San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-28
Schedule as Favorable to
Cincinnati as to
New York.
THEY WATCH DEFEATS
Victories Add But Few
Points, Beatings Take
Off Many. 49,
BY JOHN b. FOSTER

Copyright. ny the san ANTONIO Light
New, York, Aug. 2S.-Pat Moran,
manager of the Cincinnati Reds. be-
lieves his team has a better chance
than. the New York Giants to win
the National League championship
this season. Holding hat belief. he
keeps his players cheered up all the
time. One of the reasons why Moran
has had success as a manager has been
his ability to keep his team in good
spirits,
ave are practically home for the
remainder of the eason when We fin
ish our eastern trip, he explained. ave
have a brief visit to make TO Pitts
burg. another to Chicago and third
to ST. Louis ana I'm not afraid OF
any of them. The Gilnts have ten
September games and they are as
likely to lose d part of them as the
Cincinnatis are to lose a part OF
theirs. They tell me that Philadelphia
and Boston will be pie for the Giants.
Philadelphia won't. Besides. it they
are pie for New York, Why shouldn't
thcy be pie for us?
sMy pitchers will last through the
month of September bette than the
nitchers of the New York team and
will bank on that. The Cincinnati
niichcrs proved they were high-class
finishers in 1922. aad do not overlook
that fact. for it's going to be mighty
important when VIC got into the final
stages Of this race.
How Moran Figures 1t.
eff We can drive the Giants down
50 that they have been defeated more
times than we have been. We will turn
on tie way to victory. Give them
the same number o. defeats that we
have and We will peel off the victor
les that will strike home. With my
team ! am no more afraid to stack
M against the western teams than
r-nin.t tho eastern. an. anyhow. Nc
Graw must do the same thing with
his team, If he has a bad week and
We come alongside Of him. we will pass
h;r. And Il We % that. we are 60
ing TO stay ahead. think we are Us
good finishers ns tae Giants and the
whole thing will haze 10 stay unset
tied as long rs We held our own AS
we are doing now"
Tho Giants have five games to play
in the West with Pittsburg and Chi
caco. II they should lose any part
OF them above two they would drop
off about ten points net in percent
ace. 1t will take nor than that to
beat them out Of the championship.
unless the Cincinnati club has picked
up in percentage one and one half
POINTS to the Giants one. It is true
that Cincinnati has been gaining pro-
nortionafely better than that. but I'M
less the team e prepared to make the
"henomrnal finish as was made by the
Boston Nationals in 1914. il is not
nm even be! between Cincinnati and
New York.
Defeats Count Most.
Defeats count more in championship
races than victories. That always
sounds absurd when ii is written. but
it is true. the furtfor You go in a
championship race the greater neces-
sity that you have as few defeats as
possible. They eat up percentage like
hungry horse devou.ing oats.
You can gain three points b?
victory and lose six By a defeat Every
wise manager knows that the defeats
are the problem his team must master.
Tic accepts the victories MS n mat
ter of fact. as n part Of tho game,
as part of the campaign. but the
defeats are definite 'ctback. There
is net difference az nine or ten points
involved all of tho time between vic
tory and defeat. Sometimes il is more
than that. 1t ISN'T the number Of
victories that win, a baseball pennant.
but the percentage Of victories rs
arninst the whole number of games
played. And tits the percentage
which the fans often overlook. and