he had brains. a smar,
catcher would do a great deal 20 help
/ Pieh, and, in fact, all the other pitch
ers of the Yankees. The weak spot IN
/ Donovan's team is behind the bat
Neither Sweeney ror Nunamaker s
first class.
Those fans who like a lot of free
hitting will be glad tha, the Giants
Z f.(f
likely TO show anything In fielding
which the Yankees cannot eqla. or
surpass.
Charley Doom probably will ge, a
chance in one Of the games today
Doom is not so good a catcher as Chic!
Meyers, but he will come 1 handy as
n substitute. After several weeks o.
Sweeney and Nunamaker it scems
relief 70 see catcher Of the ca..0re u
Meyers back al work.
/ The Giants are not nearly so adept
as the Yankees in breaking uD the
double steal. but the fault for this lee
not with Meyers, but with Doyle Larry
can't begin 10 equal Boone In handling
! the short throw. II Boone could h.
! like Larry and Larry could field ike
Boone, Eddie Collins would still. he the
| best second baseman in the world. bu.
/ he would feel the hot breath o. q CON.
petitor on the back OF his neck.
McGraw is thinking OF drafting Mike,
the fox terrier. who did so much %.
the Yankees during their LAST stay.
Mike is a mighty smart dog. He has
been taught 10 bark every time nm u~-
pire makes a poor decision. but ro NAY
not be able 10 do this for the Giants.
Already his bark has been worn from
a sonorous bay TO rere lapdoc ye'p.
Heine Zimmerman has quit barking.
After a recent game, in which lin
kicked himself out 20 the de.rime1t ot
his team. the Cubs gathered around
him and pleaded with him 20 be good
If not for their sake. ar least Tor he
sake of a cut in the world series.
There must be some mighty eloquent.
PLAYERS on Bresnahan's club. for. &C.
cording to the stories from Chicago,
Zimmerman wept.
More than that, he said "f I %;
kicked out Of a game again TIL give
each Of you fellows So" The next t!ms
Heinie is banished IL will cost hin
500.
Il is said that John McGraw has los:
faith in the speed Of his team since
six Of his players chased Larrr N'.
Lean for half a mile and could nc'
catch him.
One reason why the Athletics 10 nc:
draw better is Connie Mack 1a1i' ~
seasoning young pitchers Oh The pl'-
lies time. Connie allowed one rfcrlF
TO give nine bases on balls .n SIX mn,
ings during a recent game mere. 4nl
did not take him out. il Ph 1de.pnh
he sat tight while lef'hander was
giving sixteen bases on balls.
A baseball player took as 20 ta'f
recently for criticising pitcher "no
failed to take off his hat ~ ackr.oF.e's'
ment of the applause Of the fa's.
NO pitcher who has any sen.es sen.s,is
going 20 take or his cap I'm The midas
Of a game" he explained Don't you
know" ne added. "that it's rho ~or'
luck in the world? Any time q p.icn.
or takes off his hat he's going % gg
licked. and games tucked away N 'ae
won column count a lot mo~e man "a
the applause in the grands'ahd'
When stories appeared This .1rIH
that Fred Merkle had decided 10 chang,
his batting style and adopt me gol
swing most readers thought The YARN
were mere preseason fabricauons' Dl'
Fred has yindicated the newspaper
and golf. as well. He has changed ns
style. and is batting about sixty pom"
higher than he did last year.
Pirates Get an Outfelder'