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Show Unlimited Supply of Cash and Willingness to Spend It Get Results Uy NKA Service. John McGraw expects to win another an-other pennant In 19:'J with his New York Giants. Hughey Jennings, who assists McGraw Mc-Graw in directing the destinies of the Gla.its. is equally certain they will repeat. j "I have a better club than last year," is the terse manner In which i McGraw tsums up his chances. A strengthened baU club. plu". thi ftdence thai goeeritb winning a world's championship insures anotb : er pennant." Is tho dope Hughey Jen- I Dings offers. McGran is certainly entitled to be j called the "go-getter" of baseball ' Winning pennants is his specialty. He just naturally goes and gets them. : Quick to realise when his team Is I slipping. McGraw doesn't wait until lh( era a rather he prepares for it. i Backed by an unlimited supply of : cash, coney never stops him when ! Ii Is satisfied some player will aup-tha aup-tha required strength, e.dte tho fact that the Giants pennant last year, also tho world's series, Mrflniw brougrt ih-j biggest squad south of any of the ma (or league clubs. Onb- one position on th? ball tea n. I center field. Is In doubt, yet McGraw I has been rareiully looking over about 30 recruits. HERE ARE REASONS ) Here aro somr of the reasons McGraw Mc-Graw advances (for his opinion that - the Giants w ill r! peat in the Nation i! 'gue. ! "I have th b-st infield In either league In Kelly, Frlsch, Buncroft and Groh. In Johnny Rawllngs 1 have the best utility lrrfieldor in the Nu-1 tional league "In Snyder and Smith I have two experienced catchers. They are cap-able cap-able of alternating If I su d :i ? Some .lobs may have one man who, -uunds out more prominently, but no! club bo::sts of two catchers as good as Smith and Snyder "My pitching will 'oo up to the i standard. Douglas, Nehf. Barnes and Tone? are regulars. BUI Ryan and Pat Shea, are about due. Virgil j Barnes looks ready for the big show I (ieorge Burns will be misted for a time at least. In Shinners and Cunningham I have two youngsters1 certain to d veiop intostars. 'Meusel will be in left and Younj in right, with either :unnlngham or! ! Shinners In center. At the present time Shinners haa' the call. He looks like a real star. 'I figuro the Giants to win because rny club unquestionably stands out as the class of tho league "If tho Giants fall I will be willing will-ing to take all tho blame." On paper BIcGraWi team certainly certain-ly stands out as tho clats of tho' league. The big IF with the Giants is the pitching. Will Phil Douglas observe trainlr.-rules trainlr.-rules throughout the seanon" Is Fred Toney slipping- His Corm in the world s series made It seem so. Ya? tho remarkable shoeing of Jesse Barnes against the Yankees a mere flash? A lot of National league players are Inclined to that opinion. Uno'uts tlonably McGraw's only problem S pitching. POfcR COOD RECTtUTTs lohn McGraw of -he New VoV,' Giants feels thai four of them wlU belp win another penuanL 1 The four recruits who have already j made good are Ralph ShlflH cured from Indianapolis; cfl nard fr.. .,, rn leagfl gll Barnes from MwaukeeH win Hale , ; -, ,u theH of Mississippi 9M ..voilltyiBJ r ,i place oflj K ;' t i innati IdV b.tang is Mm doubtful quaiiUty Mml Barnes . having his ihlrtB with the Giants. He seeiaflflfl arrived. H is a brotheH 1 the SHI' the UuUH n i.a,' p., .. , !Iofl has remarka M- ty aqH a star in a year or two. Ik- t toon.- : Saff association in hitting lasTiV nitte06 f bolnK rftinedM |