The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-02
Giants Look Like Sure
Pennant Winners in 1917

and wonderful over the sweep Of a single
season
The Sew Workers. started OF 10y losing
10 out OF the FIRST 10 ComOhts,
which sent them sKIddlns to tins Eri'
bottom ct the National league lad
der When swung westward they seemed
hupclrssiy out ol the p~cuunut tight.
Yet the Giants returned In second
place a game behind the Dods
cts because they had performed the
secm4ng miracle Of winning II straight
games with the same club that Garner
had lost 10 out Of the first 10.
JOY reiEurd IN Gotham ltnnnnt hopes
revived. Even outside of the Empire
state where the Giants are heartily
hated. the folks conceded them a glOrl
GUS ChAuc, tor the bunting
Dash Hopes Again,
And then those prshJ chants upset
the dope again Just as soon as they got
back nome they resumed their earlier
tllNNrrlug. They played trHrtuliy inCon.
sisttut baseball ana gradually slipped
back from the heights To which they mad
ucyu lttcd 10y thut great winning streak
Then they trckNcd toward the sunset
section once more and played AZ mlsDr-
ably ON that swing uH they had played
brilliantly ON the first.
batting against the same teams that
had been steam rolled boy them earlier
ma the year. tho Giants dlsportcd like
bush -lcogU,rs. They couldn't nit. they
couldn't ticlo and then pitchers were
wilder than "a Zulu with II touthdCho
lhry were luEluIIuuslN WUllopyd
liup,iussly out ut tho pcuuunt race. the
GlHuts started tuN home. back to the
Polo Grounds where lluy had won ouS
about "a dozen games uul of ~ Or o.. \nd
the heart sick luus figured thoy were
due to suffer more u'atlugs.
And what happened ON, nothing, cN.
copt that those Giants. with nuught l'it
To fight lur. hlIvhvd up their bets and
played tho most astonishing baseball
that has been seen Boa more than three
decades They played the game as no
team ever paved % before over tho
sweep eft nearly four weeks they tackled
every club 90 the League and beat en-
to % CORY PUN
Establish Straight Wins Record.
Those Giants o,u" buck, dlsgrarcd.
mahouutcd. uuwulguW, Hud then pro
cccdud io smnsh s'rulEhi-vlus' record
that has stood IN, onslaught uf team.
over "A sweep Of tliilN two years Not
content with thut, They hung up a new
opc for suDrcsslv" victories that prob.
AMY never Will be- o4utllvd
can YOU boat lt'
one of tho slr1nrost features NJ tho
Giants two winning records IN that each
va. wldc VIih IuIluid almost vutiI,A
different N,lklr was ut tlrHt. bullu AZ
second, Fletcher ut.ahoii and Nykurh
n.l N' ihlll during iNy tIuwpNul tour
ihroHah TIE west Bon the a'rnstlmc
Fletcher alone remained when the Giants
mad, lNur new I,ruIu ilulk,. "A
rookie. had Huvguyd,d Nrikv. UIvrlog
WAS at second and Zimmerman per.
formed iN, iUltN hts'Ug chores
Giants loom Up Tor 1917.
tn" CANT. Vrtv so far Uthind the
Dodgers, lhllliug and mnyos when they
started ON their rampage. that none Of
the three puunuut Chasetg feared thom.
hut when leli rolls around every dope
slet viii couuudc them the giund,st
chance to capture the muslin.
Folks refer 10 McGraNs new inticli
tRs the 500 oon quartet" Placed on the
market a.. 70 whole. lt probably would
hting the sum individual sales might rc.
duCv tho receipts TO tbN.UuU az s,5.unu
HulkyH value Ia stlll questionable. he
nus flashed "a great game sn tpt Sew
,om'fs do that and fail later nolkc !,
real test tnmDs next year
hctgug a. worth NOR, thnu any other
Giant lhtclder lie is u alta In every
department nj play Also ne IN one nt tho
very ht1lnics' men IN baseball Ilplnip
Him, since ltlninr tho Giants, has plANpl
aupcrhB Fletcher would rank as n good
rhortstop on amy team Thanked by tier
Eog and Zimmerman, he has been play
Ing the best game OF his career.
The Giant outneld compares with tho
greatest In tho ramc knuft. Robertson
and nurns can MT, field md throw And
all are Young MrItnN has q Towel In
Ril Ratidon the catching person
The Giant pitching staff today look
% percent stronger than any that Nc.
Btpw has directed since 1919 n wnh.
hled badly early In tho year. hrnced aud
denly. wohhled again, hut now ~ seems
to have recovered y permanent balance
Watch en- 40 neht year,