The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-04

IImOT9 EdEk DOdEup SHhASo ~N Yawkey's reckless spending.
 Good Business
 q wonder how much he'd give to-day for such players as Willie Keeler, Hughie Jennings, Dan Brouthers, Joe Kelly, Steve Brodie, Jack Doyle and Kid Gleason" he says. "Those are some of the boys got in my 1894 deals, on which l made $2500 in cold cash. I expect Mir Yawkey, if he were buying players like those to-day, would have to take another rubber band off the old roll.
 T know I wouldn't have traded thsoe boys for the whole Boston club.
 "I got Jennings, who played short, and Harry Taylor, first baseman (he's a judge in Buffalo now, by the way, from Louisville for Tim O'Rourke, shortstop. who was batting .370. I swapped Willie Schindle and chap named Treadway to Brooklyn for Brou- thers and Keeler (wasn't that rob bery?) Brouthers developed into the home-run hitter of those days and Keeler was probably the greatest batsman to ever swing the bludgeon. ., timore courthouse. and $2,5OO Tn good 1894 dollars, came from Pittsburgh for George Van Hal tren. Kelly became one of the outstanding outfielders in baseball and was ranked All-America few years back.
 'I made a 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 Glea- son. late coach of the Athletics, from St Louis. Gleason was pitcher when I got him. but 1 de- veloped him into a classy second baseman.
 "John McGraw, Wilbert Robin son and Sadie McMahon. a great pitcher in his day, and now resi- dent of Wilmington, Del, were the only players l kept around which were here when I took over the Baltimore club in 1892"
 Hanlon wanted to come to Bal tinsore, in which city he has made his home since 1892. He Jumped at the opportunity to manage the club here when the late Harry yonderhorst, brewer and president of the Baltimore team, asked the Pittsburgh club for him.
 Joining the Orioles in May. l892, Ned immediately laid plans to make the Orioles a club which would startle the baseball world. He took the first ball club over 10 go south to Macon, Ga, in 1894. Baseball scribes wrote that Neo WAS going "goofy" So successful were Hanlon's Orioles that year that in 1895 every big league team went to the southland for traih- ing.
 In Macon, at 10 o'clock every morning, Hanlon took the crafty orioles out to the diamond. It was here the hit-and-run play was perfected. Bunting had been done before by other teams, but perfect bunts and putting the ball into whichever field the batter desireo had never been seen before.
 Hanlon knew when he returned from Macon that he had perfected a new kind of baseball. When the scribes picked the Orioles last 1n the standings of the 12-club Na' tional League he only smiled.
 On the opening day of the lS9a season, Johnny Ward, second base man and manager Of the Ne" York club, chided Hanlon during the parade that his club woulo slay the Orioles. The New 1orK' CTS were favorites to win the pen nant. The outcome of that series was four straight for the Orioles Thirteen hit-and-run plays were perfected. So one-sided did tht series prove that Ward threatened to take Hanlon before the league heads. declaring he wasn't playing baseball, but a new game.
 Hanlon didn't keep his methods of play a secret. He took his team out to the ball park early every day to show the fans who turned out just to see how the hit-and run play was engineered. H' even put his own team on thu field and let the pitcher throw ant the runners run, but his own tean couldn't even stop the play witt such hatters as McGraw, Keeler Kelly, Doyle, Brouthers or Brodi' at bat.
 After winning three pennant' here, Hanlon went to the Brook lyn club. He took Kelly. Keelcl and Brouthers along. He won twt more flags at Brooklyn and late shifted to Cincinnati to manag that team
 Compliment
 Connie Mack calls Hanlon tn greatest manager baseball eve knew up to 1900. Mack himsel played under Hanlon. Connie als' called the Orioles of the 90's on' of the greatest teams of all time He selects McGraw as the greates leader since Hanlon, and McGraV learned the ropes from Ned. ..
 While managing Cincinnati HanIon bought an interest in tn Baltimore (Eastern League) tean and was instrumental in appoint ing as pilot one of his pupils Hughie Jennings, later manager q Detroit. He built the old Easterl League park here. Later when tn Feds invaded this territory he be came interested in the local Iran chise and rented tho ground | build the Federal League park. Fl sold 1t to the late Jack Dunn.
 Dunn played under Hanlon q Brooklyn before coming here ' put Baltimore on the baseball ma with seven straight pennants J the International League. Dunnl also sold such players as Bab Ruth, Ernie Shore. Lofty Grovt Max Bishop Tommy Thomas doorRO Earnahaw and Joe Boiey | big league clubs.
 iIanion still takes n big interea in baseball. You will find him n every world series talking wit Me0raw and n few of the othe OlhstiinefH. .
 Ned has ilye children, four. llv lng, Iils wife, the former lisls 4. Kolloy 0f Connecticut, died hay eral months SEQ, Joseph, a s0f Wna a lieutenant in ihe ", \, arm during inc W0rid waf and wa Killed ln action lH France. Befor bln deAih he whg awarded th . Id.