The Washington times., 1922-01-08

VI Inc bOSCon ne0 StOcklngS, the
League pennants in 1891, 1892 and
Brooklyn Superbas and the Ne,
championship honors In 1888 and ID
The Giants, under the leadership Of
Johnny Ward In 1894, were strongly
: touted to win the pennant. for they
bad the great Amos Rusie. Jo9ets
Meelkin. Eddie Doherty and Dad Clark
az pitchers. quartet that was
thought to be invincible. The Giants
had done their spring training at
Charleston, s. c., and were scheduled
% open the championship season with
Baltimore on their way back from
their training camp.
-Four straight victories were conf
IDENTIFY counted on by Ward and his
fellow Giants. Four straight defeats
were handed the complacent New
Workers.. and great was the sensation
In consequence. How was 1t possible
for such string Of victories TO be
scored by the heretofore lowly Orioles
ON the crack New York Giants? The
fAns Of Manhattan were up in the air
--dismayed. Baltimore rooters were
up IN the air-ecstatic. Even Captain
WArd could not figure itsout.
Revolutionixed Play.
TAs cause Of II was that the Orioles
playinr baseball. While high-class
players like Johnny Ward and other
veterans In the game had been con-
tented to 70 along In the same old way
that had. brought them to the top,
the younger players on the Orioles.
nunh N John McGraw, Billy Keller,
JeS Kelly and Hughey Jennings had
bean studying the game. They In
ausurated new plays. new systems
and new signals. They had stolen
march Of the old-timers by taking
the initiative, and forming combina-
lions of inside work that stood the
Veterans on their heads. II TOOK tne
latter some time to appreciate that II
vns not luck. hut teamwork that
brought about the Orioles surprising
The baltimore players talked base
hall Off the playing field. The games
Afforded them the opportunity 70 oe-
velon their well-studied plans and to
nerfect their plays. 1t was this con-
slant devotion to tho sport that en-
abled the Orioles 70 develop tner
style of play to q science that was
confounding to their less progress
sive opponents.
McGrsw Originated Plays.
McGrav and Jennings roomed to-
sether, and the former was the prime
mover In the initiation OF new plays:
Eddie Hanlon was the manager OF
the team and II. r.. Won DER Horst
was the owner. The other piaySfs
besides McGraw aud Jennings. VINO
halped most to perfect the new sys-
tenn of play, were Billy Keller. than
whom none was more adept In
placing the BALI" Joe Kelly. and that
Wise old catcher, Wilbert Robinson,
who in the backstop position was =
wonder and grasped the new system
with the adaptability for which ne ID
noted.
success, owing to their being more
brainy plays on the Ortole team tnan
any other club ever had before OF
since.
In looking over the picture II may
be seen that nine Of the eighteen
players became managers later ana
all of them were successful. THESE
are Houston, McGraw, Robinson.
Gleason, Jennings, Joe Kelley. BIN
Clarke: Bowerman and Brodie, I
think, also became managers OF
team of soldiers in the Philippines.
II win be remembered that Bower
man was manager II the Boston Ma
tional League team for q short time
and did well at first, but soon relin,
cuished the Job. Joe Kelley managed
the Cincinnati Reds Bill Clarke and
Brodie had charge of minor league
clubs. There may have been others
of the Orioles who also were man.
ayers.
Robinson, Jennings. Gleason and
McGraw have won championships.
McC3raw, in fact, has had close to 100
players on his teams who later became
managers.
Noted Pitchers on Team.
OF the pitchers in the picture, Nc.
Mahon, Gleason and Arthur GARRISON
were the most famous. Mcmahon was
The leading boxman of the team for
many years and was one Of the pluck
lest. The same, of course. can be said
VI the cdcky "Kid' Gleason, who Is
now the manager OF the White Sox.
Arthur Clarkson was brother OF the
more famous John, who was a pitch
ing star with the Chicago White Stock
ings under Captain Arson in the SOS
and later with the Boston Red Stock
ings, formed with Mike Kelly, the
lar.famed "twenty-thousand dollar bat
terry"
Arthur Clarkson was a graduate of
Harvard University and was one Of
the best pitchers the varsity nine ever
Lad. Esper and Hemming DID great
work with the Orioles. Gleason was
Transferred from the mound to second
base, In which position he made as big
n hit as in the box. He was with the
Giants as a second baseman when An
drew Freedman was owner of the New
York Nationals. The kid" was also
.pne of the many managers Freedman
appointed at different times.
Uncle Robbie was the first string
catcher, with Bill Clark as second.
Yiil was once with the Giants 'as
hatcher and was a high-ciass baclstop.
OF late years he has been coach Of
the Princeton varsity baseball team.
Bowerman played first base for the
Orioles for a while, and also change
catcher. When Don Brouthers was
traded TO the Brooklyn club for Billy
Eeeler, Jack Doyle became first base
man.
Doctor Pond proved winning