The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-30
WILL TEAM WHICH GETS
BREAKS GET H0AORS?
BY ARTHUR STRUwF.

New York. Sept s9.--The White
Sox and the Giants meet IN the first
clash or the worlds series a week
from today. The destintes OF the two
teams viii be guided by managers
with two different. methods OF play,
Clarence Rowla nj, a student of the
scientific problems of the game, is a
believer in the ea'wtface- He figures
that n runner shouId he advanced by
the finer technique OF the sport
John McGraw on the other hnnd
is of the old Baltimore school OF Init
EN- out where the other fellow ain L y
The hft-an6-run game IS his forte,
He believes that If batsnian can hit
the BAH 10 let him hit II. figuring that
with a runner on first he can he sent
TO third IL he has flying start and
the hatsman connects with the ball
In this way the Giant leader figures
that he has two men on bases Fon
third aFss .5fsESt, aT4;i yaeesa fsss3l OF st
double steal. scoring run. and with
a man on second another single can
send In another run thus giving him
a two run lead to work on. And
stHtistieians agree that "A two run
lead is some lead m work on i'm a
game whore the pitching Is apt to be
OF the highest Kind.
The consensus among baseball ex-
perts is that McGraw has It over
Rowland from a managerial stand
point He has won six pennants since
he came TO the Giants, fifteen years
ago. while this is the first time in
three years that Rowland has shot
his bunch Of stars to the front
Both managers have been gifted by
heads of the clubs who have cut open
the purse strings, Corntskey has given
Rowland carte blanche In purchasing
PLAYERS and Hampstead has done like
wise In allowing McGra.w to go after
any player on the market.
But McGraw is the better conser-
vative ma mayer. He has built up his
present championship team with only
two regulars not including Tesreau.
the pitcher who has practically been
Of no use to him this year, When
McGraw finished last two years ago
he knew Il was time to let the vete>
rams of the good old DAYS go. He
kept Burns in the left garden He
got Benny EaufI from the busted
Federals and put him in center. He
placed Dayy Robertson in right and
then he started TO build up his IN
field. He put a youngster, Holke, In
place Of the veteran Nerkle He let
play second, He kept Fletcher at
short and we1rt after Heinie thinner
man to round out the infeld in place
of the veteran Hans I<obert. He for
tilted his pitching staff ny securing
Sallee. Benton and Perritt and made
Schupp the best left-hander in the
game.
Back of the plate he got Rariden.
from the Federals and McCarty.
from the. Dodgers.
Rowland has also constructed his
team but he has done ii by purchas-
ing bunch of stars. Eddie Collins
was the first to come to him Mt a
price said ta he s6e, 600. Joe Jack
son. the heavy hitting outfielder was
bought from the Indians. He needed
a good first hasenan and got Gandil.
Rowland has not the driving power
OF McGraw when II comes to hand
ling his men but he gets results Just
the same. without McGraw to lead
them on the Giants seem lost. Row
land has two good lieutenants In Col
Inns and Kid Gleason Collins was
schooIed under Connie Mack and
Gleason had additional training In
the old Baltimore bunch under Ned
Hanlon, They know the game from
A TO z.
Slmmered down IT looks like the
team which gets the breaks VIII Sc
cure the premier honors.