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Show ! MANAGER M'GRAW IS NOT AFRAID TO ACT i Hank Gowdy Deal One Example j of His Managerial Methods. Possibly you don't like John Mc-, Mc-, Graw, of the New York Giants; pos-: pos-: sibly you do not approve of all of his methods to win pennants, but for one thing you must admire him. 1 McGraw is a man of nerve. When he is satisfied that he can Improve his ball club he does rot stand on convention. He is one of the very, very few managers in baseball who Is willing to take back a player he has disposed of in previous years. 1 His trade with Boston for Hank I Gowdy brings this fact forcibly to mind, for Gowdy had his first major I league experience with New York and i then was traded to Boston. I Heine Groh is another player that McGraw has had for a second time, while in other yars Charles Herzog was at two different times on Mc-i Mc-i GraWs pay roll. j Eastern sport writers have about i come to the conclusion that McGraw's j anxiety to have a heady catcher back of the plate Induced him to trade for Gowdy. In the world's series last fall it was an open secret that McGraw and not the catcher signaled the pitcher what to pitch each time. Gowdy may be slowing up somewhat, but of him one thing can be said, lie knows National league batters from A to Z, and he knows what they can hit and what they cannot hit so well. |