Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-25
GIANTS RECOVER LOSSES ON
WESTERN FRONTIER AND NOW
RETURN TO PLAY IN THE EAST
McGraw's Successful Team Headed for Polo
Grounds to Meet Two Teams That Helped
Send Them to Bottom
By GRANTLAND NICE

TTAVING left red trail Of wrack, wreck
l. i and destruction through the West. the
Giants return to Eastern soil may he one of
the large psychological spots of the 1915 flag
race.
on the Eastern front the Giants have
known nothing but disaster Their, lines
| here were broken in so many places that
the enemy romped through in platoons'
claiming the capture of many prisoners and
many guns But on the Western front these
losses were fully recovered. the shattered
lines were reformed and no thought OF
peace was entertained And now the Giants
are headed back East again for an eight
game stand against two of the divisions
that cut them into thin strips earlier in
the year They will face the same rough
| house opposition that upset them so badly
at the start, but the impetus from that
Western trip is not to be overlooked
At Home and Abroad
dav or two ago fan sent in this
query: Just what percentage is there in
favor of the club playing at home"
There was a time when this percentage
was marked In the old days it was hard
to beat many clubs at home. where the
umpiring largely was influenced by the de-
sire of the rabid rooter. Today there prac-
tically is no advantage in playing at nome.
MANY clubs are better on the road than in
their own bailiwick. The Giants have won
hut one game at home all year. The rest
of their victories have been sened up while
abroad.
In 1911 the Giants fell down at home,
but finally won the flag through a great
Western trip, where they won II out of 2l.
In 1912 Washington was away to a bad
start at home but won l6 straight from
the West, giving her new grip on the
situation.
In 1914 the Braves got their pennant
start on the road, after having played badly
in Boston surroundings We haven't the
exact figures before us, but we should say
there is very little difference in the home
and foreign yield of the average club. This
spring nearly every club has done better
on the road than at home. Home clubs
have been trimmed steadily, and the result
has had a depressing effect upon many
communities, which can stand the mere
reading of defeat as long as they can look
upon victories,
(which is the better hitter" writes an
other fan, "Schalk or Shang?" At last re-
ports Schalk was batting 100 and Schang
.ls9. Take your pick.
The Pro. Revival
Golf pros, who have had TO spend most
of their time teaching the young and old
idea how to shoot, have not been any too
greatly elated by the success of our anna
teurs In the last three open championships.
Ouimet, an amateur won the opening in
1913; Evans, an amateur, finished second,
one stroke out, in 1914; Travers, an anna
teur. won again in 1915. But unless Evans
can handle the field without help there will
be a pro, revival this June at Minneapolis,
for neither Travers nor Quimet expects TO
play But Evans alone, in a medal round
competition, is not to be eliminated before
the first blow Is struck.
Our idea of nothing to bring suit fora
wrestling championship. You'd think a fell
low would want such facts suppressed i'm
place OF going to court to have them proved
After ALL what can you expect with nearly
two billion people making up the world?
That Vice-Versa Stuff Again
said John McGralU to Connie Mack
"Who are these 'Hds-Beens' Coming BackF"
"VeW shotU 'em yet i0hOSe i0ord Is lao"
said Connie Mack to John McGrat0,
II any one had suggested that late in May
Connie would take that collection of his and
glide bithely and gracefully by the White
Sox and Tigers would you have had the
suggester arrested or merely warned?
1t may that Jack Dillon, 30 pounds light
err, will erase Frank Moran from the spot
light But we also recall how Moran. so
pounds lighter, was to chase Colonel VIII
lard clean out Of the ring
L. H. T.-How can anyone tell? The
Cleveland pitchers were the most effective
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