Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-03 | Page 14 | Giants Still Flounder in Cellar

GIANTS STILL FLOUNDER IN CELLA 1 FAVORED TEAM IN RUT j SCANT HOPE IS SEEN Individually They Sound Good but Collectively Giant Crew Is Terrible By Dr HENRY McLEMORE United d Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK June 3 For 3 For a team that was the peoples people's choice to snatch the flag the New York Giants Giants- are arc behaving very ery strangely these days floundering round in the cellar and needing two full ull games from the Phillies to get out This ability to get nowhere at a rapid pace was laughed of off for a awhile awhile while but now with ith some ci eight ht weeks of oC a week 22 season gone cone by the customers are demanding to know why Try and answer that one It wont won't help any to hie yourself out to the Polo Grounds for a peek at the club For standing out there on the field their white while flannels creased their shoes shined the New York entry entry entry en en- try looks very much the ball club GOOD ON PAPER The Giants' Giants misery is a tough one oneto oneto oneto to diagnose Take the team apart one position at a time and at the end o othe of the examination you'll have to admit that the Giants on paper at least arc are the class of the lea league ue Theres There's nothing wrong with the catching The pitching staff start boasts some of the thc finest talent in the cir cir- cir cir- cult The infield of oC Colonel Terr Terry Critz Jackson and is well is-well well try and name a better balanced com corn And the outfield save for that hat priced high piece of ot furniture b by bythe I Ithe the he name of Koenecke is tops But a winning team on paper Is a different mess of oC spinach than one on the he field Many fans are arc inclined to blame John McGraw for the clubs club's showing I have heard it said that McGraw reared in the thc old school has antagonized his players by treating them exactly as he did the red-necked red of 15 years cars or more ago And that the Giants most of them intelligent intelligent intelli intelli- gent well-bred well and refined gentlemen gentle gentle- men resent the old mans attitude This of course is hearsay just as asis asis is the yarn arn concerning Freddie Lindstrom Lindstrom Lindstrom Lind- Lind strom and his peeve against Little i Napoleon A As I heard it McGraw familiar with the old type of player I who made all nIl sorts of oC excuses to lo es escape escape es- es cs 1 cape pla play forced Lindy back into action ac ac- tion before his game came leg healed And Lind Lindy resenting both the hint that he was dogging doggIns it and the fact that he ic was made to play on a leg that hurt him refused to do his best Ive I've also heard that McGraw has lost ost a great creat deal of oC his enthusiasm for forthe forthe the he game and doesn't care a whole lot ot whether the thc Giants win or lose And that his telephonic telegraphic orders to Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- or you what-have-you ant Bancroft sometimes lack judgment judgment judgment judg judg- ment not to mention common sense And that Bancroft would rather lose losea a i game than incur the wrath of Jawn by jy disobeying commands WHAT ABOUT PLAYERS But granting that the McGraw of ot 1932 isn't the McGraw of the dim dear days beyond recall its it's hardly fair air to place all the blame on his ders For Terry and Walker and Hubbell and Ott and all the rest are arc grown men skilled in their profession sion ion and smart enough to realize that winning vinning brings more reward than los- los ng ing ing Why then dont don't the they go out and win wm Terry doesn't need McGraw McGraw Mc- Mc Graw to point out the good ones Walker Valker doesn't require the services ices of ofa a master mind to slam those fast ones where they cant can't be hit And when a team is getting good pitching and strong hitting you can set a ventriloquists ventriloquist's dummy over there here in the managers manager's seat and get I the he same satisfactory results