Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-14
YANKEE AND GIANT
| PILOTS ARE STERN
Mccarthy Dominates With
Mental CIub-McGraW Is
Master by Force.
BY GEORGE CHADWICK

n YEW YORK, November IA
IN Joe Mccarthy introduced
/ Y his square jaw to New York
this week, as he started
laying plans for the New York
Yankees Spring training.
John j. McGraw also has a square
jaw. although it is not set so much at
right angles as that of Mccarthy
These two Macs will try to bring pen
nant-winning teams to New York City
in 1881, Joe fighting for the American
League and "Jawn j." for the National.
McGraw has a habit of looking
straight ahead from out of eyes that
hypnotic dumb player. Mccarthy
opens his eyes in mild reproach and
his mouth is converted into line that
extends at right angles to the bottom
of his nose and to an indefinite point
between the right jaw and the left both
OF the latter being conspicuous filling
stations of surprise, chagrin, encourage
ment or reproach, as the case may be.
Both Severe Masters.
When McCarthy's eyes spark, it is
better not to discuss bone plays with
him. When McGraw's eyes fame the
offender often has been known to bid
good-by to some of his personally col
lected shekels.
McGraw is master of his team by
force of base ball right and the prestige
because he Yields a mental club which
hits wickedly or may mildly chasten the
offender
McGraw tens a player to do some
thing and e: IS him to do it. If he
doesn't, it IT be two or three days
before he will hear about it and it may
be two or three minutes, but he will
hear
Mccarthy tells players they can do
things and watches the effect of his
tonic. When he first took charge of
the Chicago Cubs, in 1926, they were
not expected to go very far They had
finished in last place in 1925. 1t wasn't
much of base ball team, according to
the sages. They said Joe would finish
in the second division. He finished
fourth.
Mccarthy knows more about the
technique of base ball than the average
manager. Technique is backing up
positions, throwing to the right spot
and having a player at the right place
to get the throw when 1t Is made, and
that sort of thing.
Technique Can Help.
Some managers do not care for tech
niQue. They make any play direct.
They don't throw to the infleld to try
to deceive a runner. They have their
players throw to the spot where some
runner is expected TO be. Often that
is good base ball, but the manager with
technique is a bit more adaptable to
championship teams than the manager
without it.
Mccarthy at present is not discussing
his players in the public prints. He
doesn't know the Yankees except by
reputation. He will study their careers
In private at his home in Buffalo be-
tween intervals of motoring and digging
himself out of the snow.
ice will not venture prediction as
to where he will finish in 1881, and
that is good medicine. He isn't half as
afraid of Connie Mack as a total
stranger might be, because he played
against Mack in one world Series-in
1929, when the Cubs lost to the Ath-
letics. Mccarthy thinks his tactics in
that series were right. He maintains
that no man can match tactics against
the sun and win out.
However, his next world series may
be played against the Cubs. Some fans
are hoping for a Cub Yankee clash.
They would like to see Manager Rogers
Hornsby of the Cubs match his square
jaw against Joe McCarthy's square jaw.