Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-29
M'GRAW IN QUEST
OF THIRD SACKER
Batting Weakness Of Rapp and
Patterson Impedes Progress
Of Team; Douglas Missing
AS FORMING BAD HABITS


That is the gist of information trickling
out of the camp of the manager of the
New York Giants. The pcnnant bug
that comes regularly with New York
teams is having a rare old time these
days and the rumor is that the New
Workers have been smittcn so hard that
they have become touchy. McGraw is
after every game on the schedule, as
all good managers should be, and when
his team fails to bring home the bacon
| McGraw does not mincc words.
After the debaclc on Monday after
noon it is said that the New York
manager beratcd the team as a whole for
its poor playing. His wrath fell par
ticularly on the head of Phil Douglas,
| who was pelted numerically by the
| Pills, nineteen safeties ringing off the
bats of the Donovanites. Five homcrs
! and three doubles were included in this
total. Douglas. to the surprise of the
| crowd. was kept on the mound without
relief. Shufflin Phil looked TO the New
York bench more than once for succor,
but it was denied him.
Douglas Departs
1t was further stated that after
receiving the kind words of McGraw
Douglas went to his room, packed
his bag and departed for Gotham. Yes
tCrday morning McGraw said that he
knew that Phil had left for New York,
but stated that he would be at the ball
park in the afternoon. However,
Douglas failed to put in an appearance
and one of the players stated that his
whereabouts were unknown. The Giants
left here last night and Douglas was
not member of the party.
MCGraw is after an intpldcr to use at
third base. where Rapp and Patterson
have been alternating with excellent
fielding success, but with little batting
strength. With the Pirates maintain
ing their lead and winning as con-
sistcntly as the Giants McGraw is
anxious to bolster up his team no mat
TEN what the cost. The ruling of Com
missioner Lands, that Heinie Groh had
to play with Cincinnati or not at all,
was Il severe blow to the New Workers,
for they had virtually concluded nego-
tiations that would have brought the
third sacker to the Giants. With Groh
in the lineup it was figured that the
Giants twould be strong enough to
sweep through the league for cham
pionship.
Fans Disappointed
Several hundred fans were disap-
pointed yesterday by the no. game sign
that sam Payne nailed up on the doors.
The rain stopped at 3 o'clock and the
dyed in = the wool fans journeyed out
in the hope of seeing more slugging.
The infeld was soggy and the two
managers decided to wait until later
hot hn
played on October l. the last appear
nnCe of the Pills of the season. Brook
lyn Is here today.
Tn in Boston it did not rain, but a
small bet that Connie Mack wished 1t
had would have been sure thing. The
Athletics dropped their second straight
to the Red Sox after their brilliant
streak. The squirt now stands seven
wins ont of eleven. Thrrc- fingered
Keefe was sent to the mound by Mack
Yesterday. and hc was just to the liking
of Stuffy McInnis and his pals. Dave
lasted until the seventh, when BraZlll
was sent in to bat for him. Naylor
relieved the three digit member of the
Mackian staff and was niCked with alb
solute abandon until relieved by Cam
bridge Bill Barrett.
Elmer Myers. who suffered a trounc-
ing at the hands Of the As in the first
game of the series. came back with a
vengeance yesterday and had the Ath-
lctics eating out of his hand until the
seventh, when the lone run crossed the
platter on doubles by Perkins and Du-
gan. Dugan smaCked out two doubles
in four trips to the plate. Paul John
son. who is doing duty for Tillie Wal
ker in left field, continued his brilliant
hitting by again making two singles.
This brings his total for four games
up to eight. excellent batting for a
youth who has warmed the bench all
season.
This afternoon the Macklets will try
70 show the fans of Washington why
they were capable OF winning three out
of five from the Senators when they
met on Shibe Park last week. Bryan
Harris or Bob IIasty will do the hurl-
ing, and as each scored a win over the
Mcbride outfit here there is hope that
another winning streak will be started.
Dispatches from Boston state that Con-
ME Mack is smiling for the first time
since 1915. and that he expects his
team to work its way up to sixth place
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