New Britain herald., 1925-03-06
HAS JOHN INGRAM
 MET HIS WATERLOO?
Holds Many Triumpk, But Is
 Now Growing Old
By The Associated Press.

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 New York, March 6. - Napoleon | had hls Waterloo; John MeGraw his Philadelphia. his New York and his Washington,
 Like the conquests of the great French general, those of the gray haired, stocky son of Truxton, N. Y, have been accomplished in steady, thorough. going manner in the realm of baseball. He has climbed the heights and remained there with a persisteney that detied the attacks of National league enemies for four years.
 In 1905, with his remarkable lieu tenant. Christy Mathewson. standing on the firing line. the man who has been dubbed Little Napoleon" was supreme. wearing the uniform and directing his men in the field. He captured world championship.
 But his forces were Jagged and struggled for six years without wag- ing a world series battle. Then came the rout of Philadelphia, when Connie Mack's great inner defense and his marvellous siege guns, Ben der, Plank and Coombs. riddled the ranks of the Giants and bore them back down the hill. McGraw bore to the front in 1912 and 1913, to be hurled back by the White Sox and Red Sox.
 Again the faltering lines were drawn together and 1921 found them at bay in their own territory. Led by the giant Phil Douglas, the slim Jess Barnes and the midget Artie Nehf the world pennant became theirs in eight hard-fought games. Again in 1922 they were victorious, but fell before their natural enemies, the Yankees, In 1928, Last year the march of Washington was stayed by the brilliant young general Stanley
 (Bucky) Harris, and the grand old campaigner, Walter Johnson.
 l Washington may have been the Waterloo of McGraw. For several years he has directed his soldiers
 from a position behind the lines where once he rode with them. Two more years may see his retirement for he has become old in the service and his seat in government is await ling him. He now is Wice-president
 of his club.
 McGraw was born In 1875 and
 started to play baseball about the time that he learned to toddle. For IS5 years he has been in the profess
 sional game, his first engagement
 being with Clean, N, Y, whence he
 progressed to Cedar Rapids. There
 a major league scout encountered one who was to prove one Of the
 greatest baseball men of all time and
 took the youthful "Muggsy' to Bal
 timore. It was in August, 1891, that
 N1cGraw saw his first fast company service and for year he sat on the bench but in 1892 he went to second base where Red Hanlon quickly learned that his protege was a good
 third baseman. Reputation came / with the shit, and ne became tAe best fielder of bunts the national game had seen.
 In 1900, with Wilbert Robinson, , another who was to become fam , ous manager, McGraw was sold to St. Louis, but aligned himself with Byron Bancroft Johnson when the
 American league was born. It was
 then that McGraw organized the Baltimore Orioles that have been famous down through the years :, Two years later the team was disor' : ganized and the leading third base :, man of baseball laid aside his spiked :. shoes and the late Andrew Freeman . called him to the helm that he hal S handled expertly for nearly a guar
 ter of q century.