Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-14
Doping the 1916 Baseball Season
XXVl.---Natonal League Managers
BY HUGH 8. FULLERTON

, one. He won last year BY using the
pitchers TO best effect
Inc hard luck Of Pats career is
mat two men almost ruined their arms
carelessly after he had spent sum
| mcr trying TO keep those arms in
| shape kiilifer worked two weeks
alter his arm was hurt. all the time
telling Moran il was all right. Alex
andcr worked when his arm was out
Iot shape. and would have worked a
thlrd game In the worlds series had
not Moran discovered by observation
that the arm was bad. Then AleXan-
der pitched in the trip to the coast
In bad weather. aud with a lame arm.
Nice Judgment Moran will have to
use Alex carefully this year and. with
n weak STAFF, this will mean losing
many games.
Another point: This Baker person,
VINO rs ostensibly owner Of the Phils..
got very cocky last fall. and probably
Will help run Goodnight,
Charlie fIcrZog is ono Of the grand
est characters in baseball. do wish
he would cut down some on the Nc
Graw stun. now that he has welded
out the old loaiinr. alihi gang from
tho Reds. lie is of tho McGraw school,
| but his greatest fault is thai he can
not carry IL off as McGraw does. He
rides" players without the Judgment
in selection that Jawn uses They
need 1T. but that doesn't help. He has
crehteh q SchiSTn in the club that will
require some mending.
Robinson is good -natured casv.
going fellow, With 4 kindly heart and
! little punch. He is good Judge OF
bail players. but does not get results
Since he is only a niddleman for Eb-
bets, 1t makes less difference. Miller
| Huggins knows tho playing end Of
| sharp criticism. bitter sarcasm and
squirting at all times. Hc has some
| bad Claws. such getting dispus,ed
and leaving the team To it's own de-
vices instead of Fighting il out 10 tn.
! finish
! Pat Moran ranks third among them.
He is rather peculiar type of man
aged. Pat is man Of high character
friendly, square and conscientious
Every one likes him. He was good
natur"d. but last season made n raver
out or him before it was over He has
! little skill in the attacking end of
| the game, and his Erca, strength is I'm
| getting the men to work for him and
in handling pitchers. He knows more
about pitching than almost any man
| in the game. is "A close student OF
pitchers 'having been a catchcr). and
| he knows the batters as well as any
! ways blamed Cal TO- not keeping more
/ closely III touch with his players, al
/ though ] didn't blame him. Oh. you
! understand what I mean
Now. tho Pittsburgh team is com.
7 posed Of probably the finest set Of
I youths IN the league to-day. A lot
OF intelligence, good manners good
/ breeding is there. Callahan Is. like
| his predecessor. Clarke. a man of high
| class and appreciative of the qualities
! he VIII find in the majority Of the
/ i'usbursh players. expect him TO
! be IN sympathy with them and to gain
+ thelr liking and sympathy. Also. |
/ mink he and Droyfuss will work in
harmony Dreyfuss started rebuilding
! MS team: IL is in n formative stage
, DrcYfuss has the best machinery for
. finding young players of any club in
! the league. and he is "a discoverer Of
| players. You must not expect much
from Callahan or his Pirates this wear
beyond steady effort to improve: but
you may expect Improvement The
moves Cal has made thus far have
| been helpful, he has two corking
pitchers and lot OF material. som .
Of which is useful.
Io-morrow we'll study the America
League managers, after which we can
compile the figures and see just how