The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01

MarveIs at Tenacity OF Nc
Graw's Team Through
AdVersities
BY BABE RUTH


NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-If being
able to stay up there when q team
is shot by injuries means any
thing. my Kelly is off to the
Giants. McGraw may be able to
win his fifth straight pennant and
he may not, but believe me, he's
making a fight of it, and he's had
enough trouble to make most
managers give up the fight long
time ago, too.
Sitting around the club offices
q few days ago, gang OF US were
looking over the seasons box
scores. We thought we had been
through lot of tough luck our
selves, and the boys were trying
to figure out what might have
happened if the breaks had come
our way.
But when we took a look at the
Giants and the pad luck they've had
we threw our hands in the air.
Look this list over. Frisch. Groh,
Lindstrom, jackson. Kelly, South
worth, wilson, Nehf, Scott. Barnes,
McQuillan. Mcasel--everyone Of
them have been out Of the game
at sometime during the season.
And there were times when two or
three were out at the, same time,
like that period of u few weeks ago
when Frisch and CT oh and Barnes
were all on the sidelines at the same
time.
And vet the Giants have never
been very far behind the leaders
and right now. with jackson on
the sldeIines, and Frisch and Kelly
playing out of position with q
green kid IN at shOrt-they're bat
Ting away as IL they had their
fun strength. You've got to hand
10 to q club like that. Whether
they win the pcnnant or take sec
Ond place, they still stack up Is
champions.
Picking the greatest or the best
team in baseball - hard job.
There have been lot of good ones.
The old Cubs. and the Athletics. and
the Boston Red Sox. and the Giants
of ten years ago. and the Yankees
OF two years ago all were great
clubs.
But when it comes to the flight
enest" outfit of tine lot there's Just
one choice. And that's the Giants.
They're the gre1tes scrappers I
ever saw-and I've seen some good
ones.
I guess the Giants have their
work cut out for them all right.
When I was first out of the hos
pftal and before I rejoined the
Yankees, I used to drift up to the
Polo Grounds quite often. And
among others I watched the Pirates
do their stuff. Believe me, there's
q ball club. And the thing that
makes them great is speed.
Old-timers tell me that there were
a lot of speedy clubs in the old
days when base stealing and all
that sort Of thing was used a lot
more than it is today. But I've
got bunch there never was any
club that was faster than those
Pirates-either in fielding or on the
bases. The Giants are far from
slow, but the Pittsburgers made
them look like they were tied.
And whether the Giants or he
Pirates win, it looks as though
the boys in our league would have
their hands full, when the old Sc
ries rolls around.
In our league, 1 still like Wash.
~.
ing anything away from Connie
Maek's peppery little gang either.
And here's an angle. III the
Giants win, then l hope Wash
ingtOn gets TO play them.
But If Pittsburg noses out the
Giants, then it will be a better
series If the Athletics cop IN cur
League. II the Giants mees the
Senator'S, you'll see about the
smartest baseball you ever looked
at. II the Pirates play the Ath-
letics, you'll see the speediest pair
OF teams you ever watched IN a
world series.
Either way it ought to be good.
And I hope it works out Just that
way. Either combination? figure
would make a better series, than
II Washington played the Pirates
or the Giants played the Athletics.
Copyright, 1925. By The ChristV
Walsh Syndicate.