New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-09
McCraw Reads
Old "Riot Act
Tolls Players
Score, Meeting of Giants on
Eve of Game-Benton
May Pitch
By Louis Lee Arms

A,.Hudson last night in a special trsir
w.,er McGraw summoned his gentle
-,nIv Giants. that they might sit q
,;s feet and hear few things abou
..,nselyes. We haven't the slightes
IA. vhs. he told thcm--it is just pos
,iss he said what he thought-bu
,,,n the Giants came out of tina
,,,-,. meeting they were as serious a.
baseball scribe trying TO run new
typewriter.
Il shall pitch Benton tomorrow. W.
=, On our home grounds now; the
,-ovd will be friendly. and ] expec
:. will redeem ourselves" said The
,-,v-hsircd commander as he strollec
40 the press car. With that h'
q,ddled on sadly.
No Mercy. Rowland Idea
In smother train that was whiskinc
sorn the Hudson Mr. Clarence-dc
"a. be misled-Rowland called HIS
u,bss,er Hose 10 him and told them
hat now that the Giants had been
sp.lly exposed he trusted that with
mt further delay the Sox would dis
nose Of them as quickly IS possible
4. suggested that it would be human
,.t 10 shoot them in the next two
r,nss instead of letting the series
irrer or with every bone IN its body
fractured.
n is believed that Clarence is going
"A give "Reb" Russell the call this
,f,ernoon. The Rebel has been hanging
around patiently the last two days.
when Cicotte pitched he was down IN
,as left iield bull pen" warming up
which is the only hattery the Giants
received In Chicago. The next day,
Will. Urbsn Red" Faber was dazzling
m. not-so-Giants with his mechanical
elegance, Russell was in the bull pen"
again.
There are some harsh critics who
,rofess 10 believe that NcGraw is crazy
(. he uses any one except Sallee. and
Rowland likewise befuddled if he fails
70 start Cicotte. But we have-ahem. -
NeCrsw's word for il that Benton looks
liks the bird VINO will be intrusted
with the important job Of breaking the
Giants losing streak, while Cicotte can
use another day of rest, he has told
friends. Il Russell goes through in the
third game and Cicotte starts in the
fourth We shall know finally and def
ini.ely that after all it was the Giants
who showed the only shine ball in the
series.
In the Giants camp the most serious
misfortune is the accident which has
re,dered Lew McCarty temporarily
hois du combat. Lew has been playing
every instrument in the band for the
Giants the last few days. His batting
average IN no measure shows the
Vicious and timely way he has been
hitting the bali, and il would take more
than the put-outs and assists column
10 chronicle the value of his sturdy de-
fence.
Real Champions Spirit
In addition TO which he has played
With o real champions spirit, fighting
very inch of the way and raising such
general disturbance on the occasion
o. Leibold's foul, which Evans excus.
ably called fair, that Smiling vii
called Rigler into consultation anc
abruptly reversed himself, thereby a.
least forestalling immediate disaster.
Yesterday Trainer Kirby tried Il
nurse the kinks out OF McCarty's arm
but they did not respond to the osteop'
sihic treatment. The right wing wa:
sore as McCarty left the Giants at thc
Grand Central Station, and unless
few hours work mircle Bill Rariden
yill be in there to-day.
Under ordinary circumstances this
would not cause any particular pessi-
rism, but McCsrty has been so obvious
" the only Giant who is himself IN
The games that have gone by that his
absence now is d real misfortune. They
will miss Lewis flashing club and his
,ut-thrust jaw.
Now that two games have rolled un-
successfully By IL is but fair to the
Giants TO say that the current world
series is only thus far demonstrating
The aged aphorism that pitching is
about 50 per cent Of the blood and iron
o. championship baseball. When one
team is hitting the ball and the other
club is 70 all purposes hanccuifed, it Is
certain that the team that is hitting
IS going 20 make scores, and conse-
quently win. The Sox have been able
70 hit the Giant pitchers harder than
the Giants have slammed the Sox pitch
ers and IN sum, that is all there is
20 Il.
All the comparative dope on the
.lgh; other positions is merely pleas
,nt Intellectual exercise. 1t is pitching
nat counts-and the Giants aren't get
ting IT,
Homer Proves Contention
To be sure, Harry Sallee pitched a
nssterly game. In way IL was fault
isu, and had it not been for Felsch's
ZONE run Cicotte would have been at a
.alsmste. But that home run per Sc
active proof that the Giants did not
ga the same brand OF pitching the Sox
hac and the Giants lost--a tough loss,
70 be sure, but loss that was in every
way justified by the facts in the case.
The Giants were elated rather than
olherwise after the first game. To be
sure, they had lost, but they had hit
Oicot,e and scored upon him, and with
: break their way later they might
peat him. They were confident that
any other pitcher Rowland would sub
MY for their inspection would be a
'etup.
fsber came along and won. He won
,ols much because he pitched great
osll, but because the Giant pitchers
ssre totally inadequate TO cope with
NE various situations that were handed
mem along stormy route. Anderson
.oos,d like a million dollars for the
81 -iatlon Of two innings, but Anderson
"wsys has seemed TO lack stamina.
Remit came TO the box with
zen on bases; he was deprived Of
aH Wlnd-up; he had had an insufficient
nelmnary warm-up, and before he
SVuld attain poise Jackson and Collins
s,o pasted the side-armed slants which
.pWey Ike so well, and the game was TO