Evening journal., 1915-05-21
Secret Of SUCCESS
IN Yankees SPIRIT
Play Game With Abandon
ment of College
Youths
DONOVAN USES
THE BLARNEY


over the control of the almighty dollar
over baseball. While II is conceded
that many of the professional manas-
ers and players in the field are gov
erned largely by mere mercenary IN
etincfs there are yet few who, while
their bread and butter depends on the
eame. plav il with all the enjoyment
ana abandon of a college nine defend
ing the glory of its alma mater. One
az the main reasons for the early sue
cess of the Yankees this season. IS
fhe fact that they play ball with the
spirit of school boys-not as day lao-
orers driven to a disagreeable nut
necessary-to-be-pe e-performed, task.
The Yankee spirit is revelation
in these days. The public has become
accustomed to seeing ball players play
as though IL was real work. OUTSIDE
of that "hurrah-all-together-hoys'
summer no team in modern times bas
treated the fans TO as genuine ana re-
freshinr a spectacle of enthusiastic
baseball as have the Hanks.
Tute Boone, the second sacker,
cracked out homer recently. Did
Tute trot over the home plate, dran
his cap in a digniied manner In re-
sponse TO the plaudits of the croWdF
T,ute did not! Lutte heaved his cap
into the air. he yelled for sheer JOY!
he Jumped into the air, kicked MS
knees together and then cart-wheeled
back to the bench.
Lute's swat put the Yanks IN the
lead. Did Lute's teammates meet MN
with few kind words? They did not.
Tbev ran out from their dugout, howl
ed themselves hoarse, tangoed around
and then nearly hugged Lutte INTO un-
consciousness when he got back 10 the
bench.
Undienihed you say? Quite So
ouite so. But that spirit carries you
hack to your kid days. II recalls mem
ories of the ball games that you play
cd in the long ago. II makes you tor-
get that you are watching money-mao
nrofessionals at work. lt makes you
feel that you are watching men pla,
who love the game for the game
sake. And It gladdens your heart an'
makes YOU love the grand old gam
hetter than you've loved It since II dc
-. generated from a sport TO harVes
for lawyers and an excuse Tor mu
singing.
some managers drive their player
with curses. others advise them wit
the gentleness of Connie Mack. Bu
"Wild Bill" Donovan, who guides TN
destiny of those Yankees uses dii
ferent method. Bill passes out blar
ney-and in generous doses. He's tol
his men that they are the gosh darn
dest all fredest, greatest ball tear
that ever trotted on a ball field. An
the Yanks have come to believe II.
Those Yanks love Old Bill-love hiI
as no other manager ever was love'
And they believe him-and believe
him. When the time came for IN
Yanks to tackle the Athletics the
shivered. Memories Of other yeal
when the Athletics trampled them III
der foot at nearly every meeting ro'
up before them. And then Bill can
along.
And Bill said;
you fellows can beat those At
letics. It's a cinch.'
Bnl's words stiffened the With
spinal columns. Bill had told thel
hadn't he. that they could take 1
measure Of the Athletics OF cour
he had. And so there was nothing
fear.
The YanKs went into those AZ
letic series and gave Connie Macl
gang the worst bunch of whalings {
Mackmen have suffered in long, 10
time.
Bill told his men that il would
a cinch for them to beat the Red s.
And the Yanks took Bill by his VIC
and walloped the highly touted b
tonians.
Clark Griffith sliced the peerl,
Walter Johnson onto the Yanks. I
offset the Johnsonian peril by tell
the Yanks they could beat the "sp'
king" And beat him they did.
Bill up to the present nome
hasn't gone so far as TO tell his n
they can win the pennant. But
Bill does tell 'em the other AmeriC
League clubs might just as well q
hoping pennant hopes.