| Show Giants Surprise In N National Lop Loop L op Race Rade I Hurlers Fail Pail McGraw and arris Teams Out of Running BY BILLY L EVANS LS S NEW JEW T YORK July The lG-The 16 The two bl big big- surprises s of of the th 19 1926 6 sea Ilea season teason son are aro the thc New York Giants and the tho Washington Senators Last season Washington won the pennant in the American league with 96 if victories and liS 55 defeats The senators finished 8 2 games ahead of Philadelphia In second place position New York won on the place tion In the thc National league just jutt 8 4 tames games away aay from Pittsburg the pennant winner In figuring figurine the two pennant races for tor this his season It seemed reasonable that a club capable of winning a pennant and a team that was runner up In the th race would surely be In the th running Spring training condition conditions bor bore Out the belief The ThO Senator looked as good as ever while McGraw McGraw was certain the Giants would get ret much Improved pitching HALF OVER O the th season halt half over o these TV two clubs dubs appear to be b out of the running In their leagues Both have fallen tallen tar far Short of 1925 IS 25 form torm Unexpected slumps In baseball whether of team or Individual are difficult of explanation They just seem sem to happen When the th old Ff decline sets In ona on l a team 1 It It comes comra very r u quickly q u 1 c kly The Then T h n x r rI I Giants und aind Sena tt t f tors tons both bolh f find findt tad y the themselves t h e m s elves e 1 ve In I such a 11 position t I-t It look M If con con- conI I ri rebuild rebuild- I CA 1 Ing log would be b necessary Y W When 11 e n South South- South I Z ItY paw Tom Toni Zach- Zach Zachary I ary any was was with the Washington club he was one on of I the producers laugh with a 0 quaint I sort ort of humor peculiar to hImself I Interviewed this spring a an as to tho I chances of the th Washington ton club to I toI repeat after he h had been traded to the St Louis club for tor Joe Bush Zachary y said suld It If Stan Harris can dIg s dl up upI I enough glue giue to keep the tha team learn earn to- to together to together gether he h may bo bOo a able to leto repeat I But If It he h ever lr runs run runs short of glue I that club Is just naturally going coins to toI tail rail to pieces I READING READING Zachary's opinion of i 1 th th club that ohe he h helped win win two t 0 pennants for first gave cave me m a good laugh lauh then struck me m as containing much logic los In a home home- homely ly Iy way I A yeek l or so 80 o later I waS wa H dl dis dl e chances of Was with Manager Stanley Hal Hairis ris and ho made this observation I Tom Toni Zachary I says Ys I will needa need a n lot of glue gillo to I keep the th club to- to toI to I gether tether I hope hop his dope I right I Now It would seem as us If it Zach- Zach Zachary's I arys ary's prediction was well founded I First the pitching pitchin failed fatted and ond when I th the pitching collapses s other troubles quickly follow Four pitchers Johnson Coveleskie and Zachary pitched brilliantly last season Fred lored was the tho greatest relief man In the th majors The five rhe pitchers pitcher named above won 77 of the 96 games needed to win the 1925 pennant pennant- This season they have failed to la to con con- consistently FATE TE OF Gu ClAN GL rs IS fate ot of the tho Now Nary York THE T Giants has hns not been ben been unlike that of Washington Manager lanager McGraw banked on onI onI I better bEHer pitching to mak e the th same came sameI club that had run econ 1 last sea- sea st Jon ion be bo that much fore nore formidable I T hue pitching ailed t to corn com I h rough ani b some mire ol e of the th vet vet- 5 V j sra rs ra s slowed UI up n 0 play both Ie it the bat andI and I Hi iii 4 the ue in tl tl-ld tl ld Te Ie Ter raps M I a n nag g e r e like d Harris ran out outI I MulU luwi GIt o of slue glue I bee ben been n I It has haa I I years since Inee a New York National l dub club has been as as- low In the tire rac race os as at present However losers ar are foreign to lo McGraw and he ma may mybo rebuild shortly He H HI Ibo be expected to I goes and gets g ts them I A quick decline of veteran the best alibi that th could Is probably of Wash Wash- WashIngton Wash be offered for tor the failure Ington and New York New ew York 00 |
