Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04

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JOE Kelley with Bowerman. II was
| not a question of money. nor was it a
question of personal dislike. 1t was
simply that the Boston president nad
made up his mind that Kelley should
not manage the team in 1909. If Bow
erman had not accepted the position it
would have been offered to another.
Kelley >llas the ability, but the Boston
club thought that he was too lax. De-
feat did not sit heavily enough upon
his shoulders. Bowermans manageri-
al capacity is wholly an unknown
quantity. He is bluff, positive and
man of opinion. Whether he lacks the
diplomacy which is necessary to bring
the best out of men of varying moods
and temreraments is to be solved this
summer while the Boston public looks
on with interest.
I.umley, a player, succeeds Donovan
at Brooklyn. who was once player
Another experiment. Purely and sim
ply SO. Lumley never has given any
indication that he is of managerial
caliber.
Donovan was alleged to be too easy
with his players He says that in
part for the reason that the owners of
the club were too liberal in their treat
scoffed because the owners overruled
the manager HanlOn. previous
manager. asserted the same thing.
Here is the opportunity for Lumley to
assert himself. and if the team prospers
under his guidance his name is made
as a manager.
Griffith succeeds Camel at Cincinnati.
Camel was said not to have ruled with
rod of iron. Here are three men in
succession whose worst offense was
lack of discipline. according to the
statements which are made after they
have given way to others.
CAMEL did better than some. no
worse than others. at Cincinnati I'm
prevented the Cincinnati club from
playing with perfect confidence in its
own resources. and CAMEL was treated
no better in this respect than his pre-
deceSSorS.
Griffith is a man of experience and
ACCUSTOMED to haYe his own way.
! Without it he will promise nothing for
I the future of the team
New Manager in st. Louis.
! McCloskey was released from ST. Louis
because he cadd not make his players do
for him as they should. His was an in
stance of knowing base ball fairly well
and of knowing the merits of ball player
when he saw one. To make a player do
his best seemed almost beyond his range
His nature was such that nc antagonized
many with whom ne came in contact on
| the base ball field, but off the field he had
no such trouble.
| Bresnahan. formerly of New York sue
ceeds him. He is the perfect anttype of
! McCloskey His enthusiasm is contagious
! and his manner infectious. He Will proc
ably do more with mediocre ball players
than McCIoskey would do with good bail
/ PLAYERS His only trouble may be that his
| impetuosty on the field will lead him into
! ella she's with the umpiies, but even that is
not assured for a player turned manager
I is often different nom player looking
! for immediate success.
Lake succeeds Mcclure as manager of
! the Boston Americans-a young manager.
VINO knows a great deal about base ball
I and who may be interfered with by the
owner of the club If he is no more sue
l cessful than his predecessors
Others who have been at the head OF
the Boston team have stated their expert
4 ence TO have been trying. and if Lake
! avoids that bane OF all managerial sue
/ cesS-reverSal of orders and issuance of
forders which should be the privilege of the
manager to issue-he will have done better
than James Mcclure admits that he was
1 able to do.
Stallings once a major league manager,
and last year IA successful manager OF the
Newark club in the Eastern League, sup
plants Griffith in New York. In some re-
spects he is like Griffith in his methods. in
others he is more like McGraw and
| Clarke.
| He is a forceful manager He will toll
crate interference with neither the owner
of the club or the captain of the team:
| for that matter, with nobody if he arises
to the height of one of his objective
moods
| There has been one base ball president
who could tame him. and Stallings has not
been the fiery advocate for his rights that
/ he once was since he met Ban johnson in
! the last diSa greement between them He
| may he able 10 do better with a team
which has sunk to eighth place than Grif-
! fifth would do under like conditions. Grit
| nth would make the men plod hard and