The Washington times., 1922-10-10

edly stand out as the smartest ant
of all time.
McGraw and Connie Mack have
classics. McGraw has been throue
and by defeating the Yankees for
with Mack as trophy getter, AM
as leaders who have won two worl
Mack has practically no chance
to get into the next worlds series.
McGraw is constantly replacing old
parts in his baseball machine. and
he has every prospect of making
the Giants winners of the world
championship for three consecutive
years. 1t will be a long, long time
before another McGraw comes
along.
In his twenty years as Ma
tional League manager McGraw
has won eight pennants. He has
been a good loser in four world
championship engagements.
The series of 1912, for instance,
was as tough blow to the Giants
as the loss of the four straight is
to the Yankees Yel McGraw
masked his feelings beneath .
smile as he walked across the field
and congratulated Jake Stahl
There Is one thing about Nc.
Graw: ne always played the game
hard, but when he lost he oh.
served all the ethics Of good
spOrtsma nship. To a loser he Is
always generous in extending his
sympathy.
When the last play was made in
this amazing world series. Miller
HugGins, who went down coaching
at third base. led the dash Of his
players TO the clubhouse.
McGraw. a moment or two later,
stepped out of the Giants dugout.
He was not in uniform, but he
hadn't proceeded twenty~fcet before
he was surrounded by a cheering
mob of fans. Special police had to
form interference for him On his
way TO the clubhouse.
Had it been McGraw coaching al
third base when the blow fell he
would have been one Of the first 10
offer his congratulations to Higgins.
AS victor, it was his right to ex-
pect public fluctuations from the
manager of the Yankees. The con-
gratulations were delivered, but they
were delivered baCkstage after the
crowd had melted away.
Col. Jacob Rupert, head of the
Yankee club. presented the Congratu-
! lations of himself and Colonel Hus-
ton at the Waldorf, where McGraw
and his players kept open house
after the game.
In the last analysis Of the series
there Is much to he said in praise
Of the Giants and in condemnation
Of the Yankees. II is not taking
anything away from the Giants 10
say that their American League
/ rivals played the dumbest baseball
ever seen in such an important set
OF games. Many breaks Of the
! game went against them, It's true,
| but they made breaks for the
Giants.
The National League champions
also made breaks for themselves
and with wonderful precision took
advantage of the many sloppy plays
the Yanks were guilty of.
II wasn't the difference in pitch
! ing that impressed the fans as much
! as the fact that the Giants out
smarted the Yanks all the wav
through. The Hugmen were shown
up as just nine men playing indivii.
ual ball. The Giants are team.
There has been much criticism OF
IIuGgins. practically all of it unwar.
ranted. Theoretically IuGgns made
few mistakes. His weakness lay in
the fact that he merely directed a
motley, haphazard crew of bail play
ers: MCGraw had nine men on the
field every day playing his brand Of
baseball. He even pitched the games.
| The great fault in the Yankee en-
semble lays in lack of cohesion
among the players and lack of con.
fidence in Huggins. The Giants look
up to McGraw as a leader; the Yam
KEGS constantly disagree with Hug
gins. He is simply the victim of a