The Washington times., 1914-02-15

orders. Hence. McGraw receives i'm
do what tell you to. and IL things
! go wrong, III take the Llame,'' says
McGraw. And the players know that
/ he will, and does, and they act Accord
ingly.
Never Seek Alibis.
| The real managers never try to alibi
themselves out of their mistakes. The
failures are the ones who pursue this
course of self-excusing. / know Of q
leader in the big league who has never
. climbed very high with his team. lie
: was never wrong In his judgment. He
admits it. himself. But any time one
| of his pitchers is being hit. this mana
ger hlames that catcher, saying he was
calling for the wrong kind of ball. 1t
. is not the result Of the managers bad
judgment in picking the pitcher-of
course not.
The marvel manager of the big league,
, the leader of the Boston National
League club. He has great abality for
getting baseball out of what looks like
bad club. He took the New York
Americans several seasons ago when
they were down at the bottom Of the
ond place before be got into a jam and
lost out. He Is a team builder. But
probably his greatest achievement to
date was his showing with the Boston
Nationals last summer.
Wiibert Robinson. formerly the coach
of the Cant pitchers and now the man.
ager Of the Brooklyn club; Bud
! Fisher. the cartoonist. and l were all
on a hunting expedition in January at
Stailings' place In Athens Ga. which is
not far from my home: that is. We
hunted in the daytime and talked base
home, we began to discuss Stallings'
ability.
Il think he's wonder" declared
Robinson. He took the worst looking
gang Of ball players l ever saw last
spring and made team out Of them
division
Stallings Knows Players.
He did the same thing with the
Yankees ! replied. That New York
club certainly looked bad when he took
hold. but he lifted them up, and he de-
veloped a lot Of good ball players for
Farrell. He knows ability. and he
knows how to handle men. He'll take
8 lot of sleepy-headed players and have
them fighting when no other manager
has ever been able to get them to do
anything except to eat three meals u
day"
You could not tell whether some of
those Boston players were big l-as Iers
or tango dancers before Staiings got
the team last spring" declared Rob
BILE He certainly woke them up
hi. Hs "'1 ssS ias. have ne esn a'
when he was managing the Yankees.
tear all over the bench at IL bone piny
and running the risk Of picking UP q
splinter. but he does not ind fault with
de Keeps them hustiinS all the time.
He is a hard loser himself. and he
makes his team hard losers
StallinGs Is real manager. no doubt
about 1t. He is the absolute boss or his
men at all times. and while some Of his
players may not like n,m they know
that what ne says goes. He also has
e bad tongue when he goes after
player.
here are almost as many styles I'm
bossinS a team as there are MANAGERS
SCme leaders give their players a gooi
deal OF leeway. Frequent disputes nave
come up recently as 20 whether the
Athletics OF today or the old Cubs
Twice i have played against III. Cubs
IN worlds series, in 1907 and 1885. and
Their tactics were the most aggressive
Of those Of any team l have ever seen
III d'tIoH
The Elayers were always fighting and
"rar Cling among themselves. and |
thought there would be several fist
lights from the names they called eacn
other. yet how they did play ball to-
t1er AS one club realized from the |
results Of those series They were ali |
grabbing" Chance was beefing and
calling names. especially with his pitch |
ers.
ON the other hand. tn" Athletics never
say much. They simply play the game.
Connie Mack gives his men a IL rly |
iGce rein because he has brought most |
Of them up with two or three years'
ctooling on the bench and they learn
what II right to do under c,rtlin con
dltI0ns
Friends in Philly.
Although Mack has Moved liked me
since hr accused the 10 purpos.ly ~,
80 tn spike Iitk"r IN Detroit when W.
'rr' hEhting Il oui with tho Nthi.tl'-
'or the p"nhRni toward the cnd ~ the
SEASON ~ 1910 haze several good
frisbd. al The Philadelphia club MayhI
sot the hiisdslphia fame down 90 me