Evening star., 1916-11-13
M'GRAW TO TESTIFY
! IN HIS OWN BEHALF
Giants Manager Expected to
Give Excellent Reasons for
Quitting Bench.
MAY REVEAL INSIDE DOPE
BY j. ED GRILLO.

When the board of directors of the
National League takes up the case of
the Giants memorable game at Ebbets
Field in which the New York team
was charged with indifference. the
chief witness will! be Manager John j.
, McGraw.
The leader of the Giants has deferred
his vacation in order to appear at the
inquiry, which will be conducted in
New York December IL. McGraw is
prepared to give excellent reasons why
he left the bench October g. declaring
that some of the Giants had dsobeyed
his orders. He will make it clear that.
in his opinion. his players were not
actuated by dishonest motives, but
simply refused to play the game up
to the usual standard. McGraw. ac-
cording to his closest friends, will
offer in evidence a bundle of letters
and kilograms received by him for
week ten days before the series
with Brooklyn, in which ii was pointed
out that unless the Giants won four
straight games the honesty of the sport
would be placed in jeopardy.
McGraw will testify that before the
game October 8 he addressed his play
ers in the clubhouse at Ebbets Field
and urged them to play their best bail
team a suit of clothes and an over
coat, together with cash bonus, If
the Giants finished in third place. 1t
is said McGraw will show that $4,000
among his players if they had beaten
out the Boston Braves. In other
words, McGraw is ready to convince
the directors that he did his best to
make the Giants play winning ball
against the Brooklyns.
Before he left the Giants bench Nc
Graw, it will be shown, first asked the
consent of President H. n. Hampstead.
which was readily obtained. The Giants
leader probably will tell the directors
some interesting details of the game
which convinced him that his players
were Indifferent to his wishes. Further
more, it was his idea to clear the owners
of the New York club of possible charges
of completely, also to prove that he per
sonally did not countenance the ragged
playing of his team. 1t is McGraw's in
tention TO dispel the belief that the
game was purposely thrown" to the
Brooklyns and to absolve his men of the
charge of criminal negligence.
Manager Jennings of the Tigers and
Manager Bill Donovan of the Yankees
have decided that 1t is not good policy
to have a long training season. and both
have made up their minds to cut their
practice period to minimum.
Both managers believe that 1t is detrl-
mental to a team to overwork it in the
spring. because of the fact that the ef-
feet usually is to cause the team to go
stale about mid-season.
The pitchers will be the first to arrive
at the training camp. and it viii be
ten days or two weeks before the rest
of the team will be hand. 1t has been
decided by both managers not to play
any games in the south with minor
league teams. but the Tigers will have
a long series of games with McGraw's
Giants, which are figured to give the
team the best sort of practice. The
Yankees have arranged to play a series
of games with the Braves. which will
help both teams to get into condition.
and after the Yankees return from the
south they will play series with the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
Both Davis Robertson of the Giants
and Fred Williams of Chicago led
Cravath of the Phillies in the matter
Of home runs in the National League.
The former pair had twelve circuit drives
each, while Gavvy was there with only
eleven.