El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-29

Must Be Strengthened.
( Il surely will not do for the Giants
TO be pushed so far down that they will
not have a look in. and there appears
TO be grave danger that they viii be
unless the team is bOlstered up and
strengthened in the department IL ap-
pears 10 be the weakest.
A SHIFT in the batting order might
be an advantageous move. for Kauff
does not fill in very prominently as 4
cleanup man Benny might do better
: hitting somewhere else on the list than
fourth a change has frequently brought
! a batter back to his stride
Captain Larry Doyle still thinks
| the Giants are the strongest team IN
/ the league. but is at a loss to explain
their sudden slump after they came
. dent the boys viii make another squirt
I and challenge the leaders for first place.
/ Manager McGraW also has conf
J dence in his players again surging 10
I the front but still this weeks sched-
uie OF games does not promise a whole
I lot Of nourisfment for the Giants
friends and supporters. Today and to-
morrow will be devoted by the Giants
I 10 the Dodgers over at Ebbets field. the
Z balance Of the week being taken up by
the Phillies on the Polo grounds. Next
week the Dodgers will come over to
I Manhattan for four games and the
ward for their second trip to that sec
ton
Big Crowds See Games.
The immense crowds that attended
the games a Ebbets field and the Polo
grounds on Saturday affords convincing
evidence that baseball is or the boom.
and the Giants il they are TO continue
20 benefit by IL for any length OF time
must get a move on and take a big
brace or they will be lost IN the shuttle
And they can, too. IL they will only
make Up their minds to do so. There is
abso utcly no excuse for their slump
But suppose It is just baseball-an
awfullv hard game to dope out
lille the Giants were falling on
Saturday the Yankees did some tall
climbing by defeating the Washingtons
two games. ard they were both real
contests from start to finish. They
were intensely interesting to the big
crowd on hand, and the enthusiasm
manifested when Baker and Pipp made
home runs I'm the second game was an
inspiring spectacle.
The Yankees have a splendidly bal
ANGEL team, as they appeared TO me.
and if Baker continues 10 hit as he
did I'm those two games there seems [
TO be no reason why they cannot win (
the pennant
The closensss OF the American league /
race is evidenced by the fact that if the I
Tigers had beaten the Clevelands on I
Saturday. there would have been a I
triple tie for first place The Yankees.
CleVelands and Detroits would have {
been the punched clubs The Yankees, (
too. viii have nearly the whole month /
Of July on their own grounds, and as I
the shades and shadows OF the Polo 1
grounds do not seem TO bother them. !
they ought to keep on their winning /
way
Secretary Harry Sparrow. though
seems to have become inoculated with
shades and shadows germ, for on Sat
urdav ne had the center section of the
bleachcrs back OF center field roped off.
so that no moving spectators could
bother tire batting orbs Of the contest
ing PLAYERS. II might be well If the
same plan was followed when the
Giants play their future home games
Al Williams. the Bronx boy who
pitched for the Giants. is meeting with
great success as coach of the Horace /
Mann High school baseball team The
made 73 runs on IS hits. (
thereby showing that Al has followed
the example set him by manager Nc {
5raW Of getting speed out Of his play
ers.
Williams still plays semi-pro games.
he is studying law. and has
defeated the strong Lincoln Giants
twice this season. Al VIII still bear
watching by big league scouts.