The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-03
THE GIANTS HAVE
!. CHANGE 1T THE RAG
THEY WILL BE A FACTOR IN
THE PENNANT RACE DUR
ING 1918 SEASON.
With the Exception of the Pitching
staff Manager Mc(;raw Has
Good Team for
the Start.

| d.
Giants have an excellent chance to
win the National league pennant this
almost here season. The best the
| Yankees are hoping for is a first di-
| vision berth this year. That, in sub
stance, is the way New York is look
ing at the coming pennant fight.
| both teams this year than there was
| last. The monotonous succession of
| pennants the Giants won rather kill
i ed interest in them from the sports
! mans viewpoint. Losing lasts flag
| has stimulated the satiated appetites.
| Interest in the Yanks was dead last
year, principally because of the own
ership and the way the club was run.
| This year the owners are popular,
as is the new manager. Bill Donovan,
1t will be surprising If 1915 isn't
the banner year in New York baseball
| despite the cry of hard times and a
| lean year"
With the exception Of his pitching
staff MeGraw has as good Il team to
start the pennant fight as any mana
| ger in the circuit~--and whole lot
better than most of them. The re-
turn of Title Shafer would give him
a mighty sweet infield. AS it is, he
has a nicely balanced one. Merkle
on first will probably perform in his
usual style. Should Shafer really
return he and Larry Doyle would
put up pretty scrap for second
Fletcher on short seems to have his
position clinched and there is practi-
eally no doubt at all that Hans Lo-
bert will be seen pickin' them off
around third.
Lobert at third has solved great
problem for McGraw Many is the
game that rolled away through Ed
die Grant and Milton Stock last year
while McGraw sat on the bench
cursing the day he ever let Charley
HerZog get away to Cincinnati. Yes,
McGraw has an infield that Will
compare favorably with any in Ten
er's circuit.
In the outffld there are four reg
ulars--Snodgrass, Burns, Murray
and Robertson. All four are de
pendable men--good fielders ana
steady with the bludgeon. Jim
Thorpe, the big Indian, expects tc
make a hard fight this year for a
regular berth.
McGraw freely admits his pitch
ing staff is giving him worry. Mat
his only veterans, as RUDE Mar
suard's case is unsettled. He has
two youngsters who have sat on the
bench for two seasons now and they
should be about ready for the firms
line. They are Schauer and
Schupp.
McGraw probably is depending
more this year on his fifty-odd re
cruits he paid expenses for to Mar
lin than ever before. He needs
young catcher and could use cou-
pie of promising young hurlers
Meyers and Mclean Will probably
bear the brunt of the receivins
again this season.
Bill Donovans best asset is MS
pitching staff 1t stacks up favor
ably with any In the league. Cald-
well, Heating, WARRIOR, Fisher
Brown and number Of promising
rockies comprises his hopes. FRANK
Chance once said that Ray Caldwell
was the best pitcher in the Amerl
can League.
From this early angle it appears
the big thing that is going to keel
lDonovan's crew down in the race Is
Its lack of batting strength. u
IPipp and High come to terms this
will be partly solved. as Pipp es
lpecially is snappy hitter Plpp Il
igenerally conceded first base IL ht
comes to the Yanks: IL not. the'
ICharlcy Mullen undoubtedly VIII GOV
er the bag again.
Luke Boone appears the most IKE
lily candidate for second. lie piayee
the bag the greater part. OF last sea
lson. Peckinpaugh, of course, VII
assume his old place at short ane
There doesn't seem any chance lol
Fritz MaiseI to be rooted out OF M
position at third.
The Yanks have a fast fielding
loutfield, but like the rest OF IN
team, weak at the plate. Birdi'
Icree is fairly certain OF berth
lcook. Holden. Hartzel. and High. /
1.-THE Tigers will relinluish him, WI
scrap II out for the other two places
Behind the bat Donovan Is ialri.