Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-10-16
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
mailed-Fist Systsm-Every-
body Works Hard.
How does Pat Moran win pennantsP

How does Pat Moran win pennants?
This question is foremost in the
minds of the ardent supporters of the
i 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 a 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 a 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 SO 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 4 sailiates any
of them before their comrades or OPP
posing players, and corrects their mis-
takes in 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
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 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 limit of his
ability. When they all do that team
IS bound to meet with some sort of
II do not want all the credit for our
success. / see by the papers they are
,alling me miracle man and all sorts il
# things. The only extent to which I f
inferred into the victory was in the APP 4
'Iication Of my longer experience in
Professional baseball. Every one of :
he players gave his best effort. i
merely directed those efforts, In the
light of my experience, so that they 7
Tould have the greatest possible eff !
ect. L
'We all had something to do. Their l
art was to play ball the best they a
new how. Mine was to dope out the
ituationS as they came up and figure D
ow to meet them. 81
$50, after all, there was nothing to nj
but work. work, work by the players NJ
nd work by myself. n,
zone is not obliged to have set of h,
lles or ask men to be angels to win
he first thing to do is to gain the re-
)ect and confidence of your players.
hat is what / did. After did that |
sisted on cooperation and the results ~.
low for themselves" III
Manager Moran is modest, almost to
,tremes, but his players are willing r,
give him all the credit that is due mn
m. That they respect his judgment
I'd ability is needless to say. They
ow it on the field and have done so
the season. Off the field they
aise him to the skies and say he is
wonderful fellow. With this spirit Ln'
evailing one can easily see why the ri
IDS hustle every minute they are on an
e field. IN