The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-08
IWOGREATMANACERS
McGraw Of New York Giants and
Jennings Of Detroit Tigers.
THEIR METHODS COMPARED,
Tigers Director Of the Even Tempered
Sort, While. on the Other Hand,
Giants Pilot 10 of Fiery klnd--Both
Of Same School,

OF same ochoois
One OF the most interesting charac-
ters befors the baseball world today
Is Hughie Jennings, manager OF the
champion Detroit Tigers. No manager
OF any team In baseball today ~ more
OF a universal favorite than the hig
hearted Irishman who directs the play
Of one OF the most aggressive teams In
history.
OF the old school In which John Me.
Grsw, manager Of the Giants, gained
his extensive knowledge Of the game
Hughle Jennings was a pupil. With
Mac. Kelly and Keeler no helped Ned
Hanlon perform a feat that has never
been duplicated In the big leagues,
that OF winning three successive pen.
nants. With McGraw, Jennings today
stands out us one Of the greatest pilots
that ever directed the affairs Of base
ball team. There Ia marked resem
blance In the respective methods OF the
unexcelled leaders Of the most spirited
clubs OF the respective leagues and at
the same time a number OF striking
differences.
Both are fighters from the drop OF
the hat. Neither Is beaten TIL the last
man ls out In the ninth inning, II
makes no difference whether the team
Is behind or out In front, these willy
past masters never for moment will
tolerate letup. Last year Jennings
aned one OF his star players for failure
to run out hit In the last inning
despite the fact that two were out
and the Tigers had the game won be-
yond the slightest possibility Of doubt
Jennings, however. Is more even tenn
pered than McGraw He never allows
himself to be wholly carried away by
rage. as has McGraw In the pnst. He Is
always the gentleman and uses no OBJ
jectionable language on the field or
among his players His nature IL even
more peppery than that OF McGraw.
John Is content to take things serenely
when his team Is out In the lead. Jen-
nings glories In victory and takes de-
feat harder than even McGraw. II IL
this nature that has won for him such
respect In big league cities. Fans love
TO see the mighty trio Of clouters. Cobb.
Crawford and Rossman. In action. But
they like better TO hear the famous
"E-E-Yah"" slogan of the irrepressl
BILE Hughie.
No one would travel very far TO hear
McGraw coach. He's anything but
hit In this department Of the game.
Yet he Is even more keen than his old
side partner to grasp situation. None
in the business can catch the signal OF
distress as quickly as McGraw. 1t Is
this intuition that has made the New
York leader the grand success he Is. II
Is this attribute that enables him 10
keep up In the race for the national
league pennant.
When It comes TO generalshlp, how
ever, the old pair are about skies.
Crafty to a degree. both Jennings and
McGraw are able 10 get every ounce OF
energy out OF their followers. The
players like them and viii do all In
their power to win for them.
McGraw, however IL more cbld
blooded than Jennings. Naturally lie
looks for recognition When player
fails to follow the advice Of McGraw
the New York leader Is annoyed. He
has not the faculty of hiding his an
noyance, as has Jennings. Hughie can
feel all the angers Of demon and still
bear the countenance Of an angel. lie
never yet has permitted his anger
against a player to sway him to such
mood as to publicly call down the Of
fender against his fellows. II Is slap
on the back and bit Of encourage
ment while the others are around. II
he thinks the transgression was delib-
crate, 1t Is of course something else
when he gets the player by himself.
That McGraw is one of the brainiest
men In baseball cannot be denied. He
perhaps knows more about the game
than any other living man. He knows
a player too, as far as he can see him
and can develop material bit better
than any one else. Yet he has not
the same pleasing personality possessed
by Jennings, which propagates unself
ishness and nourishes perfect team
play. When Jennings took hold of the
Tigers, second division team, every
player was at the throat Of his fellow.
In few months every faction had
disappeared. Never in history has any
club shown more fighting spirit or
more brilliant team play than did De-
troit last year and up to the present
time this season. 1t looks very much
as If the Tigers are bound to take the
American league honors again. The
Giants are going SO smoothly that New
York fans believe the efforts Of the
team are to be rewarded by the third
pennant. Should Detroit and New
York win in their respective leagues
what a grand battle the hosts Of the
former old pals would put up for the
worlds championship! 1t would be
worth ten years Of ones life to note
the strategy the peerless leaders would
employ.
Griffith Has Good Idea,
Clarke Griffith thinks there should be