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GRANTLAND RICE, FOREMOST BASEBALL AUTHORITY IX THE
LAND, WILL COVER WORLD SERIES FOR THE OREGONIAN.
Pennant Winners Get Results
Without Ironclad Rules.
PLAYERS' REGARD IS HELD
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Blen Ready to Work Their Heads Off
for Bosses Who Give Them
Square Deal.
TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, POBTIVNTV SEPTEMBER . 21, - 1019.
MORI ID GLEASDN
PERSONALITY KINGS:
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The first of the special series of articles
on the world's series by Billy Evans, famous
major league umpire and baseball writer,
follows. The first story by Kvana Is a
close-up sketch of Pat Moran and "Kid"
Gleason. rival managers of league pennant
winners, who will clash in the world's series.
This feature will be followed by nine daily
articles on various subjects concerning the
two teams, giving the fans all of the inside
dope- and just what is what in the big show.
BY BILLY EVANS.
(American League Umpire.)
How does he do it?
The name of Pat Moran always bus
gests such a thought.
He grave Philadelphia a pennant win
ner in his first year as a National
league manager. In other years his
club always was a contender. In his
first year at Cincinnati he repeated his
Philadelphia success.
What goes for Pat Moran applies to
Kid Gleason of Chicago. In his first
year as an American league leader
Gleason has upset the talent and the
dope of all the critics. He looks like
a sure winner at this stage of the race.
Perhaps f-o one word can better de
scribe the cases of Moran and Gleason
than "personality." Both Gleason and
Moran have oodles of it. The two lead
ers of the White Sox and Reds are a
bit different individuals. They have
the happy faculty of smiling when
things are breaking toughest, and that
is some asset for a baseball leader.
They are aggressive and have the way
of imparting a like spirit to their ath
letes. Don't misunderstand the word
aggressive. It does not mean fighting
the umpires. Moran and Gleason are
a. unit on that point. Both believe far
better results are attained by fighting
the'opposition and letting the umpires
alone. You seldom read of a Chicago
or Cincinnati player being ejected from
the game, which means that each club
is always puttting forth its strongest
lineup. Harmony on the Reds and
White Sox has been developed to the
highest degree, and, after all, "Old
Man Harmony" is one of the biggest
factors in any club. No team that was
split into factions ever got anywhere
in a. pennant race.
Ironclad Rnlea Absent.
There are some major league man
agers who have ironclad rules about
discipline and deportment that must
be adhered to untier penalty of a heavy
fine. There are no such rules on the
Cincinnati and Chicago clubs. Moran
and Gleason are on the square with
their men and they work along the
theory that any player worth while
will give them similar treatment in
return. The honor system prevails at
Cincinnati and Chicago and it is a big
success. In another way Gleason and
Moran differ most emphatically from a
great many other league managers. I
know of some major league managers
who associate with their players, in a
Close way, only during the progress of
the game. At other times they hold
the athletes aloof, believing that there
must be a certain line drawn in order
that the player shall have the proper
respect for the manager.
Moran and Gleason do not work along
these lines at all. A close relationship
exisits between both of these managers
and their players. In the evening it
Is not an uncommon thing to see Moran
and Gleason in the center of a group
of players, discussing various phases
of the game. Most of the Chicago
players regard Gleason more in the
light of a father than a manager. All
have a wholesome respect for his phys
ical strength and many a laughaole
story is told by the Chicago players of
Gleason and his razor strop. It is said
that on several occasions, largely in a
spirit of jest, he has soundly spanked
some of the players, greatly to the
enjoyment of a number of the others
who looked on. On the Chicago club
it is said that a threat to bring the
razor strop to play is a far more bene
ficial remedy than the suggestion of a
fine.
Players Like Bosses.
One can get a pretty good idea of
how a manager stands with his players
by the remarks they make when some
one speaks of their leader. Ask a
Cincinnati or Chicago player what he
thinks of Moran or Gleason and it is a
thousand to one that most of the an
swers will be along this line: "He is
the greatest fellow in the world to
work for." "Why, I would play my
head off for that fellow. The only way
they can keep me out "of the game is
to cut off an arm or a leg." "He Is the
best fellow I ever worked for " "If a
man can't play ball for him he can't
do it for anyone." "They don't make
lem, ay better him." "Give him a
50-50 effort and he will just about give
?751and 25 " return. If there is any
of. the best of it to be given, the player
always gets the credit."
That is the way the Cincinnati and
Chicago players talk about their lead
ers. Moran and Gleason. When you
a" expression of that sort, from
the clubhouse boy to the star, it is easy
to see why the two clubs were a con
tender from the very start. There is
no knocking on the Reds and White
box. There is no undercurrent of dis
pleasure between players and manager
that very often exists on major league
clubs Both aggregations are just one
big, happy family. Gleason and Moran
treat them all alike, thev niv r,
vorites. The mediocre player gets just
as much consideration from Pat and
Kid as the star. It has proved to be
i. A. 6'slem- " has done big things
for both clubs.
Reds Are Outsiders.
i7Then the barrier was sprung on the
ucmiani race no one gave much
w.ioiuerawon 10 Cincinnati and Chi
nut, Cincinnati had led the
league in batting the year previous
but that didn't get much attention from
the critics. It was regarded as a team
,,;t if.,? Dala"ce, co-ordination.
..I.! rai moran was selected as leade
nnsiy JUathewson he had
"-u jusi a lair nail club. I
say fair ball club because it was very
4 fhtl V T -Fill ma. V. A 1 .
" " " v uuiu piay the very vital
cinuwo j. nonstop and first and
second base. In Heine Groh he had
in the business, but the other positions
were in doubt. That isn't a very pleas
ant prospect for a manager just taking
j' j i iera. un paper it
7 J . mucn line a pennant con-
' -Moran started to work
He secured Jake Daubert from Brook-
"ii. uase io succeed Chase A
lot of people said Daubert was throusrh
but Moran had faith in him m
cured, also from Brooklyn, Shortstop
Kouf, who had been the property of
i-iuu. dui nad been dis
posed of Likewise he dug up Maurice
J""" apeni a year or so in
the navy.
aJZArfL"",? PePle that ,nfleld
fiidn t look at all pennantish. On first
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GRANTLAND RICE.
The Oregonian announces that It has obtained the services of Grantland
Rice, of the New York Tribune, to describe the coming world series games
between the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox to the thousands of
fans and fanettes who read the sporting pages of this paper.
Grantland Rice is not a stranger hereabouts. He has covered world series
games before The Oregonian, and Portlanders will recall his breezy, snappy
style. Rice knows the peculiarities of the opposing players. Among other
things he is fitted vividly to picture how the pitchers work on the hitters and
the strategy employed by Pat Moran and Kid Gleason. In Rice is found the
happy combination of a man who knows sports and who can write. In his
inimitable style he will give Portland folk a. description of the games like
few writers are able to do.
Billy Evans' ten advance stories in which he discusses the merits and chances
of the rival clubs starts this morning in The Sunday Oregonian. The American
league umpire's exclusive features will run daily up to and including September
30. The world series will probably start October 1.
In addition to the inside information dished up by Messrs. Evans and Rice,
The Oregonian will, as in the past, furnish full Associated Press reports on the
activities of the Reds and White Sox of the annual baseball classic. This
newspaper will carry stories prepared by the Associated Press staff of special
writers among whom are listed the best in the country.
Underwood & Underwood, official photographers, whose service The Orego
nian enjoys, are already supplying The Oregonian readers with late pictures
of those who will star in the competition. During the series this concern's
cameramen will be on the job sending prints of action plays direct to The
Oregonian office.
Watch The Oregonian sport pages for full details, feature stories and 11th
hour pictures on the world series.
was once a great player in tne eyes
of the critic, but one who had seen his
best days. At second was Rath, who
had been with both Chicago and Phila
delphia in the American league, but
had been sent back to the minors. At
shoft was Kopf, who Connie Mack had
carried for three or four years, but was
sent to the minors, labeled just a bit
shy of the American league standard.
All Moran did was to take this doubt
ful infield, with a pretty fair outfield.
good catching staff and a promising
pitching staff, and mold it into a pen
nant contender. I claim that is going
some for one year.
Start Wlaa Race.
To my way of thinning the brilliant
start the Cincinnati club made in the
National league race just about made
the aggregation. The club got away
to seven straight wins, but even then
didn't get much serious consideration.
The showing was regarded more in the
light of a joke, and each victory usual
ly got a big laugh, with a wonder when
the crash would come, and the club
would settle down to its regular line of
play. That start was just the thing to
Inoculate into the players the germs of
the Moran system. It made the play
ers believe they were as good a team
Pat insisted on telling they were.
At the end of that run of seven victo
ries the club was satisfied it was a
good team. That spirit has pervaded
the ranks of the Reds throughout the
season. The play or tne ciud is char
acterized by dash and the' confidence
of. a great club.
It is the same with Gleason. He has
made the Sox believe in themselves.
Gleason was satisfied when he took
over the club that he had a strong ag
gregation. The thing that confronted
him was to make the players entertain
the same opinion. He early accom
plished that feat and the success of the
Sox, like the Reds, in a great measure
must be attributed to that fact. When
the two clubs meet it will be two
teams with a sublime confidence in
their own ability. It remains to be
seen which club will be able to retain
its poise in the crucial test.
Gleason and Moran are bright base
ball men. They are managers of good
teams. They get the very best out of
their material. They know baseball
and know how to impart the knowl
edge. But, after all, it is their per
sonality that makes such a big part of
their deserved success.
Johnson Goes to Farm.
COFFEYVILLB, Kan., Sept. 20.
Walter Johnson, Washington's premier
pitcher, has obtained a leave of absence
from his club and returned to his home
here for the winter. He owns a farm
here and will attend to it until the
baseball season opens again next
spring.
TOO IS BUYING TROTTERS
SPOKTSMEX WILL EXTER LIGHT
HARNESS GAME.
Capovllla, Keen Judge of Horses,
Will Ship Many Fine Animals
Bought in America.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Italy is going
to get into the light harness game. Val
entine Capovilla, Italian sportsman, is
now in this country buying trotters
and as soon as he can find sufficient
number of high-class specimens to an
swer the requirements of his clients
he will ship them to Italy and the
game will be on. He has purchased the
following trotters and they are now at
Goshen, N. Y., where they will be quar
tered until sent to New York, from
which port they will sail: Rusticoat,
2:084; Bacelli, 2:06: Zomrect, 2:03:
Daisy Todd, 2:06: Bielon, 2:08, and
Minna Lewrey, 2:26, a youngster of
unusual promise. It Is not known how
many horses Capovilla intends to buy.
Upon the arrival of Capovilla's first
shipment of trotters Italy will make its
debut in the harness sport. These
horses being purchased at this time will
be used chiefly for breeding purposes,
but they may also be used to matinee,
to acquaint the natives with the ins
and outs of the American pastime.
Capovilla has proven himself a keen
judge of horseflesh and a good sports
man. He paid the top prices asked by
American owners and seemed at once
to realize that he was taking some of
the best representatives of the trotter
in this country. He has been in con
stant attendance at every Grand Cir
cuit meeting since the 1919 season
opened. He has bid on more than 50
trotters of national fame and it is only
natural to expect that -he would meet
some owners who could not be induced
to sell.
The Italian sportsman was asked to
take some of Amerca's crack pacers
to sunny Italy, but 'he declined with
thanks, stating that the pacing depart
ment would be introduced next year it
tho sportsmen of his country displayed
the proper interest in the trotter.
Judging from his accounts, Italy will
be ideal for the harness pastime be
cause of its even climatic conditions.
There la plenty of pasture and four
big stock farms will be started at once.
Capovilla has tried to interest some of
the American reinsmen in going to
Italy, guaranteeing them lucrative po
sitions, but none have accepted as yet.
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TEAMS CLOSELY MATCHED
CINCINNATI REDS AND CHICAGO
SOX CLOSE RIVALS.
Charles Murphy, Former President
of Chicago Cub, Sees Nip-and-Tuck
Contest.
CINCINNATI. O., Sept. 20. To find
two more perfectly matched baseball
clubs to contend in a world series match
than the Cincinnati Reds and the Chi
cago White Sox would be about as
hard as trying to induce the former
kaiser to go of his own free will to
London for trial, was the statement of
Charles Webb Murphy, former presi
dent of the Chicago Cubs.
"In my many years' experience han
dling ball clubs, during which time the
Cubs won a number of pennants, I have
never seen two leading baseball clubs
which have worked so well." said Mr.
Murphy "In my opinion it will be a
niip-and-tuck contest, with the club
getting the 'breaks' grabbing the long
end of the purse.
"To find two better matched clubs
would be a hard matter. 1 have seen
the White Sox play many more games
this season than X have the Keds. And
in my observations I have been unable
to determine which team stood the
best chance of winning.
"Last winter, when I looked over the
prospects of the Cincinnati club for the
playing season the Reds did not then
look like a pennant possibility. They
had no first baseman and no shortstop.
Roush had not shown up and no one
thought the pitching staff was above
the ordinary. I attribute the success
to Moran because it takes a good man
ager behind a good baseball club, like
Cincinnati has. to deliver the goods."
"The biggest advertisement that Cin
cinnati has received in 30 years she is
receiving today on account of the Reds.
And it does my heart good to see the
old town coming back into its own
again.
"More than, ten years ago I advo
cated a nine-game series. I think a
contest this long is better, both from
the players' and public's standpoint."
C0RVALL1S SQUAD GROWS
FIRST HARD WORKOUT TO
IIKLD TOMORROW.
15 K
More Than 2 0 Letter Men Already
on Campus; Rearden, Powell
and Cole Return.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLKGE.
Corvallis. Sept. 20. (Special.) Athletic
life at Oregon Agricultural college is
fast assuming semblance of order, with
a good many of the old football men
showing up every day, and with light
practice giving the men a chance to
work into condition. For the past
week Coach Hargiss has been out on
the field every evening, and the squad
is rapidly growing. Real workouts
will begin at the college on Monday,
when the squad will meet for the first
hard practice.
Although handicapped by a lack of
water during the summer, the field is
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in fairly good condition, as the recent
rains have set the turf to growing and
softened up the ground. A number of
practice fields on the lower campus
are in good shape, and it is on these
that the intramural and intcrclass con
tests will be staged.
The bleachers and grandstand have
been thoroughly renovated, and are in
first-class condition, with a capacity
for seating about 8000 persons. It is.
expected that the homecoming game
with I.eland Stanford university on Oc
tober -5 will tax the seating capacity.
More than a score of football letter
men already are on the campus, and the
number is growing every day. "Butts"
Rearden. captain and quarter, is in fine
condition. Powell, the husky fullback,
is on the job. Other backfield men are
Lodell. "Chuck" Rose, halfback: Joe
Reynolds. Kirk. "Cack" Hubbard.
Charles Russell. Whit Gill, end: "Bob"
Stewart, center; Loosely, Harry Cole.
Roy Tycer and Elmer Ramsey, guards;
Os Walker. Clarence Johnson, tackles.
Several men from last year's" S. A.
T. C. team will be back in the next few
days, among those being Schroeder,
Hodler. Van Hoosen, W. A. Hubbard.
Ted Hayden and E. Christensen.
Howard Sassman. sophomore at the
University of Illinois, won the west
ern Junior amateur championship, from
a classy field of youngsters over the
FloRsmoor course.
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