The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-30
PAT MORAN CHOSEN
MANAGER OF REDS
Giants Coach Will Obtain Re-
lease to Succeed Matty as
Cincinnati Leader.
BY FREDERICK G. LIED.

BY FREDERICK G. LIED.
Patrick Moran, former manager Of the
Phnlies, will not coach the Giants this
year. Instead Fitchburg Pat will tackle
ne tough assignment of attempting to
ne the Moses who Is to lead the Cincin-
natl Reds out of the Rhineland jungle.
Moran will be manager OF the Cincinnati
cub by tonight. He left here last night
for Cincinnati to sign a contract with
August Hermann. president OF the Reds.
Despite the fact that Moran signed
only n short time ago as coach and as
sstant manager of the Giants. John
HcGraw. vce-presdent and manager
Of the New York team, will throw no
OBSTACLE in Patrick's way II he can come
TO terms with the Cincinnati club OFF,
Gals
August Hermann. president OF the
Cincinnati club. offered Moran the Gin
cinnau management II he could get
away from New York. Pat came down
from Fitchburg. Mass. yesterday and
Informed McGraw Of the Hermann offer.
McGraw promptly agreed to cancel Pats
$1,000 contract
Matty Still in Service.
n was a hne piece OF sportsmanship
for McGraw TO do. inasmuch as It gem
orally was understood that Moran was
hired primarily as successor to Nc
Graw. McGraw now Is tied with Connie
Mack Of the Athletics in winning six
major league pennants, something no
other managers ever had accomplish
II was McGraw's ambition to break this
tie and be tho frst man to win seven
pennanta With this accomplished Il
was his object to drop tho role OF man
aSer and take hold Of the executive
reins
With this reason Moran was hired at
ngure OF $1,000. an unusual figure for
coach Besides McGraw was willing
20 sacrifice one man out Of the con-
densed twenty-one limit Just to carry
Patrick.
Pat was very happy after yesterdays
talk with McGraw when he boarded a
train for Cincinnati. Hermann has
been waiting to hear from Capt. Chris
TOPPER Mathewson, his manager In 1915,
1917 and 1918, for several weeks. and
upon Matty's failure to obtain his re-
lease Hermann decided on acquiring
Moran. Matty still Is overseas with the
Chemical Warfare Section, and seems
TO be the only one OF the big leaguers
who received commissions in this service
who has been retained in Europe. Ma
jors Branch Hickey and Percy Haughton
and Capt. Cobb were back shortly after
the armistice was signed.
Charley Ebbets president of the Brook
Ign Superbas. yesterday decided In favor
OF Florida for a training camp. That
makes Florida unanimous choice for the
three clubs OF Greater New York The
Dodgers will pitch their camp In the
same city decided upon by the Yankees
Jacksonville. Fla With the Giants train
Ing at Gainesville. Fla. a circle seventy
five miles in diameter will take in all
three local clubs.
The Yankees and Dodgers however.
viii train in different fields in Jackson
vile. The Yankees will use South Side
Field. used BY the Athletics the last
few years. while the Dodgers will use a
field on which the Pittsburg club trained
last year.
Yankees to Play Dodgers.
The Yankees and Dodgers have ar
ranged quite a series of exhibition
games. Regular exhibition games al
ready have been booked in Jackson
vile for Saturdays. March 90. April
and April IL. If permission can be OBJ
tained games also will be played on the
following Sundays. Then about two in
formal practice games will be played
during the week In which no admission
VIII be charged. All games played in
Jacksonville will be on the park leased
py the Yankees.
The two clubs will break camp at
Jacksonville on April II. and will play
three exhibition games in the Carollnas
On their way north on April Is, I6 and
II. The Brooklyn club, however. will
have TO cut the trip short. az 1t must
te In Boston to play a morning game
with the Braves on Patriots Day.
April 10.
The decision to start the season four
Gays ahead Of time In Boston inter
fered with the exhibition plans OF the
Yankees. as 1t has been intended to NAV
brooklyn at Ebbets Field on Saturday
April 10.
Instead the Yankees win return 70 tho
Polo Grounds on this date with a COL
lege team for an opponent On April 20
the Yanks will invade either Newark or
Jersey City. and on April p they will
end their Brooklyn series with a game In
Ebbets Field.
The Yankees will leave here for Jack
sonville on March 20. They will arrive
there on the following day. so that train
ing may be started on Monday, March "a
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