Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17

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National and Players leagues The Phila-
deiphia American league has had only one
manager. Connie Mack. while among those
who have directed the Quaker teams m the
National league are Bob Ferguson who
also was q noted umpire; Harry Wright,
Arthur Irwin, Bnfy Nash. William Shett-
slime. Hugh Jennings, Hugh Duffy and Bnfy
Murray, the present. boss. Frank Bancroft
was a Philadelphia manager In the old
American association, as was Billy bharsig.
Arthur Irwin. incidentally, has had the
most variegated career Of anybody. Cities
in which he has been at the helm are
New York, Philadelphia, Washington, In
both the National and OUTLAW" Union
league OF last year; Kansas City, Altoona,
Toronto. Rochester and Syracuse. More
than that. he has played on teams which
won p~ennants in three different organiza-
tions. the Providence National league team
Of 1884. the Boston Players league team
Of 1890 and the Boston American association
team Of 1891.
Leaders of the Pirates.
Antedating Fred Clarke, the most sue
cessful Of Pittsburg managers, were Horace
Phillips. who managed the Pittsburg Ma
tional league and American association
teams; w. II. Watkins, Edward H~anlon,
Connie Mack. w. H.. McGunnigle, j.
Paine O'Neill. A. c. Buckenboer
and Patsy Donovan. Compared to
other cities , Chicago has not had
many managers. A. G. spalding, Pop
Arson. Tom Burns, Tom LOTUS, Frank
Selee and Frank Chance are the National
league managers there. and Griffith, Gala
han and Jones the American league man
| agerr. Charles Comiskey. owner Of the
White Sox. was manager of the Chicago
Brotherhood club.
Washington's list includes Gus Schmelz
Frank Dwyer, Arthur Irwin. Billy Barnie
Tom Brown, Bill Joyce, Jimmy Manning
and Joe Cantillon. The Cincinnati list is a
much more extensive one, one that rivals
New York's in length. Harry Wright was
a Red manager in the long ago, as was
O.. p. Caylor in the American association
More recent managers have been Buck
Ewing, Gus Schmelz, Charles Comiskey
Edward Hanlon. Joe Kelley and John
Camel. They have come and gone rapidly
there in late years. Tho space of tint
covered by Hanlon. Kelley. Camel and
Griffith doesn't span half a dozen years.
McAleer, as told, is the only manager
the st. Louis Americans have had. but II
the National league different ones who pr,
coded Roger Bresnahan were Harry Did
dlcbock, Tim Hurst, McGraw. Heilbroner
Donovan, Nichols and McCloskey. Tee
Sullivan was an American association man
ager in the Mound city, and all of the ole
timers remember the days when Comiske,
was manager for and won pennants 70,
der boss president, - Chris Won der Abe.
National league managers in Detroit
were w. H. Watkins and Jack Chapman
ard in tho American league, before Jen
nings, Frank Dwyer, Stallings. William
Armour, Ed Barrow and Win Mercer. Pa
Tebean was manager Of the elovelanC
club in the days when it vas in the Ma
tonal league, and preceding him in tn,
old American association was J. A.. VIII
liams. Tom LOTUS was a National leagu,
manager In Cleveland, as was Frank Ban
croft. Ia the American league, prior {,
Napoleon Lajoie, were McAleer and Ar
mour.
Most of Them Base Ball Men.
A big majority Of those named in 'th,
foregoing were or have been men who's,
business was base ball. who were firml,
Identified with the game. A few, how
ever, were fleeting participants and wer
nut in temporarily until a permanent man
ager could he had. Such men as Harr,
Wright. John Ward. Buck Ewing. Adriar
c. Arson, James Hart. John Morrill,, Ed
ward Hanlon. Charles Comiskey and Fran
Selee. have left a lasting imprint on tn
game, and among present day managers
Jennings, McAleer. Tsajoie. Jones. Bresna
han, McGraw, Clarke and Griffith we're o
are players Of exceptional caliber, an,
their names always will be prominent f
base ball annals.
Among others those who were note
players In their various times on the dia
mond were Duffy, Kelley, Foutz. Mach
Irwin, Stahl, Mcclure Donovan. DwyeI
Mercer, Tebeau, Burns, LOTUS, Callaha
and CANCEL. Still in the ring as actlv
players arc Clarke, Lajoie. Jones. Bresns
han. Bowerman, Chance and Elberfeld. Q
those who nave played the game, but be
/, long more to the bench manager class ar
Cantillon, Griffith. Stallings. JenninS,
Murray, McGraw and Lake. All Of thes
are not bench managers, however. in Tn
strict sense of the term. for while Can't
Ion, McGraw, Griffith and Jennings do nc
play, they are up on the coaching lines 1
uniform. Philadelphia is the only city
= the big leagues in which both manager
direct the game entirely from the bench.
The new managers this year are Bresns
: han and Bowerman, both catchers. bot
n graduates Of the New York Nationals, an
both having played in Baltimore befol
u that. stallings and Griffith have bertf
: this year which are new to them.