Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-20


team. II would be difficult mat =
ter to mold them into a concerted
whole-a machine unit.
Might Create Jealousy,
With two successful managers as
players, such as Chance and Bres-
nahan, and led, too, by just as
successful a leader as either. in
Fred Clarke, the chances would be
grave that the class of team work
so necessary for winner in this
period of scientific baseball would
be sadly disarranged by the jeaI-
ousy of the top-notcherS.
Any man who has been a mana
ger and reduced to the ranks. even
if the shift was ACCOMPANIED bv a
big salary, would naturally occa-
sion certain feeling of depression
and grouchinesS that would cause
a resentment at being ordered to do
this and that, particularly when
such orders might conflict with the
eX-managers ideas. The expert
ment would be dangerous one, es-
pecially with fiery and excitable
player such as Bresnahan, who has
tasted the sweets of. exclusive an
thority and enjoyed the privileges
of supreme command.
But still such a team as Dreyfuss
has in view would surely be A big
drawing card and would always he
a dangerous competitor. and CON
sidering all the emoluments thas
now accrue to winner of a leas1e
championship and the additional
perquisttes of money, glory and
honor that follow worlds ser,es
victor, it might be worth while to
try the experiment that Dreyfuss
is so hot-foot to see carried
through.
Much Depends on Manager.
with managers of the class or
Bresnahan and Chance in such big
demand, it would seem to be a
pity II both those great leaders
should be tied up on one team
And why are managers of the
"a IL o"i4d4dn ana ChanCe in
Such demand? 1t is simply he
cause John j. McGraw has proved
II to be possible that a manager
by MS own personality and individ-
ual efforts, can mold a rnediooro
team into champions. McGraw has
SHOWN that manager is more than
nan team. 1t is conceded nv +ba
Giants themselves that they would
De lucky to finish in the first AZ
vision If they did not have No
Graw to lead them.
Club owners have the idea 3, nv,
sequence of McGraw's repu4a +Ior
ana record that there are mora
McGraWs, and the present scram
ple 10 secure a possible one Is the
result. But the club owners must
take into account that McGraw has
Deen entirely unhampered bv hts
employer, and without the absolute
authority to conduct his team &c ha
sees fit the chances are that ne
would not have been as uniformly
successful as he has.
McGraw has lasted, and so hsya
the Giants, just because President
Brush has had sense enough to an
preciate that his manager knows
more about baseball and how to
run team than he does himself
and has kept his hands off
Brush 5utted In Only Once,
The only time that Mr.. Brush
even made a suggestion to McGraw
about running his team was when
Rube Vanguard was purchased
from the Indianapolis club and had
reported to McGraw at the tail end
OF the season. The reputation given
RUDE by the $4,000 paid for him
and his big record with the Hoosier
club had aroused the interest Of
New York fans to a high pitch, and
they made an urgent request that
the new wonder should SHOW" at
the Polo Grounds.
1t was McGraw's intention to
have Marquard sit on the bench the
balance Of the season and get an
idea of big league baseball by look
ing at the games. But President
Brush became insistent that the
public's demand should be granted,
and McGraw, with many misgiv-
ings and predictions of danger,
finally consented to put the Rube
in.
The consequence was that the
$1,000 beauty was knocked out Of
the box and degenerated into the
notorious lemon" that he was for
more than year after his unfortu-
nate debut. The Giants lost the
use of his services virtually until
the season of 1911, and the $1,000
paid for him looked like thirty
cents as far as the New York clur
was concerned.
But That was not the worst dam
age done. The Giants, by losing
that one game, also lost the cham.
pionship, for they were beaten out
that year by single game by the
Cubs.