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Show Giants Fail To Win Despite Use Of Gold ! Bags During Seasons t i i By Fred TurbyVllle. There is only one club in either league that could afford to put out as much is $125,000 for tho services of one player. And that club in cither cith-er leaguo would bo located In New York. And yet New York, with all its gold, Is having its troubles buying pennants' The Giants tried it last year and fell down. The Reds, a poor club and without any high priced stars, romped homo with the bunting. The Yankees tried to buy the ! American League pennant Inst year: but .failed. I It Is generally admitted that John. McGraw is a great baseball manager.) Wonder how great he would be with-j out the tremendous bank roll behind j him? Wonder if he could do as well? Wonder if Miller Huggins would do as well without his high priced stars?; Miller is brainy. Other brainy managers mana-gers get along without putting out a fortune to grab a good ball plnyer. High "priced ball players are temperamental tem-peramental and generally hard to handle.' han-dle.' , A real star dragged out of the brush generally is easy to handle and doesn't get any temperamental notions until they begin spoiling him with five and six figuro amounts. Tris Speaker at Cleveland is a brainy manager. Trisrcccntly said he : could buy any player he wanted. But I this meant, of course, that he could spend any amount within reason. Jim Dunn wouldn't hand out any $125,000 for a single player. Nor ?50,000. It isn't necessary. Jinvmy Burke has a good team at St, Louis, but it wasn't bought with lavish outlay of gold. John McGraw is one manager whot has gotten along with the combination. I No Yankee manager ever has. lf Miller Huggins, or some of his prede-j ccscors had been forced to go out and ' find Its players and then develop them, chances are Now York would have finished higher up In several American League races' Tho Ynnkees on paper compose a good looking ball club, but they're butting but-ting in on Huggins all the time. Because Be-cause they are so individually rich and their value in dollars has been exploited ex-ploited gives them an idea they shouldn't bo hnndl'cd like other ball players. I It Is really a hnndicap to Miller! Huggins, for Miller has plenty of baseball base-ball brains, but ho doesn't seem to get anywhere. j 1 |