The Washington times., 1914-02-15
THINKS STALL|NGS
GREATEST OF ALL
Lifts Yanks and Braves From
LowIy Positions to Places Of
Honor.
By TY COBB,
Star Batsman of Major Leagues.


pearls, or hens teeth, Or any of thos'
things which are quoted as being 81
:: scarce. Big league leaders are judget
by the results they obtain, and it i
4; their methods which bring the re
suits, since, notwithstanding that tn
players on the clubs change year If
ter year, you usually find the SAM
managers up fighting for the pen
nant.
Money does not make successful
managers, as "Connie" Mack hal
proven. He looks at the date on 8
nickel seven or eight times before HI
spends it for a player, and yet he
mas the most valuable collection
ever assembled under one standard
The only time "Connie" ever did cut
loose and spend money for a ball
player his results were practically
a net loss. l refer to the time he
paid $4,000 for Lefty" Russell ard
then had to turn him back to the
! minor leagues.
Fans who live in town where n
team Is a consistent loser generally
F., insist that 1t is a shame for the man
agement not to go out and buy stars
and put a winner Into their city. They
imagine that any club willing to
| spend the money. can take pennant.
Look at Connie Mack."l have
heard followers of baseball remark.
"He has the stars. Why don't the st.
Louis Browns buy some of his play
ers? Mack must spend money to get
them"
But Connie" does not spend the
! money. He gathers in his players
through a carefully developed method
and he would not sell a single nm
ished product for d sum that would
amount to a fortune. After Brooklyn
had @ paid $4,000 for Joe" I'll Tinker; a1;
, sell Eddie" Collins for 100000. Per-
haps that was a plank in a new pub
| licity platform of Mack's which has
resulted from recent suggestions OF
the Philadelphia owners.
light as studiously as he has in the
Tast. but. anyway. ! do not believe
that Connie" would sell Collins at
that price. And certainly no tall end
club, the kind that needs players
most. could afford to pay 1t.
Has Great Individuality.
Mack las e great individuality. He
is a crafty. quiet manager who is al
ways under cover and who rules his
team with ell the authority OF a car.
but by persuasion and not the iron
hand. He is a very fatherly man, not
only with his players. but with his ac-
ouaintances. and his men treat him
with the respect due a father. He is
never one of the fellows on the clut.
And during a game he Is constantly on
the job managing. and II is has man.
aging and shrewd judgment which win
for the Athletics.
Ye, Macks methods do not seem to
prevail when they are absorbed by one
or his pisyers. and then the attempt Is
urade to apply them in leading some
other team. Take the case OF Harry
DAVIS. the cd first basenan Of the
lieutenant in Philadelphia before he
went to Cleveland. everybody regarded
him as Mack's reflection and a man
who had been a student OF the Mack
methods for so long that H.. was almost
Connie himself. But Davis went to
Cleveland az manager and was a rank
failure.
The explanation of this Is that he en-
deuvored to apply the Mack methods
TO iot OF tough old birds OF baseball
slant boesng. In other words, Davis
like a father and who resented the con-
slant bOsisne. In other words. Davis
did not have the same atmosphere to
work III because Mack hand-raises most
OF his players and gets them used to
his methods while they are sitting OH
the bench.
Davis attempted TO make old timers
like Lajoie and the rest accept the sam.
ccctrine instanter. Davis Over-manag-
ed and the club was all torn up into
factions when Stovall took charge OF
1t toward the end OF the season after
Davis got through.
Stovall No Manager.
Stovall made quite a reputation for
himself ns I manager, because the
Maps won lot of ball games after
Davis left. AS matter of fact
stovall did no managing. but per
mitted the players to do whatever
they thought best as the different
situations confronted them, and most
Gf them. being veterans. played the
game right. StOvall received credit
fer doing considerable managing
when. as l have said. he did none at
for a couple of weeks. the Detroit
club played p series In Cleveland.
How do yon like managing.
George" j asked Stovall.
i III net CoIHS any HidNdSlHS, re
replied. frankly. I'm letting all
these birds play as they please and
getting away with it,"
The secret OF managing is all In sizing
up the men and handling them properly.
Ncw. [ am 4 great admirer Of "Hughie'
Jennings. but his methods are In great
contrast to those OF Connie" Mack.
jennings Is q hurrah fellow with every
thing out In front He is never under
cover ard likes to pat his players on
the back and be one Of them. He be-
li,-ves in constant encoLrageEle 10
Gpur along his men and keep them ia
1, good humor. Neither does he bswI
out players much, ard never for takiIg
chances.
Eayr been criticised for gong 70
the hat and not bunting when tho SEE
ond rucsscrs In the stands acli.v'd th,,
tp Ihy u down was the thirE to 10. !
I hey have roasted me and charged that
] va, TlaS Ing for NV record. and MT |
N. teams On these oc asluns. Jen-
Mugs has ordered M" not IL hunt. |
Al great managers have "n- qdalitS 4
They Gtirk t1 their m"l through thick |
q nd thin, and ~" ready To- assume the |
slanU 'uF nis'pkes n n player trieF 20 |
fp'lpw th'it o. l,rs In thiS VA. th.v |
g1 ~, respect ~ ihr plnrrrs Irnhsrs
10. th. NoN Nufk HiHu,a hav" told ~, |
that MrDrsw IN great EtIck'er fpr |
ps.dienCs hut ihs, h. never bRwiH q
man 10 th. pssyei uiss " follow his