The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
ana sstasihnsd him as the chief pow


Or Of baseball.
Johu No0faw was then manager
Of tho Baltimore, one Of the unsnc-
cesssul teams in the American league,
finsncially and artisticaily. Johnson
and McCraw never rowed in the same
boat. They were constantly at los.
gsrhoads. The Baltimore club owed
Mc0rAw more than 5000. and Brush
had Fred Knowles, since dead. pro-
coed to Baltimore and enter into
negotiations with Me0raw. whereby
the Baltimore team should ne wreck
I'd to SAe hurt Of the young league.
Zoe Kelley and ICY" Seymour were
ssnt to Cincinnati, ana Mcuraw took
Mo0innity, BresnAhAn. Cronin. Gil
bert. Donitn and four other players 10
New York with him. the getaway be
ing at rnidnAvht in June of 1909. Bnt
the young league survived. 1t recelv-
ed It's second slap from Brush In lsot'
when he refused to allow the Giants
10 engage with Boston for the world
championship; and the third and maj
slap was handed the more popuia.
league in 1905, when the Giants dsd
play the Athletics. American league
champions in a worlds series. ana
defeated them four games out OF nss.
every game being shut-out contest
= record never before equaled In such
a oIasssv contest. Nor has n been
eQualed since.
since that TINA Brush has learned
70 hin sorrow. and his financial gain,
that the American league Ia not
minor league, but. not until this sea-
son has Boston been in q position to
engage in q worlds series contest, and
happily fur the 5Besteneees that
suuabbfe IL TO be fought out with the
New York Giants, still led by John
J. McGraw, and Etifl owned by John
r Brush.
pulling for the Red Sox.
Not alone all Of Boston, but all
Nav England u as a unit In pulling
for tho Red hose warriors. Boston
IA undoubtedly the greatest and most
loyal baseball city in the world. They
are not vengefui. but they ara hui
man. and they have memories. and
those memories are Of kind not
likely TO WIN New Fork we'll Their
1908 and 1894 team they regarded n
the greatest in the history OF baseball
up to the 1912 team. Boston fans ars
famous for their fairness and the test
With the New York team IL looked
upon an a spoftsmanfike contest. but
the vots = wifi show their partisan
feeling for all that.
It II different In New York. The
citizens there are cossncpolites, here
today and away tomorrow. or the
four millions Of people in the big
little city, probably not one in thou
sand knows or cares anything about
what happened eight years ago. There
IL no steadfast loyalty to men or times
AZ exists In Boston. or Philadelphia.
or such cities n New York can win.
it will be pride for them because
Just now they happen 10 be getting
their three per day within the con-
fines Of the city that 10 beacon light
to the whole world.
Mc0raw loves johnson like mon
key loves snakes and johnson re-
turns the regard. McGraw knows
] ohnsor,'s capabilities well. and, John
per cent. He also knows that John
Mc3raw Ii the one team his prides
will have to ctrcumvent in the series
about to begin In order that the
American league representatives shall
be hailed as the kinkpin ball tossers
Of the civilized world.
Tribute To Mc(3raw.
II there is a greater manager In
the baseball business than John ]
McGraw he has not yet shown itself.
His In Eapoleonic figure and the
brains OF the New York team. From
the moment the first ball Is thrown
at the training grounds in early spring
till the last contest has been played
McGrsw remaina In action and every
play made on the field ia made &C
cording to hs instructions or direc-
ton. Nobody living knows more
about baseball than John J. McGraw.
II there is one man In the-hasiness
who knows as much. II will be hard
to prove. There is little sentiment in
his makeup. He knows the way
things should be done. A player must
do them that way. or get out. Usu-
ally they do them. McGraw's char
acter Is so dominant that few, IL any,
players dare stand out against him.
From his championship team OF
1905 he let go Billy Gilbert. Sandow.
George Browne, Dan Mc0ann
and Bill Dahlen. Seldom. IL ever,
does he make q mistake ana when he
passes d aan UP, AL that II possible
10 get out OF that man has been drawn
and he can safely be ciassed as dead
timber II New York wins the worlds
overlook the players
that participate for New York: they
will have done nothing but carry out
the plans Of the master mind OF base
ball.
Few stars on Giants.
There ara no Eddie Collins. or Jack
Barry, or Frank Baker, or Tack
Coombs on the Giants OF today. With
such men McGraw would win Ave
National league pennants without
sven stopping. Connie Mack. also
great manager had all
u these wonderful players. He still
has them. but he wasn't the manager
who could curb Bender and Oldrine
ill they had frittered away the
chances OF the sreatest team In the
American league thia year, and II was
common gossip In Philadelphia In
Tune that the conduct Of these men
vas 90 contemplate ~ to nullify the
chances o. the other great, conscien-
tious ana willing players on the Ath.
Ietics team. Under NcGraw they
would have played Ia their best form
Il ne was obliged to engage d com4
pists detective outfit to oversee each
81 them. or some other player. or play
~ would have been broken In 10
replace them until they returned to
lorms
Jake stah,. the Boston.s nanagsr;
hAs i hard nut to crack. Newer 40
10 - the day he could compars with
xc0raw . ! taOtiei@n. He may con
roi his team by his flnA gtntl4sAAnly
nstincts ana 81 ne besk out ~ them
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