The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-06
RECALLS ECONOMY
HE PRACTICED IN
WINNING PENNAN7
Built Baltimore Orioles to
Championship Team, Made
$500 on Deal
HAD THREE GREAT SEASONS
Jennings, Taylor, Kelly, 6rodie,
Doyle, Gleason, M'craw
in Lineup
BY JOE NEWMAN
Baltimore Post Baseball Writef)


Baltimore, Md, Jan. 5.-Tom Yaw-
key, iii spending $380.000 for II ball
players to build up the Boston Red
Sox, may be getting bargain. but
Back in 1894 Edward (Ned Hanlon
assembled the famous pennant-wii,-
ming Baltimore Orioles In 1894-95-96-
a team that won one world champion
ship-and made $4,000 on the deal.
Ned, now president Of the Baltimore
Park Board. smiles at Yawkey's reck-
less spending.
81 wonder how much he'd give to-
day for such plyares as Willie Keller.
Hughie Jennings. Dan Broutl1ers, Joe
Kelly, Steve Brodie, Jack Doyle and
Kid Gleason" he says. Those are
some of the boys I got in my 1894
deals, on which I made $4,000 In cold
cash. expect Mr.. Yawkey, II he
were buying players like those today.
rould have to take another rubber
band off the old roll.
81 know I wouldn't have traded
those boys for the whole Boston club.
!: X X
81 got Jennings, who played short,
and Harry Taylor, first baseman
(he's q Judge in Buffalo now, by the
way), from Louisville for Tim
ORourkc, shortstop, who was bat
ting $40. I snapped Willie Schindle
and a chap named Treadway to
Brooklyn for Brouthers and Keeler
twastn't that robbery?). Brouthers
developed into the lome-run hitter Of
those days and Keeler was probably
the greatest batsnan to ever swing
the hludgeon.
''Kelly, now clerk in the Baltimore
courthouse. and $500 In good 1894
dollars, came from Pittsburgh for
George Van Haltren. Kelly became
one Of the outstanding outfielders In
baseball and was ranked All-America
q few years back.
Il made q deal with st. Louis for
Brodie, now caretaker at the spacious
Baltimore stadium: took Doyle, chief
scout Of the Chicago Cubs, from New
York, and Gleason, late coach Of the
Athletics. from st. Louis. Gleason
was a pitcher when got him, but
developed him into a classy second
Gaseman.
"John McGraw. Wilbert Robinson
and Sadie Mcmahon, a great pitcher
in his day, and now resident OF
Wilmington, Del, were the only play
ers I kept around which were here
when I took over the Baltimore club
in 1892"
Hanloll wanted to come to Balti-
more, in which city he has made his
home since 1892. He jumped at the
opportunity to. manage the club here
when the late Harry Vonderhorst
brewer and president Of the Baltimore
team, asked the Pittsburgh club TO,
him.
| Joining the Orioles in May, 1892
Ned Immediately laid plans to make
the Orioles q club which would startlt
the baseball world. He took the frs
ball club ever to 60 south to Macon
Ca, In 1894. Baseball scribes Wrots
that Ned was going "goofy." So sue
cessful were Hanlon's Orioles tina
year that In 1895 every big league
team went to the southland for train
ing.
In Macon, at 10 o'clock every morn
ing Halnon took the crafty Oriole
out to the diamond. 1t was here tn
hit-and- run play was perfected. Blunt
ing had been done before by othe
teams, but perfect hunts and pittinl
the ball into whichever field the bat
Ter desired had never been seen be
fore.
Hanlon knew when he returne'
from Macon that he had perfected
; new kind Of baseball. When tn
scribes picked the Orioles last In tn
4 standings Of the 12-club Natione
League he only smiled.
) On the opening day Of the 1894 sea
SON, Johnny Ward, second basemal
and manager Of the New York clut
chided Hanlon during the parade tha
his club would STAY the Orioles. TIL
New Workers. were favorites to WI
the pennant. The outcome OF ths
series was four straight for the Orr
oles. Thirteen hit-and-run plays wer
perfected. So one-sided did the serie
prove that Ward threatened to TAX
Hanlon before the league heads. de
claring he wasn't playing baseball, bu
a new game.
Hanlon didn't keep his methods {
play a secret. He took his team on
to the ball park early every day I
snow the fans who turned out just I
see how the hit-and-run play was en-
gineered. He even put his own tear
lon the field and let the pitcher thro
and the runners run, but his ow
team couldn't even stop the play wit
such batters as McGraw. Keller, Kel
lly. Doyle. Brouthers or Brodie at be
After winning three remnants her
Hanlon went to the Brooklyn clu|
He took Kelly, Keller and Br0uthel
along. He won two more flags I
Brooklyn and later shifted to Cir
cinnati to manage that team.
y + +
Connie Mack calls Hanlon Il
greatest manager baseball ever kne
up to 1900. Mack himself played VI
der Hanlon. Connie also called tt
orioles Of the eos one Of the creates
teams OF all time. He selects NJ
Graw q the greatest leader SIM
Hanlon, and Mc0raw learned t
ropes from Ned.
Il While managing Cincinnati, Hal
on bought an interest In the Dalt
! more eastern League) team and VI
Il Instrumental In appointing - pill
one q his pupils Hughis Jennina