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Show READY FOR ANOTHER CAMPAIGN H " rr J Johnny McGraw. the veteran pilot of the New York Ciants. winners o.' the 1912 National league pennant, has intimated that he does not anticipate very much trouble in corraling first B honors in the 1913 race. There isn't a man in baseball who appreciates the value of a flying start more than Mc-Graw Mc-Graw and many exports agree with him in his statement that he bat "whipped his team into such grand con- H dition that the Giants are certain to gain a safe lead on their most dail- H gerous rivals, the Pirates, by cleaning up a large majority of the games In the opening series with Boston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia The little Napoleon of baseball ex pects to chew up the Boston Beaneat-ers Beaneat-ers in the opeulng series, the first game of which Is schedu'ed to be played on Thursday at the Polo grounds. Just how much of a stumbling stumb-ling block George Stalllngs has made out of the material he has been working work-ing on down in Georgia will be told by the score hoard Thursday afternoon, after-noon, for the Boston pilot is certain to place his strongest lineup on the field against the Gjants in the opening game. |