Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-03
SOME TROUBLES OF
THE BASEBALL
MANAGER
JOB NOT so SOFT AS
APPEARANCES INDICATE
Man Who Does the Worrying
For the Team Earns His Five
Thousand if He Is Lucky.
Enough to Get it,
{By James McAncr.)
Manager St. Louis Americans. }

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These managers have a pretty soft
time of it. All they have to DO is
sit there on the bench and watch the
bali games, and pun down about So
eco for doing it," | once heard a fan
remark as he was passing out of the
bah field. Little did he know how
lar from the mark his words Were.
If there's one job above another in
Baseball that requires an unlimited
amount of real hard work, that of
manager is the one. The players
have to work hard during the sea-
son, but with the close of the cham
piofsfiip games their labors end. and
rev don't have to worry again for
some four or five months. But the
poor manager, alas, never can Stop
worrying. His labors on
the fls day OF January, ana en- IN
the last day of December. It's a case
Of go, go. go. all the time with him.
During the playing season though
the Lord knows he has enough on his
mind, he really has the easiest time.
once a team gets gong, he is sure
of his players, at least. OF cou'se
they do not always come up to the
mark, and it is up to MIN to wake up
and get hold of some more, but when
tho season is on this is generally mn
very difficult thing TO do. To he sure
he can't land champions during this
time hut this finer 10 penerauv no.
cepted as something that cannot be
halned and he is NOT knocked hocause
of il.
In thc Writer though it's nm "a hin,
TO get busv ana sign mn some real
Al narforpnrs H. has to 90 runnino
aroiind thc country Investigating .he
record of this or that vvor1a
heater" ana if he thinks the vounp-
ster can came to fine he n,lst secnre
him for his club aesnita the fact that
six or seven oth, fellows arc after
him or ho voted q dead one bo is
luckv enouvb Ia oo+ bol1 of soma
minor learne star ond the follow
hannens to lose his nerve ana nrnve
useless. then the unfortunate mana
GERS Judgment Is ca1led into onnstion
rhls Won see no is always on ~.
horns Of a dilemma. If he doesn't
sign the playe he's after. he gets
knocked and if he does land him
anu III 10 llOl up " inc mark, W MIN
is the case nine times out of a hun
drcd, he is in for some more knocks.
In the off season, too, the old play
ers have to be swung into line. If the
previous season mas been a good one.
hers another bunch Of rouble. Ev-
cry OF the team VIII be firmly
OF the OPINION mat 1t was ms
Patt'cuidr p'HN4us that was account
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