The Washington times., 1915-10-07
PLAYERS REFLECT MANAGERS, INDIVIDUALITY.

There may be a misunderstanding
about this. I do not figure the man
ayers by merely comparing Pat Moran
with Bill Carrigan. Their individuality
has something to do with their teams.
Of course. but when figure what call
managers" 1t Is the team work. the
style of play. the study OF conditions.
the adaptability to circumstances. the
quick use OF reserve power. generalship.
knowledge OF tlA game. You see. we
have 10 give -z1he one credit for these
things. so we lump them all under the
head Of Manager" since that poor
mortal must stand all the blame and
divide all the praise.
8 In comparing Moran and Carrisan,
we have fellows somewhat OF the same
type. True. Carrlgan has changed
lately The Red Sox have been stealing
some Of the Braves methods. especially
during the hshting finish with Detroit; Diet arfhs
bah and. in truth, 1t does not befit them
at all.
The Phillies are a quiet, we'll behaved
bunch. led by a man who is square deal
: Ing. honest. sincere, and who respects
the rights Of others and has broad
friendship for all The critics com
planned that the Phillies lacked punch"
and that no "handshaker' could win a
pennant. Moran Is friendly with OPP
ponents and Chance used to rave De-
. cause Pat shook hands with opposing
players Chance wanted to fight them
all. Pat likes them all-all the square
ones-and he really Is glad to see them:
In return. most Of them like him. and
II they don't like. they respect him. He
is a man who commands respect be
cause Of his sincerity. his religion. his
those who offend against him. His Is
big heart.
But this old game got even Pat this
year. He ceased shaking hands and
became a raver. and at times he could
.splutter and roar as loud as Chance or
: Stallings ever did.
Carrigan is the good fellow" type;
n quiet. easy-going man. with a lot
OF judgment and balance. His players
took advantage of him for a time, and,
indeed some Of them did not reward
his patience and kindness any too well
this year.
d. Oddly enough, Moran is the antithess
Of Carrigan in handling a ball club.
Pats weakness is the fact that he does
not direct the attacking end Of the
game well. His players do the attack
ing without much help from their man.
aGer. Players prefer this, but few man
/, ayers will allow many of their men
to use their own Judgment. Pats great
strength Is In directing and planning
best judge of pitchers and pitching IN
the game, not excepting Clark Griffith.
RE was catcher for many years and
Is ripe in experience. With the Chi
cago Cubs, Moran was the final judge
Of the fitness OF pitcher. Scarcely
ever did Chance choose his pitcher for
any game until Moran had warmed up
with that pitcher and reported to
Chance whether the man was right"
or not.
His SUI" nss in handling and develop
ing young pitchers was great at Phila-
deiphla. He has developed half doz-
en- corking hurlers and this Is chiefly
n his IN and nntinnra In teaching q
them. He Is a close student of batters.
checkmates their plan OF attack well
. by unexpected moves in pitching, and
, yet he has not. devised any brilliant
I plan of attack for his own team. In
: deed. the Philly attack has lacked
punch and has been erratic and un-
: certain. Their scoring has been largely
, due to straight slamming of the haii
: Moran hasn't a great deal of speed on
, his team to use for base running pur-
, poses, and he does not believe In much
base running, using 1t as surprise in
stead of as regular diet. l studied
the base running OF his men and have
been surprised to find that even the
slow men have been extraordinarily
successful in advancing safely when
thev did start. This seems to be due
, TO the fact that they have known the
, weaknesses of certain catchers. and
that Moran has sent them to run bases
when he detected weaknesses behind the
plate on the opposing team.
The best feature, perhaps. OF Moran is
that he has crowd of ball players that
are devoted to him and will work their
heads off for him. They are 1ulling to-
gether and pulling for Pat which makes
any man a pretty good manager.
Carrigans strength Is chiefly in di-
recting the attack OF his team. and he
does not appear to devote enough timc
TO the defensive end OF the GENE, Like
Moran. he ic a keen Judge Of pitchers
and pitching. which is natural. since
he is catcher.
The Red Soy we're over confident
this year They took chances and
liberties, thinking no other team