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Show M'GRAW WANTS MORE PITCHERS Now York, Sept. 30. Combing the underbrush of the minor leagues are several scouts who are on tho trail of young pitchers for the New York Nationals. No league is too small to be ignored, and no price too big if the goods are delivered. The Ivory hunters hunt-ers have been fanning the Jungles for many weeks, and now they are springing their traps Manager M'Graw announced the purchaso of Pitcher Al Demareo from tho Mobile club of the Southern league and Pitcher Bader of the Dal- las club of the Texas league Larne j Kirby, the Michigan "bearcat," is already al-ready on the job. Demareo and Bader Ba-der and some others mav show in. tho fall. The whole mob wfll bo in Mar-lln Mar-lln next spring. Po9sIbly a dozen new pitchers will bo Inspected. McGraw has carried tho Giants along on the pitching of Mathewson and Marquard for a season now. The other men have turned in victories frequently, and the work of Ames, Crandall and Wlltse cannot bo overlooked, over-looked, yet It Is Mathewson and Marquard Mar-quard who comprise tho backbone of the stuff Tesreau Is making rapid advances, but McGraw could use two or three more strong young men regularly. regu-larly. Of tho young pitchers who were taken south lost spring none remain re-main Many are called, but few get ' In the world's series. The Giants have been long on qual. Ity in their pttohlng dopartment, but short In quantity. Last summer McGraw Mc-Graw was forced to make some quick repairs on his infield to win a pennant. pen-nant. He Is qulotly planting somo good young outfielders on the bench and he is wall supplied with extra in-flelders in-flelders and catchers. Therofore he is concoutraling his efforts on the pitching staff Demaree is the leading pitcher of tho Southern league. Ho is no raw youngster, but this is tho best seaaon he has ever had He has been roaming roam-ing around in the minors about fivo years, and once had a brief trial with tho Yankees. No other Southern league pitcher has held the enemy to as few runs and hits as Demaree Ho i has eight or ton shutouts to his credit, and it is largely through his efforts ; that Mobile is in the second placo. 5 McGraw helped Miko Finn last spring 1 J by contributing Jackson, Gardolla and Paulet, and Mike gave McGraw an op- ' ) tion on his pitchers. Nothing could ' be fairer than thaL '. |