New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-03

which opened the present campaign.
Already the first base wing OF the IN
field that served him nine years is
missing. Fred Merkle has gone to
Brooklyn for Catcher Lew McCarty.
Larry Doyle. with Herb Hunter and
Outhelder Jacobsen, was the bait that
lured Hene Zimmerman from the
Cubs. Mathewson good old Matty)
was sentenced to manage the Reds that
Herzog might return to the Giant fold
With Mattv went Eddie Roush. q young
outfelder Of exceptional promise. Nc
Graw got title to Wade Killlfer. TOO,
but Wade. the Red. never got back TO
exalted company. He was turned over
Immediately in payment for candidates
from the brush.
Here. then. in a nutshell. is what
happened since McGraw realized his
authors of seventeen straight victories
! had overreached: First Baseman
Merkle. Second Baseman Doyle, Sub
outfelder Roush. Christy Mathewson
and colt Jacobsen were sacrificed Tor
b Herzog, Zimmerman and McCarty.
Zimmerman will play third base for
McGraw in 1917. HerZog will play at
second. A fitting substitute must be
found TO fill Fred Merkle's shoes at
Z first. l. will not be hard to find one
who can equal Merkle's form OF this
/ season. But one that will deliver as
Fred did in the past is quite a different
problem.
McGraw has plenty Of candidates
First off there is Kelly. left-hander,
who has been filling in since Merkle
departed. Kelly came from the Coast
touted as a slugger He hasn't hit up
to his reputation as minor Lacquer.
Two other candidates will report before
the end of the season. Holke, another
left-hander, was repurchased short
time ago from Rochester In l08 games
with the Broncos this year he has mt
for .329, standing third in the lnterna-
tional League. Great things are pre-
dicted Of Holke as first baseman.
While compiling his 1893 average ne
stole p bases.
Then there is also Rodriguez, the
Cuban first sacker. who was farmed to
New London this wear lie broke into
fast company with all the fielding grace
of a Hal Chase. He was green as a
hitter and handicapped by a lack of
English He has improved both defects.
For New London he hit close TO 800.
Jim Thorpe Recalled.
Jim Thorpe has been recalled from
Milwaukee. Out there in l22 games he
hit for .27l and stole 43 bases. He had
IA home runs, triples and IL doubles.
Schepner and Sanberg. inhelders,
have been recalled from the New York
State League, where they enjoyed fine
seasons.
Mac was rather weak behind the bat
all year. This weakness has been Dol
stored by the acquisition of Lew Nc
Carly, a good catcher, and a slugger "a
boot. Paul Kruger, who was tried out
by the Yankees last fall, has been
bought from Omaha. Kruger, accord
ing TO the latest averages, is hitting
1926. From Omaha the Giants also
bought Kilduf. a shortstop. who has
, hit 1872 in ia games, with . home runs
, Z three-base hits and % doubles.
When. several weeks ago, McGrav
bought Sallee from st. Louis he be-
, lieved he had gone far TO remedy the
apparent pitching weakness of his
club. He seems 20 have been mistak
en-. Fred Anderson has been a bit
ter disappointment after a most auspi
, cious start; Perritt and Benton botf
. have been uncertain; Tesreau ha:
b shown provoking reversals Of form;
; Schupp has been strictly an III ant
out performer.
The management of the Giants, whC
discarded the scouting system las
spring. has not been able to land 9
; great many new pitchers, so far
though il has been tipped off to sew
{ eral il hopes TO secure by draft. One
prospect of unusual promise is com
ing from Louisville in the person o.
Middleton. He is about the very bes'
in the American Association. He i
a curve ball pitcher. Middleton's only
apparent drawback is lack Of weight
He weighs only 165 pounds.
OF course, McGraw has in line sew
, eral pitching prospects that may b'
developed in time for the next cam
paign IL his veterans do not take ;
, brace. There is Smith, of Columbia
a counterpart of Mathewson when BIZ
Six was a youth. Also Pie Way, th'
, Yale celebrity, who is ripening a
Rochester. And Waite Hoyt, tn
: schoolboy wonder of Brooklyn an,
no-hit fame.
II is not so much what McGraw hs
done rs how he has done II. He ha
his disciples sitting on the anxious
seat. They viii play TO the very bes
of their ability for some time TO come
An eruption is momentarily expect
ed Barring first base, McGraw to-da
is stronger by far than he was at III
beginning Of this season. That mean
a team that is good enough to vii
another year If the Giants get the no
ton. II looks as if McGraw is ben
upon driving that notion into hi
teams Leads.