Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-02
BIG LEAGUE REVIEW
NEW YORK GIANTS
DIV Frank 6. NeDke.)

tDv FRANK u. NeDke.l
New York April 1.-Nhat chance
have the 1916 Giants?
"A fine chance" says John Nc
Craw. ".Ius1 because the 1915 club
finished in the cellar there are 2 r.
of citizens who won't vote for MS as
candidates for the 1916 honors. b.
we'll be in the fiaht-and all The way.
Bear this in mind: the 1915 Giant
team no longer exists. I've got a new
machine that contains some Ct the
best cogs of the old one and some new
cogs that replace those that put the
whole works on the blink last year"
John, as you'll note from the above,
is hopeful-very much SO. In Gotham
the fans are fiftyfifty some share the
optimism of the Giant leader-and the
other half doesn't
SO you are to he the jury, in the
case Of the Giants All the facts will
be put before you and you can de
eide
The Giant infield will be the same
as it was IN 1916 unless McGraW puts
through belated trade for Merkle,
in which case he may send the youth
full Rrainard to first base. larry
Doyle, the leading clubber of the
Tener circuit. will be back on second.
Doyle wins many games by his great
hitting-but he loses lot through
his weakness on ground balls.
Fletcher, timely hitter and brilliant
fielder, will do the shortstopping. with
the fading Honus Lobert on third. The
German was a great baserunner and
q terror with the mace once upon a
timc-but that was long ago.
The makeup of the outfield is a
question. The leading candidates are
Benny Kauf, the shrinking Violet
George Burns, ranked as one of the
stellar outfelders in the National
league; Jim Thorpe, the Indian per
son; George Kelly, from Spokane. who
finished the season with the 1915
| Giants; Ed Rousch, the great FEDERAL
league outfielder, who baked for a
| time on reporting because of salary
differences; Dave Robertson, one Of
the 1915 regulars: r. E. Sharman, from
Portsmouth, Ohio, and several other
| rockies.
Purns and "Shrinking Violet" arr
sure of two of the jobs The race Tor
the other is very close, With Kelly
| leading slightly, owing to tne fact that
Rousch hasn't had much time to dis
play his skill and Robertson is in
! jured
Bill Rariden will be the regular
hao kstop He is heady, ha, = power
full finger, grabs everything thai
comes within 10 feet of the Mate, an'
| is timely hitter Charlie Doom vi
! be his chief assistant. 3sad'e!
Kocher, youngster from Toronto
has shown enough to make It reason
ably certain that he will remain Will
| the club.
| Here is the list of pitchers,
! Christy Mathewson, who may--ol
NAV not--be of value this year: JEFF
| Tesreau, one of the best mnundsmcr
| in the game: POL" Perrett, Il sensl
| ton with the Cardinals. br. Il iNlvel
with the 1915 Giants; Ritter Fright
| handed, Schupp Oeft-handc:N, ant
Schauer Fright who per
+! formed fairly well with the Giants il
1919: "Rube" Benton. former star o
| the Rhinelander staff: Ralph Stroud
who won Il out of 81 games for TIT
Giants last season; Emilio Palmero, fh'
Cuban, who hurled with much success
for the Rochester lnternationalS, an,
| Fred Anderson, one CT the best pitch
ers in the Federal league last year.
| What's the verdict, Oscar?
Where do YOU figure the Giants vii
! finish, when pitted against a fell
that lists the Braves, Cubs. Reds
Phillies and Dodgers among it's en-
triRSp