New Britain herald., 1915-06-19
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p.lu I The race in the NAtional league is beginning to arouse the Bug from his torpor. He is at last beginning to realize that any one of six clubs has a chances condition that hasn't exist. ed in over a decade.
 The esteemed Dodgers have ac- quired the knack of playing just well enough to lose--one Of the most hAr- rasdng knacks In the makeup Of the peppery pastinne.
 This is no part Of josh. There are times. for long periods, when . ball club can play well. and yet gek beaten day after day. And other ti1nes when it can play badly and will win a fair share of it's starts.
 For 1t isn't only what you do in baseball: what the other rellow does is at least fifty per cent. of 1t.
 The Next Lightweight Chainp.
 Freddie Welsh, being more than passing clever and yet bAreft of . punch, isn't very far from the end of his reign. C1evsrneas is . big asset, but 1t is4 of no great avail when matched against cleverneas plus the ancient and honorable wAllop. There is good chance that FrAddie's finish would arrive at an early dAte If he cared to take on Charley White for twenty rounds-but 1t seems that Freddie's cleverness extends to his matchmaking as to his r1ng ability. 4 A ekHs fs.s'" <.i&. = only and exclusively with the com ponents Of cheese he win stay where he is until the law of gravity drops
 Vital Af1air. < | Preparedness is a vital affair. any way you take it. If the Giants had been prepared to win the pennant they would not be in the second division.
 Or If the pitchers had been pre- pared for Ty Cobb he wouldr't be: batting over 400. This snohld be . possible war.
 The Willard Status.
 Dear sir: I have seen 1t stated that Jess Willard is the greatest heavy weight that ever lived. 1t Is hard sto' believe this Is possible. HOW about it?
 s4 Each champion in turn is always, the greatest. to q number. that ever lived. Concerning MT. Willard we would say that he is the greatest champion in history that ever knocked out Jack Johnson in Cuba onfa April afternoon. Beyond this we have no .yearning to go until Willard's next start.
 Back in April the National league pennant race was scheduled between the Braves and Giants. But some one must have forgotten to tip off Cubs and Phillies, who are moving along as if they intended to spend the summer on or around tho top floor They should be spoken to 1t once.
 The Manager vs. Material.
 4 Does good manager make . bell club--or, on the opposite side of the debate--does a good ball club make . manager?
 With the unseemly trouble sus- tained by McGraw, Mack Grinath, StaIlings and others this season the old argument as to the comparative value of manager and material has re- turned in force. Part of the experts insist that good ball club makes . good manager, and another part still contends that good manager means l a good ball club. as the manager is over fifty per cent. of the combina- tion. V .a.
 Just as there Is blend in the value of batting, pitching and fielding, 50 is | a,~< <H< lac of xSAn , aEer and his material. A bad man aeer can soon wreck good material. And a good manager can never hurl poor material to the front. McGraw. Mack and Sta1lings can do better with average material than most others. But not even McGraw, Mack and Stall linEs can win pennants with poor ma teriaI unfit for the skill and speed, and power needed in a pennAnt drive. But the main answer Is here: A poor manager will rarely ever build Isup a winning club, whereas A good manager in time will get the material and instil the needed irstruction and ! morale required to finish in front l This Is proven by the records. thai show McGraw and Mack with five I remnants won with different line-upe l--where after one machine had ! collapsed they were able to build ur | another fast enough to 50 the. dis rance. Rowland and the White Sox. 1 One point at hand is the case of c Rowland and the White sox. Has
 Rowland put the Sox in first place I or, rather, have the Sox made Row. land look like a great manager? l Rowland had little totdo with build.
 ing up the White Sox machine. He l was lucky enough to start with 2 l winning combinaton. But, on tht
 other paw, having started with thia