Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
EDDIE COLLINS WONDERS
HOW MACK STANDS STRAIN
Connie Never VisibIy Affected,
No Matter What the
Score.
BILL CARRIGAN A TALKER
Red Sox Leader and Jack Barry
Always Exchange Com
pIiments.
BY EDDIE COLLINS
champion Second Baseman of the Ameri-
can League)

champion Second Baseman Of the Ameri-
can League.)
II is sometimes interesting 10 note
the effect that the strain of hard
campaign will have on different ball
players, how some will show no out
ward sign and apparently be unaf-
feeted by the closeness of the race
or even a game, while others will
crab, and in other ways, give evil
dence that they feel the importance
OF the struggle. Not only it is true
that many players undergo a ire
nendous nervous strain, but many
of the managers of the major league
teams themselves labor under this
strain also. IT is only natural that
they should feel this lin spite of the
fact that they do not actually take
an active part in the games them
!, selves), because usually more re-
\sponsibility rests on their shoulders
and 1t means much more to them to
WIN or lose than 1t does to any indi-
vidual player.
Mack a Mystery.
IL has always been a mystery to me
ever since / have known him how
Connie Mack can stand the strain in
a close game to which | know he Is
subjected, with little or no visible
sign of emotion. No matter how hot
the battle wakes, Connie never gets
excited, but throughout the heat Of
the struggle he always sits calm and
serene in the middle of the bench.
Even during the warm days he rare
ly sheds his coat, and l do not ever
recall having seen him get up to go
to the ice cooler for drink of water
when the game was in progress.
Body English" is about the only
sign of emotion that he shows; by
this squirming and pulling on close
plays, ! know that he wears out sew
eral pairs of trousers season. He
always has a score card in one hand
which he wig-wags with to his men
In the field, but with these few ex-
ceptions, any one might easily be
led to believe that he was an unin-
terested spectator, bored by his sur
roundings. 1t Is a cinch that Connie
is not getting fat on this kind of
diet. Not long ago he conf1ded to
me that he had actually gained half
q pound since the close of the worlds
series last fall, which Is the first bit
of ayoirdupois he has taken on in
six years. But he added that he ex-
pected to have very little trouble in
reducing on this coming spring trip.
Csrrigan Always Chatters.
Bill CaSrigan, the Juvenile man
ager of the Boston Red SoX, is an
other one of those staid individuals
who gives little outward sign of tho
big responsibilities that he carries.
Whether working behind the bat or
only coaching on the base lines, Bill
Is regular chattering magple. He
Is never still, always talking and try
ing to get the attention of one of his
opponents. His conversation is never
of the offensive sort, usually quite
the opposite. He and Jack Barry
never fail to have a great exchange
of repartee when the Athletics and
Boston play; they We're room-mates
at Holy Cross. Whenever | come to
hat. Bill invariably has something
to say How are you hitting today,
Eddie?" he will ask. Guess we will
try you on a fast one" And usually
the opposite will come up. A hard,
conscientious worker, and never out
of the game unless he is injured, Bill,
guess, never takes time to worry.
Griffith Is Always Fighting.
Clark Griffith, manager OF the
Washington team, is quite the oppo-
site of Carrigan Until he took
charge of the Senators two years ago,
Eriff's path in baseball had not been
strewn with roses. Associated with
the Yankee and the Cincinnati Reds
for number of years, he was COM
PEELED to feel all the trials and tribu-
lations that go with a loser; but In
spite of this his actions during a
game today are indicative that his
ambitions are just as great as ever,
and that his whole heart and soul
are wrapped up in the thought of
nothing less than-victory.
Ira Thomas, who gives Griff credit
for keeping him in the league and
making a regular catcher out of him,
says that he is "a prince to work for,
but quite the opposite to play
against On the coaching lines, on
the bench, he is never still. Like a
tiger in a cage pacing back and forth
looking for an opening to get out,
Griff is as cautious, and as quick to
take advantage of a slip on the part
Of his opponent. Perseverance Is his
middle name, and he hates to admit
defeat. A remark he made the day
we beat Detroit a double header last
September and cinched the American
League championship illustrates this
last trait. I'VE won the pennant for
those fellows; why. we beat Cleve-
land five straight games for them,
eaid he.
Spontaneous Jimmy Callahan.
Jimmy Callahan. of the White SoX
Is more spontaneous than any of th'
managers / have mentioned. He cai
be as quiet and unconcerned as yot
please, but let something go amiss, o.
the umpire give a decision which doe!
not meet his approval. and his actions
and gestieulations fairly echo thu
words, mir. Umpire. / demand tina
we get what is rightly coming to us.
From what | have seen of him
Jimmy always seems to give his play
ers lot of attention individually
Whether he is on the bench or on th'