The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-04
TWO KINDS OF
HBQSS|NG.SHONN
BY THREE men.
HuggIns Allows More Freedom
Of Judgment Among His
Baseball Players.
sy BRANCH hickey.


i think 4 know the managerial
methods Of McGraw and Huggtns.
Nj the past three seasons the
Cardinal club has played the Giants
Sc games and has won 81, perhaps
the BEST thfee.year record any con-
tender has made against the New
York dub. Miller Higgins was
manager Of the Cardinals in 1917,
ne fifst year | was president OF
the club j came. to know him inti-
rnateiy at that time. Prior to that,
as inanager Of the Browns, ! played
agatnst Huggins' team In the s.,
tonis spring and fall series for sew.
ora Years
Alsothis year the Cardinals won
two games from the Yankees in
New 0rleans.
i alEo am pretty well acquainted
with 10th men off the field.
soth2Afe ResourcefuI.
H0th McGraw and Higgins are
resonteefll and impervious 10 criti-
cfsm good or bad. Both are sure
al themsetves and work best under
fite Especially may this be enld
ot MeGfaws
II has been said that McGraw
bus his pennants. There is no
rule against 1t, but ! don't think
that any manager gives youngsters
more chance than McGraw. Frisch
fof instance, never had played n
professional game, but was picked
IN rs free agent. Higgins, quick
ana accurate IN his judgment OF
rlayers has developed several
.opngstera but he has bought some
teady.inaie once, as well as Ne.
Huggiiis allows his players more
ffeedotn Of judgment than does Nc
GraT Huggfns Is boss, but not u
hoss In detail
The Giants play McGraw's way,
aud s. any new Giant player, tu-
teFed though he may have been by
Father Chadwick himself. should
rim cainter to MGGraw's Ideas he
would get a new baseball baptism
tie very first day.
MeGt9w holds himself RESPONSE.
lie Tor the failure Of his methods.
= they fail He tells his pitchers
Ellaf and where to pitch and his
ltitteys whens.to hit. The batters,
Tie base runners, the catchers and
cen the coachers are constantly
lfeiting to Nc Grnw for the signal.
Don't Play lunches.
Aaiearaw doubtless figures that
te8er and less costly MISTAKES will
laste been made In, game where
\ decides everything instead Of
ifife men deciding everything.
ithet manager plays lunches.
They believe there Is a reason 70,
every move and a real purpose for
every play II there ever was a
time for managerial guessing 1t
i,t,,st have passed before my day.
Certainly neither McGraw nor Hug.
s ltls use any gueas system.
Huggins and McGrhw doubtless
viii be criticized for their general.
snip m the coming world serles.
Howeyers most criticisms arc made
Without having all the facts In
hind
Strategy and Tactics.
10 be sure, there is nothing mys.
tertons about managing a baseball
Glib II e, a game Of strategy, lac.
TICS some general principles, secur.
ing good men handling others, VIM
ntis games and pleasing the pub
The man In the, grandstand, II he
goes about It rightly, can learn all
there IS to know. Hugo Bezdek,
forlns manager at Pittsburgh, &C.
CURED his knowledge in this man
Most clubs are directed cor.
rsctlt as to tactics. There is no
COMPLEX or profound problem about
y K 1ss simply having every player
20 the light thing at the right time
al the time. It Is easy, there.
tpfeif You can do 1t.
Won can get the greatest mum.
itsts OF people to do the nearest
right thing at the nearest hest time
On sttle greatest possible number OF
occasions. then relatively speaking
ION are the best manager there is.
And any such person Gun get a