The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-18
KEEP MOVING !! SWEAT !"
MGRAW'S TRAINING TIP
PENNANT WINNING MANAGER
DOESN'T OODDLE BALL
PLAYERS - SAYS HARD
WORK is BEST ANTIDOTE
FOR SORE MUSCLES.

MARLIN, Tex, March 49,
Keep a-moving" is the standing
order on the McGraw training
program for the men who hope
to be Giants in 1918.
81 BOIL EN- OUT AND MAKE
THEM KEEP MOVING" vouch-
safes McGraw when asked to ex-
plain his system. when the sun
gets in its WORK and perspiration
oozes without much effort, there g
not much danger of injury from
exertion, but the wind soon cools
out the men who don't keep a
moving and so 1t Is necessary for
them to WORK steadily and sweat.
81 don't coddle my players.
There's no sense In letting them
lay off every time a muscle aches.
Muscles are bound to ache when
they begin to loosen. That's what
muscles are for. Hard work is
the best antidote for aches, and,
you bet, my men get it in large
doses. That's why theySget right
quickly and stay put. Z,
Don't ask me how the team
looks or what the chances are. 1t
is easier to snatch pennant on
paper than on a ball lot. ] have
more youngsters than / had a
year ago, but 1 can't tell what
they are going to do until they
are~ tried"
Anyone who imagines McGraw
likes the game so well he will
stick around until counted out
has another thought to express.
John J. admits that he. has
thought Of the day when he will
no longer be useful in his pres
emit capacity and has planned to
beat the other fellow-meaning
the New York club-to it by get
ting out before he is retired.
when feel myself slipping
I'll step out, but this doesn't
mean I'll quit baseball. 1 will
always have something to sell
over the baseball counter.
81 can't imagine a man firing
of the game as long as he is sue
cessful. But the game can get
away from even a baseball man.
Take Charley Comis6ey as illus
tration. He stepped aside for
Clarke Griffith, Jimmy Callahan
and Fielder Jones, because he
probably realized he was losing
his fighting spirit on the field.
when I find myself marking
time I'll follow Comiskey's lead
and quit. 1 have a contract with
the Giants. Things may happen
before 1915. The game is get
ting faster every day and you
cannot make a prediction with
safety in baseball. I was ambi-
tious as a player and Think my
desire to make good has been my
most desirable asset as mana
ger"
McGraw teaches his players
that there is no such thing as
luck and he seeks to eradicate
the superstitions that usually at
tach to a club. He believes fig
ures tell the truth and that nine
times out of ten the man with
the best record Is the best man.
McGraw does not seek to re-
strict his players conduct. He
tells them at the start they are
to live as they see At and that I'M
less they appreciate their respon-
sibility and take care OF sthsm-
selves they will be the means Of
their own undoing.
What I try to do is to get
men big enough to realize that
self-lndulgence means failure
sooner or later. When they real
lie that their life in fast company
depends upon xeeping In condition
the men big enough for my team
conduct themselves accordingly.
81 have no set rules for the
training. I see that they work
hard; help them overcome
faults. Some men require more
attention than others to develop
them to the highest point