El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14
John J. MeGraw.


He IS Irish. He Is a scrapper He
mas been called "pugnscious John Nc
Graw." When McGraw starts something,
I he generally finishes it-generally,
which means whenever It lies within
the realm Of possibility. He IS game,
He is a worker When he doesn't &C
I complish that which he attempts, y IS
because he is not equal to the task
not because he did not try hard enough.
he puts forth every ounce OF effort ne
poa esses, Lives" the task he is under
taking
I McGraw. sis to make good right TO the
spct where you happen to be Now
That epitOmizes the story OF John NC
[ GraW's career.
8IcGraw has the reputation Of being
Z a hOt-headed fellow. This Is probably
due to his tendency TO kick at the UNI
pire and scrap, verbally, with players
of rival teams. He could not be stamped
a chronic kicker" one who kicks Tor
the sake Of kicking. When he mas a
/ kick TO make, he makes II, ana the Cd
Z iect Of his wrath is not likely soon 70
Scrget the incident But he never Kicks
unless there is a Likelihood that some
thing IS to be gained.
McGraW wants to win every game
HIS fighting spirit Is contagious. he
has his players on their toes, ana GIN
ger IS a WatchWOrd- From MS pOslLl0h
on the bench while the team IS IN tne
field he gives words Of enCOurage InenL
TO those who make mistakes, while MS
energetic coaching on the lines, WINE
tfers are New York players at pat or
on the bases, keeps the men on the
lump If player becomes careless or
Indifferent. the Giants manager knows
how TO call him down IN the hafdesI
kind ofaway- using bitter words OF crit
fcism that cut Ike a knife
1IcGraW knows ball player Wnen
D IN
rough or when a pOhsheds perfected
veteran Let a man make every mis-
-ake in the baseball caCalOgue-it does
not Tease lcGraW 81 he thinks the man
his the goods in min. The big thing
about it is that McGraW knows more
often than he thinks Take the Merkle
case. The now great first baseman
would be buried deep in the bush II
it were not for AcSraWs WISDOM l4
seeing that his failure to touch second
ia 1908 did not reveal the true Aerkla
that grand ball player lurked m
side the man who pulled the most noto-
rfous "bonehead" play Of history "
was not fOrbearanCe on the part OF
1TcCzra w that urged him to stick to
Merkle. It was because AIcGraW knew
he had star.
The same thing is true in the case Of
chief Myers. one Of tho steadiest catch
ers in the business today and a demon
litter When AIcGraW first got his tall
ons on the big indian player, Myers was
a numbering cOW-nlze hulk Of man,
less like q bail player than like an ice
wagon. RUDE Vanguard, the sensation
Of 1911, was called q cheese by fans
all over the country through more than
two years, until he began to pitch some
OF the greatest baseball ever dished up
from the mound. DevOre, Snodgrass.
Becker. Fletcher, Herzor, Doyle and
Nathewson can also attribute their
present value on the diamond TO the sa-
gacity Of McGraw- Red Murray who
came from the St Louis Cardinals It
about the only member Of the Giants,
squad who was not made into ball
player right in McGraw's back yard.
But Murray has vastly improved since
Ee became q. Giant
1IcGraw's talent in dealing with indi-
vidual players is as manifest in deVel-
cp.ng them as in picking them out.
Only one glaring failure blcts the es-
cutcheon Of his managerial Journeys
the fan down Of Bugs Raymond, who
toppied off the water wagon when he
seemed about due for a great season.
But 80 is doubtful whether any man in
the world could have kept Raymond in
the straight and narrow path, the only
one that leads 70 success in things
baseball Connie Mack made RUDE
tFaddel walk the chalkline. However,
Waddell was not Raymond, and Connie
might have failed with Bug" just the