The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-27
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 FORGETS PERSONALITIES
 Now to anyone who understands New York people it is not necessary to ex- plain why McGraw goes out and buys the stars. The people of the big town are different from those of any other city in the country and when you are catering to them you have to give them what they want McGraw, I believe, realizes just what New Workers want and he gives it to them. That is why he continues at his job.
 Running 8 ball club or anything else, in Gotham is simply running the old circus game. They want the stars to perform in Giant uniforms just as they want the stars of the theatrical game in their theaters along Broadway. Give them the stars and they will overlook a lot of poor playing on the ball field or a lot of cheap theatrieals on the stage. That is the reason why so many good actors fall down in New York and why so many poor shows make good New York only judges them by their reputation and they haven't chance in the world to make one there.
 'Now, I haven't the least doubt in the world there are many times when McGraw would rather gamble with a few youngsters than go out and pay fancy prices for some of the stars of other clubs. Every manager, especial ly one who has been in the game as long as McGraw has, is ambitious to develop youngsters to whom he can point with pride after they have be- come stars. But the people of New York don't want these unknowns. Just as they insist on all shows being tried on the dog-that is, in some smaller city-before they hit Broadway, so do they insist on the young ball tossers making their reputation in other towns before invading Gotham.
 HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE
 "Just take the Herzog case for ex- ample. Now McGraw had gotten rid of this player on two occasions. The first time he had an argument with him he sent him to Boston and later he let him out to Cincinnati. It is a pretty well known fact there Is no love lost between the two men, but the Giants needed second baseman and Herzog was the only star whom McGraw could land. so he took him back for the third time. McGraw knew the New York fans wanted player with a rep and he also knew Herzog was very popular with the Giant rooters. Therefore he grabbed him and let his personal feelings sink into the back ground. That the two men have never become closely attached to each other is evidenced from their remarks about each other during and since the se- ries
 My reasons for picking McGraw as the real goods is that he is able to give New Workers just what they want and still keep his team in the race. Many managers will tell you they would rather handle any team than one made up of these temperamentaI stars, yet McGraw takes Herzog and Zimmerman, breaks them into his in- field at the same time and keeps the team going till a pennant is won.
 "Along this same line I might say I don't think Higgins is going to make good in New York unless he changes his tactics. Miller has been a wonder at St. Louis in developing young stars. but in New York they want the headliners right away and if start buying the big fellows just as McGraw did. see where there is talk of his buying Johnson. Ainsmith, Pratt and few other topnotchers hope he does for I want to see him succeed and I think that is the only way he> can turn the trick in New York"
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