The Washington herald., 1921-03-29
MCRAW HASSTAR
INFIELD AND GOOD
STAFFOF HURLERS
Youthful Team Expected
TO Set Fast Pace
This Year.

tThfs u thei thiro OF q series OF
sixteen stories dealing Individually
with maJer league teams. other
stories will follow daily.
NEW ORLEANS. La. March Is
John J. McGraw. fiery leader of the
Giants. and Hughey Jennings, his
teammate on the famous old Balti-
more Orioles. now the clubs first
assistant field general, are con-
WINGED the New York National
League team will grab another pen
nant this year,
More than that. with. a fairly
young team, especially with regard
to the solcaIled $4,000 infield."
they expect to carry on and resume
where the Giants left on in 1918.
after winning four consecutive PEN
nants in the older circuit. with
another long run of victories.
The Giants' last pennant was in
1917. Then they slumped. But last
year, after poor work earlier in the
season, they were only eliminated
in the last few closing days by
Brooklyn in the race for the flag.
Have .Find, I'm "Goldie.-
Ir "Goldie" Rapp. the slugger OBJ
tained from the American Asso-
citation for $4,000. .Jawn" and
Hughey believe they've got a ''fnd."
IL SO costly a player can be called
so. Rapp is on the hospital list
now with influenza, but has shown
SO much he will play at Heinie Zim-
merman's old place, third base,
while Frank Frisch. the star from
Fordham University, will be shifted
to second base.
Beauty" Bancroft. secured from
the Phillies last season for ART
Fletcher, is a crack shortstop' ana
at frst base tall George Kelly
a sIugger. is fast getting onto the
finer points of fielding the bag.
Frisch. Bancroft, Rapp and Kelly
are a corking quartet. but besides
McGraw has young Jack Monroe.
the Beaumont. Tex, inhelder, whose
work has been a sensation, and who
is making a brave run to crowd
out Rapp. He undoubtedly will be
carried for an emergency.
In re emergencies. McGraw and
Jennings got a scare when Frisch.
in sliding into a base, wrenched
his ankle. Might have crippled
pennant chances woefully. How
ever. while painful still. the ankle
was only slightly strained. Rapp's
illness now comes as a shock, but
it is expected he'll quickly recover.
Have Classy HurIers.
ing finely. Nehf. Jess Barnes. Rube
Benton. Fred Toney. Phil Douglas.
veterans; and young Ryan and Pat
Shea, big huskies obtained from To-
ronto. are showing a lot. Slim SAL
lee and Poll" Perritt, real old-tim
ers, are also with the outfit. and
may exhibit some good pitching.
Mike Gonzales, the mournful Gu
ban; Snyder and Earl Smith. a star
veteran catching trio, and Alex Gas
ton and Walter Henline. two stars
in the American Association last
year, both of whom are very good
makes'it look as though the Giants
have "a corner on catchers"
The outfield proposition is very
good, too. with reliable George
Burns and hard hitting Pep
Young at left and right field, re-
spectively, but would be much bet
ter IL Benny Kauff, the slugger
was not enmeshed in legal diff
ficulties, and unable to play. His
place at center is being shot at by
Vernon Spencer, taken from Toron-
to when Kauff was sent there last
season. Lee King, veteran. and
Eddie Brown and Walker. recruits
Many Good Youngsters.
The team is so plentifully sup
piled with likely-looking timber,
which, however. may need season.
ing, that minor league managers
are keeping close tab on prospec-
tive pruning. Roy Grimes, the
former Bridgeport Eastern Lacquer,
and Howard Burkett, son of the
old-time siugger. Jesse Burkett,
also an aid to McGraw this year,
| are ambitious for infield berths. but
look to be in for hard shedding
| with such stars around. Bill Pat
! terson the San Antonio infelder,
may make the grade. however,
they say, and saying is briefly for
these reasons:
A strong pitching staff. as it's
now going: a wonderfully fast and
hard-clouting infield; a crack catch
ing crew: a fast outfeld. and. II
kauff manages to get back, hard
| hitting one as well. Even without
Kauff, Spencer, King, Brown or
Walker NAV fill in very acceptably.