The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-06
ONLY ONE MANAGER
SPECTATORS FORGET WHO IS MAN.
AGING THE TEAMS.
Horace FogeE Says That the Twfrfel
Who Does Work In Dixie Has
q Tough Time I'M the
SoufhInud

Horace Fogel hands out the follow
ing In his Philadelphia letter:
Pitchers have much harder shedding
in the the Big Big MAJOR league , cities cities The
fans down here In the South are espe-
CHILLY hard on their pitchers. When
ever a couple Of hits are punched in one
shout. in chorus: Take him out! Take
him Quit" That's very discouraging TO
a pitcher, ana ruins many O one by
but the ambition. out Of him.
The loyal supporter of clubAis new
er guilty of offering sucn an Insult to a
player or sh outing such advice from
Ball players always try their best.
Some days things break badly for
them, ana they can't help 1t. They. feel
badly enough about their poor luck on
suits offered them by would-be friends
of the club. but who are in reality the
clubs worst enemies. n,
Spectators at a ball game should
never lose sight OF the fact that there
ID a manager on the bench to run the
team, decide how to play his men and
determine when to take out q pitcher
more about the business OF running "a
team than they do and Is in a posi-
ton to Judge better what move next to
make at all stages Of the game. II the
manager keeps. a pitcher in when ne Is
not, In the opinion OF the spectators.
delivering the goods" that manager
has q good reason for doing SO. The
what that reason is, but they can take
II for granted that it's for the best In
terests OF the club .
1t may be because the catcher is us
Ing poor judgment, in coaching the
pitcher, and Is the one to blame for his
poor work. Or It may be because the
tielders are giving him poor support.
ager realizes that his side cannot hit
the opposing twirler who is in extra
ordinary fine fettle that day. and, with
his side behind. a change Of pitchers
would not improve matters. as there Is
no chance or winning that game
Anyhow. the loyal supporter and real
friend OF the club keeps quiet and does
manager on the bench. Neither will he
take the heart out of a player and
| make him feel dissatisfied or humiiia-
ted by yelling such insults as Take
cities can never get winning team
together because their fans do not en-
courage the players properly by treat
| ing them decently.
The way to- spur a player on to try
extra hard to do his best is to encour-
age him In his efforts at all times. He
| will either lose his nerve or become
| grouchy and vindictive and anxious to
| get away TO some other club il the
home clubs supporters do not treat
him right. forvhe Is like tue rest of US
only human. a mandgorH success IN
building up a winning team depends
largely upon the aid given him by the
clubs supporters. II they treat, the
4 players CONSIDERABLY his task is q
| Comparatively easy one. But they car
break up his team in short order II
they make the players dissatisfied by
roasting them.
| In nine cases out of ten trouble OF
| this kind Is made by the hoodlums and
boneheads who only attend games oc-
castonally. The regular patrons know
| better and are willing to concede that
able Of running his own team than tn ey
| are. The real friends of club do MOI
| offer advice to the manager, hut keer
| quiet during the progress OF a game
| and mind their own business. They
never yell across the field Take him
QUIT"
| Manager Mack is not going to b.
1 caught this year with a shortage OF
! material by thinning out his ranks a,
| early and as muth as in former years
Since the reports have gone abroat
youngsters. he has been Hooded witt
| offers from managers all over ths
| country to purchase some of his sur.
plus material. To all these. offers Mr.
Mack has replied that he will not par
with a single man In his SQUAD for tn,
have to go, as a matter Of course fo1
he cannot carry them all during tn.
entire season. Kocher and probabI,
Blue, Of the catehers, will perhaps b.
the frst to go. followed by a couple o
innelders. at least one, outnelder an.
several pitchers. But the chances ar
that Connie will attach a string to ev
| cry one he sends away, 80 that he cal
pull them BACK again, II not durtul
the coming season. at least next fall.