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Handled His Team from Bench-Fate
Has Favored Latter.
NEW YORK, October 5.-Wben the
Philadelphia Nationals and the Boston
Americans meet in the world 5 series
/ new leaders will be seen at the man
ager helms and the success or failure
OF the contending clubs will depend, 10
a great extent, upon the skill with
which these men pilot their baseball
/ machines. In Fat Moran and Bill Car
f&an the Phillies and Red Sox rcspeo-
/ lively have diamond directors who are
equipped to take their place in world 5
series history alongside Connie Mack.
| George Stallings, John McGraw and
Jake StahL
Both Moran and Carrigan. have
earned their positions at the head of
the two pennant-winning clubs by hard
and conscientious application in their
chosen line of life work. Each has risen
from the ranks after serving a hard aI-
premiership and there arc no scores
of the national game with which they
are not familiar When the teams take
the field 1t will be as much Il battle OF
managerial wits between Moran and
Carrlgan as it viii be Il contest of Skill
and endurance between the indi ridua!
players and the teams considered as
unit.
In one respect the Red Sox leader
will have an advantage over his phila-
delphia rival for IN suma of the games.
at least, Carrigan viii be seen in catch
ing uniform. Moran is just as familiar
with the duties devolving U0oa the
bae kstop for he made his reputation as
a catcher as Carrigan has done, bun
during the past season has handled his
team from the bench whereas Carrigan
has been III the thick OF the pennant
struggle much of the time.
Patrick j. Moran, who has won a
niche IN baseball IS. iait. Of. Fame b.
reason Of his whipping what was Goa
sidered a mediocre ball club into a
championship team, is a product of q
New England mill. Like Connie Mack
who left a Massachusetts shoe factory
to win fame, Pat Moran gave up job
in textile mill in Fitchburg, Mass
to make a name in his favOrite pas
time.
. Moran was born in Fitchburg a little
more than 40 years ago, and at an
, early age found his way to job in 9
mill. There is a story told that young
: Pat first became an adept il handling
a ball by playing with yarn balls. II
any event he easily took to baseball
and as he grew up he played on anna
teur teams in Fitchburg. He caught
most of the time and sometimes played
in the infeld. He first came into gen
eral notice as q catcher for the Fitch
burg Athletic club
Moran was 50 good that he was Of
fered a place on the Central Paris
team Of Orange, Mass, where nc olayel
in 1895 and 1896, and then as all goo,
ball players do he found his way t,
larger fields. In 1897 Moran was witt
the Lyons team of the New York Stat
Z league, catching 7G games. The mex
year he caught % for the same club
In 1899 Moran was purchased by til
Montreal club OF the old Easter
league, and 1900 found him behind tn
bat for the Boston Nationals. II
spent five years with that team an
then joined the Chicago Nationals an
8 was with the Cubs when it was chan
pionship ball club,
Fate sent Moran to the PhiIadclphi
y Nationals in 1910 as a second strin
catcher. Charles $. Doom was then tn
+ star and Pat did not get many chance
I. to show his worth behind the bat an
T in the last few years of his career Wit
the Phiilios he was used to help develo
pitchers. In this he had a Wonderft
success Many give Moran credit fC
making Grover C. Alexander the pitchC
he is today. He helped also to devclc
pitchers Mayer and Eppa RiXey.
Moran s selection to manage IL
Philhes came rs a surprise to the bas
IS ball world, as it was not thought |
had ambition in that line. The fr
a intimation that he might succeed Dooi
or came during the world s series last We;
- and shortly afterward the anncunc
- ment was made.
IL From a disorganized ball club due
OF numerous changes Moran welded t
n gether a smooth. harmonious team
lie players. In the spring no one pickt
il the Quakers to win. They opened Il
IL season by winning eight games straigl
b. Despite numerous predictions that Il
team would crack Moran kept them
ba front Pennaut talk among the playe
was barred by Moran. each day 4
team went out TO win the game of III
day. Moran sought to produce harmol
hu among the men. The players respect
ee. him and the result was that thin
Ell moved along Just rs the new baspb,
tut general had planned them.
9Th Manager William T. Carrigan y
ct be the first playing manager 20 fgu
On in a world series in several years.
9TH has specialized in catching his lc
,1v handed twirlers. and will be behind t
al bat in games pitched by Leonard .
80 Ruth. Never great catcher mocha
cally, Carrigan for many years has be
credited with being a better aid to I
big pitcher in determining the weakness
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