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


There Is such thing now as bav.
ing too many headhners on ono
team. 1t would be a difficult mot
ter to mold them into a conca,toa
Whole-a machine unit
Might Create jealousy
With two successful manager. o..
players, such as Chance and Rron
nahan, and led. too, by inst -
successful a leader as either in
Fred Clarke, the chances wouId :.
grave that the class of team Wi.
so necessary for winner in +b,a
period of scientific baseball wo,,Il
be sadly disarranged by the Zeal
ousy of the top-notchers.
Any man who has been a man.
ger and reduced to the ranks a,.o,,
If the shift was accompanied by
big salary, would naturally occo
sion a certain feeling of daprassio,
and grOuchiness that would cane.
resentment at being ordered to do
this and that, particularly when
such orders might conflict with tba
eX-manageTs ideas. The evnorf
ment would be a dangerous ono
pecially with a fiery and excitahlo
player such as Bresnahan. who has
tasted the sweets of exclusive an
thority and enjoyed the privlIagos
Of supreme command.
But still such a team as Dra,-s,,.-
mas in view would surely he bf,
drawing card and would always ho
dangerous competitor, and con-
Slderlng all the emoluments that
now accrue 10 a winner Of a Ieaguo
championship and the additional
perquisites of money, glory and
honor that follow a worlds sarios
victor. it might be worth while n
try the experiment that Drevfuss
Is so hot foot to see carried
through.
Much Depends on MANAGER,
With managers Of the class ~
Bresnahan and Chance in such biz
demand. 1t would seem to he =
pity If both those great leaders
should be tied up on one team.
And why are managers Of the
caliber of Bresnahan and Chance in
such demand? It is simpIv he.
cause John j. McGraw has nrovod
1t to be possible that a manager
by his own personality and individ-
ual efforts, can mold q mediocre
team into champions. McGraw bae
shown that manager is more than
half team. 1t is conceded by fine
Giants themselves that they would
De lucky to finish in the first d.
vision If they did not have Nc
Graw to lead them.
Club owners have the idea in CON
sequence Of McGraw's reputation
and record that there are nors
McGraWs, and the present scram-
Die to secure a possible one Is the
result. But the club owners must
take into account that McGraw has
been entirely unhampered by his
employer, and without the absolute
authority to conduct his team as he
sees fit the chances are that he
would not have been as uniformly
successful as he has.
McGraw has lasted, and so have
the Giants. just because President
Brush has had sense enough to ap-
preciate that his manager knows
more about baseball and how to
run team than he does himself.
and has kept his hands off.
Brush Butted in Only Once.
The only time that Mr.. Brush
even made a suggestion TO McGraw
about running his team was when
RUDE Marquard was purchased
from the Indianapolis club and had
reported to McGraw at the tail end
Of the season. The reputation given
RUDE by the $1,000 paid for him
and his big record with the Hoosier
club had aroused the interest OF
New York fans TO high pitch, and
they made an urgent request that
the new wonder should SHOW at
the Polo Grounds.
It 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
$11,0 beauty was knocked out OF
the box and degenerated into the
notorious lemon" that he was for
more than a year after HIS unfOrtu-
nate debut The Giants lost the
use of his services virtually until
the season of 1911, and the Sll,OOO
paid for him looked like thirty
cents as far as the New York cluF
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 a single game by the
Cubs.
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