Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-03
LIKED AND
THE MOST HATED
NAN IN CANE
"7sse a Chance Any Time, and
Fight All the Time," Is
Managers Motto.
Bv j. w. McConaughy.


siye personality in baseball
his is John ]. McGraw, the
ra-- -sul leader of the Giants. He
has been at one and the same time
,f. most abused and most admired
man The national game.
he has been called a rowdy and a
Napoleon in equal parts. He has been
n.xes up in more rows than any
b,g league manager; but he has also
4 bean mixed up in more pennants.
0r.- connie Mack has equalled his
record Of five championships in tel
wears and MoGraw has one thing on
Na raaer Of the Athletics in that
10 never once brought his little band
dow "a the finish mark in the sec
ond division.
Mack IS his only rival for the title
H o. the greatest manager in the game,
srs no two men in the world were
ever more widely apart in character
ana methods than these two. The old
fox Of Philadelphia has been dealt
WIN elsewhere. His system is care
mi constructive work. leaving moth
,rg TO chance.
NrGraw's motto is:
Take a chance any time. and fight
a. the time
Fights When Necessary.
H. believes especially in fighting,
E pg. Hr IS Of the mind of Polonius in
not advocating fighting as an end. 1t
a is always a means with MCGraw.
There $ method in his mixing. He
has been represented as running
amuas through baseball for the love
Of rough house. Nothing Is fur
Their from the truth. When McGraw
ta- row on the ball field he figures
that bee is going to win something
material at some time as a result.
For instance, you never hear Of
s. any of the Giants being suspended or
fined for battling with the umpires
# these days Why? Because McGraw
discovered that the magnates meant
& business in their manifestOs against
m''v-rng ging the arbiters. and the
ID ues of the Giants decided that
star ON the field was worth six on
he bench recovering from the effects
Of fslU- their minds TO an umpire.
"Tu 90 ell Of the clicking frQm now
on ne told his warriors. IF any
man IS bonched by an nm pire I'll fine
"a mo myself Let's EN- put me out Of
n. game. I'm not out there play
Ha has carried his pugnaCious per
scn..ty into the offensive tactics Of
ab He believes in going at the
trsr team with a rush, taking all
Necessary chances and playing them
'nalr feet For this reason he de-
uIs speed and brains Of his men.
p can makeshift 10 get along with
a r brains. but he will not have a
soH man.
Developed Some Boneheads.
]. is possible to get good base
m ont Of bOnehead." he said once.
vow never expect him to think.
i whenever there is any thinking to be
lone do II for him. and land on him
n with both feet If he tries to do any
a msef"
BY following this system he has
II actually made popular heroes out Of
no'orouSly slow witted athletes. He
is out there on the coaching line
thinking for them. And he is the
quickest and most daring thinker IN
baseball
# is characteristic Of his aggreS-
Sra mind that he IS the only baseball
leader who has no use for the sacri-
6'e nit There Is no doubt that he has
ost many ball games by not using il,
ht' there IS also no doubt that he has
won many a game by disCarding It,
Re follows offensive tactics Of the
3aS-'uE kind. He is all for the hit
tNa--un and the double steal. He be-
ieres IN hitteTs and always has at
east better than average hitting
p0 and his argument is that there
no sense in getting 800 hitters and
.'aT1g them to chuck away a one
o-.7He7 chance for a clean hit to ad-
vance Fl man a base at the cost of an
Flo is ike Connie Mack IN that he
ft.eS completely on his own iu6g-
n7E' He is the boss-he gives the
I.sFs and takes the blame. He never
2'4afs into print with anything like
criticism Of any man on his team,
.' matter how much to blame any
"'a may be for any disaster.
Stands by His Players.
Ha demands strict obedience and
"e-7o#rted loyalty from his men,
-tands by them against all
A"'~ an the time and under all
instances. 1t doesn't make any
inference II every fan and sporting
Ter 1n the circuit has turned down
nos on a ball player. This IS
1-." q good rea son, in MCGTaw.
for moving him up few
ID the batting order and MAX
regular player in a promi-
il sLtion
is scarcely manager in the
that would have chung to
under the terrific panning that
..t-e man was let in for b.
"rlc play at second base. Nc
nSwer to the storm of abuse
S- him a regular first base
club a place he has filled
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