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Show HI' 1' I I I I 1 1 1 1 1 I I M MM I"1"I"M' I I 1"! M-hl M I I 1 1 I I II I 1 1 I I 1 I :: McGRAW LUCKY WITH FIRST BASEMEN VRST base seems to be a lucky position for Jawn McGraw. Since iH lle uecame manager of tbe Giants back in the good old days of I 1902, first base Iras given him less worry than any other position " " on his ball club. When he quit Baltimore that year and went to - New York, he brought along Dan McGann and "Dangerous Dan" In his " I) day was one of the best first basemen In the country. At the present moment, McGraw's first baseman Is none other than William Harold Terry, big property man of Memphis, Tenn. In between McGann and Terry there were Fred Tenney, Fred Merkle, Walter Holke, " " Hal Chase and Long George Kelly. Of these great first basemen only Tenney and Chase failed to play .. on a McGraw pennant winning team. McGann was at first base when " " the "Master Mind" won his first pennant in 1904 and again In 1905, the - .. year that Matty pitched three straight shut-out gamea against the ; Athletics in the World's series. " After 1905, McGraw did not win " I! again until 1911. 0Jy Merkle, who lost the pennant vjL I $ . I! In 1908 by failing to touch second vV base against the Cubs, was the "a - first baseman on the pennant win- f V ning teams of 1911, 1912 and 1913. i lsi:: ; " .. Holke was at first when McGraw fk- L,' - r and the Giants won in 1917, while 1 I! .. Kelly was a member of the famous frlf'l ' frcv ; team that established a new rec- v?, Vl ord for the "Master Mind" by win- t-i) M Klfc j nlng four straight pennants, 1921, 1 - A 1922, 1923 and 1924. ' " Of McGraw's first basemen V ' ' ' Chase, of course, was a marvelous . . ' ijt,! . X .. fielder , and was ranked by many .-. ij4 ' .V smart baseball men as the great- J ! .: ' .. est first baseman of all times. Ten- f jl -i m ney was another wonderful fielder, 1 I L'L S?'Kj. while McGann and Merkle were ( ( 4$ ; both steady and sure, but neither t f V " was as spectacular as Chase or - v ;i el ?W Tenney. Kelly was another spec- V' W r"? N tacular first baseman because-of t - vCr't !! bis height, long reach and his pow- vVV; ; erful throwing arm. . 1' As for Terry, he is just about " ttmmmmmtdkmmmt I the best first baseman at the pres- Bill Terry, ent time. - McGraw says so, and so do a lot of other baseball player9 who have played and fought against - "Memphis Bill." Not as powerful a hitter as Jimmy Foxx of the world's " ; champion Athletics, Terry Is one of the best batters In either the city or country, and is far ahead of his rival first basemen In fielding. 1 M M 11 M 1 I M M I M M I I M I 1! i I II II 1! 1 ! 11 i 11 11 11 M M II |