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Only Four Leaders in Each Big Circuit Have Proven Top-Notchers SUCCESSFUL MANAGERS SCARCE IN BIG LEAGUES By W. J. Mcßeth. _ itH so many changes of \A/ managers of National • * league clubs as now seems ~ tire to happen, the changes in . h , (M rsonnel of several teams will follow in the natural course of events. Xew managers, as a general • ; ;ug. desire to reconstruct their own teams to conform to their in dividual ideas, and none of them, ■f they have any initiative or orig irialit.v— and they will not make a 5U ,. c , ss as leaders if they do not luve that desirable mental qualifi ljtjnn- but will strive to improve on their predecessors. Th■ r employers, the club owners, nil: surely look for improvement, gn d some of them, with the char acteristics of Charley Murphy, will demand a decided change for the better. If the owners did not ex pect -ucli a transformation to their betterment and , advantage, the chances are they would not have decided on the important and se rious shifts they have announced. In fact, it appears to me as if some fit the owners have not con sidered seriously enough the im portance of the great changes they contemplate and by all reports have finally decided on. There are sixteen clubs in the two big leagues and that necessi tates the engagement of as many managers. The really successful managers can be numbered on the fingers of one's hands. Os the National league, McGraw. Clarke, Chance and Bres nahan are top-notchers. The Amer ican league list of managers who can be considered as strictly first - class are no more than four—Stahl. Griffith. Mack and Jennings. Cubs’ Defeat Boosts Callahan. Jimmy Callahan, of the White Sox since his team beat out the Cubs this fall, has improved the reputation he made for himself during the season, and his single year's experience may enable him to get in the front rank next year. The grave situation that there fore faces the clubs that are go ing to make changes of managers is plainly evident. Good managers can not be picked off trees like cherries. They have to be born leaders of men and with personal characteristics that enable them to stamp their personalities on their teams, either in victory of defeat. They must understand human nature, and there Is more diversity of nature and dispositions among professional baseball players than possibly can be found in the same number of men in any other walk of life. A successful manager of a bast hall club must be diplomatic H>- must know what players to smooth down and salve and who to drive to get the best work out of ills men. He must be level-headed him S' If in the face of obstacles sin h as contests on the diamond always produce and he must restrain the too hot-headed players and prod the laggards, but know exactly how to do It. He must know more baseball, too. than any of his players or make them think so anyhow. He 'must, above all, be his players’ friend and adviser. And to do ail this he must have his players’ thorough confidence. How many of the new managers t iat are to be appointed have all these traits of versatility? Has Johnny Evers? He is the man upon whom all 1 hicago lovers of baseball have tiieir opinions set, and there are shout as many different opinions shout his capabilities, abilities and characteristics as there are fans. Johnny Evers Is a most capable hall player. He is wise and shrewd; ouick to see a point tn the game, ra Pid in mental action to take ad vantage of any opportunity to gain 8 Point and knows baseball thor oughly. Evers' Temperament Not Best. 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Full particulars mailed on request. fc *ANS CHEMICAL CO., CißCUuiaO O with business reverses and figured an automobile accident a few years ago whence intimate friend sLeV WaS killed ' Those "ere ■ hocks to his naturally nervous on S titution that fora time threat ned to stop permanently his base ‘■areer: But . b < “cam, back” last season as strong physically as ht a ?r ” eVer P ' ayed better b all m his life than he did in 1912 .Bf th ! slra,n of the hot strug gle in which the Cubs were con stantly forced to be, owing to the 1 tase of the Giants for first Place, appeared at times to disturb is mental equilibrium to such an extent that he became almost too rampant on the field, and was fre quently suspended when the Cubs nee ed his valuable services the most. Evers, though, was always so very anxious to win that before his Ffodder for fans Mur U p b hy b had P l spv'S ,h V their " bl >" year The strange part of it is m n Vhe M? uthe A n - lpa ß ue narkts were hit eight spy was not there toreport breaches of ’” s 'T? r , The sisn 1,1 Atlanta has tiaining and discipline but to tell Mur I.'A jeen lift, jt appears that it would Phy what the plavera said about him a y ,o move baplt 'bose signs i . . at)oUt hlm - " b '£ b are being hit often and to bring !».»,7".’ - fn n, ! . r / n ', 1° bis best ’n that role and . monev than > br ,C a 1,1 ~ ha< he has more ~A n . anti-booze contract would have rid when' he 1 ") ’* thought was in the world the Atlanta team this year of several men fore the y ‘ paying ball. There- . ail of whom would have been but brtef pmtk jolC eSt <n ’ ” tbe m °nc.v. why tlie 5 an< bghtlj missed. The national board of arbitration of th o within A b, £ s - Texas southpaw, once <’^ dl < b " ly ear n ‘ woik to wade through. • « « Whilo inhn *i * ‘larry Herrmann says he would like to other dav n Un.?' ?? e , . w^ s . hunting the cut down the money won by placers in Asa rlt;,u bramb,p hit him in the eye. the world s series to a Hat stun of. say one eve ' " e niav lose ,h<? sight <>f . 0 fur the winners and .faOO for the >e , , losers. Then he would divide the rest of W \v Mi l's, ■ ■ . pla , yers ’ share among the players of land' or - •t' of the Port- 'he other fourteen clubs in the major Shrnn. r • b:is a complicated leagues. This is a poor guess. If the the earn" l,ase,! i l ' l , s " tba ' Iday.-rx did not get a keg ~f money they •Irinee met'" " 11 llavc a 1 l >la .v :ls Hard. the Series would Scheme f«n i tv money. His whole be less interesting in consequence and the it is foiinde i ,‘; UK '• because money divided among the other big league baits' \vm , ”■ u , nsit: 'bl. salary limit players would give so little to each man ,3\. i somi bodi can ueternime a that it would hardly interest him. " a > ,>° makp salary limns stick, he has « « . information Vhaf /'woHh having”””" ( ,n'a^trm verly/ V ' avuoo ni one ol ' his relatives. " hen barns nil g Cubs play« • » • at Dixon, 111 . Heitiie Zimmerman knocked ~ the first ball t.itched him into the lt.u k Harney Dreyfuss has waived Cole out river The ball was n< t recovered -iik! ■" f 1 bl ’ National league and lias turned him Zimmerman was held to two basis under over 111 Columbus. a ground rule, so the play was almost * ♦ . a total loss. The umpires of the big leagues have g-ort actually perked up enough Io ask the na- uJrrU, M .’ ' ' ’’V ‘'‘ ‘.'o^'' A, ' ss "'’" al commission to give them a share Haun i . I it... . t s ~.,"t,i in ~, th,,, world s serii s monev equal to one .. * * winning and one losing player. They ( lark, itifftth las antioitn<cd lat he propose that each umpire who works In will not be able to use Roy Moran on i the series be given $1,090 and that there- ine \\ asnington t« am next \ '"H . I muinder be divided among - the < then l>ig - • « ] league umpires, Griffith has not given up hope M t that « • • he will he able to make use of Harry Says a head in an Eastern paper: vveicnonce. Hero of World s Series * Task ' Then why do it? There's no then Senators will taken week at West compulsion. Baden or I'rench IJek hetero thex g,, to * » » Charlottesville next spring >. Kixev . r > hlnip pjll ..| H . rj has ~p . ned to the (’Diversity of Virginia and ilie report ot tfi<- Bull Purl-.im CMiiioanv s i.iavinK Hip basLoi hull a Here, smoke some ire a l tobacco tSat can 7 bite your tongue!” 1%. z a wIWIOM ' x^<^^lm'^Shg^oy /?• jg "^nr^x ? 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A.’’ j® / flLXjjßi Buy Prince Albert anywhere, everywhere in 5c toppy red bags; in ’ \ j i 10c tidy red tins and handsome pound and half-pound humidors. \Ti TA / > R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY « Winston-Salem, N. C I f J THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TFFSDAY. OCTOBER 29. 1912. trouble he was more or less of a "crab, but he never allowed his excitable failings to carry him dan gerously far from the rules laid down for the conduct of players. Was Cause of Attack on Lynch. This last season he did, as is a matter of baseball history, and it was his suspension that caused both President Murphy and Man- ■ ager Chance to unjustly accuse President Lynch, of the National league, of being unduly prejudiced against the Chicago club. As a matter of fact, though, the Cubs were used more leniently than any other team in the league, and President Lynch was forced to take a defensive position on that ac count. Now, the question naturally arises, is Evers so constituted in his personal make-up that be can be a successful leader of the Cubs? OWNER OF GARDS FIGURES ON BIG YEARLY SAVING ST. LOUIS, Oct. 29.—Those close to the "inner circle” of the Cardinal club say Roger Bresnahan was dismissed because his contract called for too much money. It is stated on excellent authority that Bresnahan’s contract called for SIO,OOO per annum and ten per cent of the net profits. In addition, stipula tions were made in Roger's contract that the whole officiate of the Cardinal club should receive not more than SIO,OOO in salaries. That is, if Mrs. Helene Britton chose to hire a president; secretary, treas urer. groundkeeper, stenographer, press agent and a few lawyers, she couldn’t disburse more than SIO,OOO among the whole returns of servants. That's where the rub came. It is understood that Herman See kamp, the treasurer and business man ager of the club, received $5,000 a year. That left only $5,000 to be split up be tween Stenographer Davies. Ground keeper Shaner and his assistants and the attorneys. If Mrs. Britton elected to pay out more than SIO,OOO to all her help she was obliged under the term, of Bresnahan's contract to charge this against her own account. Thaj is, Bresnahan would collect his ten per cent of the net profits before any amount in excess of SIO,OOO for salaries had been deducted from the annual earnings. So-called expert baseball men say that Miller Huggins can be retained as manager for a salary of not more than $6,000. It is understood that Huggins is now receiving $4,000. A $2,000 a year increase and a chance to make good as manager Is sufficient inducement to make Huggins take up where Bresna han was dropped off. That means thp local club, by supplanting Rresnalian with Huggins, will save surely $4,000 a year and possibly twice that much by the elimination of the ten per cent clause. BY CLEVER INFIGHTING, DICK HYLAND GETS DRAW CALGARY-, ALBERTA. Oct. 29. Joe Bayley, lightweight champion of t'ana da. and Dick Hyland, of San Francis co. fought a fifteen-round draw today. Referee Tommy Burns' decision was popular. Hayley had a decided advantage in i lie open fighting, but was puzzled by Hyland’s incessant in-fighting. COLUMBUS GETS 40 NAGS. COLUMBI’S GA.. Oct. 29. —More than 40 fast horses will be seen at I'n races at the Georgia-Alabama fair November 27 to December 7. Giants' Manager Does Not Blame Player for Error That Cost World's Title SNODGRASS WILL PLAV WITH (HANTS NEXT YEAR By Sam Crane. NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—Fred Snodgrass will be a member of tlie Giants next year. This was the declaration made by Man ager John J. McGraw, of the Giants, last night. Instead of roasting the player, who has been the most reviled of any who ever played the game of baseball, McGraw spread the salve thicker over Snodgrass by saying: "I do not blame Snodgrass for making the muff that lost the Giants the world’s championship. Any player is liable to make an er ror. Snodgrass helped to win tlie National league pennant, and he will be a Giant again next sea son." Snodgrass, when he arrived home in Los Angeles. Cal., a day or so ago, is said to have stated: "I was frozen to the marrow when I muff ed the ball." It Is an' odds-on bet that Mc- Graw, while sitting on the bench at Fenway park, in Boston, did not have in mind to ask Snodgrass to sign a new contract for next year —not at an increased salary, any how. On the contrary, 1 will wager there was a blue flame of blas phemy that would have set fire to an asbestos contract and melted Snodgrass’ frozen marrow into a yellow pea soup. And that is w’hy all one sees and hears on tlie stage is not really real. McGraw Held on to Merkle. McGraw held on to Merkle after tlie historical incident where Fred's "failure" to touch second lost tlie Giants a world’s series, and Mer kle's work since that time lias proved McGraw's judgment to lie all to the good, with the excep tion of a play in the last game of this season's world's series, tlie same contest and Inning in which Snodgrass made tlie muff ilia: as sures him another engagement with tlie Giants. it would appear, therefore, that the best recommendation any play er under McGraw has to hold his job is to make'some bone play that loses the most important series that van be played “nd thereby arous ing the general condemnation of Hie metropolitan populace. There is nothing, perhaps, so ap pealing to the big majority of right minded and level-headed people as for one in authority, a big man. to stick to liis old friend through thick and thin, and indeed it is an ad mirable trait. McGraw lias it, be- Hall Caine’s Story “The Woman Gavest Me” JwmPO, 1 New Letters of Standard Oil m/ vJF / 1 "f This masterly / work —“The Wo- / / -S' man Thou Gavest Z /\ ■’> Me” —is by the great- / A est living English author. It is / / destined to be the most notable story -X of the comjng year. In it a reckless father sacrifices his young daughter to social ambitions. His blind attempts to fill her future life with the same sadness with which he surrounded her mother causes her refusal to obey his stern commands. In Hearst’s Magazine is told her life story. \ The Plot —The Marriage Bond » H I It is really a remarkable work. Its absorbing plot and I sustained interest equal—or possibly exceed —that of the I author's “The Christian” and “The Eternal City.” Read I it and enjoy a beautiful and powerful romance concerning f a woman’s rights in the marriage bond. f ' Standard Oil Correspondence ■ ■ These letters are published in the interests of truth and for the fl enlightenment and information of the public. They clearly involve Roosevelt, Archbold, Penrose and others. You will find them all in ■ the November Hearst’s Magazine. W On Sale at All Newsdealers November Number Just Out—ls cents Hearst’s Magazine B 381 Fourth Avenue, New York City yond a doubt.’ as he has proved many, many times, but the disturb ing fact remains just the same that the big majority of baseball fans w hen they are “fanning” are neither right-minded nor level-headed. They -are reasonable enough and really sensible when they are not looking at a game of ball and some unfortunate player pulls off n "Snodgrass" muff or a "Merkle" failure to make a catch or a muff Then they become rabidly rampant and chortle. But they are the peo ple who pay their good money to keep the game going and enable club owners to erect million-dollar Bi ush stadiums, pay managers' sal aries. etc., etc., and their feelings of like and dislike should be con sidered. Always Unpopular in Gotham. Snodgrass will never be a pop ular player as a Gtaru with the New York public. McGraw may force him on local lovers of the game through a false feeling of sympathy, but it might prove a dangerous move. It would be an altogether dis- You don't have to strain your credit to buy and keep a Ford. In first cost and after cost the Ford is as economical as it is wonderful in performance and purse-satisfying in dura bility. It is “the universal car . 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The results gained by McGraw as manager of the Giants possibly should exempt him from criticism for the way he selects his team, but I am voicing public opinion as expressed by the big majority of local fans and friends of the Giants in the Snodgrass case. 9