| Show THINKS GIANTS HAVE A CHANCE McGraw Says Chicago Will WillBe WillBe WillBe Be the Hard Team to Beat Next Season New ew York Jan 4 Who will wilt win wi withe the pennant next season was the question lop hurled at Johnny Johnn McGraW white while the Giants manager o was gg enter entertaining taming a crowd of baseball fans I hope we se do was McGraws mou m est cst reply Who will if IC the Giants dont was wa was the second question hurled at the thc little manager now no that the conversation had been started Now Nov you fellows want ing m in to com corn commit commit mit myself on something I T nave hav never neer done dono since I 1 became the leader of the theN N w York Yorks was McGraws answer after a bit of a pause You know we cant play baseball and win in pennants until the season is ison Ison ison on The Giants for next season wilt will Play good baseball or I am urn m not a judge and amid if f they do this why the other fel fellows ci lows have got to play some mighty re remarkable remarkable remarkable baseball to beat us It would be arrogance on my part to lo come out right ti ht here and say that the thc Giants Giant will win the title In 1908 t I dont know what is to happen between now and next October All I 1 will say now Is that the team is better than last year and will s ill be stronger still before the season opens Now you can draw your our own conclusions If It you want to have hac It that the Giants will wilt land the rag rug why have it that way Sticks by the Cubs Then the conversation drifted to the Chicago Cubs and there was a lot of argument pro and arni eon con McGraw was vas wasa vasa a good listener until one ono of the tile fans who can see nothing but tho the Polo Poto grounds rounds team no matter mutter how good the theother th other fellows may be remarked that the Cubs were mighty lucky to win tho the pennant last year ear earI I am going to butt In Jn on that line of talk snapped the thc Giants manager They The been a little lucky or rather the Cube may have been more marc fortunate than sonic home of tile the others other of us In Having fewer players Injured but let me tell you that the Cubs Cub last Jast year were cre about ab ut as fine tine a piece of oC baseball machinery as ever represented a city in the National or any other league It I mt luck when a team can go ahead and win as aR consistently as did Chicago Chicag That is good ball bail playing So SoI give I the credit to those fellows out but ut west because it Is coming to them themI I am going to keep pretty close to that Chicago bunch next season ason They are ure the th ones that must be held IH ld down Rut then I 1 am saying Just what whal t I want vant to But lets wait and tight fight for the pennant when the season opens s |
