The Washington times., 1928-06-02
so RAZZ
ON PICKING
P1RA5


BY Babe Ruth
DETROIT Mich, June -,
The more / see u baseball the
more I'm convinced that sue
cesAful managing doesn de-
pend half 80 much On running
bali club On the field as it
does ii picking and sorting
the good players from the bad,
I'm thinking cf course Of Miller
ffngeina. Hug and have had our
arguments rom time 10 time Ne've
had Gun difficulties and our battles
and there have been times when
bis has set me down pretty hard
Buf lust tie same consider aim
abouf the sn1artest manager n the
business. ana here's why
Re II wizard IN spottinE Dah
SIaVnrs What mean Is that ne
hever masses good one z p. ana
III very rarely picks enc Mh W.
doesn't make good. George flpgEas
IL good example. Pipgras 1oosg
rates a. one of the peAl Ilsl .s
hand pitchers III the league. ana
18.S neffif,r better ~ the minute.
HneeiIls cot hold 81 Pipgras tour
years ago.
All tie players Oh the club
And most az the other managers
81 fl1e league laughed when
Huekfns bought him. He would
ilevep make pitcher. they s1ld.
hui Hug even then, Wes 1911
fI1e l16yeeBailer writer's that here
-. irid who would be
afNr when lie once found MINI
9eTf. DESPITE the kidding &c
stuck with Pipgras through ~
those years
Now Pipgras Is paying divldendss
HuRRlfS took Stanley IQyeieskiS
when not another manager u the
league would even give nm
tumble. He was kidded q lot ABOUT
fnes tno--l5ait he kept quiet and
VzeTsf about his business. Now Win
the season less than SIX weeks OLD
f,oyev has won four games Tor Us
ana hasn't yet been beaten. he
hSd worked as relief man IN sew
oga1 games that don't show In his
rscord.
when Mark Koenig came " ne
was pretty shaky, as YOU may t.
member He booted lot q DsIls
thar cost ball games and mosk 81
the experts said he Moul ~ 49,.
They told aug9lns .a4s'!,, 100 :
Hug only gLanneos, r1..st s -. eaid
real pau 49, ~. III 4. ]. - !, 80
Il SICK W.. nL..a
sr..lSv rxnemfo IS 4 real star
~ 49, 49, 5. sI,oreefnna il
a11 $500 Tr,st -a,snfIer urOof
re .n.Ss xr,.-.-s,,.s sn,.s.d i,,sig.
81 ~, -. ...,....t.,e., Vo,, never
49, .. 80. ~ TIC lI.....5 ,,,t AZ fiae
.. - y. 49,. $50 ~ aoee,,,t work
49, -. - IA hafan - - n
go rf...SIs,l,t es,sl ~ dreIxs al
49, $500 Al @flsff Hia theory.
$50 ~. -, - ernIafrs n n
2a.s 49, s,Ts1l 80 90 I.alI v,lavers
-. All 80 tI,om
..s 1s.-s. ~. .I,n- esata I,II -
~ .,..s.. 49,, wS,,e, =
-. : Z
1hat theory seems to have worked
,,,,f nretfv welI--at least with the
~ nIeeas.
when / was 3 bit younger than
III srn now. used to ignore the kid
nan rIayers. figured that I
ec,sisv,f afford "a waste nv time
..,sft 4l,er ana got pretty hard
4 as,tI~4 al,o,I4 N Iof az the other
s s,,s.., we're the same wav. But
sefsr watchinr the way Hug works
-wi,Iia I.m over that idea. He has
~nown me that it's money in the
nocket TO be patient with these
,coIsie1 ana helm them and advise
4s~,a vhenever possible. Now. IL
1I,,ees,,a savs some KID will make
1000 Pm about ready to take his
,vnra for II. Pm ready 10 helm that
80 ~ nav car. lfoo--for Il fir.
.,,.a ..,sth F5nr thai the adherence
s.at,,san ! taiI.end cluh ana ! cham.
,ss...,.s.. .,,,p tent rira r,a,,.l,,t
49,. ,o,. w anIv three ~ fomr The
-,oi,ia - TO-DAY NAV he the very
es,t-s-. -. 1890 a., go .a,,a. 49,,
sss before. asr yG u. NEXT more e. a.
baseball. the more I'm convinced