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Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-17 | Page 9 | Must Still Reck on with McGraw

Type issue
Date 1926-08-17
Paper Ogden Standard-Examiner
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
Rights No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Must Still Reck on with McGraw
Type article
Date 1926-08-17
Paper Ogden Standard-Examiner
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
Page 9
OCR Text I I MUST STILL RECKON WITH McGRAW I NEW YORK Aug 1 Our T-Our 17 Our old friend John Muggsy McGraw has been staying slayIng In the background with his famous amous New York Giants virtually since the start of ot the sea sea- season sea season son Doped by the spring experts to right fight It out with the tho Pirates for tor the National gonfalon the Gotham gang had been reposing In the second sector most ot of o the Urn time lime Their low position In the race has been one of at atthe othe the biggest surprises ot of the cam cain campaign But now with now with less than two months remaining tao wily Jawn McGraw and his hia band must again be figured In the pennant McGraw McGrow seems to have havethe havethe havethe the boys started on the victory trail at last At the present time the Giant are playing just about the best hest ball bolI ballin ballIn In the tho circuit past few days they've crept up from sixth place to- to within to-within wIthIn striking distance ot of the leaders loaders The old McGraw threat looms once again McGraw baseballs baseball's master mastermind mind strategist stern command command- commander er and what not has had his Giants finIsh out ot of the first division but once since taking up his present duties a n n 1902 That was In 1916 1915 when the team came In eighth the 1902 ensemble also landed In the tho cellar but McGraw didn't assume charge chorge until The Giants under the crafty Muggsy have hove won on ten pen pen- pennants pennants nants four In a II ro row which by the way Is a modern major m lor league roe roe- rec record or ord Ills clubs finished second nine times third once and fourth twice lie He has three world woid titles to his credit Anything r Is apt to happen In baseball And It wouldn't be at all Illi surprising were McGra McGra's Giants the te team m to give the setting pace pace Pirates the toughest battle as the clubs swing Into the home borne stretch The two two old old rivals are due to hook hookup hookup hookup up In a game series shortly and should the New Yorkers cling to the pace they have han set t ot of o late that National league flag may yet come way just as many critics opined last spring A A good slogan at this lime time mIght be Look out the Giants are corn com com Ingi ingi
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