The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-30

rITTSBC RICH. Pa. J$,nc c9.-The
>rasm OF double headers are going t.
begin TO shake them up pretty 5000
now and some pitchtnS stats viii lU"N
us If they had been ovcrmatched and
quilted through knothric.
The bad weather this spring rolled
together the double headers last. aud
somc.ot the eastern teams in particular
will ,bc up against it for pitchers but
oh won't the boys be able 10 bust them
;rsn. which will be a great tonic Tor
Hitting averages and spread jay IN the
league
: As [ have predicted. the Giants stan
has been ful OF spots. and when Nc
I;raw steps into that nest OF double
hraucrs he will have to do lot OF
thinking about how he VIII WORK ms
pitchers in order TO make the goods
on hand stretch out over the amount
81 schedule ii will have TO cover.
Tho clubs which wilt profit by the
;uo-a- day are the heaviest httters. be-
cause when pitching Stats blow up the
,h. most luck In the more numerous
breaks OF that style of game. OF course
tho Giants can hit the ball as hard as
any club in the league when the team
IS firing on nine cylinders. As | ha ;e
said before. IL every man on McCra " S
payroll played as we'll this season as
he has done in his best Year IN the
past. there would he nothing to 1t. Il
worst previous year. I doubt whether
;hN team would finish IN the first dtrt-
sion. So far they have not been play
ing up to their best years.
Moran Is better equipped Cor The
Tough stretch than McGraw,. for his
pitchers are in much inner shape and
he has not so many extra games to
play. as | recall the trimmings added
10 the schedule by Postponements.
Alexander is ably backed up; The Phil
hi, r,iB, n - ftSr l.
dItfnn today than any other team IN the
league.
Another strange iInx has worked out
this year--nne OF those familiar things
il: baseball that can't ~ explained BIZ
Ai.r as effective as one of those Busy
R.r,haS against the other teams on tho
circuit. has not been able to beat che
Giants. They tell me McGraw's gang
has .ht,en AleXander'S goat. and they
start out every series, With the Philiies
tr begging for Morans ace to woCE.
Pitt in Alec. Pat some OF the more
,.nn,cn,ious spirits shout in the direc-
;irn of the Philadelphia bench.
Pat. as usual. answers nothing ex-
ccpt
I'm saving him for the first game Of
the worlds series.
Md things are shaping up now to
look as ii Pat may be right at thar.
Baseball men-that is. the managers
and "wuers-are beginning 10 consider
seriously what the impending draft
vii! do 10 their ball clubs. For some
zine X was thought the teams would
ha ahie ~ GO through their schedules
intact and then let Uncle Sam comb the
ranks for the players he needs. But the
latest and most authentic reports are
that Tho United States will call the
hig !easuers along with the rest. and
that they will be summoned no later
than September.
This will seriously upset the baseball
race. but I really recognize how every
thing shrinkS III Importance alongside
rhe present job Uncle Sam has IN his
hands After looking at the war and
its immenseness. the big league battles
seem extremely small in comparison.
like some object sighted through the
wrong end Of a telescope.
Many Of the stars will be called in
the first five hundred thousand" and
tho teams which win the league cham
pionships and the clubs that play for
tho world title may look 90 different
that even one OF those New York de-
.sc.ives who worked on the Cruger
ras, could discover the difference in
IN" lineups.
Ny ball team will be badly smashed.
hut not much worse than the Giants
and several others. Baseball men are