Arizona republican., 1911-10-14
MUCH DEPENDS ON
MANAGERS SKILL

The American League pennant win
ners are confident that they can put
| away the Giants this year. just like
they did the Cubs last fan. but il
! promises To be an exceptional series
with the baseball of higher grade
than last year. TWO Of the shrewdest
baseball generals in America will
clash.
Connie Mack of the Athletics and
John McGraw of the Giants are ad-
! m.ttedly two of the greatest and most
| successful leaders that baseball has
known in the last twenty years These
two tacticicians will play d game by
! themselves. each exchanging vile for
vile ard trying to surprise and check
mate the other From the point OF
tactics. the series viii result in su-
poIb baseball. It's up To the players
To- follow their leader
If both Mack and McGraw repre-
/ sent The best there is in baseball
| BARNS. their methods are today diff
! fcrcut NcGraw, with his cocksurc
! bearing. likes the center of the stage
/ 10 is before the eye of the crowd all
! the time. and his personality leaves
ar uumiStakable impress on the spec
! tator
Mack is different. His gaunt form
| never under any circumstances re
Yeas itself to the spectator There
are thousands of fans who attend
games regularly at Shibe Park who
| have never seen Mack. They know
this kind-eyed Abraham Lincoln type
II man only by newspaper photo
graphs
Mack, retiring shriuks from all
publicity. The quiet of home best ap-
pgals 10 him. McGraw is a mixer
He goes in for nntoricty for all that
ii is worth. He makes himself as
conspicuous as the leading man Of a
musical comedy. He is at the smart
cafes and every other magnetic point
that attracts the sporting man. the
2tlcal figure ana roundor of New
York.
Mack has "a policy Of what might
ac called kindly strictncss on the ban
fi,lG. lie runs his team with an iron
hand. bat the iron hand is covered
With soft glove. and tn" players
forget that il is an iron hand He
4'lisl-'0 IT 4AlA 'A4l lifliltf.h. M
sarraSn ard tact what others fail L.
d" with a roUghshod manner Mack !
has an expressive face. wonderfully |
expressive. and look is sufficient
smoticms L. convey To the player |
the thoughts OF the manager
I'm "a way. Mack is the sternest |
5iscip.inarian in the game. although |
tine Athletic players themselves DO /
not believe IT, But he u.s. Deport- !
merit among the worlds champions is |
perfect NJ player 10 matter how |
valuable. can break Macks ruce In !
tho past Mack had one famous man !
who violated club rules with inn |
punity. bat that man was am ,x- /
crHtion. Mack excused him solely be- |
caus, BE- didn't nave the mental de- 1
Nolormart t. tell right from wrong /
Mack has sharpshooter's eyes He
fidsets on thu bench with tho famous !
Signalling score card. and watcno, /
every bail pitched like a hawk.
When Bender comes from the box /
at the end of tho inning Mack VIII |
say.
~Yon are pitching too high 20 Del
,harty- Get th,m lower McInnis. |
when a right-handcd hitter is at
bat. don't mind the base runner Oh
first. but play back or the fellow viii /
shoot a triple through YOU"
Not a move is overlooked by Mack.
lie is watching every point H
studies tho opposing batsman al the
time: tries Jo find his weakness ana /.
Low he should dress" his field fIr
him. That's defense. but he shows
the same devotion t. the attack H
Is keen to see a hole and break up
q game with it.
Mack, white the monarch Of the
bench, accepts and invites suggcs-
ti"ns from his men. There is nothing
ogotistical about Mack He knows
that ne can't play the whole game
himself and he tries t. develop his
players into his system Men like
Collins. Barry. Murphy. McInnis. Old 4
ring and others know the Mack sys-
TEN 50 wei that il is second nature
t. th,m. "h.y often 90 through with
PAYS instinctivcly ana without giving
= signal They know that there is
only one thing to be done. ana they
do it,
Macl, likes baseball. When h.
takes the team south i'm the spring
he puts on the baseball cloak ana
keeps it on until the last game is
played H is the greatest organizer
ard tutor in the game. That's what
gives Mack such an immense adyan-
tage over the average manager He
has tho knack Of teaching lis base
ball to others.
They cali it Mack luck because the
tai manager took an lS-year-old kid
ramed McInnis and in two years
made him one Of the greatest first
bascmen in the country Yet Nc
lnnis might have gone to another
major league club and been reIoased
in less than season. Mack luck
didn't make McInnis, but Mack brains
did
The same thing applies to Collins
and Barry II there ere any more
compromising players when they made
their first appearance here than this
palr, they are not on record
Collins was a student at Columbia. |,
he was tipped OFF, To several big
leagues. but one look at Collins un-
athletic form was enough, and they [.