The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-24
SCOUTING FOR A MANAGER.

son z. Passed bals-Earrell L; Iime-rwo hours
and fifteen minutes Umpire-HuTst
SCOUTING FOR A MANAGER.
Baseball Men Do Not Want the ST.
Louis Job.
Although Mr.. F. de Haas Robson has ap-
parently divided the onerous duties oA h ms
team management between Mussy. .re
and effective combination OF Irish asisi.y
and Hebrew sound sense. IT Is plain IND. IND,
he is at present sent sc scouting 1 for RI ,a nnah IhraIgh
that he mas undertaken i rather olincui.
job AT present there Is hardly Il man IN
the fed Th0 would ba take ,da TINS fbe Bati
morean is too big a man to play b1ad becotid
fiddle to any one and no team wiil sHoIeen Ieen
will attempt to tell MCGraw wnat TO GO.
and as ball players are jealous mortals @ ,ney
viii not accept orders unless McGraw ,, oJe ,Sa;
1t has been said by peope VINO know 'hat
Pat Donovan was offered the maniSern"nt
of the s.. Louis team. Donovan always oia
well with the Pittsburg team while he was
at the head. He Is a student OF the game.
and, like McGraw, natural leader. HOW
ever, he would not take a chance WIN sne
St. Louis club. II Is in the rut The play
ers are hard to handle. The season is neas
| an end, and Donovan figured that ne Wou,a the
be foolish to take command now when tne
players are all disgruntled over their III
success.
With Donovan out of the way. 1t is hard
to find a man on whom Mr.. Robson could
out OF Job. But then Buck has had too
many hard experiences with losing teams.
and 1t is hardly probable that he Will take
| chance with another. Even at that. II is
| not likely that the job will be offered to
+ Ewing. as he has been unsuccessful Oh late
years.
Possibly Mr.. Robson will dig up some
leader from one OF the minor leagues.
Things certainly cannot run as they are
business manager. still he sits on the
bench. The owners Of the club say that
| the field: that he can shift 1t about as he
pleases. change pitchers. catchers, infield-
ers, and do as he likes with the team. Bqt
| McCiraw refuses to take this authority. be
says that when Tebeau resigned he told
Mr.: Robson that he would place the bat.
sries for the But furthsT S % than man tat ast
This really leaves the team without Lead
e. ae!hroner is , b4sjnsss IN manager sna oa
the team? Maybe Mr.. Robson will answer
! the question in person when he returns, by
presenting to the st. Louis public a real, live
sponsibility.
Pat billiard, who was recently released
| by the st. Louis club to the Chicago Amer
ican League club. refuses to join Comis-
keys team. Pat has a ticket to Chicago
in his pocket but h says = that he tb M wora n9s
American League he viii lose almost .
hSne eas bors ,e Hs In aso
| says that as the St Louis club has string
| to him, it should recall him after the Amer
| lean League season is ended and pay him
until the National League season closes.
MIR. Stanley Robson denies emDhatcally
that the st. Louis club has string to Dill
lard. billiard was released outright to the
Chicago club. He was anxious to get out
! of the National League. as he said himself
that he thought he could DO better In the
him a berth in the chicaEo club. which viii
cured CT ed him transportation. For the life Of
me cannot see where he has kick COM
ing. I think he is indeed a lucky man to
secure position with winning club after
being released"
McGraw made his reappearance at the
| third corner yesterday. He Is not yet
strong, but is tired of sitting on the bench.
1t was nice stop ha made Of Ryan's mean
| grounder in the first inning. 1t was hot
one and Mac had to scoop 1t out OF the
dirt.
Chids announces positively that this will
be his last year in baseball. He intends to
so into business in Baltimore. 1t Is said
that the palms Of Cupid's hands are fluffy
his n1 day @ as not ne
good with any one who saw the diminutive
hands himss the balls and
ground. dug into the earth after hard lin
ers, and at the bat he easily led his team.
Childs is not the hardest hitter on the Chi
cago team. but he gets one hit or more in
every game. on the bags he appeared to
have his usual speed.
Pat Tebeau was in the stand, and he
rooted hard for his old team. Mr.. Robson
offered me box alongside his when he
but l refused. saying that would much
rather sit back in the crowd, where
youl!d5, have , chance to 70 root for the boys;
am out of the game for good, will always
be an ardent admirer OF the St Louis
team"
Jimmy Ryan has donned the spangles
| again and is looking young as ever. He
has not changed a bit in ten years. His
eye and arm are as good as ever, and but
few men in the League hold the Chicago
Captain safe in foot race
callahan is natural ball player" re-
marked Hugh s. Fullerton. Chicago news
paper man travelling with the team. "E'or
sas anS nS n the f In fae 0as
teen out Of twenty Of the League players.
when his arm gives way l think he will
make an ideal first baseman. He has the
ball and would cover world of ground in
that corner.
Chicago and st. Louis will play post
will hold down the points. for Chicago.
while Young and Criger will oficiate for
St. Louis.
IT see that Tim Hurst Is es rich as ever
in baseball lore" remarked Clark Griffith
| yesterday after reading funny story in
J which the noted umpire was the central
figure. LAS long as live ! will never for
ge. game which he umpired in Chicago
one year. Pittsburg was playing there and
there was q man the bag Bill would
bump him, pull his clothes and bother him
in many different ways. The Pirates kept
running up to Tim and registering kicks
about Bill's unfair tactics. Finally I
heard him say to one Of them: II can't
whip that big guy. You go over and soak
him In the ear. You are bigger man than I
am" Well. this set the Pittsburgers mad
| as they were. to laughing, and there were
| no more kicks to Tim about Lange. Hurst
is certainly one Of the greatest wits In the
| game and hrst-class umpire, too"
| around Yesterday behind q