Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-04

Continued frun, r.ss One
l nulltv OF Yesterday. and Ne announced tha,
he was through with the team for the
season.
Any one who knows McGrsw and his
methods and the way he has ruled his team
with an iron hand realizes that this dis
ooedlence Of instructions and Indifferent
work never occurred during the middle Of
4 thu season when the team was IN q slump.
and cannot account for u hsppeninE nov.
FOSTERS STATEMENT
Secretary Jchn ID. Foster. OF the Giants,
who could not be located By the writer
after the game. IL quoted IN today's North
American as fellows;
'NTcoraw left IN the NTH inning dr-
Ensted with the way his players conducted
themselves on the field. The men did not
play baseball; they simply nlied the posi-
tons. I was not with McGraw when he
made the supposed arralgnment of the team,
but have no doub, that he said all that
he n credited with saying. lie was mad
clear through and felt that his team had
thrown him down. And n McGraw was
sore he wns not the only one who was
score. Anybody would be sore n n team
like the Giants went out and refused to
play baseball"
Friends Of the New York team. lnciud-
sng many baseball writer's. made the claim
that the team had broken training. but a
careful inquiry nj every cafe and bar any
OF the Giants have been known to frequent
failed 20 reveal that single player had
done anything other than the routine fol-
lowed throughout the season.
with few exceptions ball players drink
besr during the summer. and the practice
n favored by managers who believe that
this prevents n ball player from going stale
and none OF the Giants. as far as could
be learned. overstepped the bounds.
There were rumors OF big party in the
I'll. a. -
on Saturday. during the course OF which
some OF the Giant players were said TO have
remarked that the season was at an end
for them after the Braves had broken their
winning streak In the afternoon, but they
proved Groundless.
II is an injustice 60 the players TO ac-
cuse them Of being out of condition. ex-
cepting that they might have been affected
by the strain, ~ they apparently were as
NJ physically AZ at any time during the
record run Of victories. They simply lacked
the night and acted as II they did not care
about winning.
Manager Robinson. OF the Brooklyn team.
asserts that tho inslnuations and charges
that the Giants laid down" have been
made by preiudiced scribes. who desire TO
take away much Of the glory OF the great
triumph OF the Dodgers; but personally we
feel as we felt when Bancroft was injured
that Brooklyn would win the pennant. even
n the Giants fought them 60 the finish
The facts OF the case follow as we saw
the game; Brooklyn was credited with
fourteen hits because tho Official scorer or
some one else would call out. what do you
think about Il: n hit or an error?"
Every one familiar with the scoring in
Brooklyn admits that on everything OF a
doubtful nature the homo player is Given
the benefit Of the doubt. and the natural
result was chorus. Hit. Give him a hit.
The bali bounded bad"
WHAT MERCER BELIEVES
The balls bounded poorly simply because
they were played poorly and In a manner
which major league players seldom play
them. particularly N they play In their regu-
lar positions On this same scoring ques-
ton Sid Mercer. the veteran scribe OF the
New York Globe, In his comment on the
hrst game OF the series. which was a pitch
ors' battle throughout. stated:
II n no wonder that Jake Daubert and
Zach Wheat are doing such terrific batting