Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-04
But Former Big League
Star Has Chance for
Bigger Fame Now.
HAS VERY HARD ROW
Winning a Pennant for
Cincy Would BE Glorious
Climax to Career.

NEW YORK. Aug 3.-Ncw York
baseball bugs are missing ChrisN
Nathcwson. lie has been more than
a ban player IN the metropolis. lie
has been a part Of the very city itself,
Ike the city hall an d Brooklyn
bridge.
They call him affcctiouatcly "Big
Sin, The old Master" "Matty.' To
several generations of Youngsters he
has been an idol. No ban player
the game has ever produced has cN-
crrisod such an uplifting lnflcnco oN r
loys as Nathewson mas. His life ON
and of the diamond has been an in
spiration.
New York VIII be with him in
spirit, and roofing FOR his success. 1t
should not mourn for HIM lie is
goine on to the bigger things Of his
Profession. In the transfer To GIN
cinnati he finds his opportunity.
Opportunity. Not Tragedy
There is tragedy in the passing of
a great ban player like ED Walsh.
As age or misfortune closes out his
career of active play fate offers moth
ing To- him but memories of the glory
that used To bo. II Is not so with
MathcWSon. As he ends his pitchns
career the change To Cincinnati opens
mp the greater field of managerial
work to him.
Cincinnati has never won a pcnnant
1t has broken the heart of many
great baseball men. Because of this
very fact the glory to the man who
succeeds there will be so much the
greater. Someone is going to sue
ceed there.
Look over the history Of baseball.
You will see that managers who have
made big regulations invariably nave
done so through taking hold of what
were considered hopeless propositions.
McGraw assumed charge Of New
York when the Giants were tail
enders. George Stallings first re-
organized the Yankees and then
went to Boston, where his task looked
more hopeless than any iu baseball.
Pat Moran took charge Of the phillics,
and because the Quakers never won
Il pcnnant under anyone else he ~
acclaimed a miracle man for his last
years work.
ON the other hand, consider men
who have taken charge OF '"ams that
have always been in thA fight
Johnny EVcrs took the Cubs after
Chance. He did not do SO badly with
them, but because people remom-
bcrcd the glory Of the days Of the
peerless leader, he was adjudged a
failure.
Jake Stahl and Bill Carrigan re-
ceiVed little credit for the champion
ships they won with the Red Sux.
The teams were built up and marc
ready for them. All they had to DO
was crank up the car and let her go.
Won't Interfere with Him.
The greater the task the greater
the glory. THAT is true Of everything
in life as well as baseball 1t is not
how great the task really is, either,
but how great it looks to the man on
the outside.
The Cincinnati problem is not as
diffi ,ult now as many imagine II 20
be. For Mathewson it should be
rather simple. The owners of the Red
land club have gained such an I'M
enviable reputation, justly or unlustly,
through the failure of many men to
manage the Reds successfully that
they viii not dare to interfere IN any
way with n man Of Mdthcwson's =
standing ard following.
Tile years that Big Six has spent
With McGraw will stand him in good
stead. one thing that no one can
take away from the Giant leader Is
his ability to handle men. Matty is
brainy, intelligent, observing. He has
undoubtedly learned much from
Mac.