The New York herald., 1921-01-09
GREAT TRIO WILL
TUTOR GIANTS IN
FIGHT FOR FLAG
McGraw, Jennings and Bur-
kett United on New
York Club.
THEIR RECORDS SHINE
Represent Twenty-seven Years
of Hitting Over 800 in
Big League.
THEIR RECORDS SHINE
BY DANIEL.

BY DANIEL.
John McGraw, Hughey Jennings,
Jesse Burkett--what trio! Names to
conjure with in professional baseball
and all three united, at the end Of
many years of strife on the diamond
as workers with the Giants. When
McGraw takes the field with his squad
at San Antonio on March / he will
start his twentieth year as manager
of the New Yorks, while Jennings
once HIS team mate on the old Orioles
at Baltimore, will be his first assistant
and Burkett his second deupty.
Rather fortunate club, the Giants.
in being able to afford three leaders of
the baseball abilities. type and reputa-
ton of McGraw, Jennings and Burkett.
Their individual records at bat and in
the field stand out among the greatest
in the history of the game. Their COM
bined records make a most imposing
document.
McGraw was a third baseman, first
with the great Baltimore club and then
with st. Louis, and when he landed in
New York he retired as an active and
became leader-one of the foremost
In the Annals Ol Tie BHIuC. JenIilIisS
was shortstop-frst with Louisville,
then with Baltimore and finally with
Brooklyn. His work as manager in
Detroit came to a close with the season
OF 1920.
Burkett n Giant in 1890.
Burkett came to the Giants in 1890 as
a pitcher but was converted into an
outfielder because he could not control
his left handed shoots. And as an out
fielder with New York. Cleveland and
st. Louis. Burkett made history as one
of the most able batsmen in the game
The batting records sof McGraw, Jen-
nings and Burkett, combined. represent
twenty-seven years of hitting over the
800 mark in the big show. Burkett
batted better than 800 for eleven years.
McGraw for nine and Jennings for
seven Burkett was the mightiest of
the trio, and in 1895 he batted .423--a
mark second only to Hughey Duffy's
ABS of 1894.
McGraw's top average was $50, in
1899 the year that Ed Delehanty finally
succeeded in his long effort to go over
the 400 mark with an average of .40S.
Jennings did his best work with the
bat in 1896, when he hit 1877. Titans
three, indeed
three stir up in the mind of him who
followed baseball in the days when Nc
Graw and Jennings fought side by side
to bring pennants to the Orioles. and
Burkett struggled to bring glory to the
Giants and the Spiders. as the old
Cleveland outfit was called.
For the Temple Cup.
Burkett went to Cleveland in 1892
and saw his club beaten for the National
League pennant by Boston. 1t was not
until 1895 that Burkett was arrayed
against both McGraw and Jennings. in
the Temple Cup series.
With Burkett playing a heroic role
with the bat, the Spiders took the meas
ure of the pennant winning Orioles that
fall. Cleveland won four games and
Baltimore only one In 1896 IL was
Baltimore against Cleveland again for
the Temple Cup, and once more 1t was
McGraw and Jennings against Burkett.
This time the mighty orioles cleaned
up without losing a game. They took
four straight. finishing the series with a
5 to shutout on the grounds of the
Spiders. Baltimore was in the series
again In 1897, but Cleveland had dropped
back and Boston fought the Orioles for
the old trophy. The Orioles won that
final competition for the Temple Cup.
The Cleveland club of 1895 was
pretty husky and able aggregation with
Patsy Tebeau at the helm. Tebeau was
of the old rough and ready school. and
he wanted his club to play ball along the
same lines Those were not the days of
handshaking among opponents-not il
Tebeau knew II.
Tebeau played first base. Childs was
on second, McGarr third and Mexican at
shortstop. Burkett. NfcAleer and Blake
were out in the field. Chief thinner be-
hind the bat and old Cy Young and
Cuppy did the pitching. In 1896 Cham
berlain and Wallace were added to the
pitching staff against the Orioles, but
the rest of the outfit remained as II
faced the Baltimores the year before
Great orioIe Lineup.
And what a galaxy the Orioles pre-
sented in the field In the series of 1895
Carey was on first, Gleason on second. |
McGraw on third and Jennings at short |
Joe Kelley, Brodie and Willie Keeler
were I'm the field, with wilbert Robinson
and Bill Clarke to do the catching. |
Hoffer. Mcmahon and Esper were the
pitchers. In 1896 the orioles were
changed considerably. Doyle was on
first, with Peitz on second. while Joe |
Corbett brother of Jim of the prize ring, |
helped some with the pitching.
Burkett never has had the good for |
tune to manage n major league pennant |
winner but McGraw has piloted six pen |
nant winning clubs In New York. while !
Jennings won three pennants with the |
Tigers. Burketts success in recent years !
was attained In intercollegiate circles. |
As coach at Holy Cross College he de- |
veloped some OF the greatest mines yet
seen in the varsity ranks and sent many |
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