Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-07-03
HAS M'GRAW LOST
0LD-7lME' fire?
Fans Wonder If Giants
Poor Showing Has Dis
couraged Their Leader.
(By Frank G. .Menke.)

New York. July HAS the Iiser
able 1914 showing of the Giants re
fined the McGrawian temperament?
Has it put out the old McGraw fire
Has it taken the heart and the spirit
out .. the oncet'ma peppery New
York caieftain?
Those ara the question that fans
around the National league circuit
are asking. And they ask because the
John MeGraw of today seems totally
unlike the John McGraw Of other
years. The present dly McGraw
seems 700 refine and meek to make
the FANS think that anything other
han a great change has come In
him.
McGraw this year seems to nave
abandoned his favorite stunt-huck-
| ling the umpires. Time and again de-
1isions have been made against the
Giants that would have called for
wild roar and >. vigorous protest from
McGraw of other years. But On the
majority of occasions 3ae McGraw OF
today did nothing other than to maxi
mild protest and in some cases no
protest at all.
HES the slump of the Giants taken
the punch and the kick out of Nc
Graw-or did Johnny Tsner give
Johnny McGraw a quiet little lecture.
and warning at the seasons ouset?
| 1t ms that the best way in which
to get Ty Cobb to show superhuman
skill is 10 tell him that somebody is
lhetter at one or another department
of tn. game than is Tyros.
A couple of years ago when jose
plus Jackson began clubbing EN- out
for mark around 400 someone said
to Ty.
! "Jackscn's going to beat you out on
batting this year. He's hitting .415
now"
healthy average" answered Ty. "But
! Jackson won't beat me out. If he
bats 500 I'll bat above that mark
! Jackson finished the season with
.40S and Ty finished with APO.
"That fellow Maisel, of the Yanks,
! IS the greatest base runner in the
lAmerican league" Ty was told dur
ing the spring.
"Maisel is fast but he's not the
! fasts st." answered Ty. 'fI'll try 10
demonstrate for you during the 1915
season."
And Tyrus Cobb certainly is DEM
frustrating. He has stolen A bases
in SO game: an amazing average. If
he maintains that average until the
tend of the season he will hava stolen
about 10S bases. which would bust all
modern records.
| The l2test batting averages show
that Eddie Collins of the White Sox
| has "como back" Edward was absent
for while. visiting in the 200 class.
but he IS home again in the 800 cir
cle-.33O to be exact
The average also show that JAG
cues Fourier hasu'j hit the chutes as
many predicted when they noticed he
was hitting around 400 early in the
season. Only Tv Cobb leads the White
Sox first baseman. Fournier's pres
ent average is S64--which is quite
healthy one. thank you.
Grover Alexander isn't the only
treason whv the Phillies remain in the
| National league fight There are at
least two other reasons known as
Luderus and Cravath. The latter is
TIE home run king of the old league
Cravath is batting only $50 and has
nade only "a hits, but size able por-
ton Of those were triples and home
run-drivers thss came at the most
timely moments.
Luderus always fine clouter. has
hit at a $50 clip to date-and ne
leads the lesgue With Luderus and
ICravata arm'd with bludgeons and
Alexander armed with his "Mauser-
bullet" ball. Phrantic Pills are quite
| able to lake care of all corners for
|scme little time to come.