Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
VERDICT FAVORs GIANTS
MGRAW TO START SEASON
WITH RECORD MAKING TEAM
Purchases md Trades During Latter
fnrt Of 1910 GnNc Him Squad
Tbnt Ahmed Fans.

NEW YORK. March No BAH club
- recent years has started spring
training Nth brighter prospects Than
the New York Giants.
And few clubs havc ever prepared
70 enter remnant rae" with tho senti-
nar oil critics 50 nearly unanimous as
There may y. :, few scattered writ
ers of ba seball who Will size ~ the
limiting tina; the Giants iook Xix" a
solid nye-io-one shot TO Mn the rag
right nov. Bu, most of The scribcs
have already committed Themselves.
and III" verdict is AL in favor of John
Mc,;raw
There was i time last season when
th"s. Giants were sad lot. They
didn't look like Giants =, ALL aud ,ney
into his sweeping cio.hcS sld went
our int" ,he player market
when the doughty McGrsw cot
through buying aud trading h" had
huls club thal went out ana grabbed
ail previous baseball records ana
causing tho public 10 stare IN opcn-
mou'hed amazcmcnt
re" managers would have taken the
chance that McGraw took when n.
snapped his veteran FIRST Sucker, Fred
Merkic. for catcher. and played his
good on the initial bar Mct;raw
played the gam" and his lunch was u
When Iieinie Zimmerman, was an
shored At thna base the I.itti" Ma
po!e"n OF the PClo Grounds increase,
MS managerial batting avccaec b
few NOR" points. and with Charley
ierz"r scamrcrine around he key.
combined ali-a'ound nlaying ahtliiS
with ginger ana lighting. spirit Tho
Clan; infcld Was established >one,
again. and Mctiruw Was HAPPY,
Baseball scribes and baseball mag
mates and managers. bay seneLously
pass M Ga,ni and nd his his nsh,in %anis
vance ~ the playing season. Sevau
oui OF every ten fans around New
York stand willing 10 hook the family
heirloo,ns ~ a moments notice to 20,
down thci! last iitney on New York 10
s"ampcr home ahead Of the neld next
With such g storm Of sentiment IN
his favor j, would appear that Me
W Wmy hn "" d ,ner TO- T9rrN about
pattins his club on III" shoulder and
nearly everybody believes that seven
National League clubs have little t
fight for now bat second place.
MrGrnw Worried About HnrIcrs.
But, En1 MeGraw has "ho,hcr" !" hi. his
sun" that his pitching staff is gong
I" come through.
can be, depended upon To come Glenn
with their share of victories. and hi:i
Worries will hS jus, as Numerous IS
feathers on Il billiard ball.
lawn is highly satisfied with his in
field. his ouineld and his catching staff
performers who look like blue ribbon
Winners Of nc reel. In Eariden and
hacks,oppcrs. end Kaun. Burns, Rob
crtson. Murray and Jim Thorpe make
up field Of outfclders that any man
ager would fall in love with.
\ 2 lance at the pitching STAFF doesn't
reveal ANYTHING alarming ANYTHING
With Tesreau. s Perrti. o' Smith n"G schnpn.
Benton, Anderson Way. Strykcr. Mid
dleton. MIorrisettc. Ritter. Causcy.
York ought to ind I've hurlcrs who
can take their regular turns in the
Fcrdic schupp ought to he scnsa-
tion this year. Sallee. Tesrcau. Hen
ton. pcrri,t and Anderson arc seasoned
ON" Of the hest pitching recruits in
either major league. Tho rockies who
Nil &c, 'ry-onts come 70 the Giants
why the worry on McCiraw's part"
Well. hcrc's tho answer:
Grams during the early stage of The
National League race. That is. he
isn't going to expect too much Of them.
$" he is bit concerned over tho task
Of whipping some Of tho youngsters
in shane to bear tho hrunt during
Anri ,i May rc ans par, Of ns ~
Benton Will have had plenty Of time
to round int" real form. .Schnpr Mid
with The Older pitchers nlling In now
and then, will he delegated TO shoulder
the heavy end OF the. pitching if Me-
Graw'a early season plans arc worked
out.
And. of course. lawn isn't sure that
his plans arc going To come through
without some bitches That's why he's
n bit worried.
All in all. tho Giants look more like
steam roller than any club I'm The
two ma jnr leagues. and if thoy get n
fair share Of the breaks during the
playing season they VIII he as hard to
stop MS Il British tank or The Brond-
way Limited.