Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-29
M'GRAW VS. ROWLAND.
Characteristics and Methods of tn, Opposing Managers in the Biz Series.

New York, Sept 2S-AIthough tht
 activities of Clarence Rowland of tht i Chicago Americans or Manager Johl l J. McGraw of the New York Nation.
 als will not carry them beyond the con- | fines of the coachers' box they vii | be factors of extreme importance ir | the coming World Series between | these two clubs. Differing widely ir l both their methods of baseball strat- 1 egy and personal control of players i these two diamond leaders have | achieved marked distinction during 1 their careers as player and manager of the two McGraw has had the longer experience and record in con- nectlon with professional baseball and | there are few men serving in this ca pacIty today who can be said to rank with the manager of the Giants. Row land, on the other hand, while a com paratively new conner among the lead CTS of major league teams has flash ed across the horizon of the national game like a meteor, his short career in the American league coming to the present climax with the capture of a
 pennant at the end of his second seq
 son with the club owned by Charles
 Comiskey.
 The manager of the New York club
 is the older of the two having been
 born at Truxton, N. Y., in 1873, while
 Rowland's birth occurred at Platte
 vile, Wis, six years later. McGraw
 also entered upon his baseball train
 lHS some IH1TCeeQ seasons De1Ore the
 White Sox leader made his debut in
 professional circles. The Giants di-
 amond director began his first real
 play with the Orleans club of the New
 York State League in 1890 while it
 was not until 1903 that Rowland don ned the catcher's armor with the Du-
 buque, la, club of the Three I league
 It has been said of McGraw, and not without truth, that he learned his game in the old school of baseball. He
 
 the many angles and details of the sport and is quick to see the ad- vantage Of new play as he was twen- ty years ago: There is little in the wide field of baseball strategy that McGraw does not know and several of the best pieces of so-called inside baseball are the direct result of care full study on his part. It is not sur prising, therefore. that McGraw should have confidence in his ability and judgment and demand explicit obe- dience to his instructions
 McGraw has been called a hard task master by. some of the players who have positions under him but he has never shirked responsibility when disaster. has marked his efforts or at tempts to outwit the opposing team Few moves on the part of a player will arouse greater wrath in McGraw than the deliberate ignoring of his instructions while at the bat. on the bases or in the field. When his coaching signals are followed, howev- CT. and the play falls flat the Giants ma nager accepts the blame without the slightest hesitation or effort to pass the responsibility to those un- der him.
 Of the many stars who have played under McGraw very few indeed have been accorded the privilege of acting upon their own initiative or judgment Christy Mathewson, now manager of the Cincinnati Nationals, being one of these notable exceptions. When Mo- Graw has occasion to reprimand a 1 played he does not mince words He | aas the quick temper of the Celtic race and the willingness and ability to back | ID his words and actions with deeds ] if necessary with the result that in | days gone by players who resented | McGraw's managerial methods were | frequently at odds with the field gen. | eral of the Giants.
 Rowland's characteristics and sys-