| Show OI L U 1 JJ 4 BOSSES P PAST AST G GRAND AND MASTERS OF OF ART OF STRA TEG BIG LEAGUE WILY MANAGERS OFTEN USE WISE SCHEMES T TO 0 WIN fou IF Major ll League Leaders Have to Employ All Alt Kinds o of air Strategy to Get Results Sarcastic Remark c Once Decided De- De DeI I Y YONE i iONE ed cu an Important Game Gallic ONE FIELDERS FIELDER'S FIST SAVED SATED HIM 1 HIS fIlS IRa By Billy Evans r l MANAGERS arc compelled to tl IHO O varied l met methods to pet get l results M certain star to be he at ut his best must be handled brindled with kid gloves c T T get good results from tome ome other athletes the manager must cut in in with wit th rough stuff There is an m outfielder and a n l mighty gool good one in ill the Ameri jr Jacan Ja can can league lengtH who owes his big league berth as well as much of hi hito his I to tu a right swing and a left both of which lan landed ed on oil the jaw off another member of the same team and resulted in said athlete taking th ther th J f I count j twI When the player in in question joined the thc bi big bier league he had acquired q terror J a minor minor league reputation He was an ambitious youngster but hut his hopes ret were badly shattered when he lie saw Raw the other outfielders of the club in inS t- t action Evidently he lie had expected to land a big hig league position without er I any trouble hut but it soon dawned on him that he would be rather lucky ift jit 1 he Iw won the berth of extra outfielder The manager of the club dub did nou ape p think very cry much of his chance to startle the big league but several of th the veterans on the team were rather favorably impressed and perhaps it was 1 their good I opinions that saved sayed him from being sent back to the mino 1 in m Cd 1 a t ci y Failure to tOo land lanil a regular position t tand and the realization that the big league eague differed considerably from Crom the bushes robbed tho kid kill of much of or the pepper When a minor league player he had been full Cull of ot fight tight and I ginger but in the big show ho was listless an and it was not long many of the tho players to him himas as is the crab lIe He never tool took i part in any any iny of the card games or tanning fanning bees and never went to any places of ot amusement amuse ment mont with the other members of tho the club eluh It would have been hard for him to have lived lI a more secluded life liCe Ho lie Holiad hal few CW friends on th tho 0 team teun although h In reality no one had any real reason for Cor entertaining a dislike for him other than his refusal to be bo one of the gang Pinch Hitter Flunked The time really came when he got gota a chance to break into the game ganie He lie was sent up as pinch hitter and obliged the tho visitors by br fanning And Anet Andon on two following appearances in the same fame capacity he emulated the famous Casc Casey Finally he was given a chance to start a game as one of the re regular outfielders had Injured his leg Ho He played regularly for a week and his poor fielding was responsible for lor tho loss of two games gamos He did h hnot not hit much better than the weakest hitting pitcher and altogether he had failed dismally Gameness I is a great asset in base base- ball Ball players will put up with a alot alot alot lot of ot bad plays on the part of ot an athlete whom they regard as being game The They will tolerate mighty lit littIe littie little lit lit- tie tle from a fellow fello whom the they con consider lder yellow and because of the continued continued contin contin- failures of the recruit to deliver leUver when called upon his teammates formed forme the opinion that he was j el- el 1 I low They did not keep their opinions I Ito to themselves either but frequently expressed ed thorn thom to the youngster r himself himself himself him him- self who became a constant target l lr r r abuse all of which he took without re remonstrating m 0 n S t rating muffed fly ball that lost a a. bitterly contested extra inning game arne Wl was what started the recruit on the road to suc suc- cess The Tho manager of ot the thc club know knew that the youngster would be in for a afine fine roasting roasting- when ho entered the clubhouse clubhouse clubhouse club club- house and he decided e that the time had come for taking drastic action Instead of leaving tho the bench at tho the conclusion of the game he waited for the players to come back and calling the youngster ter aside addressed him about as follows oll ws cuss words being omitted Player er Male Made Good I Your teammates insist you arc are yellow yel yel- ellow el low I dont don't think you are When lien you enter the clubhouse tonight j you ou are aro going going- to got get anything hut but a welcome reception A lot of or unkind things are going to b be said to you ou I am urn tired of or seeing you ou take tako all this stuff in silence silene When n you step into that clubhouse to tonight tonight to- to nl night ht take a punch at the first fellow that says p. p word to you OU and keep cu rn n punching until the affair Is If Ie you OU dont don't do 10 that you can pack your OUI trunk for you will be through h ss is s a member of this club The recruit received the welcome the manager anticipated but contrary I t I to o the expectations of the tho players it h he lh th did lid not accept tho thu in 1 He did Just as tho the manager had tOld 41 him him shot shot a right sh swing and a tuft loft up wU up-wU u t to the Jaw of the most moat talkative 11 tiT player layer and would have ha done some ome f I swinging had it been necessary Ath Atle e ethis this stage of ot the affair tho the manager manager jit lit I stepped into the clubhouse and tho the athlete that was knocked out ro re ro ja A covered ered he made the two boys shake ju jC hands T J rr 11 That knockout won the I of ot the rest of the players Others a ing a similar experience cut out tho lJ rough stuff stuer and In a tow few days the tho youn youngster was wa-s in good oo standing In tl side of or a week weel few rew card games or orle theatre parties were complete without er him Today ho he is one of or the tho most pOPular pop pop- nc c ular fellows in the league as well a as a a. v corking good ball player T Two To o well well delivered punches cause caused his teammates team team- I mates to decide that he was not yel el j t low low Those two punches gave him confidence an and from that day his play playIng Play ing Improved r A few Cew seasons back Manager tanager Clarko Clark 3 I Griffith of He de-He e the Washington club de' de def cl elded ed a closely closel contested game b by simply sim- sim simP P ply ph making a sarcastic remark Falk enberg anberg was pitching great ball tor Ann pd hv h. n r Walter altor Johnson Cleveland held hold a one r run lead until late in the tho game It J seems that a n few fow days prior for Cor some som t treason reason the Cleveland club had haded included 1 ed the name namo of ot Falkenberg in a list ot players on whom it asked for 1 from th the other clubs in the l league ue a-ue bui butTof butof butT but of ot course Falkenberg had no l Idea ea tha such a thing ha had been done a Argument nt Griffith In the eighth inning with two one an and two out Walter alter Johnson came to toj bat Ho lie hit a drive down own the rIght 1 field line and both runners crossed rl the plate while he stopped at second However the tho umpire declared cd It a toul Griffith had been heen coaching at first and and I wall walked ed over to protest against the rul rul 1 Ing As he made his wa way toward the umpire Falkenberg remarked T tJ Why h dont don't you stick to u Youve You've been trying trying- to t tell ll me how t to pitch all day and now I suppose you will tell the umpires s how to umpire You Tou will win be more successful if It you con confine t fine tine yourself to ono one Job The remar remark nettled Griffith and quick as a flash II he replied f You wouldn't be he pitching today bu but 1 for tor me You would be on your our way to to tj Toledo and the bushes Toledo b by the tho way war was a farm for Cor the Cleveland c club Falkenberg's s look was proof t to c Griffith th that his curiosity had been ex ex- ex cited th tho Guess you ou didn't know that Cleveland Cle club asked for waivers ers on 01 you continued Griffith I r know yo you dont don't believe me me- hut Ill I'll bet you ou a suit sui of clothes I am Rm right an and Ill I'll let you ro the bet What hat is Ig more to the tho- point I am the ont only mann manager er that didn't waive on you ou However Howe If It 1 I get you ou I intend to send you ou to Min Minneapolis neapolis 1 was plainly plaint flustered and Johnson hit the next ball hall pitched for a triple scoring both runners and n winning winning- the game JL Co Copyright 1916 b by W W. 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