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|NF|ELD GREATEST EVER
DEVELOPED IN THE CAME
National League Champions
Approach Schedule in Hum
bic Fashion.
PAST PEnFonMANCEs RANNED
Peppcry Leader Of New York Tenn
Refuses To Permit Players To Dwell
on Fact They Are Wirner.-Pitch-
ing Stan Is Trouble Department..
Ivy Nc.throok Pcgier.

United News staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK. April ?.-Thc Giants
OF John McGraw. with an inhcld
combination. which is now regard :
ed as one OF the greatest ever de-
veloped in the game, are approach
ing their league schedule wrapped
in robe of humility which would be
n much better fit on the falterinE
Philiics. of Philly. Their pitching
department. which. for some time.
was regarded as wobhly, has I'M
proved unexpectedly during the last
few days. adding more strength to
the worlds championship group. And
Yet McGraw never lets the Giants
dwell on the fact that they are cham
pions. The squatty boss OF the club
tells them. instead, that the emblem
they VIII wear on their uniforms and
watch fobs this year signifies moth
ing TO the Giants OF 1929. 1t simply
means that the Giants OF 1927 were
chapions. This is another season,
and eight clubs start from scratch.
McGraw always was man 10 play
today's game today forgetting past
Slories and appointments. hut re-
tanning the lessons he learned in
those experiences. Most oflis deals
In the market reflect this condition
OF his cunning baseball mind. for
most of them are made with the idea
OF bringing strength 10 the club right
away, not next season
Hold Up Pirates rs Example.
often McGraw has released pvom-
Using young players in order to ac-
quire men Of known ability to save
today's situation. And in some cases
those young cast-offs have developed
with the enemy and returned later
to plague him.
The example Of the Pirates of 1921,
who blew lead o fseven games and
lost the pennant through overcon-
fidcnce in the last few weeks of the
season. has been held up to the
Giants so often that probably every
man on the club can recite the les
son in his sleep.
Yet McGraw doesn't deny that he
has fine ball club and n better
chance 10 win the pennant than any
other team in the league. His in
field of George Kelly on first. Frank
Frisch on second. Heinie Groh at
third and Bancroft at short stop, he
regards as the very best ever assem-
bicd, yet he doesn't concede that this
combination is perfect. He believes
there is slight lack of the aggres-
siNe dash. SHOW him deity and
McGraw will say: Yes, it's a good
snappy deity. but don't YOU thing it's
little nit cross-eyed?"
Pitching stan worries.
That infield went through four
consecutive exhibition games last
week. on rough, muddy fields. in foul
weather, with just one error, and that
one a slightly wide throw to first by
Frisch
The pitching staff. despite recent
Improvement, is still the trouble de :
pHrtmcnt OF this great ball club. But
Art Nehf, Phil Douglas, Jess Barnes
and Fred Toney have shown them
serves TO be ready to do the heavy
work, and there is little question that
they Will be effective with such a
mo ball club behind them. And for
emergency work, there are Young
virgil Barnes, Pat Shea. Bill RYAN
Cecil Causey and Claude Jonnard ali
OF whom have shown executions
promise on the tour
me Giants are good. but thew will,
let the other fellow say so. For their
part. they'll he kept at work bv Nc
Graw and given no, time for medi
ta,!on upon their ow'ft greatness.