El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-21
TEw YORK, Jan. 21.-"Wild Bill

xEW YORK. Jan. 21.-'Wild Bill'
Nj Donovan. despite the suggestion
\ in his nickname, viii handle his
PLAYERS gently, he said today he
doesn't believe IN treating them
rough" Players are like prima donnas'
temperamental and all that and they
must be humored.
Il know several players chafed un-
der the rigid discipline of Chance
said the new Yankee manager. Some
OF them are over sensitive and suspI-
cious. To make them feel at ease and
to start right I viii visit them person.
ally in their homes and come on the
diamond for the first time their friend
"Candidly. ! do not believe that the
imposing OF fines will always make a
ball player walk the chalk mark i
was never able to handle men Ihal
way, and, believe me, 1 have had some
experience.
THE only. way to handle one of these
temperamentai players is, In my oplh-
ion. to make him realize his import
ance 10 the team and to himself once
a PLAYER gets that idea of responsible
ity / have found that he usually gives
a club his best service.
wild Bill has no pet hobbies, no
unIr1er theories ana no new play ~
work on expecting opponents
All I want is good ball club that
can make hits and get runs and III
leave the trick stuff to others, ne
I know that I have. weal1-hitting
infieId,1 said Donovan. But have an
idea that Pipp, my new first Dasemah'
might get in there and set things
afire t have seen him play and L
don't think 1 ever saw player VINO
could hit the ball harder understand
that Mullen is an excellent fielder, ana
of course, that will have to be
reckoned."
",The main thing I have to do SAID
Donovan as he talked along, is 70 set
bitters. No club can do much winning
without good hitters and 1 am Wen
aware that the Yanks were the WORST
hitters irl the league last year.
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IF Pipp shows up well it Will help
a lot. Cook, I am told, is a natural
hitter. as is Birdie Cree. This fellow
High that I got from Detroit can alS9
pole them much better than you would
think from his official record. Then
I have a good prospect in Rogh- Miller
will come in handy as utility man.
Where are you going to tram
was asked. and everybody laughed.
That question has been repeated so
often lately that it has come TO pc
joke. M,
well I don't know" said Bill
unless things look good may train
at Thousand Islands-one week on each
island"
Why do left handed pitchers become
good batsmen after their usefulness
in the box is at an end? This ques-
ton is hard to answer as is also ITS
! corollary: Why do so few right handed
pitchers amount to anything with the
stick after their days of twirling are
( over?
The very first left handed pitcher
/ the game ever had, and the father OF
all the tribe, DR.. Lee Richmond, was
/ a famous swatsman, and was used in
I the outfield by several teams because
OF his ability to hit the ball and hit 1t
! hard. Mike Herman, the great nit
/ ter of the New York Giants back IN
/ the SOS and sos, was signed by the
! New York management because of his
| wonderful hurting for the Jersey City
/ club. then a member Of the old eastern
/ league. Tiernan didn't do much pitch
! ing for the Giants, for his pit elIng
| arm went wrong early in the season
/ OF 1885. but his batting eye made II
possible for Mike to hold his job. In