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Dual Personalities Are Plentiful
In Baseball—Jekyll-Hyde Act a
Familiar Diamond Phenomenon
By Percy 11. Whiting.
rpHE late Robert Louis Steven
j eon. In his '"Strange Case of
Dr, Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,”
makes his double-barreled hero
say: "I stood committed to a pro
found duplicity of life. * * * I
hazard the guess that man will be
ultimately known for a mere polity
of multifarious, incongruous and
independent denizens * * • two
natures * * * contended in the
field of my consciousness."
It's a weird fact that baseball is
fairly peppered with examples of
this Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde stuff.
A man in everyday life may be
as quiet, as a tombstone —only to
go on the field and transform in a
second into a howling hoodlum.
* • •
THE most common form of
Jekyll-Hyde transformation is
that of a man who is a terror on
the Held, a gentleman off.
Just byway of not going far
from home, consider the case of
Otto Jordan. The former Cracker
manager has tamed down now. but
in the good old days he was as in
flammable and anarchistic a ball
player as ever lived. He raved at
umpires, he quarreled with oppos
ing players, he rowed with newspa
per men. Tn New Orleans they usu
ally ordered out the reserves when
Otto arrived and once they took
him to the olink in the barred
wagon.
That's Otto Jordan on the Held.
Mr. Jordan off the Held is anoth
er person entirely. Never lived a
more genial, good-natured, open
hearted chap, a home-lover, an an
imal lover, a great joker, a man
bubbling over with fun.
Another example you all know it
Hugh McMurray, bull player and
plumber.
In the role of plumber Hugh was
quiet to the point of absolute still
ness. He was all sunshine. Never
lived more genial man. From sea
son's end to the beginning of the
next one "Little Mac" wits the
Sunshine Society’s shining exam
ple.
On the ball field "lied” was the
most aggravated crab the world
ever knew, Tn the words of Bill
Smith, "Red’d tight his grandmoth
er." And he would, too. especially
if the old lady had tackled the job
of umpiring. Red was much given
to bad language, to biting remarks
and to fist fights. No names need
be mentioned, but Red and a cer
tain Atlanta manager tangled once
to the total disfigurement, tem
porary (fortunately > of both--over
some trivial point.
Sticking right around home still,
we have the ease of Harry Math
ews, whose emporium is located at
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Is a card. He’s a humorist, a
mimic, a teller of funny stories, a
pool player of goodly repute and a
good fellow. Matty, once woufld up
and started, is funnier than a min
strel show. Harry Mathews off the
field is a clever, genial gentleman.
Matty on the field—well, that’s
different again. They called him
“Smutter,” in genial recognition of
his profound ability at personal
disparagement.
It was ever Matty’s wont to come
marching on the Held at the head
of his team, abusing the players of
the opposing team. He usually
picked out one whose “goat” was
known to roam and then he would
get it and drive it off.
Tonneman, a decidedlv chesty
youth, was one of Matty's particu
larly alluring targets. Matty would
march on the field, would spy Ton
neman and would then unleash
something to the general effect of
"<>h, there you are, you swell
headed, low-down, foul-missing,
pitcher-plaguing, wild-thro wing
buzzard. Why, you’d—” VVell, a
lot of it must be left to the imagi
nation, tor excellent reasons.
But that was Matty all over, es
pecially back in his playing days.
Now that he's branched out as a
manager he’s quieted down and
leaves the billingsgate to his play
ers. At best, on the field he’s sur
ly. earnest, quarrelsome—and in
his day there wasn't a better
catcher.
And there you have the dual per
sonality again.
Nor would the article be com
plete without a mention of Bernie
McCay. Never lived a man who
would go further In rowdyism on
the field. They called him “the
John J. McGraw of the Cotton
States,” and that was no endearing
appellation, as applied. He de
served it, too.
Off the field, though, there is no
more affable, self-respecting, clover
chap than Bernie McCay.
♦ • •
/'■' OLNG up Into the big leagues.
'“ r you find hundreds of these
Jekyll-Hyde chaps.
For instance: F. Chance, the
Peerless Leader (albeit at present
he has nothing to lead save an or
ange grovel.
Chance is one of the most open
and agreeable chaps in the world
off the field. In th< old days he was
considerable of a “good fellow,"
rather Inclined to roystering and
large, late doings. Even now he
stacks up as the best sort of a good
fellow off the field.
Have you ever seen chance in
uniform? Never lived a man more
strictly business.” He is always
In dead earnest, always frowning,
always morose. He snaps out his
orders, browbeats the umpires,
bullies his players, crabs at his
opponents and is as surly and tin
lovedly a character as could be pic
tured.
Another "dual personality" per
former was Fr<-d Tenney . They tell
me he was something of a dude, a
purist and a Beau Bruminel off the
Held, a man Inclined toward dain
tiness in speech. manners and
dress.
Un the field Tenney was rough,
dirty, quarrelsome a rough-neck,
good and proper. This manner of
acting he put on with his uniform
and cleaned off with his shower
bath.
Another well known example is
Clark Griffith. On tiie field be is a
quarrelsome old pest a rasper of
umplrt s. a terror to players.
• Iff th. field there never I.ted a
nore genial, clever gentleman.
Ami there you lire.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20; 1912.
Stallings, Evers, Tinker and Huggins To Be Watched by Fans
NEW LEADERS WILL SHAKE DP NATIONAL LEAGUE
By Sam Crane.
IIT ITH four new managers as
yy sured in the National
league for next year, the
season of 1913 will have a specula
tive interest for baseball fans that
should add much to the champion
ship race of the parent organlza
t ion.
Joe Tinker Is to have charge of
the Cincinnati Reds, George Stall
ings will lead the Boston Pilgrims,
Miller Huggins will try to Improve
the standing of the St. Louis Car
dinals over the record made by
Roger Bresnahan, .and Johnny
Evers will endeavor to push the
Chicago Cubs at the same fast pace
set by Frank Chance, or to a speed
ier dip.
There are three of these new
Itaders who will have their first
experience as managers. George
Stallings is the only one of the
quartet who has fought diamond
battles from the bench, and he will
take charge of the Pilgrims with an
established reputation as a wise
leader and also as a man of great
business success in conducting
baseball affairs.
Four Managers of Class.
In fact, the class of all the four
new men selected to head their
respective teams is very high and
warrants the belief that every club
that is under new management will
be greatly improved In every point
that goes to make a winning ag
gregation.
Too much should not be expected
of them in the first year of their
new duties. They will be opposed
by McGraw, Clarke, Dooin and
Dahlen, all men who have had years
of experience in the managerial
game, and who will be only’ too
anxious to take advantage of any
HEINE ZIMMERMAN IS A NATURAL SLUGGER
By W. ,1. Mcßeth.
IT took Heine Zimmerman, the
Cubs’ star infielder, who last
season led the National league in
batting and slugging, four years to
make good in the big show. It was
not until the past year that tho
New York city native established
himself firmly on a pedestal of
fame, for as late as last spring
Charley Murphy was thinking se
riously of trading him because
Heine, having broken into tho
charmed circle of .300 swatters, had
the temerity to request his boss
for an increase in pay. His work
since, though, has shown beyond a
doubt that he has improved won
derfully and is naturally more val
uable to his club than in former
years.
The success of this player is in
no small measure due to Frank
Chance, under whom he made his
debut >n the major leagues, and
who recognized his ability before he
had been with the team more than
a eason. Chance, after sizing up
the youngster and taking notice of
his faults and virtues, believed that
Zimmerman would be a star of the
first water as soon as he could
learn to give his entire attention to
the game.
There was no doubt that he pos
sessed the ability. What he lacked
was discipline, and the Peerless
Leader set about to teach him the
advantages of sticking to the
straight and narrow path.
Chance is noted as a strict dis
ciplinarian. He bad to be all of
this to keep the youngster from
kicking over the traces, and more
than once Heinle threatened • >
spoil his career by breaking tho
rules set down by the Cub leader,
tor which he was placed under the
han.
Hut New York lad seems to
have learned to tend tv h>s knit-
New Bosses May Break
Old League Monopoly
There will be four new managers
in the National league next year.
They are George Stallings, who will
lead the Boston Pilgrims; Johnny
Evers, who will direct the destinies
of the Chicago Cubs; Joe Tinker,
who will try and put Cincinnati on
the baseball map, and Miller Hug
gins, who will lead the St. Louis
Cardinals.
These men may make baseball
history in the old league. Chance,
Clarke find McGraw have had a
monopoly on the National league
pennants since 1901. Chance will
lead the New York Yankees next
season, but can any one of the new
leaders in some way help to cause
the downfall of the Giants or the
Pirates?
shortcomings on >ht part of their
new rivals.
All of the new managers can not
be at the head of the winning
teams, but it goes without saying
that all will strive for success as
they never have before.
With Evers and Tinker in u bat
tle of managerial wits, the games
betyveen the Cubs and Reds will
make baseball history’, as will
those between the Giants and Cubs
and the Giants and Reds.
There is no doubt that Evers and
Tinker were a big part of the brains
of the Cubs. Chance was a born
baseball leader, but still it can not
be denied that Evers and Tinker
were most worthy lieutenants of
the P. L. Without those two stars.
COMPLETE RECORD OF INFIELDER
ZIMMERMAN'S CAREER ON DIAMOND
Heinie Zimmerman. Born, New York, N. Y., February 10. 1886. In
fielder. Bats and throws right handed. Height, 5 feet 11 1-2 inches.
Played semi-professional ball with Bronx A, C„ Riverlawn and Red Hook.
N. Y„ clubs.
Posi- Games Bat. Fielding
Year. City and League. tion. Played. Ave. Ave.
1906.. .. Wilkesbarre, Pa.. X. Y. State.... 2b. 35 .1.86 .<175
1907.. .. Wilkesbarre, Pa.. X. Y, State.... 2b. 98 .314 .952
Bought by clubs in fall.
1908.. .Chicago, National 2b. 30 .292 ,923
1909.. .Chicago, National 2b. 47 .273 '945
1910.. .Chicago, National 2b.-3b.-ss. S 6 .284 .987
1911.. .Chicago, National 3b. 189 ,;;o7
1912.. .Chicago, National ... 3b.-lb. 145 .372
ting now if his record of the past
season may be regarded as evident
of faithful work.
Led League With .372
He played in 145 game . the
greatest number he ever took parr,
in since Joining the Cubs, mid led
the league with a butting average
of .372. In 121 games at the diffi
cult third sack. Zlmmy fielded .917,
filling In tiie remaining games at
first base. As a first baseman he
fielded .982.
He was at bat 557 times, made
207 hits, of which 41 were doubles,
14 triples, and a like number count
ing for the circuit. He tallied 95
runs and increased the value of his
many hits to the extent of 23 stolen
buses. This record by far outshines
anything he has done in previous
years.
New York fans have a warm
spot In their h-arts for the Cub
star, who Js a native of the Bronx,
where he was Imrn not quite 27
years ago, on February 10, 1886,
and when he has spent almost his
entire life since. Heine alway.- re
turns to tiie Bronx when the season
comes to an end.
When Zimmerman started out t<>
shift for himself in life, he chose
Chance might not have been so
uniformly succeedd as he was,
and that is not said to take away
tne least mite from the splendid
record he has made.
Then Roger Bresnahan will be a
big factor in diamond contests with
some club in the National league,
and, while he yvill not be a man
ager, still he will be prominent just
for the one big reason that he can
not help it. And the club that se
cures Roger’s services will always
be fighting for a leading position in
the race. And I guess Roger will
not draw out people whenever he
goes to St. Louis.
Managers are secretive when they
have important trades in prospect,
for too much publicity frequently
spoils “good things,” but the win
ter will see more surprising shifts
than have yet materialized.
News From Stallings.
Manager Stallings has something
up his sleeve, and he always works
quietly. He will have the Boston
Pilgrims very much talked about
when the time comes, as he thinks,
to spring the news Stallings, too,
will have a free rein to direct the
team’s affairs, President Jim Gaff
ney having assured the new man
ager that muclt desired and abso
lutely’ necessary’ authority.
Charley Dooin has been some
what tied up by reason of the Phil
adelphia club's troubles, but the
Phillies were always dangerous,
and will be again next year
Miller Huggins is one of the
shrewdest little fellows who ever
played baseball. This will be his
first opportunity to show what he
can do as a manager, but he can be
depended on to present a team on
Robison field In St. Louis next
spring that will give a good ac
count of Itself. This will be Hug
gins' great opportunity, and he
ought to make good.
■0 be a plumber. He always had a
fondness for the national pastime,
ho . ever. When he entered the
semi-pro ranks lie soon discovered
that basebal' was more lucrative
than mending pipes and tinkering
with faucets. He was a. catcher in
his semi-pro days.
Got $5 for Playing Sundays.
From earning $5 in Sunday games
Heine drifted into the professional
ranks in 1906. His first engage
ment was with the Wilkes-Barre
club of the Trl-State league. He
played second base with the Coal-
Barons and was with them two
seasons. He finished his second
season in the Tri-State circuit with
a batting average of .314, and was
bought by the Cubs in the fall of
1907.
For three years Zimmerman
Spent the greater part of his time
warming the Cub bench, in the role
ot utility infielder, and listening to
-ernmns by the Peerless Leader on
discipline of ball players.
When Johnny Ever- broke his
leg in the fall of 1910. Zimmerman
got a chance to show what he could
do at second base. The following
year lie was given a regular berth
at third, when the veteran Harry
Steinfeldt was turned adrift. He
took uart in 139 games in 191! and
butt»<l .307. being listed fifth in n le
official averages.
Cobb a Crack Performer, But
He’s a Poor Judge of Players,
Says‘Chubby Charley ’ Murphy
By Bill Bailey.
Chicago, Dec. 20.—is Ty
Cobb, the wonderful out
fielder of the Detroit Tigers,
a great judge of ball players? Or
even a good judge?
Charles W. Murphy, president of
the Cubs, answers “No.” At the
first jump you might get the im
pression that the West Side mag
nate was belittling the Georgia
Peach. But you read and you will
discover that President Murphy’
says that it is the greatness of the
wonderful outfielder which ruins
him as a judge.
The conversation came up like
this: President Murphy was back
from New York and naturally was
discussing the big trade which he
put over there. As a matter of
fact, the name of "Red” Corridon
came up. President Murphy said
that every man that he had talked
to about Corridon has proclaimed
him a great y\>ung player with two
exceptions. One was William
Grayson, one time president of the
Colonels. The other was Tyrus
Cobb, the great outfielder. Gray
son’s opinion was quickly disposed
of.
"Does Cobb think Coiridop is
not a great prospect? President
Murphy was asked.
Thinks Well of Corridon.
“He does,” was the answer.
“Well, didn’t that have a ten
dency to sour you upon the young
ster?” the West Side magnate was
asked.
“It did not,” was the answer.
“And I’ll tell you why. Cobb is the
greatest ball player in the game
today’. We in the National league
admit that. That puts me away on
the right foot. No one can say
that I have a light regard for tile
playing ability of this wonderful
player. But it is his very great
ness which counts against him
when it comes to judging another
player.
“Take Cobb at the bat. H«
stands up there a perfect batter.
His swing is perfect He has a
wonderful eye. Cobb knows how to
bat. There is no bluffing, no four
flushing about him. He knows His
Is the correct way. Without think
ing of himself, he sees the faults
In the other man’s position at the
plate.
“In his mind he doesn’t argue
that the other fellow isn’t a good
batter because he doesn’t bat like
Cobb. Hut knowing how. he does
see only the faults. Therefore it,,
jumps at the conclusion that the
other fellow isn-’t a great player
because he does things which Cobb
knows to be wrong.
"Take a young.'ter on the bases'
and have him judged by Cobb, and
what happens? The youngster is
condemned. Here is what happens:
Cobb knows how to run the bases.
He knows how to get a lead. He
knows when to start. He knows
how to go into a base; he knows
how to slide. He knows the cor
rect method of stealing. Maybe
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he has figured it all out, and maybe
it comes to him by intuition. Now.
he doesn’t say. 'This fellow isn't .
base stealer because he doesn't
slide like I do.'
Not Best at Slid • ng.
‘What he does say is, 'This fel
low isn’t a good base runner be
cause he doesn’t know how to slid .
The difference is this: The fellow
may not know as much about base
stealing as Cobb does, but at th
same time he knows so much more
than the average player that he
ranks under the Iread of the good
ones.
"It’s so in every department of
the game. Cobb knows how and
the youngster knows it in a lesser
degree. The one is absolutely sure
of himself and the other wabbles.
“Corridon doesn’t measure to the
Cobb standard. At the same time
we think lie is destined to be a
great ball player. It’s only natural
that we should have preferred Cobb
to have a high opinion of the
youngster. But at the same tint,
we are not discouraged by the fact
that Cobb doesn’t like him, and for
the reason that Evers .and I do not
believe that Cobb is a good judge.
In no manner must that be con
strued as reflecting upon the play
ing ability of tile Detroit outfieide .
however.”
The Cub boss is elated at t<
deal which brought Corridon to til
West Side team and was telling
some of the opinions whirl: !r
heard expressed while in New
York. He says that every man In
the American association with the
exception of Grayson declared tlm
Corridon was certain to become a
whale.
Change Murphy's Mind.
The Cub president went East
with the idea that "Red” lacked ag
gressiveness. He entertained no
such notion after talking to some
of the baseball men who saw hint
in action last year. The claim no"’
is that the only weakness which
the youngster has is that he at
tempts to cover too much grounl
and that in his anxiety to get hole
of the sphere he fights it. Whicn
is often the fault of a fast young
ster, and one which can be over
come uniter smart inanagemt nt
YALE HOCKEY TEAM LOSES.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. T
hockey team, regarded as a leading
contender in the intercollegiate chain
pionship struggle, was defeated I ■',
night by St. Rauls Prep school.
Concord, N. H., by a scon of 4 to 1
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