New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
GOING FOR GIANTS
 GROWING BOUCHER
Depletion Of Pitching Corps | Having Effect on MCGraW'S Clan

New York, June 10.-When tht Giants started their first Western triI1 in the middle of last month witt eighteen victories and one defea there was near panic in the Ma tional league. They were afraid th4 Giants would have the pennan clinched by July 4, and then good-by race and interest. The Giants didn' think much of winning the pennantH for that was taken for granted. TheI were more interested in whether they could beat the record of the~ 190Q Cubs, who won 116 games.
 Now it begins to look as though the Giants will have a hard, hard time t1 win the pennant. The team ha begged down completely, and it start ! ed to do that even before Benton and Barnes were lost to the pitching staff ! Barnes was with the club until tha fatal series in Chicago, where th ! Cubs won three straight.
 Last week the Giants succeeded i1f getting only an even break from Pitts ! burg and St. Louis. The status of tha | Cardinals, to whom the GiantS lost two out of three, may be judged ba the fact that Rhody Wallace, whd broke into the National league irl 1895, and Marty Kavanaugh havd been played at second base. r Three Pitchers Missed. Of the five pitching cracks upoll whom McGraw placed his greates, | reliance only two-Sallee and PerritI | now are available. Benton and l Barnes are in the army, and judgin3 I from Schupp's unfortunate exhibi1 | tion last Thursday, there is littl 1 chance of his becoming of any use t} | the club in the near future. 'Tha1 puts a lot of the burden up to Tea reau, Anderson and Demaree, none q whom has been doing well.
 The Cubs appear to have quite al advantage on the Giants. Thougt l Chicago has a few mediocre men | the line up the entire club is hittin4 and going like wildfire. Now thsl Douglass is ready to take his regulaX turn in the box Mitchell has it al over McGraw in pitchers, witt 1 Vaughn, Tyler, Douglass and Henl l driX as his leaders. The fourA gam1 1 Cub-Giant series, which opens on tn ] Polo Grounds tomorrow, should bl one of the keenest in years and wi tell a lot as to how good the Cub really are.
 The Reds are not playing up to ex} pectations, for on paper Matty's clu | looks stronger than Chicago, oStsidI l of pitching. The team also does nd | seem to score as many runs as the of fensive ability of the club shoul} } warrant. They play series in Brook lyn beginning tomorrow, and open ol the Polo Grounds next Saturday.
 Dodgers in Rally.
 Brooklyn, after losing three straight by big scores to the Cardinals, rallieI in the latter part of the week. and won three out of it's last four games two of these victories being scored bj | Lieu. Galore on a furlough.
 The Braves have tottered again and won their only game of the week las1 Saturday, when Nehf beat Toney, Il 0. Charley Herzog must be pleasanj company these days. Latest statis1 tics show him hitting .171.
 There was much joy in Manhattaj on Saturday night when word cam] from the West that the Yankees hal taken the lead in the Americal | league. And what still is more im1 portant is that they are likely to rel main up there. Only Boston seemi to have as good a chance as the Yan] kees just now, and outside of pitching 1 the Red Sox do not compare witH l Higgins club. The White SoxA pres] ent worlds champions, probably havd had their chances ruined by the en| listing of Red Faber, though Shellen) | bach, a new recruit, has been doina wonders for Rowland, and Claud3 Williams, the little left handler il pitching the best ball of his career] No other club appears to have chance. Connie Mack gave them a lit] tie taffy in St. Louis and told them hd would not be surprised if the Rrownl won it and imm ediately afterward tht Browns began to lose six straigh | games.
 There is only one thing that is like lv to seriously cripple the Yankees al 1 present and that is the loss of Wally Pipp at an early date. Unmarried bal players without dependents are dis, appearing into the army. BennI Kauff has his summons, leaving. PipI and Iris Speaker about the only sin. gle stars still in the game.