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Show hlEW COGNOMEN MUST BE IMPROVISED FOR MORAN IF CINCINNATI REDS WIN PENNANT Leader and Prominent Red-Leg Player. They called Pat Moran a mlraclo man when be piloted tho Phllndclphln National league club to Its first pennant pen-nant In 1015, but they must Improvlso a new cognomen for him now ns man-nger man-nger of tho Clnclnnntl Iteds, for It seems ns If ho Is leading thnt heretofore here-tofore unsuccessful tenm Into u championship. cham-pionship. Tho Phillies hadn't won n prnnnnt In all their thirty-four years of vnllnnt effort, nnd Cincinnati hns failed under dozens of mnnngers ever slnco they Joined tho lenguo ns n charter member In 1870, forty-threo yenrs ago, except In 1882, when they won In tho American Amer-ican association, If Moran succeeds with Clnclnnntl ns ho did with Philadelphia, Phila-delphia, he will bo n supcMiianngcr, nnn plus ultra, for tho Iteds hnvo ruined ru-ined moro mnnngers than the rest of tho league combined. Inspires Winning 8plrlt Pnt Is a most likable fellow and has' the happy faculty of getting tho vcrj; best out of his men. There, aro never grievances or cliques or soreheads ou his bull club. IIo Inspires tho old spirit that wins. Teamwork Is lilt specialty, nnd bo Is pnrtlcutorly adept at handling young pitchers, duo to hi long experlenpo,.ns a catcher In liH bull-playing days. Such men as Mouther Mouth-er nnd Kller of tho Iteds lire n testimonial testi-monial to his ability as a developer of hurlcrs who org Just breaking In. Ono Interesting thing ubout tho present Iteds Is that It Is n tenm of cast-offs. Ilut In thnt the Iteds do not differ from other Nntlonnl lenguo clubs that recently have won pennants. pen-nants. Ever since the Glnnt championship champion-ship comhlnntlon of 1011, 1012 and 1013 wns broken up tho various National Na-tional lenguo chnmplons hnvo been teams recruited from experienced players. Has Some Star Players. Tlicro Is real talent on tho Iteds, however, hut It took-n capnblo manager man-ager to bring It out. Tho club has somo real stars In Itdusch, droll, Dau-brrt Dau-brrt and Wlngo, and there Is a lot of batting power In tho club. The Iteds, however, have been badly In need of utility mnterlnl, and slnco tho Injury1 to Left Fielder Sherwood Mngee, Ilubo Dressier, a pitcher, has been playing Sin tho outfield. r.To show how tho Pods have been picked iip from nil points of tho htg lenguo compass It Is only necessary to call attention to tho fact thai not n single regular on tho Clnrlnnntls began his mnjor lenguo enreer with tho Iteds. There nro delegates on tho Iteds from every National lenguo club, while almost all of tho American lenguo clubs nro represented on tho Cincinnati tenm by former players. |
