Show i e Leaders Leade s in Dazzling Flag g Race Rule Ride I by KIndness Sixth W With dh an Iron Hand Haid Rants and Storms When Players Fail in Crisis All Others Use the Old Pat on the Back ack and the Kindly Word to Get Best Fro From Athletes ilik By HAROLD JOHNSON hat hat t types pes of men are the big dri drives cs in the National I n merican league flag flag- races races- In Jn what respect are arc t the c agers Bill agers-Bill Bill Carrigan of the Red Sox Pants Rowland Rows Row Row- r r. r land of the White Sox Hughey J Jennings of Detroit s i Wilbert Robinson of Brooklyn Pat Moran of the i Phillies and nd George Stallings of the Boston Braves 1 r a alike 1 IKe I q Temperament is playing a a. vital vilaI part in ip I the conduct of or if fi- fi t those these strategists an and field fiel marshals each in command of or 1 j r 1 twenty-five twenty high strung ball ban pla players els each with but a single 1 thought The Th manager leading a a. team in this bristling stretch o l' l dash must be exacting critical diplomatic amiable resourceful and withal a fighter tighter The six above name named aro are aroI all that else their clubs wouldn't bo be still battling In the I most remarkable pennant races in the history of baseball Singularly all but hut one of the leaders ar are ari of practically rI one tine type type the the sort that believes believes' in cajoling the men they are t VOHN OH Stallings is the only simon imon pure bench manager of the lot He is a terror during a closely contested re Up tip and clown down the bench he slides doing efficient trouser tr ion in fl the interest of his tailor His eyes rove and dart the 10 I J I deep wrinkles inkles around hi his mouth set deeper still his hs powerful bony bonyI I hands clench and his voice takes on a metallic biting tenseness as asI ashe he shouts and curses at his men I Fr From m his throne on the bench tho the Miracle Man of ot 1914 Is a study in temperament lies lie's one ono of ot the few survivors of ot the old school of ot baseball leaders a fighter whose methods have made nade the Boston Doston Braves Draves the most moat cordially hated ball team in the tha major leagues I Stallings doesn't know baseball one whit better belter than Jennings Robinson Moran MOlan or He lie is more experienced than tItan Rowland who like Jennings I makes maltes his hi's fight right from the lines Everyone who has ever seen the Tigers in a action tion knows Jennings Jennings' peculiar style on the line The speckled Irishman always h has s. s a a. kind word for or his players when they're taking their turn at bat hat But he lie has a sharp tharp caustic tongue tongue one one that raises tho the very ery dickens with the athlete who pulls pulis one ono and ad the tho usually gets busy the tile Instant the erring athlete gets gels within range of r Ee e The bawling cut lIt ceremonies however are always reserved reser for a time when the fans are out of hearing Carrigans Carrigan's methods arc are practically identical with ith those tho-e of Howland Robinson and Moran Each of these managers rules by kindness a a pat on the back and a good word for the boy who delivers and an effective reproach for the on one oni who who- falls down in a crisis The TIed Red Sox manager isn't the bluff good natured big hiS hearted type of I man that Robinson is lIe He is a scrapper inclined to ride roughshod over an all I umpire who might render a doubtful decision against the Back Bay Day m machine chine but ut hes he's brains every inch of him anti and beloved belond by his Itis men Moran and Robinson are l ers and anti master strategists in the tile handling of 01 pitchers Robinson was vas the one calm peaceful element in the old Baltimore Orioles Oriole Ho lIo was the jollier of umpires and the one who whispered the condolences with the accent on the con while McGraw Brodie Brodle Jennings Stallings Doyle Dyle and Stenzel yawped and snarled Robbie is IS everybody's friend but he is inclined to bark at a listless player occasionally His men are extremely loyal to him In fact they appear more appreciative of kindness and good treatment than the I average teams are and less inclined to take advantage of an easy going i manager i j Of the tile six managers now driving aid to P Moran loran j IB ie 1 the most popular with the tile players ers and fans of the tile country |