New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
McGraw Spurs
Giant Players
To Hitting Fury
Little Napoleon Dissatisfied
with Offensive Strength of
Challengers to Date
BY CHARLES A. TAYLOR

Marlin, Tex, March Eff hard
work is going to win the National
League pennant Ground Architec.
Henry Fabian, Of New York and Texas,
might as well advertise for bids for
sturdy pole on which it may wave.
The Giants, after rather disappoint-
ing trips to Dallas and Waco, where
the best they could do was to break
even with the Texas leagures, were
out at Emerson Park on schedule
time just the same to-day. 1t must
be remembered. too, that the players
who went TO Dallas had ridden all
night in a close and stufy sleeper,
none of them being able to get more
than four or five hours sleep. The
great fault John J. McGraw has to
find so far is an epidemic of weak
hitting, which appears 10 have seized
all the men. II is true that the Dallas
and Waco pitchers used curves and
spitters, but that, in the opinion OF
the Giants manager, - not sufficient
excuse for the sorry showing OF such
natural hitters as Benny Kauff. Char
ley Herzog and Davey Robertson.
McGraw Speeds Up Hitting
jim Thorpe and Heinie Zimmerman
were the only ones who appeared to
have their batting lamps trimmed and
burning With this condition con-
fronting him, therefore, McGraw pre-
scribed large doses of batting prac-
tice both in the morning and after
noon to-day. Furthermore, he allowed
the pitchers "A little more freedom IN
the use of curves and speed. slim
Sallee and AL Schacht were two of the
twirlers who fed some sharp shoots
and Blenders to the batters. That the
men profited was evidenced by the
hitting done in the nine inning game
which ended the days work. The two
teams engaged made nineteen hits,
among them being two home runs,
three triples and a double.
The mines, which were dubbed the
McCartys and the Herzogs. were com
posed of the following players:
McCartys -Kilduff, skortstop; Young,
third base; Wagner, second base; Rob
ertson. right field; Burns, left field;
Rodriguez, first base; Murray, centre
field: McCarty, catcher; Sandberg,
catcher; Perritt, pitcher; Causey.
pitcher.
Herzogs-J osefson, right field; Her
zog. second base; Zimmerman. third
base; Fletcher, shortstop; Kauff, cen
tire field; Thorpe, left field; Holke, first
base; Kruger, catcher; Way, pitcher;
Harscher, pitcher
The Herzogs won the game by a
score of 6 20 3.
The HEROES got off 10 a good start,
thanks TO a home run drive TO left field
bv Heinie Zimmerman, in the first inn
ing. They scored another run IN the
second frame on Thorpe's double ana
Holke's single, and Tailed again in the
third. when Pie Way accidentally hit a
safe one over short and went 70 second
on a poor throw by Jack Murray. Char
ley Herzog brought Pie across the
plate with single to left
McCartys Get Busy
The McCartys got busy in the third
inning and tied the score on singles
by McCarty, Kilduf and Young ana
errors by Herzog and Fletcher. Inc
Herzogs went into the lead again IN
the fifth, base on balls to Josefson,
an error by Young and a single by
Herzog being responsible. In the sew
enth inning both sides scored two
runs. For the McCartys. Young tripled
and Wagner hit one for the circuit
while for the Herogzs a base on balls,
with a triple by Thorpe and an error
by Sandberg, who had replaced Me-
Carly behind the bat, did equal dam
age.
The score by innings: