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Show M'GRAW SEEKS THREE TITLES i rl ! John MeGrftw f h New York J Gi mts seeks new laurels in the managerial man-agerial world. No manager has ever won three world series in a row. That is what bfcQraw Is aiming at- The peppery leader of the Giants is 'on the waj to accomplish that de-mtc de-mtc Ho won 11 penn:int and a world championship in is it. ! McGraw believes that th0 addition 1 of Groh. nnd possibly one or two other deals he has In mind, will render ren-der the niants '.veil nigh Invincible! for a couple of years. It Is said McGraw plans to retire 10111 . ho active management of the ; club at the close of the 123 cam-palgn. cam-palgn. He hopes by that time, to have made a record that will give the managers of the future some I thing to shoot at, .No major league manager has ever won three championships In a row. Chance has come the closest When he ruled the Chicago Cubs, ( "banco won three pennants, but only two world championships. The Chicago Cubs captured tho National league pennants In 1906 Hoi? and 1908. The White Sax beat Chance's groat team in 1906 for the title, The next two years the Cubs di 1 rati d th 1 " troll I'lgi 1 s n ithout much trouble. Hughey Jennings when in charge it Detroit, won pennants In 1907. 1 908 and 1&09, but was never able to beat a National league club in tho annual classic. Connie Mack won pennants nnd world championships in 1 9 1 0 and 1911 but was unable to make It three in a row, 1 be Host on Red Sox beating bis club out in 1912 With a young ball club, an aggregation aggre-gation of hard bitters, fnst fielders :nil good base runners, McGraw has a great chance. He is a big favorite to repeat in the National league this year. |