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Show (Continued from Page Two.) PLAYESS' BENCH IS SAFE RETREAT By Rube Marquard, Giants' great pitcher When the grandsiants aro roaring with excitement and you can hardly hear your own voice above the tumult, the most interesting place in j the world Is the players' bench. It J Is rarely noticod in tho general tur- i moll, but It you watch you can see that tho men in uniforms are ap- ' parontly Just aB excited as the veriest ver-iest bug" In the stand?. Sometimes there will be players out in front of the "coop" doing n wild war danco and throwing batB In the air, while those who remain seated are pounding pound-ing one another on the shoulder and whooping It up like mad. Some clubs are more demonstrative than others. Naturally, a crowd that is fighting for a pennant with a chnnco to win, is likely to bo the center of the excitement, but all clubs get pretty well worked up during dur-ing a hot game. I suppose a very young club displays more agitation than one mado up of experienced men but I have seen old-timers Just as excited as the kids. When "the turmoil 1b at its height the coolest man on our club Is Manager Man-ager McGraw Through the wildest situations he Is constantly watching tho game, and if the club is charging in from behind he is shifting his attack at-tack as calmly as If he were playing a game pf three-cushion billiards. Gets Wo-ked Up. Doesn't ho ever get workod up himself? him-self? Well, I should cay he does, but he never permits his emotion to distract his attention from the game. I have heard fans suggeat that perhaps per-haps the players get so used to the various situations that they never become be-come excited. Don't you. believe it. A home run with the bases full and tho club four runs behind means more to the player than to the fan. I doubt If any ball team ever gets so f far behind that It loses all interest in winning. It is human nature to want i to win, and ball players are essential- J ly human. I During a pennant raco the contend- ' ing teams follow each other's fortunes with intense concern. When a club ' is on tho road the members seek tho results of the others, games an anx-iouBly anx-iouBly as do the fans. Why not? It means more to them than to any one else. During the last trip away from , homo, when tho Cubs were consider- ed contenders, our boys received ' news of their rivals? defeat as exult- antly as the Cuba undoubtedly re-, celved word of our downfall. Players Aro Emotional. Any one who thinks the ball players play-ers regard a tight race as a cold bus- I iuess proposition is mistaken. Some players are as emotional as women, , even alter they have been in. the game many years When the fight' is at Its height tho men Bit around I "doping" tho race in figures and spec-1 ulatlng on their chances ust the samo as the baseball public. Thoy may not talk "shop" with outsldora, but among themselves they caretully "pago" the situation very frequently. Thoy discuss other clubs ub a whole, but very rarely say much about individual members thereof, other than by way of praise. Curiously Curi-ously enough, a club that stands to win a pennant seldom discussos their probable opponents In the world's series, even If they know with reasonable reas-onable certainty who It will be. For instance, the Giants have rarely talked talk-ed to any extent about tho Red Sox, although thoy feel reasonably sure that thoy will meet them next month. Tho wojld's series Is a topic enre-fully enre-fully avoided until the pennant Ib cinched beyond the shadow of a doubt. Then tho strength of the opposing forces will roceivo consideration. Tho Giants' bench. Beethes with excitement ex-citement during a olose game. Some clubs do a great deal of talking from tho bench the conversation being directed di-rected either at the umpires or at the opposing players and, while our fellows fel-lows can hold up their end conversationally conversa-tionally under any condition they arc not oo given to shooting stinging remarks at thoir opponents as members mem-bers of other clubs. They talk a good doal, but thcro Is rarely any venom in what thoy say. McGraw on Llnoi. McGraw is not much of a conversationalist conversa-tionalist out on tho coaching lines, but he can accomplish more with a few wordB than any man I over Baw, Ho rarely raises his voice to a Bhout, but he la a veritable gatling gun when ho wants to talk. Ho usually squats on hlr, haunches off third or first base and trumpets bin romarks through his hands. He can start a homo crowd going In an Instant, It is a subtle wjrt of leadership leader-ship that Ib hard to explain, but all at onco McGraw will make some move that sots the fans to rooting. Ho says vcrv little to the opposing players, and tho Idea that he "baits" tho umpires is dead wrong. McGraw never argues with tho "umps" unless he thinks he has a mighty good reason, rea-son, and tho umpires will all tell you that ho keeps within his rights in speaking to them. A crowd will sometimes sec n manager man-ager tnlk to an umpire a moment and suddenly get orders to leave tho field. McGraw will come along a little later and make bla "kick" to the samo um- piro without being chased, and I have heard fans say that tho "umpB" were j (hereby showing favoritism or fear of tho Giant leader. Use Different Language. As a matter of fact, McGraw and tho other manager probably couched thoir protests In entirely dlfferont language. It makes a big difference what you say to an umpire, as well as how you say It. Tho umpires will tell you that no big league leader is so careful about transgressing tha conversational con-versational code as McGraw, no matter mat-ter how oioltlng the situation. Tho Cuba' bench buzzes like a suddenly sud-denly wrecked ant hill during the tense situations, They aro all great talkora, especially Bvcrs and Zimmor-man Zimmor-man and Tinker, while Chance is ever ready to join in the discussion whatever what-ever it ma) le. St. l.ouls Is another crowd of rapid conversationalists, and Pittsburgh Is tho same war. Cincinnati doesn't do much talking and Boston Is prettv silent. Brooklyn leaves tho arguments argu-ments to Dahlen, but Philadelphia can keep the air filled with words, On the field tho Giants are about as conversational as any club in the country. If Fred Snodgrass was on the Infield right along, with Fletcher and Horzog, and Grover Hartley was constantly catching there would bo a good many words distributed over tho lawn before the garoo was over. I think that their line of talk keeps a game livened up. Are Superstitious. The majority of ball players are probably more or less superstitious. The aTerno player has his own Ideas of 'jlnxses," as omenB of Ill-fortuno are called, and ho nlso has his pet ideas of good-luck signs, although he may keep them to himself. As a whole, however, the Giants are not particularly givon to'oupcrstl-tutlon, to'oupcrstl-tutlon, because McGraw doesn't believe be-lieve In that sort of thing, and discourages dis-courages any such notions among his men. I don't believo that tho manager man-ager of our club ever entertained tho Idea of a "jinx" or a nia-eoot for a single moment Ho can always dissect dis-sect a ball gamo and generally show where a certain lino of playing would have easily overcome what seemed nothing more- or Igbs than a bad-luck break. Lust season a curious "bug" named Charley Faust followed our club when wc were fighting for the pennant. Ho joined ue at St. Jxmlr. and trailed us to Now York. Ho was with us on that famous final trip when wo won the flag and he UBod to sit on tbo bench and forecast plays In a manner that seemed nothing flhort of uncanny Some of the boys bcllevod that he was a mascot, and probably tho publlii gathered the impression that McGraw also thought that, for the reason that ho carried Faust with him. Faust Entertainer. As a matter of fact, McGraw probably prob-ably figured that Faust was entertaining, enter-taining, which ho certainly wns at times, and that ho would keep tho minds of tho men off the fight in which they wero engaged- in othor words, Faust furnished diversion for the boys, nnd It was for that reason, and not because McGraw considered him a "Jinx dlspcller." m the baseball i "'.-i .s9!6!c'3tiir wrltera called him, that he was cai-ried cai-ried along. On that same trip McGraw sent for "Wllbert Robinson, tho coach of tho pitchers, who was then at his homo In Baltimoro, where he is engaged In business. "Hobble" at that timo merely went south each spring 10 coach the twirlors, although this year McGraw induced him to remain with the club all 6e3on. McGraw nt for him not only to assist with tho work of whipping the pltchors bade into shape, but because "Robbie" Is tho host man In the world to bo vth a ball club In tho heat of a fight. H1& very presence has an encouraging influence in-fluence upon every one. Ho is light-hearted light-hearted and philosophical, and he can bring n man out of the dumps quicker quick-er than any one I evor saw. Arlle Latham was also carried for sorno time by McGraw not only as o. sort of public entertainer on the field, but because he kept up the spirits of tho men Just by being around thorn. McGraw seems to believe in forgetting forget-ting baseball as much as possible while ofT the field aud diverting tho mind with entertainment. Wlltuo as Coacher. You will very frequently so Georgo Wlltso, tho pitcher, out on the coaching coach-ing lines during a closo game. If he is not pltchlug. This is not only because be-cause the boys bollevo he is lucky. Some ball clubs often toss the bats up In the air in a perfect shower during a rally, believing that it brings good luck, and others lay the bat out on the ground In different peculiar forr mations with the same Idea. 1 don't J think I ever Baw the GlantB do that. sC(2e5fc233?5? teldta--'- . fls J Often you will see a gamo go along , for several Innings, and McGraw will not appear on the coaching lino, as is ' his general custom Mathewson will be on one side and ''Robblo" or Wilts or Harry McCormlck on tho other. The Giants may he behind with a good pitcher turning them back from tho plato one after nnother. Apparently Appar-ently they have lost all Interest in tho game and aro hopelessly beaton. As a matter of fact, it is then that tho bench Interest Is keenest. McGraw Mc-Graw will be sitting sllontly watching tho game and closely studying tho pitcher. He Is trying to figure out a new line of attack. Over in Philadelphia one day last week a pitcher wan holding our boys In check nnd nnnnrentlv thfiro was llttlo chance of breaking through his guard. Ho was keoplng our batters in the hole by putting the first ball ho pitched to each man over tho plato and gottlng a striko on him It Is tho Giant custom, as a rule, to carefully look over tho pitching with tho idea of waiting for a base on ballB, but that scheme was a dead failure against the Philadelphia tosser. Kopt Out of Sight. McGraw kept out of sight for several sev-eral Innings. You would have thought ho had lost Interest In the game. Suddenly Sud-denly ho appcarod on tho coachlug lino and suddenly tho first man up lashed lash-ed out at tho first ball pitched. Tho next man did tho same. Both got safe hitsj McGraw hue several of the best first-ball hitters In the world, when he lots them hit at tho first one. Every man up hit at tho first ball and the game was won before the BW-g---J"W' ' r- r--J .- ! n M, j,,, m pitcher could shift his defense. H j It is the geueral idea that McGraw H .doesnt care much for the sacrifice r7iW hit as a means of advancing ruuners, H but he is just as likely to suddonlv fS order a bunt as anything else. H Few managers manipulate pinch H hitters with the skill of McGraw. Ho is probnbly about Ihe only ono in the, H country who carries a man for notli H ing else but pinch hitting, and that j man has certainly earned his salary. M He Is Harry McCormlck, one of tho H surest batsmen hi tho big league. M Harry is a left-handed hitter, and IH is particularly deadly against right- M handed pilchlug. He rarely strikes H out and over in Philadelphia recently H he delivered four straight hits in tho H nlnnlies i McGraw used to carry Sammy H Strang for pinch hitting, and 5am gave him eleven blows out of fourteen trips to the plate at one time. Mc- H Cormlck is likely to break up anv J game for a pitcher. He is not sup- H posed to bo very fast, although 1 ve H seen him beat out short blows very fi frequently, and McGraw usually sup plants'him after he gets on the baser ' with Bcals Becker. If a loft-bandca i pitcher is working against the clu') ''j Otis Crandall Is usually the pinch hit- H JH No one can successfully forecast or gauge the McGraw attack. Ho shifts In romarkablo fashion. Sometimes he 1 merely wants a base -on balls, rather 1 than a safe hit, especially if the op- H posing pitcher Is inclined to be in the H least wild, and Arthur Shafor can be 1 depended upon to wait the twirler H , rw 5H M ' s |