The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-27
Pat Moran

They are calling Pat Moran the
Miracle Man Of 1919. The man
who piloted the Reds into the first
worlds series in fifty years Is hailed
by Cincinnati fans as the greatest
man in baseball. There are no super
l~latiyes fitting enough 10 express the
regard OF the Ohio bugs for that
Fitchburg prodigy, who gave the
river town what 1t had been yearniag
for fifty years-a National league
pennant.
1t was a miracle the red-faced,
smiling boss of the Hermann club
pulled in landing at the top OF the
ladder a team that was doubtful as
, a first division aggregation early in
the season. George Stalling's feat
in 1914 when he showed the Braves
out Of the cellar in the middle Ct
July and ran them headiong to the
pennant is the only performance n a
compares with Moran's
Stallings, however, has but one mil
acle TO his credit. Moran ~ousshtnes
him for he has a pair that mars bin
as the "super-miracle" performer,
for he pulled a similar feat in 1917
when he ran the Philltes, an outsider
IN the race, to a pennant
II was the sheer force of a PERSON
atty, which has made him the most
popular man in baseball, mixed with
a head full OF baseball brains that
spelled his success with the Reds.
Pat had the fans with him al
season, not only in Cincinnati. but IN
every stop of the National league
and every flag station OF the country.
They wanted to see him win &c lie
move the black eye which the Phila-
delphia owners gave him by tying the
can TO him after he a given them
a pennant-
But the applauding galleries and
the bowling stands of the ball yards
didn't win for him. What he did Is
more o. less uncertain.
There has been good material on
the Red clubs OF the past and they
have been managed by the best base
ball brains OF the game including
Griffith, Herzog. Mathewson ct al.
But they all failed. The wall was
universal that there were too many
managers on the board Of directors.
The complaint was maze that the
owners wouldn't buy good timber to
bolster up the club.
Moran won. though, and he won
without the money bag. He took a
semf-motley crew OF cast-ofs, players
whom he headed on to the Cincin-
natl park when they were being hand
ed one-way tickets to the minors
from other clubs. He took Daubert,
Magee, Rath and Kopf when other
clubs had hung the finished sign on
them and moulded a team hat won
the bunting.
The same thing may be said OF his
pitchers. Sallee, Fisher, Eller and
/ Reuther had had their whirl, but no
manager was chasing after them.
Moran took them, coached them,
nursed them, taught them control and
made the most effective pitching stan
in the league.
Baseball brains was representative
in those feats. But 1t was his per.
sonaItty hat oiled the mechanism
and KEEP the machine tuned up. He
had some little antagontstic spirit tc
overcome when he took the reins.
Heinie Groh was all set for the
Mgr title and several Of the club
thought he deserved II. But Pat
smoothed that over, brought about a
spirit of cooperation, put a winning
kick in the team and has had them
for him all season.
The only time Moran opens his
mouth to speak of the feat is when
he takes occasion to pay tribute to
his boys"
Recently In New YORK he said:
Don't give me the credit. The boys