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Aw REDS'HANACER MIRACLE MAN' OF BASEBALL, FANS'VERDICT Force of Personality Makes Him Popular With Players Also Possesses Brains NEW YORK ALLOWED HIM TO LEAVE TEAM Then He Repaid by Taking Pennant Away From His Benefactor Pat lioraa, manager of the Cincin nati Reds, penant winners of the Na tional league for the season of 1919. is known as the "Miracle Man,' and the following story of his career is given in the advance report of the world's series by The United Press They are calling Pat Moran the "Miracle Man" of 1919. The man who piloted the Reds into the first world's series in 50 years is hailed by Cincinnati fans as the greatest man in baseball. There are no su perlatives fitting enough to express the regard of the Ohio bugs for that Fitchburg prodigy, who gave the river town what it had been yearn ing for 50 yearsa national league pennant. It was a miracle the red-faced, smiling boss of the Herrmann club pulled in landing at the top of the ladder a team that was doubtful as a first division aggregation early in the season. George Stalling's feat in 1914 when he shoved the Braves out of the cellar in the middle of July and ran them headlong to the pennant is the only performance that compares with Moran's miracle. Beats StallinKs. I 4 Stallings, however, has but one miracle to his credit. Moran out shines him for he has a pair that mark him as the "supermiracle" per former, for he pulled a similar feat in 1915 when he ran the Phillies, an outsider in the race, to a pennant. It was the sheer force of a person ality, which has made him the most popular man in baseball, mixea wfth a head full of baseball brains that spelled his success with the Reds. Pat had the fans with him all sea son, not only in Cincinnati, but in every stop of the National league and every flag station of the country. They wanted to*see him win to r&- move the black eye which Phila delphia owners gave him by tying the can to him after he had given them a pennant. Fans Didn't He 1 But the applauding galleries and the howling stands of the ball yards didn't win for him. What he did is more or less uncertain. There has been good material on the Red clubs of the past and they have been managed by the best base ball brains of the game, including Griffith, Herzog, Mathewson et al. But they all failed. The wail was universal that there were too many managers on the board of directors. The complaint was made that the owners wouldn't buy good timber to bolster up the club. Moran won, though, and he won without the money bag. He took a semi-motley crew of cast-offs, players whom he headed on to the Cincinnati park when they were being handed one-way tickets to the minors from other clubs. He took Daubert, Ma gee, Rath and Knopf when other clubs had hung the finished sign on them and moulded a team that won the bunting. But Pitchers "Came.'' fci The same thing may be said of his pitchers. Sallee, Fisher, Eller and Reuther had had their whirl, but no manager was chasing after them. Moran took them, coached them, nursed them, taught them control and made the most effective pitching staff in the league. Baseball brains was represented in those feats. But it was his person ality that oiled the mechanism and kept the machine tuned up He had some little antagonistic spirit to overcome when he took the reins. Heinle Groh was all set for the "Mrg" title and several of the club thought he deserved it But Pat smoothed that over, brought about a spirit of co-operation, put a winning kick in the team and has had them for him all season. Credit For "Bovs." The only time Moran opens his mouth to speak of the feat is when he takes occasion to pay tribute to "his boys." Recently In New York he said: "Don't give me the credit The boys there on the bench have done the work That's what won for him. Moran is 43 years old. He was born In Fitchburg, Mass., Feb. 7, 1876. He started out 23 years ago with Lyons, N Y., in the New York State League. He went to Montreal for two years and then signed up with the Braves as catcher in 1901. In 1906 he went to the Clubs and was receiving for Frank Chance when the famous old machine was winning pennants in 1896, 1897 and 1S98. He went to Philadelphia in 1910 and succeeded Charley Dooin as manager in 1916, winning a pen nant. When he was relieved of com mand, McGraw Bigned him as assist ant manager and coach and released him this spring to take the Red man agement. Pat then went out and took the pennant away from his benefactor. ki*T" MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2S 1919 THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER HUFFMAN & 01EARY FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING H. N. M'KEE, Funeral Director PHONE 178-Wor EAT AT Third Street Cafe Our Waiters Do the Waiting PIANO INSTRUCTION Mrs. G. Oliver Rigjjs Many years a successful con cert pianist and teacher THOROUGHLY UP-TO DATE I N ALL METHODS Students should apply at once Class will be organ ized on and after Sept. 1st. STUDIO: 1213 Lake Boulevard SUBSCRIBE FOR THE DAILY PIONEER N DRY CLEANING Clothes Cleaners txt Hen, Woman and Children ENTERPRISE AUTO CO. Auto Livery and Taxi Service Day and Night Service Office: Remore Hotel, Cor. 3rd St. & Beltrami Ave. Office Phone 1 Residence Phone 10 WM. M'CUAIG Manager Aldrich & English General Blacksmithing Horseshoeing a Specialty Oxy-acetylene Welding and Cutting 214 FOURTH STREET Mr. Business Man! UST between you and our selves, how long is it since you had a photograph taken? A long time, we'll wager! And have you thought how the family would be pleased and surprised to see you walk in some evening with a dozen of our richly finished por traits under your arm? Well, would they? The Hakkerup Photographic Studio PORTRAITS THAT PLEASE No, Not Expensive "M Business Is Different I Can't Advertise" flStop right there, please. The very fact that your business is different is the reason you can advertise. fl If all stores were exactly alike, adver tising would be a difficult problem. fl The question is not, "Can I use adver tising?" It is "Can I survive without advertising?" fl Competition is growing keener. fl Business men are feeling today more than ever the tremendous building power of publicity. They are talking about their merchandise and their ser vice to thousands of people through their newspaper advertisements. fl According to Bradstreet and Dunn, 84 per cent of business failure are among firms who do not advertise. Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Co. FIRE INSURANCE REAL ESTATE REYNOLDS & WINTER 212 Beltrami Avenue Phone 144 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DOCTORS DR. E. H. SMITH Physician and Surgeon Office Security Bank Block Dr. W. K. DenIsonDr. D. R. Burgess DEinsoir BUBOZSS Veterinarians Phones: Office 3-R Res. 99 Bemidji, Minn. DENTISTS DR. D. L. STANTON DENTIST Office In Winter Block DR. J. W. DIEDRICH DENTIST OffiaeO'Leary-Bowser Bfdg. PhonesOffice 376-W Res. 376-R DR. J. T. TUOMY DENTIST North of Markham Hotel, Gibbons Block Phone 230 The Northern Minnesota Farmer's Best and Safest Harvest Hand fl 0 V) fl a 0 8 .it A S J 9 0 0 x -4 S 0 .m Be a o '2 si S fl 2 9 S a 0 0 E i fl &1 At Lavinia Tenstrike Funkley Benedict At- Federal Dam Tobique Pinewood 0 a s0 I A 2 9 9 0 J8 0 t A fl S 0 0 a At- 1 i ft 9 S 0 0 A A _. S oth Phone 177 LAWYERS GRAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWTBB Miles Block Phone 660 VETERINARIANS D. H. FISK Attorney at Law Office, Northern National Bank Bldff. Phone 181 Collections a Specialty Phone 181 liii Why Do We Offer You HIGHLANDNSLINEEATON' Twhy HERE is a very good reason we offer this paper in pref erence to others. YOU are the chief reason. We offer it knowing that it is of the quality YOU will likebecause t reflects the taste in style of envelopes and choice of tints YOU would approve, and last be cause it is a paper that is YOU to your friends. When you are passing our way, come in and see some of the new tints and envelope shapes. ASK YOUR DEALER Pioneer Stationery House Wholesalers Give Our Horses a Chance on Your Idle Acresin Partner ship with Sheep, Clover and Spuds. 60 Single Horses and Colts, $25 to $125 each. 20 Brood Mares with Last Spring Colts at Their Sides, $35 to $125 each. tf you have idle timber lands near railroad, our horses will help you skid and market your forest products, as well as cultivate your potato and clover fields. Well cared for potato and clover seed acres are yielding from $90 to $300 per acre crops this year. Figure for yourself what those acres are worth on a 6 per cent capitalization, and if you can afford to allow your land to lay idle? We are in the market and ready to contract at ruling market prices for 1500 Cords Box Bolts in 16 foot or short lengths 1500 Cords Wood and Excelsior Bolts and what pulp, post, ties and saw logs your timber will cut. Giving you chance to cut it clean as you go and prepare it with sheep and hogs next spring from "WHITE'S" Big Bass Lake Ranch for clover. AND PAY CASH FOR SAME DELIVERED Turtle Hines Shooks Laporte Spur 327 Remer Leonard Rosby Farris Shevlin On G. N. Railway At stations where farmers will join hands to put in 20 car loads or more of box bolts. We will arrange to provide landing room and do the loading (otherwise products to be delivered on board cars). Our forest product contracts and horse and sheep and brood sow chances will be snapped up quick. The practical way to beat the high cost of living, is to secure the help of our horses, sheep and hogs, to clear your lands and place them in the clover and potato producing class, where, if well taken care of, they will, on a 10-year average, pay you a 6 per cent net income on $250 per acre or more. Act quick, wire or phone your wants in horses, sheep and hogs, as well as quantity of forest products or stumpage for sale. J. J. OPSAHL COMPANY 'THE HOME MAKERS" Well located lands and stumpage for sale on easy terms Buy, own and operate your own Farm Factory Res. nJiitiimiHiitiim4JHwmtwiuHuuiiMijiNiuHnunmiiiHJimiwtiiaiuminniiiuiMiiiuiHfiitiiiniiiiiitMiiiuMiiimiuiitiin 1111111 minim FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS, ON BANKABLE PAPER, OR TRADE FOR FOREST PRODUCTS OR LAND 60 Teams of Western Dakota and Montana Horses, ranging in prices from $125 to $300 per team. Solway iffJ*|!f#^I{|f^ PAGE SEVEN J. WARNINGER VETEBINABT UXOBOH' Office and Hospital 8 doors wast. of Troppman's. 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