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Show Get Men Who Can Deliver ! Is Griffith's Plan to Win IMnar f Ih, Onc.o.11 .. T.nn. M.il All., it,. I n.m, I .nJ t"' "J M',.,M.l.l t.V .I. MI II l. l.. No manager can make u baset.,-ll team win. or tell how to win II a fellow ts going to cut any lie be tiei da I Ice picks, and the lirt way for H llini- j niter to win Is to get m. n who can .If- I liver, and men of Intellig. m e enough lo take care of themselves. My theories In legald to what cat atltutc a winner are the only oner, and I ii. them In limine ting my I'l.tf I i rs what to do. I mod them In pit. ! IliR. mid they worked out. and I be-I be-I lleve liny pln)er will sun- I If he (ol- ilows them 1 he first thing to do to win I. ib. I.sII games Is to go after any one who dots a 'i Si 7 jr4 CLARK GRIFFITH not wenr a uniform that lisika Ilka yours, end go atl.-r him hard. Maid every opposing player anything tl.lt will make him weaken or ahow the yellow. Any time I can convince my men that they nre going to win, and the other fellowa that they are going to losit I'll win a pennant. Ninety nine nnd tlHn-n sixteenths f bnaebnll Is courage and nerve. It more than Hint It Is what ball pliv-ers pliv-ers call "guts" which la rouruge will aggress e confidence behind It, ntd any player who has that sort of cos fldent courage Is a good bull playtr and a winning one, even If he boots half a doten hulle a day. The beat system of winning guinea Is to tell the other fellow that you sn going to best him. Tell It lo him be fore Ihe game starts and tell hlin ,s a way that will convince hi in. Vmi tannot convince him unless yan believe be-lieve II yourself. I keep telllnf (hem all Ihe time, and 1 believe It myself until the (sine Is over and sou. limes even then. Go after the game with Intellgence and force every point as hard la possible. pos-sible. Itun after every ball it top speed and slide to every bsae a hard as poaalble. Take ehnneea; sny luiin e tn gain nn in. h of ground or II base The player who lake, ill,...,, n o( hurting himself s.-lil.Mli hurls ellher I in. self or his opponent and be wl',1 make a weak opponent run away. More players get hurt stopping up oti llietr feet and gllltig up It. lore tliov are loin bed than lire ilnuiage.l In slid lug lo bates I Then iliillii every point and claim it jipilik llolbr "No. No' real quick I and bent the umpires to It on evi ry 1-lot.e play n la I'.iors Ihe umpire limy lie pcrteelly bonesl 1111,1 npilltH but on n close piny the fellow who yells quli kct Is much more likely to get the derision I do not believe In fighting umpires or nagging at them I believe lii yelling quickly Yelling quickly heats yelling loud all tn pieces II la not rhentlng s bit. tint sin. ply pro tectlng yourself nn close plays not ao much lo gel the derision yoursell na lo keep the other fellow from get ling It. These things, together with a lit tie giKsl pitching and pcrhnps one atur pitcher, will win sny pennnnt If inr-rled inr-rled out correctly nnd persistently regnrdless nlmost of the mrrhnnlra) ability of the players on a tenm. |