Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-05
NEW LEADERS IN SERIES
MORAN AND CARDIGAN
EXPECTED TO MAKE HISTORY
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directors Equipped to Take Place
with Motel NlnnnEcrS.

Philadelphia Nationals and the Boston
Americans meet i'm the worlds series
later in the week new leaders Will he
seen Mt the managerial helms. and the
success or failure Of the contending
clubs will depend. to a great extent.
upon the skill with which these men
pilot their baseball machines In pat
Moran and Bin carrigan. the Phillies
directors who are equipped to take their
place In worlds scrics history along
side Connie Mack. George Stallings,
Joiin McGraw ana Jake Stahl.
Both Moran and Carrigan have earned
thsir positions at the head of the two
pcnnant- winning clubs by hard and
chosen line OF life work. Each has
risen from the ranks after serving IA
hard apprenticeship and there are no
secrets OF the national game with
which they are not familiar. When the
teams take the field IT will he as much
hattie Of managerial wits between
moran ana cariiSan M IL will he n
contest OF skin and endurance between
thc individual players and the teams
considered as units.
tnrriGnn In Thick OF Struggle.
IN on" respect the Red !;ox leader will
nave an advantage over his PhiiadeI-
pn'h fi!al' Tor IN some OF IN" games, At
UNIFORM Moran is just AZ familiar
WITH the duties dcvolving upon the
Dackstop. for ne made mis- reputation as
! tt'ch-f as CarriGan has done, but
..HilhS the past season has handled his
team from the bench whereas Carrigan
has been In the thick Of the pennant
siugSic mich of the time
Patrick J. Moran, who has won
'lCHc IA bascball's hall of fame by roa-
sSh ~ his shipping, what was con
championship team, l. product of a
New England mill. Like Connie Mack.
to win fame. pat Moran gave up a job
IN n textile mill In Fitchburg. Mass.
10 make "a name In his favor!,e pas,ine,
Moran was born in Fitchburg a little
more than forty years ago. and at an
early age foun: his way to "A job in n
mii!. There is a atory told that young
Fat first became AN adept in handling
ball by playing with yarn balls In
any event he easily took to baseball,
e s O. he grew up ne played on anna
most Of the tine, and sometimes PLAYED
IN the inheld lie FIRST came Into gem
eIai nptc. as :, catcher for the Fitch
burg Athletic Club.
Develops Alexander
Moran was so good that he was Of
4 itred q plac" on the Central Parks
1 IN 1925 and 1895 ana then, as all good
pan players do. he found his way 10
!afsGr fields. In 1922 Moran was with
ihe Lyons team OF the New York State
| League, catching Scv@uty-siN games
no nezt year he caught ninety three
| 10: me same club. IN 1899 Moran was
4 2Nicnascd by TIA. Montreal club OF the
~ hlst"rr League. and 1900 found him
ncnlud III" bat on the Boston National
r,hS"t GThAhdS. lie spent nvc years
Win that team aud then Joined the
.H!cuSp Nationals mud was with tn"
rues when II was r. championship ball
Fate sent Moran to tho Philadelphia
. Nationals IN 1910 as q second string
catcher Charles : Doom was then
! the star. and Pat did not get many
4 chances 10 show mis- worth behind the
bat. and IN the last few years OF his
4 career Win the Phliilcs he was used TO
help develop pitchers. In this he had
WONDERFUL success 20 :p, ~,
credit for making Grover =. Alexander
The pitcher he is to-day lie helped
also - develop pitchers Mayer and
Morsn's selection, to II, anase ,hezrhns
H. Gnm@ as surpt isc 10 The baseball
ambition il that line The nrst in.i-
nation that he might succeed Doom
came during the worlds series last year
MANI was made
i>cpt In Front by Moran.
IRON a disorsani1Sdd BAN club. due 10
gethcr smooth, harmonious team, of
nlaNers n Tho spring no one pick ed
inc 9nakerE 70 win They Opened the
Fl Despite 0nmcrous predictions that the
Il team wo I'd crack. Moran kept them
Il ~ front Pennan: talk among the
game of that day. Moran sought to
3I-oducs harmony among the men. The
was that things moved along Just as
II n" new baseball general had planned
8,h.m.
Manager william = Carrisan will be
Il the first playing manager 10 figure in
Il world series in several years He
has specialized In catching his left
banded tw'ricgs, and will he behind the
: lat IN Eam"s pitched by Leonard ana
;uthi Never great catcher me-
has been credited with being a better
q aid to the pitcher in determining the
81 weakn esscs OF batsmen. and taking
= advantage Of th!s knowledge. than any
II hackstop In the League
Like several other members of the
= RED SoN. he is college man. He came
8to Boston from Holy Cross in 1907
q the following season he was sent TO
8Toronto of the Eastern League for en-
&ps:ienc". returning to BOSTON a reliable
4catch"r ana e good batter at the close
&of the Eastern season. He has been
Assisted stnaI Inst Ycnr.
As player Carrigan has occupied
IL peculiar position under several local
8mana- emcn;s. His practical Knowledge
&of the game was rated so highly that
- manager after manager called upon hin,
#for aisis!@nce This was rarticularly
aMaunger Jack Stahl Impressed CARR
"a rnr suh lIeinie Wagner to serve with
= lin - joint members of an unofficial
Tbs board. which frequently had the
,cn. 1T OF advice from President James
8R NcAleer, himself an old player and
8narnE ger. met twice q day during that
;cri,s. in the morning before members
MhI the team gathered as n body. and
81 n the evening after the game. At the
3 frst meeting they mapped the plan
= # campaign for the game of that day;
n tho later session they discussed the
Failures and successes o. the game
= xhich had passed. and the application
If their Observations to those that were
q come. The result was a Red SoX
;uccess.
al y some what similar board has grown
Hin in the American League pennant
Winners Of this year Carrigan and
Wagner again are members, and the
nanager has called into the councils
a,is Field Captain Barry. with the lat
ers learning from the school OF Mack,
M his observations on many fields, at
His command.
- The COMPUTATION has proved a happy
me. CarriCan and Wagner are bound
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