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Show M'GRAW HAS TROUBLE WITH OLD STATION ! ARTHUR. A ' ' f Xi John McGraw as a player was one of the greatest third basemen in the history of baseball, and as a manager he has had more than his share of trouble with third base. For many years Arthur Devlin guarded this corner about as well as anybody ever has guarded it, but of late years thifd base has given John J. plenty of worry. Temperamental Tillie Shafer had McGraw guessing as to the length of time he would stick with the Giants, and finally he did retire, re-tire, just when he was being figured on to play the position regularly. Charley Herzog was a great third baseman, but the temperaments of Charles and the Little Napoleon did not fit very well, and Herzog was passed along. Milton Stock proved a disappointment in 1914, and last season sea-son Hans Lobert failed to play up to expectations. Now Lobert has sus. tained an injury which may end his active career in the majors. Brainard, placed on third after the injury, failed to impress John J., and was sent back to the Minors, and Bill McKechnie was secured to fill the vacant va-cant place. |