The sun., 1907-03-03
TEST FOR MANAGER HlELOK
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT T0 h6
TRIED WITH MS TEAM.

| HJerS taken From the Minor fseoKUW
ny Former Han'IIcr Of Chanlnlpue
Will the coming baseball season pro2e
the undoing OF Ned HRnlon. once called
the Prince Of Baseball Managers Tffho
was when Hanlon was a name TO couiAyrB
with. When the BaltlInores won the Na3
tlonal League pennant in 1894 HAnlon, wh9
sat on the bench. had such star players a.
John McGraw, Joe Kelley, Willie Kfelets,
| Hugh Jennings, Dan BroutheB, 6terel
Brodie, Wilbert Robinson, Henry ReitBl|
John Mcmahon, Kid Gleason. Jerry Ro0aS|
George Hemming and others. The btse|
manager had developed this team ffvfml
| practically nothing.
When he left the Pittsburg team, whoa
! had been a failure under his control, Hapiof
received absolute authority TO handle tho
Baltimore team as he might see At. So 10
went ahead with several deals. tradihK
Shindle and Treadway to Brooklyn Ter
Keeler and Brouther, at the same tirAa
handing Van Haltren over to Pittsbur9 FOR
Joe Kelley and 81 500. while Tim 0'Rourks
and a bonus went to Louisville for Hugh
Jennings and Harry Taylor. McGrsw was
already a member OF the Baltimores when
Hanlon took hold of them. but he was osYfy
green yOungster and to Hanlon belonBtU
the entire credit for his development
Under Hanlons ideas Of team work tho
Baltimores became famous. In fact thty
were pronounced by many TO be one ok
the greatest ball teams that ever won
pennant. When the team was consoli-
dated with the Brooklyns Hsnlon had
another series Of successes at Washin&tonI
Park, where two more pennants we're won.
But after that the American League stepp14
in and wrecked the Brooklyn team, taking
away from HanIon such players as Keeler.
Jones, Shecksrd. DAILY, McGinnity, Farrell
and others. With no money behind him
Hanlon experienced hard time after that.
He gradually lost his ambition because o.
friction with the other officials OF the Brook
lyn club, who did not believe that he W.ae
worth salary of $4,000 year, and finally
got a chance 20 manage the decrepit Cincin-
natl club, which was worrying Garry Heff-
mann almost to death. Hanlon took hold ~
the Parkvlle team last year at time whsn
he had no say as to its makeup. The
season was failure, therefore, and Hanlnn
then asked permission from Hermann sto
adopt the methods which enabled him 10
get together a champion team in Baltimorn
thirteen years ago.
LET me get rid of all these old players
who have worn out their welcome In Gin
cinnati," said Hanlon TO Hermann, -and
then allow me to gather an entirely new
bunch of youngsters who are ambitions
and will hustle for all they are worth V
make good"
Hermann. who has much faith in HAnlopi1
quickly consented to the proposition, and 4
the manager lost no time in getting rid In \
various ways. of Left Fielder Joe Kelley, L
Centre Fielder Cy Seymour, Right Fieldert
Jude. First Baseman Deal, Shortstop Tommy 4
o.. l.. n ~.
Pitchers Chick Fraser and Bob Wicker and /,
several other players. This wholesale lop-N
ping of Of heads caused a sensation aKn0uE3 Z
the Cincinnati critics and fans, who bogeH1
to score Hanlon unmercifIlly. and are stIll
at it. But Hanlon said nothing. He simply
read over his mail and proceeded to eith6f ,
purchase or draft every promising minor \
league PLAYER he could get
The manager had decided TO keep a. -
nucleus Second Baseman Miller HugglneFl
a very fast player. together with Catcher I
Schlei Pitchers Robert Ewing and Tornado
Jake Weimer, the left handler, and Out- I
fielder Odwell. But that was all. Begin (
ming with the pitching department, Hanlon 4
purchased r. o. Chapple from Scranton.s
w F. EssiclS from Portland, Roy Hit from B
San Francisco, Del Mason from Raltimor9,
who was the best pitcher in the Eastern
League last year, and Ed Minahan from I,
Toledo. He also drafted John Kennedy \
from Youngstown and +. G. Ferguson from
the California League. both pitchers. Win 4
this bunch of twirlers to help out Weim0f
and Ewing. Hanlon feels sure that his teat&A
will be stronger in the box than IL was lass
year. especially az Mason, Essick and Hite
are all experienced men of much class.
Behind the bat Hanlon felt that Schi2i
needed help, and as a result he purchase1N n
John B. Mclean. six footer from Portlandy1
and George Starnaglc, a good backstops n
who made fine record in the Tri-Stat3s8
League last year Then he made an eEs
cellent move in dra. ting John Camel, the
Rapids. Camel who had previously X
played on both Of the New York teamog
had grown weary OF running the Grand
Rapids team and fairly jumped at a chanco
TO play under Hanlon, who promptly maue
him the captain Of the team. Hanlon thsM
purchased the release Of Mike Mowrey
from the Baltimore club scrappy young
player who made name for himself lAst
year az a third baseman. Hanlon kept an
eye on him and finally thought 80 well o.
him that Mowrey will probably be regular
member Of the Cincinnati team. playinH
shortstop, with Hans Lobert. a young
player who was with the team last yeaFf
at third base. Hanlon also purchaa@4
three other infelders in J. r. Kane fnom
Seattle, Frank Leary and W. n. Dyer from
the Tri-State League. A
Several years ago Hanlon had an outs
fielder in Brooklyn named Lefty Davis. who
did not an out and afterward was failWrNi
with the New York Americans, Davl4F
however, kept pegging away until he w4&
n real SJdT AT minneapolis laSt year. ha0lQIlU
who always believed that Davis had the
real stun in him, therefore purchased tNH
release Of Lefty, who will get another chano&
10 show what he can do in fast cumpanyss
In addition to Davis Hanlon drafted W.
Thomas, an outhelder from Youngstown an
the same time purchasing outright the
releases OF Outhelders A. Kruger from
Oakland, Harry Wblters from Fresno, M.
r. Mitchell from Portland and Jesse Bechex
from Lake Linden. All Of the new menr
either purchased or drafted. with the excep-
tion ~ Camel and Davis, have never had any
major league experience, but they are
young, willing and eager to succeed. H9ng
Ion has always enjoyed most Of his success
when he had lot OF plisbls, huntIinRr
scrappy youngsters under his directions
In the Cincinnati bunch he thinks hA hae.
the right kind. but that rpmsine 20 be seen NJ
In building up a team. however, it mins1
he remembered that neither HanlOn nor
in fact any manager can he expected ~
succeed in single season II took Ham,
Ion at least two years before he scored a
triumph in Baltimore. II he makes 4
fairly respectable showing with hia Cinoiu~f
natl team this year baseball men, lookiN&
at u from an impartial point Of view, WkN
probably agree that HanIon under thA
circumstances has done well and that "a
has laid the foundations for q better teMfEr
in 1908. -
Lion NJ q DlEadya Mage