Show McGraw Sure His Pitchers Pitchers' I Will Twirl Winning Ball B ll i I I Dou Douglas as Nehf and Toney Will Till Bear Chief Hurling Burden of 1920 Season Each Has P Particular DeI Delivery Delivery De De- I livery I to Fool Batters BattersBy BattersBy By Jack lack T No No matter New eW York Tork April 17 what the tho experts may may say or 01 think a about bout the HI 1020 O Giants Giant Manager John McGraw opines that his entry in the National l' league pennant scramble will have o something to to say about the J I final disposition of the gonfalon t this I year ear especially if Ie his three aces aces aces I i Fred Tone Toncy Artie Artic and Phil D' D conme come come h. through I These three hurlers constitute one ono of the tho sturdiest trios trib In either cither league ue In III short Nehf eh Tone Toney and Douglas arc gluttons for Cor work worl The They have tho ho 1 poundage and necessary to shoulder fr the the pitching burden all summer and as all three got ot awa away t ti to toa toa i a a good start down south McGraw bc be believes be- be hieves feyes the they arc are due to blaze a winning trail for the tho Giants And nd these pitchers pitch pitch- ers will have ha plenty of or help for Cor Rube Benton an and Jess Barnes ar arc read ready and andea ea eager caer cr to take their turns in ip t the he box Art Nehf has spent a lot of time Ume I this his spring perfecting pc his slow ball Nehf's floater Is In In a fingernail finger finger- er I nail imail ball and antI as Jon long as Arth Arthur r I doesn't dig his nails naUs too deeply Into the horsehide o covering co of of the ball hall he will not flot fracture fl the now pitching Reports from Crom t the Giant camp camp campdon down don south so several weeks a ago aio o tol told how Nehf eh was as making hungry batsmen batsmen batsmen bats bats- men swing swing- like garden g gates gatcH at his slow one Tho Tue Red Kox ox can attest to the fact that that- his hiis float floater or js is elusive and aull that ho he hns has a l god 0 1 change hanse of oC pace Fred bred Tone Toney who boasts one of ot the tle broadest and strongest Pairs of ot shoulders tiers ders in the S 'S National lea league ue and whose arm Is capable of oC unlimited wor work has supplied the lie Giant staff stare with a wa to take tako t the lie place of Mattys Matty's famous amous delivery er Tone Toney has Quito quite an assortment of or hooks and benders but when he wants to feed a batsman a particularly bewildering curve e he cuts loose with the which is de- de tred l overhand Phil DOll Douglas who has promised McGraw r Graw that he will give ht the Giants the best that Is in him all aU season is working to develop clop good curves and better control of oC his fast balls so that he ho will not be han handicapped handicapped handi handi- l- l capped when the spitball goes out of or business at tho lie close of or tho the present season Douglas Dous-as is s' s still using the though he says sas with a smile that sometimes a bluff is just as goo good goodas as a real spitball I Philips Philip's long easy an and sweeping delivery enables him to put his whole I wel-ht wel behind a nitch and antI his fast ba ball conies comoa hurtling vard lO toward the plate with far greater reater speed behind It than han t his cas easy delivery deher would suggest So Doug will havo have a fast ball and a new assortment of curves cur under control he hopes by the tho time hot weather ar arr ar- ar r rives iv esI es I have alwa always s 's conten contended cd that the pitching staff state makes s up a about out 60 per PH perCent percent cent of or the lie str strength of a team an and believe our pitchers arc are rea ready y to hold their own with any staff in the league McGraw said recently Ben Benton Benton ton Tone Toney t Douglas Nehf ch and Barnes not to mention the tho youn younger er pitchers look as good or better to mo me than an alP staff In the league ue and I feel feci confident confident dent that with a fair Calr share of oC the breaks the they will HI deliver I I Why Batsmen Str Strike i Out 4 I R t 4 I 4 r I 4 fr 4 1 A tt J l r i 1 M 1 1 i 1 f I II I a II G. G r I C I I P Aho ho honre e are pictured three why Thy John McGraw think the thc l will vIIi not fillIes their heir halting hatting nt erases averages 6 of oft off hi pitcher pitchers thiM A senion At t the top lop rUe IS X c Er f i 11 Is 6 houn hunn dl hi hi fingers finders Into lutH the preparatory II to hurling b. b his bin knuckle hall ball In 10 thi th center Ired Vred Toney To To- 10 I ney nl IC Is I I. about to feed fc-cd the hotter hi his pet Pc t the 1 the ike thel l IlIn nic fingers rN of Mi are arc ec n wrapped around time the ol 01 In inC InI I C tic I e 0 they the when lIhI I Is s H shooting them over r nt at top |