Evening star., 1917-10-15
FAULTY JUDGMENT
BY M'GRAW COSTLY
Failure to Yank Sa|Iee When
Slipping May Knock the
Giants Out of Title.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

If there was any one department of
the game in which the Giants classed
in the dope as being stronger than the
White Sox it was in generalship. Nc
Graw. termed the Little Napoleon" Of
the National League is a veteran of
twenty-five years experience in the
big show. and has the reputation of
being as crafty and resourcefu1 STRAIT
eglst as the game ever produced.
Rowland, on the other hand, did not
start his base ball career until thirteen
years after McGraw broke in profess
sionally with the olean club of the New
York State League in 1899, and the Sox
pilot this season completed only his
third year in fast company, his pre-
Vious experience having been confined
to the Three l League. a class c Or
Ganization.
Yet in the battle of brains developed
~ the f1ve games of the title series
McGraw, the campagner of nearly
thirty seasons, thus far has come off
second best in the display of tactical
enterprise to a man who is q hedgling
IN comparison. True. it is that ROW
land has recourse to the counsel of Ed
die Collins, a smart ball player. and Kid
Gleason. one of the cagiest men con-
nected with the game but the New
York helmsman's nimble wits were ex-
pected to prove superior to the com
bined mental activity of the members
of the Chicago board of strategy.
What is regarded as the gravest
tactical blunder of the series-one that
may cost the Giants the world cham
pionship-was committed by McGraw
in the fifth game Saturday in permit
ting Sailee to remain in the box after
it was apparent to everybody else that the
Son had mis- number and that if permit
I q 10 hg b0Dlbel
the mound
When Russell. who started for Chi
cago, failed TO get the ball over for
Burns the Giants lead-off man. Ci-
cote was set to work to warm up rap
idly, and when HerXog and kauff fol-
lowed with a single and double, re-
spectively, Russell was promptly taken
out.
1t was expected that Sallee would be
yanked after the sixth inning when the
SoX made three hits in succession and
scored their second run. The Giants
still had a three-run lead, but Row
lands men were meeting Sallee's Of
ferings solidly and it seemed evident
the slim southpaw was in for tough
time of it if allowed to continue. Nc
Graw probably figured that Sallee could
get himself together between rounds
and recover his effectiveness, but why,
seventh and again after Gandil scored
them with a double. Salee was not
derricked is had to understand. He
was allowed to remain even after
Weaver had advanced Chic to third
With sacrifice and the latter scored
on an error. In fact, it was not until
the following inning. the eighth, after
an additional brace of hits. a sacrifice
and an error had given the Sox an
other two runs that has was beckoned
to the bench. Then it was too late.
McGraw has the reputation OF being
o:ie of the quickest managers in the game
to remove hurler when he shows signs
OF wabbling. Throughout the National
League sea son. whenever one of his staff
indicated the slightest tendency to crack,
another man was shot into the breach
vet in the most important set of games
of the year he permitted pitcher who
was plainly through to stay in and get
hammered.
McGraw's judgment in this instance
may cost him the championship Of the
world. for if the Giants were entering
the fray today with three straight vic
tories to their credit it would be hard
task to stop them from taking the de-
Gliding contest on their own lot. AS it
is, they now must win two games in a
row to annex the title, while one victory
for Comiskey's athletes will end the argu-
ment i'll their favor.