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Show MORIARTY NOTED AS BASE STEALER Hero of Stirring Editorial, "Don't Die on Third." ' If George Morlarty, new Tiger manager, man-ager, is as successful In building u basoball team as he was as a player in stealing home, Detroit, In 1927, may see Its first championship team lu nearly two decades. Morinrty was the hero of a stirring editorial, "Don't Die on Third"; a bit of writing which, first published In a Detroit newspaper, was built around a brilliant theft of home executed by Morlarlty nt the heyday of his career In a game against Cleveland. The editorial's edi-torial's substance was that the trip from third base to home plate Is the most Important part of the Journey around the bases. Morlarty never was such a bold base burglar as Ty Cobb, whom he succeeds. He was a mediocre Infield-er. Infield-er. His batting was even more commonplace. com-monplace. He even lacked speed. But making up for these shortcomings was one of the keen baseball minds of the day. Morlarty, like Cobb, played baseball base-ball with his head. He was lightning quick to sense a "break," and equally fast In taking advantage of It. Despite, the fact that as a player he never was a phenom, he always was popu:nr with Detroit baseball fans, because It always al-ways was apparent that Morlarty was always playing Jo bis utmost ability. Morlarty went to the Tigers In T0O0 from the New York Highlanders. He gained favor with the team members and with Hughle Jennings, the manager, mana-ger, and was named captain. His day-" as a Tiger were encompassed by the years 1000 and 1015. Sold to the Chicago White Sox, he sho-tly afterward after-ward went to Memphis In the Southern South-ern association as manager, ilrt stay there was broken to" permit lilm to Join the American league staff of umpires. um-pires. The new'mannger will find virtually a new ball cluh from the one he left in lMfS. Two men who played with him, however, still are members of the club George Dauss and Harry liell-mann. |