Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-27
HOW ''PAT" MORAN
HANDLES HIS STARS
Leader Of Cincinnati Reds Talks
of His Success.
Never Humiliates Players In Presence
OF Comrades and Does Not Employ
MalIed-Fist system-Eyery-
body Works Hard.


How does Pat Moran win pennants2
| This question is foremost in the
| minds Of the ardent supporters of the
National league now that the Cincin-
natl Reds, led by Moran, have won the
pennant in the organization. Fans are
wondering what there is about him
that stamps him as one of the greatest
leaders in the game and what method
he uses in developing championship
club out of material that was consid-
cred this spring just about fair enough
to land place in the first division.
This is the second National league
title Moran has won since breaking into
the managerial game with the Phillies
four years ago, and more importance
is attached to his success because Of
the fact that he has piloted clubs that
have never before won pennant.
Moran made his debut as manager
with the Phillies in 1915, and that year
won the flag, the first the Philadelphia
club had won in 80 years. This year
he supplanted Christy Mathewson as
manager of the Reds and won another
Championship.
Manager Moran is liked by all he
meets, particularly his ball players.
While at the helm of the Philadelphia
club he was loved and respected by
all his men, who gave him every ounce
Of energy they possessed while In ac-
ton and played smart baseball all the
time. Why? Moran knows how to
handle men. He never hEmiliates any
of them before their comrades or OPP
posing players, and corrects their mis-
takes in a way that they profit by
them. He does not employ the mailed
fist system. Hence his success.
There is only one way to win" said
Manager Moran, "and that Is by pay
ing attention to business at all times.
We play to win each game, let the
next one take care Of itself. 1t has
always been my policy to keep my
players minds off the worlds series. /
do not allow them to worry about our
and insist upon their think
ing of only winning the game in which
they play. When you win games you
win with the pennant.
''There must be no l0afng. We
worked hard. aLG we would not be
where we are today If we had not.
Every man hustled to the limit Of his
ability. When they all do that team
Is bound to meet with some sort of
success.
II do not want all the credit for our
success. / see by the papers they are
calling me miracle man and all sorts
Of things. The only extent to which /
entered into the victory was in the APP
plication of my longer experience in
professional baseball. Every one OF
the players gave his best effort. I
merely directed those efforts, In the
light of my experience, so that they
would have the greatest possible eff
feet.
1--WE all had something to do. Their
part was to play bali the best they
knew how. Mine was to dope out the
situations as they came up and figure
how to meet them.
SO, after all, there was nothing TO
It but work, work, work by the players
and work by myself.
zone is not obliged to have a set of
rules or ask men to be angels to win.
The first thing to do Is to gain the re-
spect and confidence Of your players.
That is what did. After l did that
insisted on cooperation and the results
show for themselves
Manager Moran is modest, almost to
extremes, but his players are willing
% give him all the credit that is due
him. That they respect his Judgment
Ind ability is needless to say. They
Ihow it on the field and have done so
III the season. OF the field they
raise him to the skies and say he Is
! wonderful fellow. With this spirit
prevailing one can easily see why the
Reds hustle every minute they are on
he field.