The Washington herald., 1917-06-17
WHOMAKESTHE CLUB,
PLAYERSOR MANAGER?
Few Vivid Examples that Prove
MANY Assertions

New York, June ls.-Does the man
ager make the bali clubf Or does the
ball club make the manager?
Few students Of the grand old ma
tlonal craze will hesitate 20 answer
the first question IN the affirmative.
ball club without q shrewd and ca
pable manager seldom gets any place.
There are a few, however, who will
point 20 the records and tell you that
there have been Instances where the
5an club made the manager. and per
kind viii be cited IN the old Chicago
Cubs, champions OF the National
League in 1906, 1907, 1905, and $50.
The baseball fends. or most OF them,
have been agreed for some time that
eIaDs eaass tSs CUBS maas q n. s :.
herited them, were soiidly built and
ready for q triumphal march through
the old league. 1t Is matter OF rec
ord that James A. Hart really got the
great Cub team together. When
playing talent was there.
The fact that Chance was q failure
with the Yankees; that he had no sue
cess despite the leeway he was given
to build up the team az he saw ut, is
pointed TO as reasonable proof that
Chance was not an extraordinary
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constructive talents. Any manager.
the ball fiends will tell you, who pos
sessed the ability to get along with
his men could have won with the old
Cubs
Far be It from us to take anything
but as his case is most frequently
pointed to by those who believe the
ball club has much to do with making
the manager we have mentioned his
fortunes In the majors as a pilot.
There are two or three vivid exam
pies that go to prove the assertion
that it is the manager who makes the
ball club.
Look at Pat Moran. He Is q won
derful example of the manager with
both baseball brains and constructive
ability. He took bunch Of CASTOR
nant with them. He rode over all but
the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1916, and this
year he Is proving to be the most
dangerous rival in the path OF John
McGraw and his reconstructed Giants.
AcGraw himself is a constructive
manager. for in remodeling the Giants
he showed the genius Of David Harum
in making deals for the players he
needed, and he has q great club as q
result. McGraw, of course, has ac-
cess TO the largest purse in his league
and he can go to any limit TO get
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Wilbert Robinson, who has been
called lucky because he won the 1916
pennant with the misftted Dodgers.
deserves all the credit that can be
given him, while George StalIings, who
took the Braves from last place TO the
pennant In 1914, with the aid OF his
good lieutenant, Fred MITCHELL at
least built q bulwark under the mo-
rale OF his club and showed them
into championship.
One more example OF the fact that
the ball club doesn't make the man
ager may be found in the case OF
the Chicago White Sox, . great club
when Clarence Rowland took them. q
great club last season, and consid-
cred by many as the logical pennant
winners this year. Rowland, with such
a team TO throw into a pennant race,
has made q second-place finish, but
has failed to startle the American
League to any extent Looks as
though the golden oportunity for the
manager could be found IN club
Of the caliber OF the Sox, club that
has cost as much as any club In the
big leagues today.