New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
,.seBALL AND BRAINS
,lm 4 FIELD GENERAL
IN GAME.
81, Struggle for the Pennont One
Of Intelligence and Not of
BrQ.Un.

baseball season draws into its nnal stage.
- go .ollow with tsvsrish interest the doinss
:s .sx...n seams that make up the two major
,~- must realize once more that the struggle
ss- 1,nsn.s Is as much ore Of brains a. G;
!" "~ !. AT more so. and they must look to This
iS sue sYnlsnasion ot the success OF some
- 80 N. failure OF others. Brain 10 r.e-e!ni.
"a matter OF fact, in every phase OF profess
- BASEBALL to-day. IL accounts Cor the de-
80. Of what is known in two words A. inside
49, sns Il rules every move OF a pennant
,,us seaYn or It's manager from shs close ot one
y, 70 che END OF the next
vS..h.u az IN. present day is q ceaseiess battle
- .sh; must be made much by the man
.v.n II he be one who does not play him
- a., Jennings or Mc6raw, as by the men who
-. no the actual playing strength OF the team.
-. q inside work in baseball. the assertions OF
- "a the contrary notwithstanding. and 20
- ,bo know the game there is little that goes
-, does not have some significance.
-. Is 3 pretty struggle now in both leagues.
.,.-s The man IN the street Will tell YOU tina,
-ssu-s has the pennsns OF the National League
= slthoush he may perhaps aami; that :n the
.lcsn League Il is too early 10 tell which team
N "a the honor OF lighting IL OUT With the
-. for the post-season championship
-. Frea Clarke who guided the Pittsburs tear,
.S-ss successive victorious seasons. I'm 1901. 1870,
= ,.r would shake his head and advise you 10
-, an eve on the Chicago and New York teams
rTop were 10 congratulate him tomorrow on his
ru,psctive 9ennant
!, he present three teams are really ;n the
,--,Dr As was the case last year, P,ttsburS
S,,,vo and New York are in front, and their xu-
,.smacy IN not likely 10 be threatened this year
". York Is in the race account OF one man
ny for without the guiding intelligence o. John
vsGaw the team would be below Philadelphia and
osennat. and would ind II hard work 20 keep
,sus Of ST. Louis and Brooklyn
VeGraw won a game the other day by his ssilful
,s,ys from the bench. u was IN the tenth inning
a. the score was tied. one man was out and tho
~, made 4 base hit. Under the circumstances
!. opposing team expected the next man up 10 HIT
\. tsn out. Instead McGraw ordered him 20 bunt,
,-1 50 surprised were the inhelders OF the other
,.,r thai the batter reached first base in safety
g.Hs the man first had gone 20 second. the
AMER Of double play having been thus aVerted.
rs gave the next man an opportunity 10 hit the
All Out 10 drive in run. which he promptly did
gnz.ns the game.
Mnore versatile field general than McGraw ever
,yk part IN the game. He seems 10 seize by IN
rha the moments Of golden opportunity Not
kss sso the Giants were playing Cincinnati, and
n, score was ted Bridwel and Devlin, both
.if men. were the bases. on first. the
osG on third. Two men We're out. and weak
aag hardly 10 be trusted 10 drive in run.
Vssnw had no pinch hitter 10 spare but he de-
l.asa signs Of nervousness in Downey. the Gin
er-sa shor;stop So he ordered Bridwell. who was
Or trst TO take a good lead. and at the same time
Dsah made feint 10 steal home Mclean dag
nossa The play correctly and shot the ball 30
DoEney. assuming that Brldwell would so 20 second
Baavsl hung or the base line. however. and
DoEnsy, instead OF trying TO tag him. threw back
70 Esiaan but too late TO catch Devlin, who slid
hone with the winning run.
NcSlNs great genius is in producing runs from
ullonkzg situations by quick thinking with men
a. he l-2z. Chance. on the other hand, although
lnAaH base runner himself, has applied 20 his
Wa as manager his knowledge Of pitchers and
taHs gained when he was catcher for Chicago
uE he late Frank selee. He is a wizard in de-
z-s pitchers tactics and oSsetting them by
tgy laid batting campaign. he is equally BRILL
tr n diagnosing schemes OF attack laid out by
c1E managers 10 fool his pitchers, ano * is
flan that he fails 10 rise 10 an emergency.
GsE York had scored only one run in that memo
nas battle last October, when e game that ended
ssts on account Of technieality was replayed.
a1 YET on the strength Of that one run Chance took
Agzsr his great left-handed pitcher. out OF the
au end sent Mordecai Brown in 20 finish the task
seatng the Giants. Two men were out, and
Hs TN was in with a man on second base. when
hasier gave base balls. II was not hope
rs situation, 10 be sure, and Il only the first
t-hs o, the game. But Chance is a psychologist.
"a Z he doesn't know II. and he undoubtedly
n'sd The pcnnant by his change OF pitchers, for
4eSiaE had ordered the New York betters 20 walk,
Glns 10 hit. and Chance OWNED this
fIed Clarkes peculiar genius lies In the salec-
'l o. Players In the knowledge OF the exact mo-
Aa when a star has cutlived HE usefulness.
s'aas,eld, Beaumont and Ritchey all were allowed
isaEe Pitisburg when apparently In their prime,
~ az have been replaced by better players Con-
~ MACK the manager q the Philadelphia Athletics.
40 are making great fight now Tor the American
0-sls pennant, is another genius In carving out
s'-' teams from slender resources In 1907 ne
~ Laloie and three other great players who had
~ counted on 70 win pennant because OF in
"-1lons secured by the Philadelphia National
--sle club in the course Of the fight between the
- g leagues, but won his pennant nevertheless.
= Sheer ability Of players could win pennantss
Nt@Ae would have been al the top OF the Amert-
- league FOR The last five OF six years. for there
- ao@ apparently, been a weak spot the team
~ mat time. II money could Win them the
- io'K team would have captured the pennant
-. t younger league AT least three times since
-, hli neither playing skill nor unlimited sup
- " money are enough. There must be brains
- - Il all brains In the manager who rules the
es'iEies OF the team
-, 'W TIE players. no man is a great baseball
-. - VINO Goes not use his brain In the actual
-. - VI me game. That Is Impossible nowadays.
.s e.. e. ne DAY OF the slCgger is past and there
!, -" pitchers who could toy with the greatest
~ o'9ume sluggers. But all that is another
y j, ~ me examples Of brainy work at the bat
s.,. 'u ano IN The pitchers box form an inter
% chronicle in themselves