The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-11
CHICAGO MANAGERS
ALIKE IN METHODS
Gleason and Mitchell Employ
Same System in Diamond
Battles.
ROUGH HOUSE TACTICS
Neither Balks ct Kicking o
Cripple or Robbing Blind
Man TO Win.

CHICAGO, May 1o.--The Chicago
teams will use the same general plan
| OF attack In the nights for the pennants.
For Fred Mitchell. defending his title AZ
champion manager Of the National
League, and Kid Gleason. the baby
leader Of the American League, have al
/; most exactly the same idea Of how to
win ball game, and both are the sort
Of men who insist that their ideas and
their orders be carried out implicitly.
The highest form Of German ''l<ui-
tur'' Cor lowest. II you will) never had
a thing on Fred or the Kid when they
are trying to win q ball game. AZ such
times they wouldn't hesitate at kicking
cripple or stealing from q blind man, fig-
ufativeiy speaking. Beat EN- 90 to 1
urately speaking BEAT 'em 90 to I
every day and twice in double headers"
In short, Is the main idea Of the MITCHELL
Gleason flag coping dope.
Here are some of the things that help
win nag. Kid Gleason says, and they are
exactly what Mitch has been preaching
| and practising ever since he took charge
ct the Cubs:
''Take Nothing for GranteA.~
"As many games are won on the
bench as on the ball field. That means
everybody on the squad, including thost
warming the bench. must keep their eyes
on the game every minute and report
any symptom Of weakness in the oppos-
ing team they may observe.
THAT take nothing for granted In
baseball goes double with me. II you're
| ten runs ahead of the other fellows try
to mako ten more. The old bail game
isn't over. you know. until the last man
10 out.
Every man and every team has q
weakness, and you can find II II you
| look hard enough. Ernie Koob pitched
no-hit game against the Sox several
seasons ago, and he didn't nnish an
other game against ua We located his
weak spot At the fag end OF that no-hit
tust aching to get q bat In their hands
any time Ernie wan slated to start"
Play Ne Favspitss
A star Isn't Q star with Fred Mitchell,
In that he gets no mora privileges or
| favors than any other member Of the
| squad. While Gleason didn't come right
| out and define his policy in these words
he has intimated that everybody must
deliver the goods every day or account
to him personally. Accounting to the
Kid IL. take II from those who know, no
pleasant Assignment Mitch chemically
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the Cubs during the past few seasons,
and KIDS method Of tanning athletes
with superfuity Of ego has made him
| famous.
Another similarity between the Kid
and Mitch 10 that both achieved base
bail renown first A. pitchers and later
In other Inca When his wing lost its
cunning Gleason tried keystoning, and
was 90 successful that he was the X. k.
OF his hsyday Mitchell started receiv-
ing when his fiingins wasn't sufficiently
skilfui to provide him with q meal
] ticket
1 Both Mitchell and Gleason earned re-
nown In their premanaserial days as
remarkable students Of pitchers. Both
can tell q coming hurler a long time
before he arrives and furthermore both
specialixe In developing slab neophytes.
So. after all. It Ii only natural that
the two Chicago managers should have
the same general ideas about winning
| pennAntA