The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
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SAYS GLEASON AND PAT
 MORAN HAD GOOD LUCK
Bill Donovan, Former Yankee Manager, Does Net Take Stock In Their Alleged Genius In Handling Men.

New York. Sept 22.-That Dame Fortune is d stingy old hag who showers smiles upon her favorites and turns a cold shoulder on all others is the opinion of Bill DonO- van, former Yankee manager and pitching star of the American league ten years ago,
 As evidence Donovan offers the sue cess of Pat Moran at Cincinnati and Kid Gleason at Chicago, the two managers who are 10 lead the op- posing forces in the forthcoming world series contests.
 "All this bunk about the miracles of Moran and the genius of Gleason makes me tired" yelled the practical Donovan as he was taking a beating at threc-cushious. Maybe his inability to click of points at billiards reused his animosity against life. At any rate, We heard Donovan yell louder and longer than at any time before and were astonished that the man who made the smile famous had a disposition so soured.
 "Iustead of being exceptions in the leadership of men Moran and Gleason are about the luckiest baseball men I ever heard of" shouted Donovan. ''Both were kicked out of baseball only a year ago and now the fans arc ready to immortalize the pair.
 Philadelphia had enough of Moran and ho wus turned loose without a regret. Gleason was only a coach of the White Sox and set so few worlds afire he was allowed to walk out in the middle of the season"
 "Td like to know what kind of charm Moran and Gleason carry,' was the way Donovan rambled on. 'Thcy must be looked after by that unknown power every Irishman can feel exists but cannot tell why ha feels that way. Moran is a quiet, likabie fellow who gets work out Oi his men by the simple process of batting them on the back and playing to their vanities. Gleason is the ex- act opposite. Gleason will fight any one anytime and he makes his men work. While l do not think that any White Sox players really fear Gleason. all have a wholesome respect for, him
 Gleason did not need to be a man erer to win the pennant. He had a team that figured to win the pennant Any time such stars as Collins, Jack
 
 placed on one team that team will be there or thereabouts when the season ends Even with my poor luck I think that I could have showed the White Sox into the championship this year.
 'sT'he National League must be in a dilapidated condition for the Reds 10 come through only last spring inc Reds and Tigers played a series of games and Moran did not have a pitcher that could put out Detroit let alone win Eamcs- We hammered FL Ter. Ruether and the rest of the SO called star pitchers of the National League all over the lot The Reds could not even make the issue close. Now this team is being pointed to as one of the great machines of base ball Eot'''
 From the foregoing if can be seen that Bill Donovan does not think much of the chances of Moran in he world series For that matter. DOno- van is so sure that inc White SOx will win hands down that he wants only small odds 10 wager that the White sox win win in five straight games
 New York fans generally favor the Reds to give a good account of them selves and arrive at this prediction through the success of the Reds over the Giants As to this. let Donovan rave on-
 "Moran's men are getting n lot Of publicity on their triumph over thr Giants. Just take trip back through the pages Of baseball history and you'u find that in every race where the issue was close it came down to a battle between the Giants and some other team it was the Giants that cracked and were beaten. I do not favor the sort of baseball that Nc Graw teaches and believe that it Is worthless when put to n real fest. The world series battles that the Giants have lost would prove that assertion if additional argument was needed