Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-10-07
]. PATRICK MORAN
PH|LLIES MANAGER
BY GEORGE II. HOLMES


Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-When George
StallinSs. a veteran at the managing
game, steered n gang of baseball mis-
fits into a National league pennant,
and thence into a world championship.
George COhan dubbed him "The Mir.
acle Man" The name stuck Stall
ings was Miracle Man.
Now its up to somebody to invent
a name for John Patrick Moran. For
if ever a baseball manager deserved
some sort of a laudatory title. that
manager Is red-headcd Patrick. Some
say Grover Cleveland Alexander won
pennant for Philadelphia and Pat
rick. He did, and he didn't. AleXan-
der wasn't the terrible, shooting CON
stellation he now is until Moran was
pitched somewhat precipitately into
his managerial berth. He was a rat
Tim good pitcher but not an immortal
last year. This year he is both. The
records show that Alex has won 80
games. Thirty games do not win n
pennant in anybody's league.
Stallngs had 4 crew of baseball no.
bodies, among which were three good
pitchers. and a second baseman. Mo-
ran had a pitcher, a catcher and q
first baseman who could slug the ball.
The rest didn't amount 10 much. They
were--like Stallings' heirlooms- mis-
fits, shuntcd from club 20 club. There
were three men, all stars, whom Mo
ran could see spelling what little ball
club he had. They were Magee. a
Philly slugging fixture; Hans Lobert,
credited with being the best third
bascmam in the league. and Charley
Doom. whom he had deposed as man
ager. Magec was sent TO Boston, Lo-
bert TO New York, and Doom TO Gin
cinnati in deals which were the !; ugh
ing stock of the league for IbIle
Moran got beautifully stung, they fig
ure. For Magee, he got George Whit
te and Oscar Dugey, both Brave ir-
regulars; for Doom he got Bert Me
hof, and for Lobert, came Dcmarce,
a COLLAPSED sensation, and Milton Stock,
whom McGraw had tried for three
years to make n first baseman Of, and
failed.
First base waa filed Second was
a huge aperture through which Mo.
ran in his dreams could see game af.
ter game slipping away. Niehofr was
a comparative youngstcr, having seen
but one year in the Big Time. Mo.
ran plugged gecond with Nichoff.
~ short there "as hole, left there
since the descrtion of the lnimitable
Mickey Doolan. From the Pacific
coast, Moran reached out and grab
bed yOungster-BaDCroft Today
there isn't u shortstop in any league
that has anything on this bird.
The hole at third was regular
canyon. Moran took Dyrnc, cog of
Fred Clarlc's old 1909 champions. and
alternating him with young Milton
stock, got by.
Here with one exception in the
building up of an infeld which has
stood up under the strain of setting a
pennant pace against such famous
inner derenses as SchmidtEvers.M Ma.
ranville and Smith. and Merlile-Doyle-
Fletcher and Lobert, and IL was built
at moments notice.
Moran was lucky? Yah. so were
Jess willard. rcrcy Haughton, the lie.
land Stamford crew, Bill Johnston.
Bon Gardner. and others who came
through in the face of monumental
odds.
In the outGeld. Pat had Dode Pask.
crt, veteran of rather doubtful stat.
bility. and Cactus Cravath, another
veteran. noted solely for his long
drives when he connected, which
wasn't by any means regularly. There
was also Beals Becker, sort of base.
ball nomad, who had seen service un.
der many managers. Moran alternat.
cd Becker with Whitted until he had
his outer works running smoothly
There was the hole left by SlugglnR
Sherry securely stopped.
Who is Pat Moran?
Pats just big. red.headed, red.
faced Irishman who doesn't know
when he's licked, and doesn't know
any more than just to do the best he