The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-15
CHARLIE MORAN, FAST CHATTA-
NooeA CATCHER, TO HEAD
THE PILOTS.
TO take CHARGE TOMORROW
General shake-Up Will Be Given the
Club as Soon as New Players Can
Be Secured-Preparing for the
Second Race.

Determined to put Brunswick in
the second pennant race in the EN-
pire State league and thoroughly
disgusted by the poor showing made
by the local club during the past
week, when they not only dropped
every game played, but put up the
worst article of the national game
possible, the Brunswick Baseball as
sociation yesterday signed Charles
Moran, formerly catcher of the Chat
tanooga club in the Southern league,
to manage the locals, replacing Bert
Kite. who has been at the head of
the club since the beginning of the
season. Moran, who is considered a
baseball player of great ability, will
arrive in the city this morning and
will take charge of the club tomor-
row. playing with them in the open
ing game against Cordele.
Moran has been with the Chatta-
nooga club for the past two seasons;
last year he did most of the catch
iHg. He is what is called in baseball
circles an ''Old head" knows the
game in its every department and he
will PROFESSIONALLY make the Pilots
good leader
The new manager will be given full
control of the club and he will at
once be authorized to secure several
new players in order to strengthen
the club and put Brunswick in the
running in the second race, which be-
gins on July 3. AS the team is hope
lessly out of it for the first half, the
new manager will have a little over
two weeks in which to work out his
present players, find the weak spots
and replace them. He will have the
cooperation and assistance of the
entire baseball association, as we'll
as the fans of the city generally and
it is expected that the usual large
crowd will be out tomorrow after
noon to see him make his debut as
the leader of the Pilots. He will do
the catching.
In justice to Manager Kite, who
will be released upon, his arrival in
the city, it should be stated that, as
a ball player he has given perfect
satisfaction. IN fact, he is easily one
of the best players in the league, but
he has not been in shape to play
since his arrival in the city, and has
been out of the game all of this week
by bad arm. The Pilots, it seemed,
always played very good ball when
ever their manager was in the game,
but he is not physically able to play,
and, as is well known, no club in the
Empire league can carry manager
who is not in the game.
The announcement that the local
team is to be rejuvenated will be
pleasant to the fans of the city gen
orally, who have so liberahy support
ed losing club. Brunswick is sec
ond to only one city in the league in
attendance, and that, too, with los
ing club from the very beginning of
the season. If Manager Moran makes
good, and he unquestionably will,
then Brunswick will turn out larger
crowds than ever and will prove the
best attendance city in the league.
The News has made many requests
Of local fans since the opening of
the league season. They have been
asked to attend the games, even
though the club was losing. This
they have done. Now they must all
be on hand tomorrow afternoon at
$3.50, give the new manager the glad
hand and demonstrate to him beyond
doubt that the baseball people of the
city are squarely behind him. AS
to the new players who are to join
the club, it may be stated that among
them will be two new pitchers, who
are expected to show up fayorably
with any in the league; new first
baseman and probably another fast,
heavy-hitting infielder.
With the season divided, Bruins
wick now has as good a chance as
any city in the league to capture the
pennant Here's hoping Manager Mo-
ran and his Pilots will start on top
and hold there until the ending of
the season