Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-03
REST LIKED AND
THE MOST HATED
NAN IN GAME
Jake a Chance Any Time, and
Fight All the Time" Is
Managers Motto,
BY J. w. McConaughy.


stve personality in baseball
This is John ]. 7IcGraw, the
.arrgr leader Of the Giants He
his been at one and the same time
,.- most abused and most admired
man In ,he national game.
Ha has been called a rowdy and
N.-r.s1a in equal parts. He has been
mixed up in more rows than any
t. league manager; but he has also
.-.~ mixed up in more pennants.
ur. connie Mack has equalled his
record Of five championships in ter
,a.~. and NcGraw has one thing on
.aa leader of the Athletics in that
aa never once brought his little band
down p. the finish mark in the sec
.aG division
Mack Is his only rival for the title
.. t.. greatest manager i'll the game
and I'D two men in the world We're
s.ar more widely apart in character
.rr methods than these two. The old
.E at Philadelphia has been dealt
with elsewhere. His system is care
ft constructive work, leaving moth
.gs .n chance.
H.EraH's motto Is:
"Tase chance any time. and fight
.e tine
Fights When Necessary.
Ha believes especially in fighting,
nur na is Of the mind of Polonius in
-n, advocating lighting as an end. 1t
Is always means with MCGraw.
There Is method in his mixing. He
has been represented as running
60 he Low
Of rough house. Nothing is fur
Their from the truth When McGraw
has row on the ball field he figures
rt bee is going to win something
material ut some time as result.
Far instance. you never hear 81
a.-uf the Giants being suspended or
fined for battling with the umpires
81 days. WhN2 Because MCGraW
discovered that the magnates meant
business in their manifestos against
oHIF-r,gging the arbiters, and the
chief of the Giants decided that d
STAR on the field was worth six on
TIE bench. recovering from the effects
If easing their minds to an umpire.
T.I do an of the kicking from now
ar ae told his warriors. If any
man is hcnched bv an nmnire I'll fine
him myself Let's EN- put me out Of
'~. game. I'm not out there play
He has carried his pugnacious per
e09.Ury into the offensive tactics OF
hs fub He believes in going at the
other team with a rush. taking all
necessary chances and playing them
off heir feet For this rea son he de-
mHn5e speed and brains Of his men.
Ho can makeshift to get along with
ogt brains. hut he win not have
Slow man
Developed Some Boneheads.
TX is possible to get good base
out of bOnehead," he said once.
You never expect him TO think.
Whenever there is any thinking to he
Tome. DO IL for him. and land on him
with both feet if he tries 10 do any
-msef"
Rs following this system he has
hWal'y made popular heroes out of
1n.orlously slow witted athletes. He
Is ont there on the coaching line
thinking for them. And he is the
quickest and most daring thinker in
baseball
II is characteristic Of his aggres-
7.. mind that he is the only baseball
leader who has no use for the sacrI-
0.a nt There is no doubt that he has
s' many ban games by not using it,
our there is also no doubt that he has
"0 many game by discarding it,.
p" follows offensive tactics Of the
atsr'Ug kind. He is all for the hit
""-ruu and the double steal He he
'Nes IN httters and always has al
better than average hitting
.H md his argument is that there
anse i'm getting 300 hitters and
.'Tng them to chuck away ono
Pee chance for clean hit to ad-
vance man q base at the cost of an
Pc is like Connie Mack IN that he
completely on his own judg
"+ He is the boss-he gives the
sEE md takes the blame. He never
INTO print with anything like
'f''"lsro of anv man on his team.
matter how much to blame any
may he for any disaster.
Stands by His Players.
,. demands strict obedience and
hearted loyalty from his men,
stands by them against all
1f- all the time and under all
instances. Il doesn't make any
-.tn1e If every fan and sporting
.rF on the circuit has turned down
.ambs on a ball player This is
good reason, in McGraw's
Tor moving him up a few
% The batting order and max
I'm 2 regular player in promi-
position
mere is scarcely a manager in the
-- rE that would have chung to
under the terrific panning that
innate man was let IN for By
.S'0ric play at second base Nc
answer to the storm of abuse
make him a regular first base
~ the club. place he has filled
.redit.
"" aoes not build for the long fu