The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10

this particular game. He beckons to the
tall boy, walks aside a few PAGES with. him.
structions in a few crisp. kindly sentences.
nodding and using his left hand to en-
phasize his words. The big pitcher smiles
deuot Of the good understanding between
them. Then he goes into the box and shows
all the coed old-time form that has made
him MISUNDERSTANDING out eleven or
the Superbas as they come to bat.
"Niatty win pitch great ball now" says
he has the right kind OF backing"
| spoke to iMcGraw afterward on this
well" replied he epigrammaticaIly,
confidence Is the best player that ever
Joined out with n ball team
Confidence and Internal unison are the
Mac is all right" wrote Taylor. the deaf
we are for him. That is going to make a
lot of difference in the team"
You cannot possibly be ,su:,essfui On
Graw tie terseIy' You might make up Ts a team
of the best individual players In the world,
but If they play as individuals they will not
greatest trouble in the world is to get play
ers into the team harness. each pulling his
share of the load and pulling together,
The little manager was now evidently in
his element.
I'll tell you how IT Is he replied. wheel
lIS Q1NChly dllu lOOAlD6 StAdIeH at II
with an air of a man that Is confident OF his
premises. IN tell you how 1t is. Never
ask = man to do what you won't do ana
don't do yourself. I think that's the great
est secret IN controlling a team. Work with
the players. a everything as 1t comes.
the bad as well as the good. II one Of the
and advise with him. The top dog doesn't
need much encouragement
Now" nc continued, shifting easily and
crossing both hands over his knees. II talk
TO the players just as l would hold an ar
gument with myself. When / started I
wanted to be something more than one of
age or WI a team or something like that.
1 want my players TO have the same ambi-
tons. I try to make them alert and snappy
you and 1t looks WE'LL"
Everything the little captain does carries
him.. He grasps ones hand firmly. gives
your fingers a quick, hearty squeeze, while
with a sweeping glance Of the gray eyes
Of the brows indicates that the object of
your mission had been diagnosed.
This business OF professional sport has a
take themselves rs seriously as the leading
elder of a Georgia camp meeting and are
wholly undressing in consequence. But
face lights up cheerfully and he replies
pleasantly. His address Is good. He uses
plain. everyday American and uses 1t well.
~ AONSH
the big words CT the vocabulary. He tells
you what he viii do and what he won't do
end he leaves you thoroughly impressed
with the fact that he will act accordingly.
He reminded me of some one 1 had met
before. l could not recall at first who IL
was. but as 1 watched him from the grand
stand subsequently l remembered the late
w. ]. Daredevil) Fitzpatrick, one of the
greatest riders the world ever saw.
The mate little bit of a man swung his
hand loose from his knee, pulled his hat
further down on his brow and again took
other fellow you help yourself" he. re-
sumed. That's what I tell them about
team play. l say, Boys, there's nine OF
tackle them single-handed: but if we play
together and help each other we have a
chance People notice these things In a
player when they see him willing to do
salary; they remember him when an open-
ing offers. and he climbs TO the top. Keep
that idea before them. make their interests
yours, and ~ninety-nine times out of q hun
"Of course. sometimes a manager gets
hold of a player that is pretty hard to
handle-I mean a chronic kicker. There's
one thing worse than a lame horse-that's
a balkys one I won't sign a man like
that If I can possibly avoid it. He can't
be depended on. He makes trouble all
round and annoys in a thousand petty
ways
q EThen, too. we meet the fellow who
doesn't say much, but shirks. 7 believe in
giving a man lots OF rope. No PLAYER is al
sure that a player is trying to throw me
down. CHI, we'll" One hand shot out. de-
scrrb1ng a half circle. as II to brush away
some Imaginary obstacle. The gray eyes
tigh.eHed and the jaw point became a trifie
more pronounced. ''Oh. well. then YOU see
Ia short spasmodic laugh)-well. Of course.
that settles it, Any one locking att Cap