The evening world., 1916-07-21
Has Felt More Like a Pensioner
and Condition Was
Unpleasant.
By Bosensan Bul0sv.

|THp coming h1shsrward q H~.
sog and Wade lullifsr may
mean another championship for
ths otants. but this column does not
herald things Of shs big deal with
sreat Joy. The departure Of C..risty
hsthewsoQ. the greatest Of ell pitoh-
srs ana the greatest Individual fac
TOR chat ever rave color 70 . New
YORK club. has struck. In shas town.
. note Of sadnsas. We want Hsrsog.
We want Kriifsr. We also know that
Matty's patohans days ars done, but
We oan never reconcile bis appear.
anos N che uniform OF . baseball foe
with thoughts Of Jubiiation. To have
Aatty 20 y like having an old tooth
pulled. We know itts got 10 20. but
ne ssmoly che dsv1l to faos the den.
tist.
Aathswson looks upon the new
move - . rsliof to q condition
which. for ham. has been At tm>s
unplsaSantounsatisfaotory At least.
Early In ths sprtng he realised that
b was NO longer . pitching star. To
receive . big salary for sitting on
the bench and. a. he e-xpra.sed n
'holdinS back the club" Va not in
Keeping With his sense Of fair NAV.
yor . year he has felt he waS tskins
advantage OF the New York oiuh'
einosreay, b welcomes The onanre.
'1here's but one thing ises Tor me
10 do" hs remarked ~ We talked IL
over two months ago. and that y 60
30 . manager. This thing of me no.
tng Into come other business u ali
to give It " n -htly."
Before agreeing TO 70 10 C1ncin.
natt. however. Matty insisted that
Mr.. Hermann and the directors rive
him absolute charge. He starts In
with Q big salary bccauss the Gin
ctnnatt club assumes his Contract
with the New York club which csils
for something like $4,000 q year.
This fans Of New York Join the
all the luck in che world.
II II dificult to make the layman
understand Just how those writer's
feel toward the old Master. In ali
his years he never kicked on a story
that appeared IN the prints. whether
II was In his favor or registered
against him. He was always ready
to help out . young reporter; willing
TO put him right" on q story instead
OF TO Josh" him. For a long time
Matty had IDEAS OF becoming q writer
himself. and he succeeded fairly we'll
despite the fact that he does not
think 10.
The coming Of HerAos, though. 10 .
big thing for the Giants. It stves
them . genuine chance for the cham.
pionshtp, But for the deal made while
Mc0raw was on the worlds tour-the
one that sent Hersog TO Cincinnati
the 0iants would have won the PEN
nant in 1914. Mo0raw has never for
gotten that. When he returned and
found that Hersog had gone and that
Title Shafer would not play he al
most gave up In despair.
McGraw has never been personally
fond OF Herzog. but always he has
admired his ability. There was talk
that "Hersie" and Mao" would not
get together. but that 10 all bosh.
Mc0raw " lets his feeling get the
better OF his judgment, and the same
may be said Of HerzoE. The psppsry
little Maryiander will be . world Of
help to the club.
TIE Yowks, IN fhs NEON fine,
0ot a soaJIoptW0 at the h0Wds Of
the Cardinals, after morshdIltn0
Whot M Ieft OF the1r crippled
forces, and hstr detect probably
mavks tho end Of CH6 N0vkles
coSssr AZ q big league pitcher.
IN tAs spring II looked az
though Dow0vow had found O pon-
dev N Norkle. He oooIwess soos