Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-05-14
GOTHAM FANS AFTER MUGGSY
Anvil Chorus Works Overtime and
Knockers Crew Demands the
Scalp Of Fiery Giant Pilot.
TEAM is PURSUED BY A JrNx

nt FAANh ~ hENhi ss
KEW YOR., May bah the world
eei Binnos-but John McGraw II lbs.
ing. Therefore. certain folks in his old
ifms Town have come TO feel sort or
unlogely" toward him; they have exc
Il ed the ann ofs from winter storage
nrd are tuning up on the anvil chorus
The miserable showing made 40 far ~
10 Giants following tier tail-end ef-
sar's Of a year ago s being charged di-
els 10 McGraw's fading skin as a dig
ieaate nan ger a certain ooi6re. viii ~
ist,natntly recruiting new momters. has
come 20 hollYe that the famous 4 anond
anagor has played out hts string
sn1 "Out with hint Ia The cry that IL
gng through Gotham.
t1', III The face Of all The criticism az
; ted at him, McGraw remains calm.
= baby hia ls case Ike that Tom
toGo had IN mind when ne penned
Iiore II n calm when grief DER flows,
refuge from he worst ~ WOES:
" Genes when pleasures dream fl DER,
ant hope, The eharmcr charms no
more.
II "a where the heart Il wrung tlll dry
And not q tear bcdews The eye
While n a snilo The lip letrnys.
JiBx PuFs1es Giants.
Man for man tho Giants seem 10 meas
IRE up as the equal Of any IN the rener
circuit. ~ team. they appear superior
20 ut least four tennis IN the M0toaai
ieagso. Yet they lost zen out 81 the fret
sitytn games this season. And the folks
tiame MoGraw, because they feel that
with such team he ought 70 win con
SILENTLY.
Thofe who have analyzcd the work u
ilo Giants afleld during the first three
weeks Of the tnttling hive different
viewpoint They Do not blame MeGraw
&of have they lost confidence fn the
Giants. They attribute the bulk OF the
Giants losass 70 ~ luck and 70 TEN.
p0rhry Inconsistency.
The Gi1n's we're unfortunate inasmuot
~ when their pitchers were hurting air
tight baAa bail they failed 10 club behind
himl WHEN tire clubbers we're banging the
BEN 10 an portions Of the field the pitch
ffs were yielding an even greater number
n eafc ayRts 20 the enemy. Everything
broke badly The bulk of the Giant er-
fcfs camc Mt critical fnoments And, fur.
fhsrmorc tho absence Of Third Basemnn
oteft opened a gap that 70 far has been
tnnlieds hole into which the Giants |
plunged 70 many a defeat.
VIII Emerge Eventually.
The Giants just now are mircd deeply
IL the second division. But they VII |
emerge. No team carrying such ball
players M Doyle, Fletcher. Mcrlslc.
Fopscb Harden Tesroau. Kauff and
burns IL a normal cellar outfit II has |
been pushed there by misfortune. But
Jinxes cannot always pursue one ball
club.
Probably no other ball. team in the
country rs watched ns closely as tho |
Giants, no team excites so much COM
fpent. Not only arc the Giants the cyno- |
sure OF all eyes because they represent |
me biekeft city IN America, but because
they once were the standard BY which |
all other teams we're judged
Beat the Giants and you'll win the
pennant' az the advice handed out IN
other years by rival managers TO, their
players. But IL isn't 80 now, although |
the Giants are sporting about 10000 |
worth Of newly acquired base ball talent.
Outside Of third base, the greatest
dsns' trouble now Ia the pitching staff |
Up 70 the present moment II seems 10 |
comprise jeff Tesreau alono. The huge
starboard hurler Ia the only one who has
shown anything like winning form. Bon
ton. Pcrritt. Stroud. schaucr, palmero
ana the others haven't anything start
ling, Mathewson IL problem.
but the knockers fail to take into con.
s.defaiion tho handlcaps under which
hcGraw Is laboring. In Gotham they
wan. a winner-or the scalp Of tho man.
aser And they are out to roriove Nc
sraN's hair, But their chances Of sue
eocding arc only alb one in hundred.
THO Giants owners have confidence IN
their fiery leader-and he'll llnger long
to plot their base bali craft.