Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
Nu8gsy McGraw Planning Team for Years Ahead
Giants Manager Operates a Training School

of the older players. He is 4earning
the weakne. ses of the opposing
pitchers
Some day he may take his place
in the regular line, and when he
does he will be practically a fin
ished outfelder. McGraw does not
believe in putting an inexpert-
enced man into critical games,
whether he is a pitcher or an out
fielder, or anything else, and the
wisdom of his course has been
proven time and again
Arthur Shafer. the crack Cali
foJnian, can hardly be classed as Z
recruit student. He could take his
place in the regular line right
now. He has gained his experience
as the others must gain it. and be
is out of the regular line only be
cause Of the fact that equally bril-
liant players who have the added
value of longer service stand in his
way.
Arthur Fletcher had to take his
turn on the bench until last year
when the trade for Herzog opened
the way for regular service, and
Fletcher has been a great player
from the moment he broke in.
Fred Merllle sat back for several
years, and 50 did Herzog when he
first joined the Giants before going
TO Boston.
Meyers Worked Way Up.
Chief Meyers played second fiddle
for a time when he Joined the
Giants. but finally worked his way
to the position of first catcher Of
the club Now, Arthur Wilson, a
very fine receiver, is the second
man, while behind him is Groyer
Cleveland Hartley. who will some
day be a great star.
McGraw does not try to hurry
the development of a man. He goes
along slowly and carefully with
him, studying rot only his ability.
but his temperament. and the day
AiCll NlNNIi 1t W say = d man Is ltdNN
YOU can wager he is. That is usual
lv true. too, when McGraw says a
man is done. His mistakes in jude
ment on BAH PLAYERS have been
mighty few and far between. How
many Youngsters discarded by him
after trials have become stars?
Beneath his brusque mannerisms
and way of speaking McGraw has
an infinite patience. Errors of
judgment may initiate him, but err
rors of hands or feet are never no
ticed, A boot" means nothing 10
him. A bone" arouses his ire. He
will take hold of a youngster who
is so raw that the average manager
would probably release him after
glance, work him along very pa
tiently. until one day he presents a
new star
believe that McGraw can see a
ball player quicker than any man ina
the business. | doubt if it takes
him more than day or so 10 cor
rectlY estimate a fellow, and many
time he has demonstrated his
Judgment by turning loose some
youngster whose work most people
thought stamped him as a coming
sensation, and clinging to another
raw recruit who has shown the
casual observer nothing.
McGraw "Saw" Tesreau.
Last soring. remember, there
was a great deal of talk about this
and that recruit pitcher in the
training camp. McGraw overheard
some of the correspondents dis
GUESSING the different men. and
finally he remarked quietly:
We'll, YOU fellows can have p ].
that kind-In take this big boy
Tesreau for mine"
And Tesreau has fulfilled Nc
Graws judgment
NrGraw likes players Of his own
making He makes fewer deals for
men from other teams than any of
the managers. He prefers a playe.
who has been through his own per
sonal school He would pay any
amount for an experienced player
if he felt that the veteran could
help him win a peDnant but as a
general proposition you would have
a hard time handing him an old
timer from some other team. He
likes his own productions