New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-21
New Manager of Superbas
Has an AT Home" and
Tells Some of His Plans.
WILL USE M'GRAW'S
TRAINING METHODS
To Teach Men to Slide Bases
Sees No Trouble in Welding
Together Strong Team.

SNDeIDdS,
cause of putting Brooklyn In the hgh'
for the National League pennant at Ed
bets Field Yesterday. With his paunch
OF alderrnanic proportions. and wearing
beamng smile Of good humor, among
other things Robbie" was formally IN
PRODUCED to the McKeever brothers, part
owners of the Brooklyn baseball clup'
and the newspaper men. But the geniai
host. Charles II. Ebbets brought down
the wrath of every morning newspaper
man in the city by setting the hour at
9 o'clock in the morning.
Robinson was highly pleased by his
promotion TO the position of manager
He modestly refrained from proclaiming
the Superbas the next champions of the
world. but said il was his ambition TO
win a pennant. if not a worlds series be
fore he laid aside the glove and ball for
all time He declared that in his opln-
ior the Superbas were Of first division
cahbre. and that favored with an even
break in the luck he would guide them
out of the second division darkness.
There are. according TO Robinson. sew
eral structural weaknesses in the BROOK
lvn team which will have TO be strength
ened before any real show of power is 10
be obtained From his close study OF the
Superbas while on the advisory board oil
the Giants. he is well acquainted with
these faults. and with the start of the
spring training will strike right at the
root of the weaknesses and commence the
work Of reconstruction.
Il am more than pleased to come 10
Brooklyn as the manager of the Su-
,perbas." said Robbie, for | believe that
Il have the support of the entire oase-
ball public ] pledge myself to WORK lor
the best interests of the club owners
and with an even break in the luck VIII
nut the team up where il belongs. MY
task will not be too hard, either. bii
,Dahlen left the foundation of mighty
strong team. and | hope TO complete the
task so ably started.
series of games will he played be-
tween the Superbas and the New YORK
Yankees next spring, while the World
champion Athletics will also be met m
an exhibition contest on Ebbets Field, as
well as the Newark Indians. The sched-
ule as arranged follows: April >, and l.
Superbas VS.. Yankees. at Ebbets Field
April 5. Newark at Newark; April ana
:. open; April s, Yankees at Ebbets Field :
iApriI 9. Athletics at Ebbets Field; April
10, OPEN April II. Yankees at Ebbets
Field.
Robinson spiked the rumor that Charlie
.Herzog, the fiery inhelder Of the Ne"
York Giants. would wear a Brooklyn uni
form next season When asked If there
was any truth in the rumor that Herzog
would Join the Superbas and replace
FISHER Robbie said
81 do not think so. There is little doubt
that Herzog would like 20 leave New York
but there is no chance Of McGraw allow
ling him to go unless he gets man just as
good in his place can see no way OF
getting him. lie would look mighty good
at shortstop on my team, and / make no
bones about saying that l would be glad
70 have him"
In Rucker Ruelbach, Yingling PETER
Ragon and Allen Robinson sees great
strength. He remarked that the lack OF
one good reliable pitcher caused the down
fall of the Superbas last season. He re-
GREETED keenly that Knetzer had Joined
the Federal League. Mr. Ebbets said that
as the matter stood Knetzer would have
10 make all the advances and apply for
reinstatement from the National Commits
sion before he could become a member of
the team again He said the same OF
Raleigh Atkinson. the recruit from New
ark, who refused 20 accept the terms Of
fered him.
Plans for the training trip have already
been made. II is the intention OF the
new manager 10 have the pitchers report
at Augusta, Ga. on or about February 20,
along with the recruits. The entire team
will report by March 1, and the real grind
of training will commence.
The series Of exhibition games, which
have so long formed part of the training
trips of the various major league teams.
will be eliminated. The majority Of the
contests before the regular season starts
will be at Ebbets Field. In the opinion of
Robinson this will give him more time u
study his men on the home field and cor
rect their faults in the morning practice.
Much attention will be devoted to teach
ing the men how 10 steal bases. Robin
son Is Of the opinion that inability to run
bases properly has lost the Brooklyn team
many a game in the past, and he made
no bones in expressing this opinion None
of the Superbas are first class base run
ners. The first thing ! am going TO do
when / get down South will be to dig a
sand pit This is one of McGraw's pet
ideas, and few question the fact that the
Giants as a team have no equal as base
runners in the National League
1--WE have some fast men here but they
do not know how to use their speed, The
soft earth in the pit will enable the men
10 slide i'm hard right at the start with
out fear of injury. and they can learn the
correct form right at the start
Colonel Ebbets was in high glee al this
'steenth dedication OF Ebbets Field. and
declared that he keenly regretted the Su-
perbas were not on hand TO play a least
a doubleheader in honor OF the occasion.
He promised, however, TO have special
day next spring in honor OF his new
manager which will be on April 2, when
the Yankees will meet the Superbas.
Mr.. Ebbets also announced that Gov
ernor Tener would succeed Thomas j.
Lynch as president Of the National League
and would throw out the first ball at the
formal dedication of Ebbets Field in 1914.
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