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Show GIANTS GOT STARTED TOO LATE IN SEASON McGraw Believes His Present Clnb Could Have- Won If It Had Been Collected Earlior. By Tribune Special Sport Service. XLW YOHK, Sept. L':i. .lawn Me-Giiivv Me-Giiivv emits moans these days when bo thinks what might have been if he had heen able to recruit his present club about, one month earlier. "Tlre wouldn't ho. much rise to the race right now than To figure out what we'd" (iu with our share of the worbi scries money, " wails John. Those, who have seen the rejuvenated and thoroughly renovated Giants in action ac-tion frankly agree with the jSow York leader. The new Mef Jra wian machine looks all-powerful. The. infield of today is poriune 7") per cent st rouge r I han was the old one. Ilidke, the .rerrttit first sackfT, lias been fielding like a veteran and clubbing with even greater frequency fre-quency than did Frederick Merkle. llcr-zog llcr-zog at second is far more valuable than was J.iovIp. The latter never was much nf 8 fielder. 11 of.' ten was said that he loM more gt'im-s by his footling a''!' hi than he wnn with his mare. Zimmerman at. third fills at last the gap that existed there since Tillie tSha-t'er tSha-t'er quit ha.-Thaliing and Her.og was tinded In the Ked. The Giants' oy field ranks with the best in the en um ry. Burns. Robertson and Kauff rnnke up a fast, hard-hitting ;and sure-fielding crew. The "Shrinking "Shrink-ing Violet," after a poor start, is beginning be-ginning to hit up to his Federal Ieiigim form and M cOraw is predicting great tilings for him next season. The pitching department has been tiie main Giant weakness this season, bi,t the curlers seem to be pruning around and flinging the pellet, as it should be f bine;. Tesrean, earlier unreliable, un-reliable, is pitching sicndily; Saliee has bn n a bit: hHp; Perritt is pitching now with fne sfjm" success he hs'l with the i ardir.ai.-; Lent on lias taken a new le;:e nn li fe. fi nd A mierson has been 'iojng ;rood worl;, too, "I got the club topether a bit ton late to give ul; a chance, for tho 1016 pennant, hut I feel that we will bo there or thereabouts next srason," declares de-clares McGraw. |