The Washington times., 1924-03-08
Hendricks Is Problem
AS Successor to Pat
Moran, Reds Manager
By DAVIS j. WALSH.

| NEW YORK, Marcn 0.-Death,
the inevitable Of all things mortal,
sat in the game down at Orlando,
Fla, yesterday and dealt the Gin
cinnati Reds a pair Of deuces from
a marked deck. Reaching out an
icy hand it claimed the stakes in
the person Of Patrick Joseph Moran,
famous manager, and today baseball
men the country over are Speculat.
ing as to just how far reaching will
be the effect on the impending Ma.
tional League race.
1t may be much or little, depend
ing on how we'll Jack Hendricks,
Moran's successor, can carry on
where another left off. Hendricks
is first class man gone wrong.
He never got a chance In St.
Louis and was shunted back to
the American Association with
scant farewell. He knows base
ball and can Nhandle men. The
Reds could have looked further
and Jared wOrse-but Moran was
Moran.
The Cincinnati Reds are his ball
club, conceived by him, weaned from
mediocrity and reared to full growth.
|
club who does not owe his present
status in baseball to Pat Moran.
They are the product of his system
and they know that the name of
| Pat Moran stood for success He
had an almost magic ability to make
ball players play better than they
knew how, as the saying goes, a
trick Of getting better than the best
out of man.
He did this in bringing the only
pennant to Philadelphia in 1915,
winning with two pitchers, q
catcher and a shOrtstOp. It was
the same with the Reds i'm 1919,
who played above and beyond the
collective head in winning for
forts.
On both clubs were men who then
and afterward were stars of the
first water, thanks to Moran. With
the Phillies he was responsible for
the rise Of Alexander and Rixey as
pitchers, and of Dave Bancroft as
shortstop
With the Reds he got Hod Eller,
Slim Sallee, Jimmy Ring and Dutch
Reuther pitching winning ball, de-
veloped Pat Duncan as an outfielder,
reawakened Jake Daubert at first
base and revamped Morris Rath and
Larry Kopf, discards, into a fine
combination around second base. Ed
Roush, Of course, was a star ready
made.
Later dhe club sprang a fallen
arch or so but Moran lost no time
In replacing the spawned members
with others just as good. Within
two seasons he stepped out with
! Fonseca, Bohne, Pinelli and Cav
eney, real infielders; Harper in the
! outfield. Hargrave, a fine catcher
and Pete Donohue, one of the best
young pitchers in the league, to
say nothing Of developing Adolfo
Luque into one of the leading night
handlers in baseball.
The handling of pitchers was
MOran's best trick. There is only
one other man in baseball, Will
best Robinson, who can be rated
in the same class with Moran
In this respect.
1t Is there that the Reds will
feel the pinch of Moran's loss
| most. Lacking a real punch on
the offense, they had gone out
| and rounded up an impressive staff
of pitchers for Moran to work on
| this season.
Here is a brief outline of Mo.
rams career:
Born in Fitchburg, Mass, forty.
eight years ago.
Began baseball career on semi.
professional team in Orange, Mass,
in 1895. He was catcher.
Never went to college.
Began professional career as a
catcher on the Lyons, N. Y, team
in the New York State League, in
1897. Played later with Cortland,
N. Y, and Montreal teams
First major league engagmnt
with the Boston Nationals in 1901.
Remained with Boston National
until 1906. catching and for a short
time. in 1904, playing third base.
Went to Chicago Cubs In 1906.
remaining until 1910, when he was
secured by the PhilIies.
Made manager of the Phillies in
1915.
Has played on four championship
teams, in Chicago in 1906, 1907, and
1908, and in Philadelphia in 1915.
Has played on two world cham
pionship teams, in Chicago in 1907
and 1908.
Only manager to lead the Phillies
to National League pennant, cap
turing flag in 1915. Also led Gin
cinnati Reds to pennant and world
championship in 1919.