The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-12
HANLoN AS A MANAGER
Ranks Far Ahead OF Any of the
Others In the Big League.


There will be no managerial surprises
season, No McGraw Ned Hanlon has
grown head and shoulders above his fell
lows this season. Selee and Tebeau, who
used to class with him, and McGraw, who
slot up like a Kansas oornstalk, in ona
night have dropped away, shriveled,
sh!unken and enteebled The best that
can be said about the others is that Loft
tus and Allen have not done illy-haye
achieved unexpected and satisfactory, if
no. exactly brilliant, repults with the ma
teral afforded them. Fred Clarke has
done just what every one expected he
would do-nothing. Dreyfus, not Clarke,
is de facto manager of the Pirate troupe.
No one expected any thing of Ewing but
failure In New York. But Hanlon is
showing finer managerial form than he
ever did in his life; in fact, he is milgs
ahead of the procession.
In satirizing Arson for adhering to The
managerial system, and ihe uses in Rock
ford in 1871 when he was manager of the
Chicago club in 1896, McGraw unconscious
ly enlightens the public upon an Interest,"
ing but hitherto overlooked and Sighted
subject-manageria jealousy. In the last
two years many things have developed
which show that managers, I'll her than
take hints from another, rather than ac-
cept a play Invented by another, will ac-
cept defeat and dscredit,
This year Hanlon sprung his famouJ
and wonderful sacrifice killer that IS,
a play to catch an advancing runner in
stead Of the immolatlve batter; In other
words, utterly spelling the intention OF
the sacrifice. IL won several games for
Brooklyn, yet no other manager has tried
| IT, They may have taken enough cog
nizance of il to play TO evade it, but thai
is as much as they have done. They have
not used it themselves against other
clubs. though We have seen occasion
where It would have worked effectively.
| In 1899 McGrew invented and used ii
double steal to third and second, With
no one out, which was an almost un5eat-
able play. Instead of having the batter
hunt as is usual, he had him make a fake
Iartempt to bunt, miss the ball. bring the
| third baseman in TO field the expected
hunt and annoy the catcher. II neari1
always succeeded and was a hard play 10
beat. Yet no other manager has used it.
effective as II certainly proved!
Hence, It seems that alleged great man
ayers are like professional neaduss and
Leading actors. they will not s'oop IN
stoon Il can be cailed-tc bend to pick up
nnogets of gold-to use rivals business,
No matter how appropriate o. enectiye
Il may be.
,otinrs n bo individualistical ana egoiis-
teal to possess their" style Of pay -, 3nd
nor 10 adopt some other fellows THUS
seiee always depended lool close NOT
ling. good pitching ana ,li'P ~ork ,., on
sasan On hits as possible. Earl Iitihilg
paSes oiose bedding and INTIMIDATION or
s an of the umpire aeeordlng %
I n,rnrmstap es. Philadslpa'a tt2ilel5 ;is
c ell. ,ron tho d, facio aler nllailan =,
Sepended always or h2ia hiusag' pine "l}
simple. Inns rsli.a IAN
cautious. careful wari', np S,n5 .,,Ia1P
cf TIE gsne-~;hat ,.t., + -, !, :,
cepted rules oy rye. NE ~. 90 n,,vsI
la %aetSs clever. andemons'ratiys. w. keen