Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-10-05
Leaders of Athletics and the
Giants Are Two Inter-
esting Characters.
BOTH ARE CONFIDENT
Mack Is Silent and Modest While Nc.
GraW Likes to be in the
LimeIight.

New York, Oct. 4.-No less interest
ing than the players on the New York
and Philadelphia teams, who will OPP
pose each other in the coming worius
series are the two opposing managers,
John j. McGraw, of the Giants and
Cornelius McGillicudy Connie Mack
of the Athletics.
These two men, the greatest man.
ayers the game of baseball has ever
produced, while bearing distinctly
different characteristics, both possess
certain traits which have enabled
them to climb the ladder of success in
the profession For managing a ma
jor-league ball team is most certainly
a profession, requiring not only ex-
traordinary shrewdness but an in
sight into human nature that is moth
ing short of remarkable.
Now as to the traits common, to
both. Each has a supreme confidence
in himself and in his ability. Each
has the power of transmitting that
confidence to the members OF his
team. Neither relies upon the advice
of others, depending solely on his own
Judgment. Lastly, each has the Pc
culiar power of recognizing ball play
ing ability, no matter how it may be
covered up by crudeness and lack of
polish, and the capability of bringing
out this latest ability in a player.
Both of the famous base ball gener-
ais have made" most Of the stars on
their teams.
But in almost everything else these
two men are radically different. Even
in looks they are wide apart. Nc
Graw is a short, broad shouldered
man, a trifle inclined to stoutness,
while Mack is towering six-footer
He is thin and raw boned, the bones
of his face being particularly prom
inent
Connie Mack shuns publicity. Nc
Graw loves to bask in the limelight.
He loves the plaudits of the fans, he
will pose for pictures and he will talk
to the reporters. To get COME Mack
to do any one of these things is a
very difficult proposition as any news
paper man who has tried it will say.
Mack keeps in the background; very
much so. He is usually dressed IN
sombre black and when his team is
on the field he sits back on the bench
looking more like an undertaken out
for holiday than the manager of the
team. Mack cares but little for the
opinion of the fans. He knows he is
right and knows his players are only
human. He seldom reprimands a
man for mistake unless it be dis
obeying his orders.
McGraw appears before the fans, he
basks in their smiles, he makes them
thing he is trying to please them.
But the only criticism that worries
McGraw, originates in the brain of
McGraw himself. McGraw is an old
player who has seen service himself.
He always appears in uniform. He
mingles with his men and the happy"
family feeling of the Giants is due
almost wholly to the efforts of Nc
Graw. In the old Baltimore days he
was one of the best third basemen in
the game, while Connie Mack was
star catcher in his time.
The Giants leader also believes
that playing ability is worth some
thing. It is said that the Giants
payroll is larger than that of any
other team in either league. Nc
Graw is the boss and he never lets his
men forget it for single moment.
McGraw rankles under defeat. He
wants to win every game. Connie
Mack on the other hand. has the same
inscrutable Sphinx-like countenance
whether he wins or loses. Mack looks
at the result in the aggregate. He
wants to win the majority of games,
and generally does.
Next Tuesday when the two teams
face each other at the Polo Grounds
the battle will be not only between
the men on the field, but between the