The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-15

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. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 1.-THE
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made OF them an also ran In the Ma
,lonal League race is in evidence once
more thus early In tho 1915 s,rupele
for a nag. The little Napoleon, With
team well tuned for a jumping start
on the field, BY a series of UNEXPECTED
accidents liz confronted to.nieh, with a
possible wreck from a weak spoke which
he thought one OF the very soundes, OF
his wheel.
When Gayvy Crayath slid into Brain.
erd at third base In the openiny game
Wednesday he almost cut that Young
sentleman's shoe of hi. foot. But
worse still, he cut the foot. Rrainerd
played yesterday, but on nerve and one
leg. He had to play beca use there was
no one else TO cover Tn. p~osition. Hum
Ter, another unders,udy of Hans Lo-
bert. has a badly spiked hand. His In
NIury In even more serious than that of
Bnjnerd.
Lobert doubtless has PLAYED his last
game for the Giants. The D%utchman
wrenched his knee badly in the rame
aeainst Yale at New Haven Tuesday.
This injury was similar In tina, which
lnCADACltAted MN "a AeDr ARn and do
yeloped an intield weakness where Nc.
Graw had counted upon added strength.
L,obert never was his real SELF again
during the 1915 aupaipn Now thar
weakened underp,nning has broken
down again and broken down so badly
that IL will be the next thing 10 n miracle
IL Hans Is ever able TO cayor, again
upon 4, with ma Tor ,eay,s assur.rcc
lober,s nh sician. who sxam,n.d
Al- IL - t.
injury SO aggravated that thev ordered
thr knee pu, in a plaster cast this
morning The doctors say this cast
must be kep, on for three weeks or a
month and that Hans meanwhile must
weep the mi, I'D limb perfectly still.
For a veteran of Lobcrt's wears An ac-
cident Of such gravity usually spells the
end Of usefulness In fast company.
Mc';raw So views the situation. IL
would appear, for he kept the wires
busy all day. II would no, be surprising
to Johns friends II some sor, of trade
Is effected soon with a rival club. Mac
simply has TO have a seasoned third
nasrman II his club II to live up 10
he promise 1t showed before Lobert was
rlined, for the time at least. McGraw
has faith in young Hunter. but ii is
not his policy to gamble pennant hopes
IN Youngsters out for a first trial II
was McGraw's Intention 70 school either
Hunter or Brainerd against the posi-
HE elimination by time of Lobert. II
roth these young men were sound 1t Is
aouo'tul II either would be assigned
regu!arly TO the third base task. With
oo'h more or less incapacitated. there
'ore. the call for a tried guardian OF
we near corner Is all the more press
'ne.
Bill Mckechnic. once a member OF
cleveland and New York American
, league clubs as well as, the Pittsburg
Nationals and late Of the Federal
-easue, is hurrying East for a confer
enoe WIN McGraw. Mckechnie. a free
Sseh', doubtless would welcome an op.
portunitS 10 play in the big city again.
rroodpiy under the circumstances he
wag set d Ioo' But no one that knows
n'ora" wei can believe for a minute
wa, ne engaging in a
10 p.nna.t nsnt with BIZ on Arthur
nahK'
nevhh'e IN inc two major leagues
.at.eu 700 oiten Tor any manager
anh very strongly on him.. He
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