Show McGraw Must Strengthen Giants to Cop Pennant Matty Stron Strong Strong- Tesreau and Marquard i 9 l' l M t S Y rk 1 t. t 1 ii re reI t 4 I t. jl L 1 j n w. w 4 1 mM r i y II A i j I x 1 I Ie f 1 11 f I 4 ill 1 e 7 1 o v g Left to right Marquard I Mathewson and anti Tesreau u u. With fth his team a poor second In lit tho the therace raco race and just barely ahead ahoa of the de despised do- do Dodgers Manager McGraw Is making no secret of tl the fact net act that I if he cops coils the bunting again this year he will huv havo to tIe do somo 1011 tall tahi strengthening strengthen strengthen- then then- ing in all the tue of or Ills hilti At the beginning of or the season the little Napoleon wan wali quoted as HI d c tiring tir- tir ing himself a n. standpatter r so far tar us as his hiM club was C 1 for fOt 1913 lie He was or very ory well sell satisfied thank you 1 0 with ii his Ills pitching and catching staff likewise lIk I his Inner and other l' l defenses Moreover More NotI over his own play players rs all all all' gracefully conceded th themselves tho the pennant and wont went about the tho playing of or games as ns though it were mer merely l a 0 formality to give gl Gotham another winner win win- ner But little unexpected things began to creep into tho titu calculations of or McGraw McGraw- things which if It given givon names might answer r to those of or Philadelphia and lind Brooklyn an and perhaps one or at two o oth oth- h- h orS ers NO Xo doubt nub McGraw McGrat utters titters a ton fon impolite phrases CI C every time lime ho Ito notes notes' that the thc hitherto cd tall coders now seem to be tIe occupying the bc best t places In tile the National league However tho the ew York lt manager manag r never nover faltered once ho found the tho race gave Q OI every indication of ot being hotter than titan ho hu o expected To be boO suro sure lie he discovered dis dis- COV covered lc 1 early that the men man upon whom lt he to reI rely the the- coming coining cason season failed to exhibit an any stellar amount of t all ability t on of or course camo came around In iii thu tho same style stylo which lias has made him tho tito Idol 1101 of the tue Gotham fun B But I t lI rd U proved great ireal f for tal some Iome or other oUter doesn't c l 1 to be able to get At his hl sItter to tu workIng work wilde Ing and UH as a iS ii s l losing Tar far more than h ho Is winning n laL laic la und antI doesn't I to t possess lily ills 1911 19 1 an jr 1912 stuff t o to date To ho bp sur tHIn Hiiro these thele hurlers win wilt como come around shortly but hut shortly may nitty lan nuan art l' l the tile Phillies l gather g a fl lead Silt and that t would never nevor do Outside O of oC this big trio McGraw had Ames Demaree and Thorpe the the latter latt l' l an entire unknown Perry Ferry Ferryman nan man is lit u it 0 green youngster and Ames c both havo o grown grav iray rn in tue box Demarco alone seemed to t to be bo holding hol hold hold- lug ing up uj hl Ills ond of at pitching burden burdon Th The Tite Giant nt lani pilot CI figured ll that that he needed flOoded e cd another pitcher until lila his rO rO- bl In Shape shapo and so 80 cast about him for or thu tho man pitcher Pilcher ho round found In Iii Cincinnati lust Ills name was always showed allowed ho cd McGraw lots lotsof or of stuff turc and John J figured that with witha a lead leading team would do do- do bet better ct ter work Josh Joh ole Dc Was tr Y f fIg fIg- tired Leon Leoti Amos mCH Aas wn through h He Heal Heio I ix al io I to o pruned figured 11 ur rl-ur d Grob still till nit nit- un rip o. o Manager laH el Tinker took tool au all three and McGraw hind had tile thu the pitcher o of his choice Ills catching staff lid did not worry him Ills his Infield did tild III In two to placeS place nt itt t short and auth at third bus At short nor lOt l ml l to tobe tobe be J living lJ I tho tile best beNt In them Shafer IK It lla hug ing like a a. na flush flash h of ot lightning JIg Oil oni day driving himself into 1110 a a C CI CIBO I O o of dumps itO tho next Fletcher couldn't t lilt int Both men know kno thc they are arc hanging on to lo t their l tr lobs b- b by y the tile skin oJ ot 01 their teeth and that their leader r wiil will C cnn I or ti them m thc tho minute he lIC gets ats his lila on another short The TZe biggest BUi 1 come came last last- week w when It announced that t Third Baseman l' l Eddie rant Grant had been purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased from the Cincinnati Reds for tor a cn cash h consideration cO of ot What does docs this th Ig utE mean That must t be bc slipping slip Up ping that ping that McGraw is 16 preparing to shoot n a man mai Into his lila place the minute hr h- begins to rapidly r In 11 Burnk Murray und anti Snodgrass theNo the No IJ York National manager has lias ono one of ot the bv best t balanced outfields in III the tite league Burns came from Iron Utica this year replacing Josh ore De Snodgrass Snodgrass grass s and Murray 1 both flOth have boon been with the team for to o several seasons |