Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-13
MANAGER GRIFFITH DETER MINED
TO SECURE SOUTHPAW PITCHER
Bidding for Bill Bailey and Lefty George,
and May Wind Up by Grabbing
Cottrell of Scranton GLIB.
own affairs and that he must not he
interfered with

interfered with.
That Ray Morgan must have made
good impression with the many scouts
who went through the Virginia League
last fall in search of playinf material Is
evidenced by The TACT mat no less thdn
ten minor league clubs have made eff
forts to secure this PLAYER from Griffith
since lie reached New York. The scouts
have been tipping off the owners and man
ayers OF little clubs to make an effort to
secure him. believing that in time Nor
San will make star. But Griffith is
not going to part with Morgan. He will
take him south. and unless something
happens In the way of a deal which Will
give the team seasoned third baseman
Morgan Will be given chance to show
what he can do in the position.
Il shall nlav base ball Just as long as
they will let me- remarkable Jimmy Cal
lahan yesterday afternoon. ''All this talk
about nay managing the White SOX from
the bench is rot. | like the, game too
well to quit it. and. besides. I think l
have a lot of good playing left in me.
had hard time of it last spring, for
1t was hard to get my legs to going, but
once l got in shape l did not suffer in
the least. Last years experience should
be of great help to me. for / do not eX-
pect to have the slightest trouble get
ting in shape this year."
While the encouragement that Fred
Clarke would not play any more for
Pittsburgh and would manage the Pirates
from the bench next season was gener-
ally diSSelieved. Clarke is firm in his
stand and yesterday bet President Murphy
of the Chicago cluD a suit Of clothes that
he would not play in single game next
season No one knows what l suffered
last year., said Clarke They will tell
You that | played as well as ever and
perhaps | did 20 fairly well, but believe
me when 1 say that l went through all
<,f torf ,1I,
have Simply Worn out after over twenty
wears of base ball. l am through play
Ing, but will manage from the bench.
1 am sincere when l say that L have
played my last ball game
kid" Gleason has been engaged by
Charles Comiskey as pep producer
for his White Sox. His official capacity
assistant manager" capacity similar
to the one he held in Philadelphia when
he worked under Billy Murray.
Gleason can an owe his job to Hughey
duced the thing into the American
League. It's fad now.
Before Jennings broke into the Johnson
organization pep" was an unknown
and his own original coaching express
sions. He became the first true apostle
of speed of action and fighting play on
the ball field. and the public fell for it
Ever since Jennings started his coach
ing system the Tigers have been the big
gest drawing card in base ball Connie
Mack bands a team CT stars and wins
world championships. something which
Jennings was never able to do with his
team, but Connie admitted in Detroit last
summer that the Tigers were outdraw-
ing the Athletics three to two in every
pep and 'Ty'' Cobb that did it, but
Cobb is a wonderful pepper box and
Jennings ideal. Cobbs aggressiveness is
the highest type that a ball player could
master, according to Hughie. And Jen-
nings' coaching helps Cobb.
The other managers are jealous of the
success achieved by Jennings and his i'm
mense following. Close study of his
methods reveals the secret of his success
the old pep. So to succeed like Jen-
nings they are starting to initiate
Such eminent base ball authorities as
Silk O'Loushlin, John j. McGraw.
Frank Chance and Others agree thai you
must have the action to succeed George
NJ. Conan realized that. He gave the
stage plays that We're snappy and chuck
full of. action. and George has receive
something like 100000 as a result of his
insight Jennings is to base ball what
cept- that Jennings is more refined. The
other managers are realizing that they
must do the Jennings style to make
hit. So they are employing pep pro-
! ducers
! While the resolution passed by the
American League yesterday might create
war scare. there IS hardly any danger
| of there being a breach between the
| two major leagues. One object OF the res
| olution, it is limited, is to rebuke
Charles Webb Murphys statement that
Ban Johnson controls the National
might well be selected as chief of
the parent organization in public as to
continue as its chief in private.
| Then. too. it is limited that Ban john
| son is anything but pleased with the
manner in which the national commits
/ sion carried on the ticket scalping in
vestigation- But. under present pros
porous conditions, the men who have
going to hesitate a long while and show
d disposition to make concessions rather
i than to engage in war.
I is James Moroney. They got him from
! Utica. this state. He played under
! Charlie Carr last year.
Carr is sort of scout for the Tigers
/ He watched Moroney for a year and then
! decided that he was good enough for the
| big leagues. The Detroit was the club
| to get him. OF Moroney. Arr says:
| He has everything in the world but a
/ big league reputation and he will have
| that inside a month
! Moroney possesses overland deliv-
! cry. He also has beautiful cross-iire
! and good control. At least he had al
! of that last year.
Just before signing contract MorOneH
got in wrong. He admitted that he hat
spent the entire night at Madison Square
Garden. watching the bicycle riders An,
man who does that-well, thu Detro
owners talked it over and somebody sug
gested that "Rube" Waddeil could neve
pitch unless he pulled stunt just as bad
and since Nioroney is lefthander Xix
Waddell they considered this all-nigh
! stunt Il good s.gn.
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