The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-27
CONFIDENCE
IN LEAN LEADER
Athletics Did Not Call Meet.
ing of Board Of Strategy
This Year

Giil1cuddy. plot a plan of campaign
individually contribute their opin-
ION on the method Of offense and
detense to use against the New York
ers.
Like all able commanders Cornelius
McGullicuddy does not depend upon
MS w stable opinion to the utter
most. He prefers to have his team
in~diNtdualize its efforts; he feels that
each member of the clan is a COM
Petent, whose mind is agil enough to
pront by the mistakes of a rival, or
to personal plans tina make for sue.
cess OF the individual as well as col
iective glory for the Champions.
"tin this Idea in mind Of receiving
!ne AIMED mental powers of his men
mas the Athletic board of strategy been
eailed INTO life. This aggregation, com
prised OF the polished players and the
nm interesting history. It's p%ersonnei
alone IS an indication of it's mental
equipment. First on the LIST ia Cor.
ME Mack himself. eo
LAR h president of a war board
NJ the list. Gathered about are
. vne,n an.e lieu,enants. veterans and
souilss n all nodded into an ener-
shrewdness of the team. Cantain
Harry Davis. coadjutor extraordinarv
Is the big man Of the remainder ~
the group. VI
Eight on Board.
ny others are Chief Bender. wilv.
s~,Lateeical and alert: Ira Thomas
n snp..e. scneming and satisfying:
sessed Of a knowledge Of in.ide base
s DaLl nat rarely percolates to the out
side world; Jack Coombs. bir brainv
sno orawny Eddie Collins, whose IN.
Iolmatlon is eagerly heard, and Jack
garry the modest member Of the
ppcist. VINO congresses as much base
big leagues. d III inc
the history Of the formation n, +h.
ooara OF strategy is an interestine
chapter IN the first worlds series
Hnlch the Athletics ever won 70
sprang into being through the evil
sencies OF a situation in CHICAGO last
n aa.' tnoush at that time Barry Vas
ra". a. of the conferences, He
as the result of his splendid j' nes season
ance through the season.
on the Saturday night when ro,o
ana Brown pitched defeat into the
s sa.ap OF the Mackians the board Of
st.aeesy was born. Manager Mack be-
;.e'eo that his roster must be Changed
40 oruer that n fight could be sue
yielded the worlds championshin inao
Most Of the Athletics. to take +,ot.
nalnos away from the scene of tho
ssrlte n to get away from ponder
ing on the turmoil of that Sabbath,
nao gone to the theater. Connie sent
moTo TO MS chosen few to meet him
n ~ q ns room at midnight. There the
ated. "as Gre
Put Hartsel In.
knew that Manager
Cnance would pin his faith on MorSe-
cal Brown as his pitcher for the next
EaIne: Several things had come nm
nat anage Mack felt needed a lit
Tie aovice from his men to meet.
Thus came the board of strategy
They talked over the game ~
Thomas was asked the ad%visabiiitv 70
tne catching. The big backstop. with
no thoughts Of personal preferment
entering his mind. suggested that as
Coomos was 70 pitch it would be an
excellent as well as feasible idea to
use Lapp as catcher. This was agreed
upon n that point settled. The n
OF lra,s suggestion was shown in the
spiendld achievement of Lapp.
Danny Murphy came thron1b with
me suggestion that 1t would be a, rich
iaea to use Topsy Hartsel in left. shift
PRS LORD over TO center, and allow
t amos strunk. who had not been hit
r.ns broWnie through the series, to re-
nam q non-combatant. This plan was
adopted,. too. with the result that
Iopsy electrified the baseball world
by his splendid game. "o''o
me success OF this gathering wes
g apparent in the ultimate result of
tneir suggestions. that the board ~
ma4haGy oecame q fixture in the Mack
an,.'us OF campaign. Strangely
called in convention extra aDt ne9 en-
OUTING n recent series. The Ath.
ietics were so firmly convinced tha+
tney were the masters of the Giants
nat the manager himself was left In
entlre n complete charge Of the
However. had a vital s,+,a+,o,
sented itself. then the strateev hapo pre-,
would have been called into eonsnita-
tion. Iheir schemes. their plans and
their ideas would have been presentaS
tne ocst OF all Of them adopted, and
me ailled strategy OF these masters
ussd IN the game against the Giants
"ia Mse the was acute.
,,thn,, stsatesists themselves are not
Misnout ame Coombs and Bender.
pastmasters Of fooling the batsmen
yield to their fellows the finer points
OF making the hitters of the Giants
az clay IN the hands Of the potters
The weaknesses Of the batting ordar
are pointed out by these sharps.
Murphy. Collins and Barry cave
their Ideas Of the style of attack that
snoulo be organized. whether ar not
II 10 advisable to depend on a bunts
ING game against a certain pitcher or
wnetner or not a straightforward hit-
ting contest is a necessity. 81"
70 Thomas falls the lot OF point,n.
out the peculiarities OF the batters
viewed from the standnoint OF the man
nehind the bat. Ira wises his brethran
on the little signals he has mined az
when the runner is starting - st.oi
when tho hit-and-run is to be a.
tompted. and all those little ms+tar.
OF inside knowledge that are a nece.'
sity FOR his fellows to know.
Measured in a matter Of dollar. ana
Sen.s ana the commercial value Of thai
hoard Of strategy cannot be estimatad
MOST any owner Of a team would he
willing to tighten his bank roll 70 a
great extent to have in his ranks a
sextet compriaed of a Davis, q Dende
q Coonbs. a Thomas. a Murphy. a Col,
Inns and II Barry. wv
A great dcnl Of time Is often wasted
pcrfecting plans which prove rather
imperfect when tried.