The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-27
Some Ball Players Have to Be
Bullied, While Others Must
Be HUNDRED and Coaxed.

'Tbe job Of trying out a minor
Lacquer is one Of the hardest and most
difierlt that big League manager has
to tackle, is the opinion of Charlie
Doom, the catcher.manhger of the Phil
lies. Every often managers unskill
full, undiplomatic handling Of recruit
win ruin him so far as his big lea7uc
usefulness is concerned, even though
the recruit may have enough neutral
ability 10 land him at the top of the
big league heap.
"a Zig league manager must not
only know base ball; he mrst have a
thorough knowledge Of human nature.
Where one method WI win, with on ,
player Il viii fail u tefly with another.
Each rauis different, elch has certain
peeuliarities. Find them. then humor
them and you tr.ng out tbs best in the
man
'sSome years ago young pitcher
came 20 me in mid-season. He was
heralded as real find. had HIM wo X
ort for a week or so, saw that he hid
curves and speed, but he struck me as
being little shy in gameness. | was
afraid he might falter Ia tight h le.
But, in my little talks with him |
learned that one thing that he hated
almost % nueh as poison was to have
any one charge him with beng yell
low. D..
Recruit Makes Good I'm. ~.
''we bumped into series of double
headers just about that tine, and
foprd that had used up all my regu
lar pitchers and wOulG have to use my
rookie in one Of the games. Just be-
fore he went into the box ] callei him
over for a final word.
These other fellows think you re
yen W. / told him. 'tThey think you II
gust cold IL they get one OF two hits
on you early in the game. Now you %
in and show them that you aren I yell
low Sect
They think I'm yellow, heyi' he
SNAPPED. Well, IN show 'em-Ill
show 'em
"And he did That kid went in and
pitched like a veteran-Titehed his
heart out. almost And we won. After
the game he rushed up 10 me, and,
grinning like child, said. well, I
gness ] showed 'em / wasn't yellow,
heyf
'fHad I tried that same trick on
rome other fellow, with q different ma.
ture, the chances are he "a have brooded
over tho idea that the other fellows
thought him quitter and would have
gone to pieces in consequence. y g.
Cole Thrives on Flattery.
liking" Cole, the pitcher, who was
rescued from the minors by the Yam
KEGS, who jumped TO the Federals and
then hack TO the Yankees, is the type
Of player who thriyes on fattery. To
charge Cole with being a gutter takes
the heart out Of him; to let him believe
you think he Is wonderful pitcher is
70 transform him into real wonder.
When Cole joined the Cubs some
years ago Frank Chance, then manager
OF the team, soon learned that Cole was
susceptible to fattery. Chance quickly |
tipped on = the veterans on the team |
20 his finding with excellent results.
Whenever II was Coles turn to pitch
some Of the Cub regulars would man.
age TO get within earshot of Cole and |
then edge in a few remarks about.
Say, isn't that Cole wonderG'i
He's pitcher---a real pitcher one |
W tiAS ttct oiHCt HuSlt . time.
"The fellow who nicknamed him |
King knew what he was about. That |
10y certainly is king among pitch.
ers. Sf.t n - |
Cole would overhesr this and IL made |
him bulge with pride. II made him !
pitch himself into the leadership of the
league in that year-l9lO-and his !
thirty-three victories materially aided |
~ landing the Cubs at the top Of the |
National League heap.
How They Stopped wabbling.
10 some of his games Cole, at times, |
wonld show signs of weakening. This !
always was a signal for his teammates, !
while sitting on the kench between in
nings, 10 carry on a enn"ersat on among !
demonstrating for Goes benefit
something on this order: . ..
Those other guys think the King
Is wabbling-but the joke is on them. :
Il should say il is, another would |
chime in. "They don I know the |
King Why, thar 10y simply let ,em
get few hits and runs That last in |
ming 30 they wouldn L be altogether
ashamed to show their faces tomcr
row - |
Right you are, . would be the re.
mark from another. Watch the
King next inning he III stand 'em ON |
their heads n. r. -, /
All this would reach Cole s ears
and all this would cause an instant
stihening Of Cole : back bone--it would
stop the oozing of Cole 5 courage aud
send him back into the box a new man
and an unbeatable pitcher. ~. =.
Cole had cool curves and speed when
DO landed with the Cubs, but it was
the battery Of his teammates sub |
tie, Indirect fattery-- that caused him
10 make the wonderful showing he did.
He figured that bis teammates thought
him one Of the greatest pitchers OF the
age and he determined to show them
that he was.