The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-14
INDIVIDUAL HEADWORK
BEATS BASEBALL SYSTEM
How HorsefIy Lit on the Managers Grown AN,
Made Him Signal Steal With
Bases Loaded.

"'S i'i steal O. second NJ.
ne tapped his own forehead the ~, WIN
tirst-who, OF course. was san s aaa
keep his optics closely glnaS sp pug
manager-was to rush for ,ba avl .
station. One afternoon. with Il tbs a aesi
se"ed up and everything depend M s's
the last rally, Watty's team lung ~
slug the leather. Before tho , s.saa y
opposition could pull thsm ss,9uaas
gether the bases We're full and ;,s .
ed as II nothing could prevent >, ' .u
ianche OF runs. At this erit;e,l a -
ment a large horsefy lit on W... No.
face and harpooned him evan i.
whaler sends the broad iron ip,o =. T.
spouting leviathan. With a h0v, ~ y
anger Nattv slapped himself uno0 y,
forehead, and instantly, with ths ,s.l
and fervor of young colt at NOV y. ..
man on first stole second with tho h, !.
full. '-' JAWS
After the pandemonium had sphs;s
ed, the hostile infeld had ronndad :.
both the eager base runner and tbs NY
whom he had forced off second and Il.
oird man had gone out on l0no 4,
that would have tied the score Var,
went forth to do things to the ivo,r.
headed boy whose miscue had erabbsa
the game.
-Generalship that doesn t apply in II.
actual principles of mechanical NAV
bat counts tremendously is the seiepe,
OF jollving players outside the psn,
and of cheering them along till they m.
forth tremendous efforts, all uneo,.
scious of their being the recipients d
the soft soap or the icon" The ber
work Of this kind that has been done il
recent years was the way in Will
Frank Chance and Charley Murpiy
handled Harry Steinfeldt and Jinny
Sheckard. Chance told Murphy tia.
these two men, added to the roster of
the Cub team. could win the Hx Both
men. at this time. 1905 were consider
ed ''all i'm and practically wmles. !,
Sheckard was condemned in Bndin
for a sullen, surly disposition, and vas
believed to be the meanest proposition
any manager could attempt to handle
Steinfeldt was regarded as sulky Ger
man of the mulish kind, and had b.
come extremely disliked in Cincinnati
and in the Red ball club. Murphy got
them both in trades. giving equivalents
far under their value. but apparently
ample in view of their alleged sulkiles
and their failing quality. The RESULT
Both men turned in, played magnificent
ball for Chicago, and were vast factors
in the winning of three flags.
Glow did you do it''' asked an Old.
timer. who had been among those hos
tile to Steinfeldt and Sheckard, and
! had predicted that both would be fail
ures in Chicago. "How on earth did
you get those fellows to behave The
way they've done'"
Murphy gurgled with laughter "Ess
Jest thing in the world" said he. :!
have simply treated them as gentlemss
and good ball players, and they pave
shown me that | made no mistake.
Glasscock s Scheme.
Twenty years and more ago JseI
Glasscock was handling the lndlanapos
team. 1t was way down in the race oa
playing good ball. The New ioln
PLAYING at their fastest stride, the pace
that Won them the flag that season sia
the championship of the world eans
along late in the schedule, and olsa
cock was wild TO beat them. be ass
only two effective pitchers ready ioT w
brunt. One of them was q lazy ieli0,
who hated to work oftener than 7asa =,
solutelv necessary to keep HIM On ~. =
payroll-the other was Amos MUSE
then at the threshold Of bis gfea' !"
reer. -,
"Say, old man." said Glasseoea ~ y
the lazy fellow, Ego in and pea1 I .as%
today, and YOU won't have TO WV W,
again this week. The lazy man n's -.
flung his arm off. and New loih i,
beaten. Then said Glasscoek y ~
great young pitcher, "Amos sa asr and
the New Works. Beat them TO-DAY All =,
I'll let YOU pitch again tomorrow. Tss,
Rusie won his game handS GOWN. AK
was an example of the way " -
different styles of men.