White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-22
MANAGERS RULE
WITH IRON HAND
STRICT DISCIPLINE OF PLAYERS
Il RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCCESS
oF NEW YORK GIANTS AND
ATHLETICS.

League pennant b. the New York
Giants. John J. McGraw has ruled
with a rod Of iron. He has made il
Enthusiastically plain that he is the
master and thai no ball player is big
enough 10 dispute his Judgment. IN
enforcing the unimportant rules Of
the club 10 the letter MeGraw has
taught his men how TO obey the
other regulations as a matter OF
course. For instance. The Giants
manager always has believed in
morning practice when the players
are at home. He framed a rule
some time ago that 10 O'Clock vas
the reporting time and he notified
the men that II they were unavoidab-
~ delayed not more than fifteen
minutes after the hour they would
not be disciplined. But a minute
later meant a fine.
MeGraw seldom appears at the
Polo Grounds IN the forenoon. but he
stations a monitor at the clubhouse.
gate. The latter holds a watch and
jots down in a little book the exact
time o. each players arrival. The
book IS handed . McGraN when he
appears laIeE = he day and after a
quick Inspection Of the report he
loses no time N confronting a tardy
rule breaker.
You are fined twenty-five bucks
You know the reason SAYS the little
manager grimly. This laeonic an
nouneement is usually heard in
silence. for McGraw does not permit
back talk without showing his teeth
and making things exceedingly un-
pleasant for the offender. Further
more the Giants leader plays no
fayorites. II a star pitcher IS twenty
minutes late a morning practice he
is fined as quickly as the new man
from the minors. II the offence by
one player becomes frequent the fine
is done away Nith and a session on
the bench without pay is substituted
In a word McGras compels his men to
respect his wishes and in hat way
he Is able TO drive them along at top
speed.
Exercising such absolute authority
would be impossible without the sup
port Of President John T. Bush. II
a disciplined player appeals to Bush
he is politely referred back 10 Ne
Graw. Brush never interferes with
the management Of the team. He
pays a big salary 10 McGraV TO look
after that end Of the game and the
manager surely earns II. But Il
isn't a fact that McGraw is too severe
or unfair in his treatment of the men
On the contrary he is slow to badger
a man for poor work and is a close
student of human nature. II a play
er needs encouragement and jolly
ing McGraw is the first to realize II
and he knows how to act according
ly. II a man appears TO be lazy Nc
Graw promptly cracks the whip. He
knows when a player is Sinking and
a sharp calldown results. Yet there
is never a time when McGraw isn't
ready to take the players end OF il
in all sorts of controversies. He is
patient and painstaking. though not
slow in arriving at conclusions. He
is totally devoid of sentiment mas
much as he wouldn't hesitate TO trade
Christy Mathewson IL he thought he
could strengthen his team. A pug
%naeious, scrappy player himself when
he covered third base for the cham
pion Baltimores seventeen years ago.
he is a strong advocate OF a~ggressiy-
ness. He believes in fighting for
every inch. allowing the opponents
TO get no unfair advantage.
Kicking against the umpires' rul-
ing is the n unpleasant feature OF
McGraw's regime. He doesn't kick
as much as in former years. but be
hasn't yet realized that such behav-
Tor gets nothing and isn't popular.
The Giants are imbued with his
fighting spirit. however, and no enemy
has charged them with fainthearted-
ness. When McGraw measures his
m%enthods with those of Connie Mack
next week. there'll be an interesting
test.
The Athletics manager has a diff
ferent temperament. He is a quiet
phlegmatic fellow, a student of base
ball. a strict disciplinarian and a
field fighter. however. for when he