The San Francisco call., 1898-06-23
INDIFFERENT
 MANAGERS They Have Control of the Friscos. BUNKER SHOULD vAcATE OR APPROVE OF CoFFRoTE,s
 METHODS. The San Franciscos Will Never pIar Good Ball While Indifferent and Incompetent Hands
 Direct Them.
OR APPROVE OF CoFFRoTHs
 METHODS.
BY JOE cORBETT.

The san Francisco team, representing as IL does the greatest baseball city this slue or the Rockies, should be a good team, if not the best in the league.
 The aoove statement expresses the sen- tlment of all patrons of the game, and as they are directly responsible for the financial success of the club, their claims should not be disregarded. The miser- able showing made by the Friscos in the Iast lew weeks has been the cause of great dissatisfaction among those direct " and indirectly concerned. To such an extent have these few permitted their grievances to carry them that they in slst on remaining away from all games m Which this team participates, at least until they can be assured of seeing some good baseball. They can hardly be cen sured for such a move when one consid- CTS that they in the first place pay their good money to see baseball and, second ly, go to Recreation Park with the in- tention of roofing for their home team, hoping thereby to draw some little pleas ure, which comes only when their favor ties are victorious.
 So often have the San Franciscos played inferior ball and so often have they been defeated on their own grounds that their admirers, who are very numer- ous, began to discover where the real fault lay, and concluded that it was lack of experience on the part of those who at present manage the club. This declar- auon, while 1t does not bring to view the other causes of the teams failure, which are equally as important, Is convincing tn the extreme, even to the humblest of observers.
 I. like many others. have eagerly waited for this club to strike its gait, so to say, placing unlimited stress upon the idea that, so soon as few of the play CTS discovered that their efforts in the direction of fancy playing were deSpic- able, even in the eyes of those unfamiliar with the primitive rules of the game, change for the better would necessarily follow. In this 1 was disappointed. True, the boys have refrained from grand stand playing with results, however, that have in no manner changed their stand ing.
 1t was then that my eyes were turned in the direction of the management, and to their petty fancies, coupled with their indifferent spirit, to say nothing of their lack of experience in the man. agerial role, is due the deplorable condi- ton of this San Francisco team. There is not the slightest doubt of it in the world, and upon them, rather than upon the players, should be directed the fire of the league board. They should be compelled, if such a thing is possible, to cast sentiment into oblivion. Here MT. Bunker insists on keeping Stroeker, a man who has more distinction as fielder than himself, in right garden. It is not because he is ignorant of the fact that StToeker cannot play that position, but because he likes the fellow. So it is with a couple of more men in the team. Is San Francisco, therefore, to be de- prived of a team capable of representing it simply because half manager hap pens to fancy a certain individual who should be driving a truck instead of mak- ing a monkey of himself as this chap Stroeker has on several occasions? l sin cerely trust the league will not tolerate such action, as already the supporters of this aggregation, those who pay their money to see them perform, are disgust ed with the perpetual run or defeats which graces the standing of this their favorite team. If managers cannot har- nonize. especially when it is to their own interests, it is time for one of them to va cate.
 "Too many cooks spoil the broth is an old saying, and all through the league evidence Of its truth may be gathered.
 The San Francisco Club has been on the verge of destruction ever since the con- solidatiOn- In combining the two teams of the other leagues Messrs. Cofroth ana Bunker foolishly allowed aYlor to be the better part of discretion. When 1t became obvious that in so doing they had acted unwisely one would imagine that an i'm mediate change of tactics would follow, but not so. Bunker was and is still ob- stinate. He does not care a rap whether the team Is successful or not so long as the players he put in the club remain. He should initiate the gallant young man no matter how difficult such a step would be-and gracefully relinquish his rights as the afftuent gentleman of base ball. He says that he does not wish to make any money out of the national game and there is certainly no glory in 1t for him. I cannot see why he should con- tinue to hamper MT. Coffroth, who would, if given full control, undoubtedly make the team what it should be. It is useless for him to devote his time, which at in- tervals is valuable, to the interests of the team when he is perfectly well aware that any move which does not meet with MT. Bunker's approval, no matter how correct it might be, must be disSipated.
 Such is the situation at present. To give an illustration of how much these gentle men care for the success of this team take note of what occurred last Sunday