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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-
I son. in hi* "Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde,”
makes his double-barreled hero
say: ”1 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
thia 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
♦ *
mI IE most common form of
* Jekyll-Hyde transformation is
that of ts man who Is a terror on
the field, a gentleman oft.
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 clink in the barred
wagon.
That's Otto Jordan on the field.
Mr. Jordan off the field 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 is
Hugh McMurray, ball 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 Mae" was the
Sunshine Society’s shining exam
ple.
On the ball tield “Red’’ was the
most aggravated crab the world
ever knew. In the words of Hill
Smith, ’‘Red’d tight his grandmoth
er.” And he would, too. especially
if tin old lady had tackled the job
of umpiring. Red was much given
to bud languagi . to biting remarks
and to fist fights. No names med
be mentioned, but Red and a cer
tain Atlanta manager tangled once
to the total disfigurement, tem
porary (fortunately) of both—over
sotm trivial point.
Sticking right around home .still,
we have the case of Harry Math
ews, whose emporium is located at
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11 Marietta street. Now. "Matty"
Is .1 card. He’s a humorist, a
mimic, a teller of funny stories, a
pool player of goodly repute and a
good lellow. Matty, once wound up
and started, is funnier than a min
strel show. Hurry Mathews off the
m id is a clever, genial gentleman.
Matty- on tin 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 th.- Heid at the head
of his team, abusing the players of
the opposing team. Hi usually
picked out one whose "goat” was
known to roam and then he would
get it and drive it off.
Tonneman. a decided!' chesty
youth, was one of Matty's particu
larly alluring targets. Matty would
march on the tield. would spy Ton
mnian and would then unleash
something to tin' general effect of
"Oh, there you are. you swell
headed, low-down, foul-missing,
pitcher-plaguing. wild-throwing
buzzard. Why, you’d—” Well, a
lot of it must be left to the imagi
nation, for excellent reasons.
But that was Matty all over, es
pecially back in his' playing (lays.
Now that he's branch’d out as a
manager he’s quieted down and
leaves the billingsgate to his play
er*. At bi st. on tin- tield he’s sur
ly. earnest, quarrelsome and in
his day there wasn’t a better
catcher.
And there you have th 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 rowdy inn on
the Held. They called him "the
John .1. .McGraw of the Cotton
States,” and that was no endearing
appellation, as applied. He de
served it. too.
tiff the tield. though.' thru sno
more affable, self-respecting, clever
chap than Bernie McCay .
♦ *
/■'OING u| Into tin big b ..gues.
you find hundreds of these
Jekvll-Hyde chaps.
For instance: F Chance, the
Peerless Leader (albeit at present
he has nothing to lead save an or
ange grove).
Chance is one of the mow. open
and agreeable chaps in the world
off the field, hi the old days he was
considerable of a “good fellow.”
lather inclined to roystering and
large, late doings. Even now he
stacks up as the best sort of a good
fellow off the tield.
Have you . v<r seen Chance in
uniform.' Neve - lived a man mote
strictly business.” lie is always
m dead earnesi. always frowning,
always morose. Hr- snaps out his
orders brow'br .its tin umpires,
bullies bls players, crabs at Ills
opponents amt is as .surly and un
lovr-dly a character as could be pic
tured.
Anot :• r “du . isonality” per
former was Fred Tenney. They tell
me he was something of a dude, a
purist and a Beau Brummel off tin
field a man inclined toward dain
tiness in speech. manners and
dress.
on the field Tenney was rough,
dirtv. quarrelsome a rough-neck,
good and proper. This manner of
. ' ting ue put on with his unlfortn
am cleaned off wit bls shower
bath.
Another wel known --xampie is
Clark Griffith. <>n the Held he Is a
• maiTeleonie old posh. i rasper of
amp r. s-. a terror to play, -s.
< »1V the flelii ther, pry, ■ lived a
■ - • g.-uia.. «• •. \ _ ntb-man.
Ami there
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1912.
Sta/lings, Evers, Tinker and Huggios To Be Watched by Fans
NEW LEADERS WILL SHAKE UP NATIONAL LEAGUE
By Sam Crane.
1 Y 71 I’ll tour new managers as
yy surd 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 organiza
tion.
Jo<- 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 clip.
Then- ate three of these new
leaders who will have their first
• xpt . i.mce 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 sueecs 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 giaatly improved in every point
t bat goes to make a winning ag
gregation.
Too much should not be expected
of them in the tirst year of their
m-duties. They will be opposed
by McGraw. Clarke, Dooin and
I lahlen, 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 look Heine Zimmerman, the
Cubs’ star infielder, who last
season led the National league in
baiting and slugging, foui years to
make good In the big show. It was
not until the past year that the
New York city native established
himself firmly on a pedestal of
tame, for as ’ate as lasi spring
Charley Murphy was thinking se
riously of trading him because
Heine, having broken into the
charmed circle of .300 swatters, had
the temerity to request his boss
lor <lll increase In pay. His work
sima, .hough, 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 tins player i- in
no -mall measure due to Frank
Chance, under whom he made his
debut in the major leagues, and
who recognized his ability before he
had been with the learn more than
11 season. Chance, after sizing up
;he 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 bis 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.
I'lirnce Is noted as a strict dis
ciplinarian. He had to he all of
this 10 ki-i'o tlx youngster from
kicking oxer the traces. and more
Ilian Olivo Heinie threatened to
-poll his career by breaking the
ruk s set down by the Cub leader,
for which he was placed under the
ban
Bat New Yoik 1 .id -reun. to
has Earned to tend to his 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 and 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 the 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 a bat
tle of managerial wits, the games
between 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.
f COMPLETE RECORD OF INFIELDER
ZIMMERMAN'S CAREER ON DIAMOND
Heinie Zimmerman. Born. New York. N. A'., February 10, 1886. In
flelder. Bats and throws right handed. Height, 5 feet 111-2 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. . . . AA’ilkesbarre, Pa.. N. A'. State... 2b. 35 .186 .875
1907.. .. AVilkesbarre, Pa., N. Y. State... 2b. 98 14 .952
Bought by clubs in fall.
1908. .. .Chicago, National 2b. So .292 .923
1909.. .Chicago, National 21'. 47 1’73 ’94 s
1910. ... Chicago, National ’. 2b.-3b.-ss. 86 .284 .987
1911.. .Chicago, National Sb. 139 ,::o7 .941;
1912.. .Chicago. National ob.-lb. 14- . :72
ting now if his record of the past
season may he regarded as evid
of faithful work.
Led League With .372.
H> played in 145 garni -, the
greatest number he ever took pa t
’a since joining the Cubs, ami led
the league with a batting average
of .372. In 121 games at the diffi
cult third sack, Zlmmy fielded .917,
tilling iu the remaining games at
first base. As a first baseman lie
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
bases. This record by far outshines
any thing he has done tn previous
years.
New York fans have a warm
spot in their hearts for the Cub
star, who Is a native of the Bronx,
where he was born not quite 27
years ago, on February 10. 1886.
ami where he has spent almost his
entire life since. Heine always re
turns to the Bronx when the as.jn
■omes to an end.
Wl • !! Zimmerman started out to
siiit’t to. himself In life, he ehosc
Chance might not have been so
uniformly succeedd as he was,
and that is not said to take away'
the 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 will 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, top,
will have a free rein to direct the
team’s affairs. President Jim Gaff
ney having assured the new man
ager that, much 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 bo
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 ho
ought to make good.
to be a p'umber. 11k always had a
fondness sot the national pastime,
ho . ever. When he entered the
semi-pro tanks he soon discovered
that baseball was more lucrative
than mending pipes and tinkering
with faucets. He was a catcher in
Ills semi-pro days.
Got $5 for Playing Sundays.
From earning 85 in Sunday games
Heine drifted into the professional
ranks in 1906. His tirst engage
ment was with the AVilkes-Barre
club of the Tri-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 fail of
1907.
For three years Zimmerman
spent the greater part of his time
warming the Cub bench, in the role
of utility infielder, and listening to
:-ermons by the Peerless Leader on
discipline of ball players.
''A lien Johnny Ever.- broke his
1 y :n tlx tall of 1910, Zimmerman
got a chance to show what he could
do at second base. The following
veal’ be was given a regular berth
.it third, when the veteran Harry
Stdnfel.it v.as turned adrift. H>-
took part in 139 games in 1911 and
hutted .".or. being listed fifth in Cue
official ai'
Cobb a Crack Performer, But
He’s a Poor Judge of Players,
Says'Chubby Charley’ Murphy
Bv 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 AV. 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
caipe up. President Murphy said
that every man that he had talked
to about Corridon has proclaimed
him » great young player with two
exceptions. One was AATlliam
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 Corridon 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 AVest 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. AVe in the National league
admit that. That puts me away on
the light foot. No one can say
that I have a light regard for the
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. Ha
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. AVithout 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. But knowing how, he does
see only the faults. Therefore he
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 youngster on the bas»s
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 a
base stealer because he doesn't
slide like I do.’
Not Best at Sliding.
“What he does say is, ‘This fel
low isn’t a good base runner be
cause he doesn't know how to slide.
The difference is this: The fellow
tnay not know as much about base
stealing as Cobb does, but at the
same time he knows so much more
than the average player that he
ranks under the head of the good
ones.
"It’s so in every department 0*
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 he is destined to be a
great ball player. It’s only natural
that we should have preferred Cobb
to have a high opinion of th
youngster. But at the same tins,
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 the Detroit outfield'
however.”
The Cub boss is elated at tin
deal which brought Corridon to the
AVest Side team and was telling
some of the opinions which he
heard expressed while tn New
York. He says that every man in
the American association with the
exception of Grayson declared that
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 now
is that the only’ weakness which
the youngster has is that he at
tempts to cover too much ground
and that in his anxiety to get hold
of the sphere he fights it. Which
is often the fault of a fast young
ster, and one which can be over
come under smart management.
YALE HOCKEY TEAM LOSES.
NEW YORK. Dee. 20.—The ljue
hockey team, regarded as a leading
contender in the intercollegiate cham
pionship struggle, was defeated las
night by St. Pauls Prep school, of
Concord, N. H.. by a score of 4 to 1
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