The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-05
PAT KORAN EXP LAINS HOW
 HE CAPTURES REMNANTS
Treat Players Fairly Is Motto of Cincinnati Man. ager Who Has Made Such Wonderful
 Record This Season

l Moran win pennants?
 This question is foremost in the l minds of the ardent supporters of the
 NatonaI League now that the Cincin- natl Reds, led by Moran. are about i to win the pennant in the orraniza- 1 ton. Fans are wonde>ing what there 1 is about him that stamps him as one | of the greatest leaders in the game 1 and what method he used iu dceIop- | ing championship club out of ma l terial that was considered this spring l just about fair enough to land place | in the first division. This is the second National Ioa--rn | title Moran will have won since break ! ing into the managerial game with the 1 Phillies four years ago, and more inn i portance is attached to his success be- | cause of the fact that he has piloted ! clubs that have never before won a i pennant. Moran made his debut as | manlager with the Phillies in 1915. ! and that year won the flag. the first | the Philadelphia club had won in 33 l years. This year he suppIanted ! Christy NIathewson as manager of the , Reds and is almost at the door of an ! other championship. | Before getting down to what Man ! agcr Moran has to say about his sue ! cess it might be well to say that his | achievement is largely due to his own i personality. He is liked by all he meets l particularly the ball players. While l 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 action | and played smart baseball all the l time. Why? Moran knows how 10 | handle men; he never humilates any l of them before their comrades or | opposing players, and cOrrects their 1 mistakes 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" 1 said Moran, and that is by pay 1 ing attention to business at all times | We play to win eery game. let the | next one take care of i-seIf. IL has ] always been my polcy to keep my | players minds off the worlds series.
 I do not allow them to worry about | our percentage and insist upon their | thinking of only winning the game in | which they play. When you win games | you win the pennant.
 | There must be no lOafing. We ! worked hard, and we would not be | where we are today if we had not | Every man hustled to the linlt of his ! ability. When they all do that a team | is bound to meet with some sort of | success.
 "I do not want all the credit for our | success.
 I q see they are calling me the ! miracle man and all sorts of things 1 The only extent to which l entered | into the victory was in the application ! of my longer experience in profes- | sional baseball Every one of the play | CTS gave his best efforts, in the light ] of my experience, so that they would 1 have the greatest possible effect. Had Worrying Job. We all had something to do. Their 1 part was to play ball the best they ! knew how. Mine was to dope out the situations as they came up and figure 1 how to meet them.
 ''So, after all. there is nothing to it but work, by the players and work by | myself
 "One does not have to have a set of rules or ask men to be angels to win The first thing to do is to gain the respect and confidence of your players. That is what I did. After that insisted on cooperation and the results show for themselves.
 My business Is to give orders. I give them and they are always car ried out. If they do not mater1aIize the player is not blamed unless he fails to do his share. The men carry them out with all the possible ener- BY, and do so because they have con fdence in my ability. Driving them | does not pay. l have never seen it | work yet, and do not think it ever will.
 "A successful manager must be as | hard a worker as any of his players. l Players take their manager as an ax- | ample. If he lOafs and takes no heart | interest in the club the men naturally | will do the same. But if he is all | ways on his toes the players will be !! the same, and that is a combination | difficult to beat.
 ''The spirit of fighting for ball i games did not have to be developed | or forced into the men. It just came. l I try to be with my players as much l as possible and am no less a manager. Be one of the boys is the best way to get along and keep their minds on | the game. The old Cub team used to | talk baseball morning, noon and ! night. That is why it was a great | machine.
 All Respect Manager.
 "As manager, it is my part to give |
 
 ter, not because I am leader of the | club, but because the men realize that I am tryng to do just what they are trying to do-win ball games. There is not man on the club who would not gracefully sit on cne 0ezc- if another player were capable Of l doing better in the game. The spirit of team work prevails and that is why we are on top" Mana ger Moran is modest, almost to extremes, but his players are vii ling to give him all the credit that is due him. That they respect his judgment and ability is needless to say. They show it on the field and have done so all of the season. orr the field they praise him to the skies and say he is a wonderful fellow. With this spirit prevailing one can easily see why the Reds hustle every minute they are on the field.
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