Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1911 — Manager McGraw’s Criticism Of Cuban Baseball Players. [ARTICLE]

Manager McGraw’s Criticism Of Cuban Baseball Players.

John J. McGraw, manager of the New York National League baseball team, which js just back from its successful Invasion of Cuba, has no extravagent opinion of the Cuban ball player. He is a dull thinker, says McGraw, but a fast runner. "Tlfese Cubans are only fair ball players,’’ is the way McGraw puts It. “They are as fast as lightning on the bases and they can throw to beat the band. They have picked up all the knacks of fielding,,, but they cannot bat Not only that, but they do not play what we call brainy baseball. Very little attention is given to brain work on the diamond. They perform the manual part of the game very well, but the keen, crafty beadwork we see in the game here is missing. They know nothing about ‘inside ball’ and we were able to out trick them most of the time. In an opposing pitcher they look for speed and usually they hit a fast ball, but when they try to solve the mysteries of a curve they churn jthe air.”