The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-04
Muggsy Faces Pros
pect of Leading
Tail-End Team
STILL HAS FAITH
IN MATHEWSON
July Sun Will Thaw
Out Big Six, Is Boss
Belief ~

NEW YORK. June John Nc
Graw has his back against the wall.
The doughty little manager OF the
four.timc pennant winning Giants
is al last faced with the prospect
81 plotting a trailing team. That
the outlook doesn't set we'll With tho
Little Napoleon is plainly evi-
denccd by the cyclonic shakc.ups
that he hands his lineup.
lie hasn't quiz yet The word
quit doesn't appear In hts yocabu.
larry Ths pounding that his club is
getting from the others In the Tcner
loop viii only serve 20 make Nc
Graw hght harder than ever Hut
even his most ardent supporters
admit that this year his fight looks
like a losing one
To many 81 looks like the old
Giant machine has crumhled And
~ - ar odd circum stance OF fate
that the once powerful aggregation
IS whitening away Just as two
famous machines OF other days that
cracked few years ago are getting
hack into power These two are the
Tigers and The Cubs The Detroit
outdt Is run high back 20 The fore
as \ contender In The American
league under tho same lvader that
piloted n In the winning days az
the pas'-'Ece Yah" Hughie Jen-
nings The Chicago gang is being
pulled back up tho ladder Of fame
by one OF McCraws old llcutenants.
Roger Brcsnahan Frank Chance
guided the destinies OF the old time
pennaut coping Cubs-Rnd ne vas
there when they hit tho sktds too.
" IL the ludehnahle "something''
which Is missing from the Giant
rauks-that something" which a
club has 90 have 10 stay on top
through the long, hot days OF
August and September when the
weak sisters who Hash IN the spring
wither away The old stars are
mostly with the club and seemingly
they still deliver the goods. Their
batting averages all look good but
when YOU watch their work day
after day you see that the punch"
is gone They are not able 10 rise
up and crush Tho opposition In the
crisis any more as they used 10 do.
Probably the hardest individual
blow McGraW got vas a wsllop BY
the National league club owners.
They reduced IN" number OF players
any club could carry 70 81 McGraw
was the hardest hit ~ any National
league manager Last year when
the Feds were ralding the ranks OF
organized bail McGraw, 10 protect
himself. signed most Of hts veterans
under long tine contracts Now he
hasn't room for the youngsters that
he needs in order 20 build up club
for the future
Obituaries have been written
about the Old Master--Ch risty
Mathew after year. Al
ready he has been consigned TO the
bOneyard this year hut he Is still
out there on the Giant bench and
be will be on the firing line many
times this season. And when the
hot sun Of July and August melts
the kinks out OF his arm the odd
Master" will chalk up many a vic.
tory on the Giants slate. says Nc
Graw.
Big Jen Tesresu. the least nashy
Of the Giants twlrlers but the most
dependable. IL working like a trojan
these days He Is big and capable
Of working often and McGraw In
pushing him 10 the limit until some
OF his others get going Rube Mar
guard flashes few great games and
then slumps. There is still tho
chance that he will get right and
stay there and II he does he Is un-
beatable After he handed the Cubs
a beating In the first game Of their
last series here. Roger Bresnahan
was heard TO observe:
mo club In the world could beat
that fellow the way he Ia going to-
day. II he Keeps that mp McGraw
won't have 10 worry"
Young Stroud. rookie, surprised
McGraw and thousands OF others.
by breaking a losing streak for tho
Giants Since then no has worked
often and he has pitched good ball