Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-17
BY Rube Marquard.

wv roaring with excitement
and you can hardly hear
your own voice above the tumult
the most interesting place in the
world is the players bench. 1t is
rarely noticed in the general tur-
moil, but if you watch you can see
that the men in uniform are appar-
emily just as excited as the veriest
bug" in the stands. Sometimes
there will be players out in front of
the coop doing a wild war dance
and throwing bats in the air, while
those who remain seated are
pounding one another on the shout
der and whooping it up like mad
Some clubs are more demonstra-
tive than others. Naturally, a
crowd that is fighting for a pen
nant, with a chance to win is like
ly to be the center of the excite
ment, but all clubs get pretty well
worked up during a hot game.
suppose IA very young club displays
more agitation than one made up of
experienced men, but | have seen
Old timers just as excited as the
kids.
McGraw Always Cool.
When the turmoil is at its height
the coolest man on our club is
Manager McGraw. Through the
widest situations he is constantly
watching the game, and if the club
is charging in from behind he is
shifting his attack as calmly as if
he were playing a game of three
cushion billiards
Doesn't he ever get worked up
himself? Well, / should say he
does, but he never permits his emo
ton to distract his attention from
the game.
l have heard fans suggest that
perhaps the players get so used to
the various situations that they
never become excited. Don't you
believe it. A home run with the
bases full and the club four runs
behind means more to the player
than to the fan. l doubt if any ball
team ever gets so far behind that 1t
loses all interest in winning 1t is
human nature to want to win, and
ball players are essentially human.
No Venom in Talk.
The Giants bench seethes with
excitement during a close game.
Some clubs do a great deal Of talk
hA H.
tion being directed either az the
umpires or at the opposing players
and, while our fellows can hold
up their ends conversationally un-
der any condition. they are lot so
given to shooting singing remarks
at their opponents is members of
other clubs. They talk a good deal.
but there is rarely any venom in
what they say.
McGraw is not much of con-
versationalist out on the coaching
lines. but he can accomplish more
with a few words than any man |
ever saw. He rarely raises his
voice TO shout. but he is verit
able gaJling gun when he wants to
talk
The Cubs bench buzzes like a
suddenly wrecked ant hill during
the tense situations. They are all
great takers, especially Evers and
Zimmerman and Tinker. while
Chance is ever ready to join in the
discussion, whatever it may be.
St Louis is another crowd Of
rapid conversationalists and Pitts
burg is the same way. Cincinnati
doesn't do much talking. and Bos
ton is pretty silent Brooklyn leaves
the arguments to Dahlen. but Phil
adelphia can keep the air fred
with words.
Talk LiVens Up Game.
ON the field the Giants are about
as conve sational as any club in
the country II Fred Snodgrass was
on the inheld right along, with
Fletcher and Herzog, and Grover
Hartley was constantly catching.
there would be a good many words
distributed oyet the lawn before
the game was over think that
lue'. line of talk keeps game
lvened up.