Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-03
LIKED AND
TIE MOST HATED
MAN IN CAME
lake a Chance Any Time, and
Fight All the Time" Is
Managers Motto,
Bv !. W. McConaughy.

TTT most distinctive ana asgres-
sfve personality in baseball
L mis- IS John ]. McGraw, the
,,u5.rzur leader Of the Giants. He
..z aesq At one and the same time
..s most abused and most admired
man In the national game.
He has been called a rowdy and a
y3no1egn in equal parts. He has been
r.>e5 up in more rows than any
b-- rsacue manager; but he has also
,ssr mixed up in more pennants.
Y-rv Connie Mack has equalled his
record Of FIVE championships in ten
years. and McGraw has one thing on
,ae leader of the Athletics in that
F.. never once brought his little band
down ,o the finish mark in the sec
end division.
Mack is his only rival for the title
If fre greatest manager in the game,
and mo- two men in the world were
ever more widely apart in character
.rd rp. hods than these two. The old
tay of Philadelphia has been dealt
a--r elsewhere His system Is care
I'll constructive work, leaving moth
Inc 20 chance
NcGmw's motto is:
Take ~ chance any time. and fight
p. the time
Fights When Necessary.
He believes especially in fighting,
n5- nn is of the mind of Polonius IN
not advocating fighting as an end. 1t
E.. always a means with McGraw.
There is method In his mixing. He
.. been represented as running
smu.> through baseball for the love
ar o rough house. Nothing is fur
aar from the truth. When McGraw
has row on tine ball field he figures
rr he is going to win something
material q some time as result
For instance. YOU never hear Of
a.- OF The Giants being suspended or
ua for battling with the umpires
'..-n DAVIS Why? Because MCGraw
discovered that the magnates meant
business fu their manifestos against
rlr-raGglug the arbiters, and the
chief os the Giants decided that a
star ou he field was worth six on
ne bench. recovering from the effects
NJ eas'ug their minds to an umpire
"IN DO all Of the kicking from now
on" ne rold his warriors. IF any
man is oenched by an umpire I'll fine
him myself Let's EN- put me out Of
.e game I'm not out there play
rg"
He has carried his pugnaciOus per-
,on8utv into the offensive tactics Of
his club He believes in going at the
other team with a rush, taking all
necessary chances and playing them
o4 their feet For this reason he de-
manls speed and brains of his men.
He can makeshift to get along with
onr brains but he viii not have a
slow man.
Developed Some Boneheads.
"tt is possible to get good base
ua.. out of q b0nehead," he said once,
You never expect him to think.
Whenever there is any thinking to be
cone DO it for him and land on him
with both feet if he tries to do any
himself"
Ply following this system he has
actually made popular heroes out of
1'OrlousIv slow witted athletes He
out there on the coaching line
'71f.ns for them And he is the
Quickest and most daring thinker in
baseball
/. is Characteristic Of his aggres-
SFe mind that he is the only baseball
.s57er who has no use for the sacri-
noe ht' There is no doubt that he has
.9s' many ball games by not using il,
'1r there is also no doubt that he has
Won my a game by discarding 1t.
ne follows offensive tactics Of the
81 6, . u
tAe-ran and the double steal He be-
.''es 10 aitterS and always has at
east better than average hitting
.'"o and his argument is that there
., no sense i'm getting 800 hitters and
toeTIng them to chuck away one
lie, rec chance for clean hit to ad-
vance a man base at the cost of an
He is ike Connie Mack in that he
.4.eS completely on his own judg-
men. He s. the boss-he gives the
.-Es md takes the blame He never
.'1# INTO print with anything like
.t.0I~u Of any man on his team,
no natter how much to blame any
"'" may be for any disaster.
Stands BY His Players.
%" demands strict obedience and
.e@rted loyalty from his men,
." stands by them against all
aaEs AID the time and under all
instances. Il doesn't make any
.'ehr" IF every fan and sporting
...-' 'n the circuit has turned down
-..H- ON ball player. This is
GOOD reason, in MCGraw's
listen. fer moving him up a few
the batting order and MAX