The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-01
A MANAGER
 A SEASON And Sometimes More
 Than One RECORD OF MONTGOMERY TEAM Grsminget Scans Booked For Long
 Stay. If Such Proves te s. sA. Case Ba.esan May Be what It oushs Ts ae I.e- sy., eally.

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 A story in last weeks Sporting News about the many different managers of the New York Giants brings to mind the fact that Montgomery teams have had a few managers themselves.
 Since the day that Charlie Lewis took charge of the famous Lamhx's back in 1882 this town has had some fifteen at the head of the different bah ciiibs including 1908. After Lewis there was John McCioskey. Jack Hayes, Ted sullivan, Pop Smith, Dick German. Lew Whistler. Bill Stickney, Eddie Pabst. Ike Durrett, Dominick Mullaney, Tom O'Brien, John Malarky, Jimmy Ryan and Ed Greminger Not sinsie which d manager had charge of Montgornery team for more than one year--and iots, Of them only stayed at the helm part of one season
 fseyiss had the team durlnG the Whoie of 1sazs bsrts he was made to beat it the next year. being an umpire in the Southern League when John McCloskey had the local team Jack Hayes nlIe9 Sullivan handed 1t to the Montgomery people good and proper. and bteW up in the early part of his season here, taking his entire outflt out to the more State. Pop Smith also blew up in mid season. but he was square, and the Montgomery people had nothing agaInst him. as he was an invalid when his m entire year, and his lss& team was the best eHsexcept the one that rom l1Brien started with in 1905 when Dur ret finished the year.
 In 1903 Lew Whistlery served out his entire year with the "Black Sox." but he was one Of the last managers to stay here an entire year Eddie Pabst started in 1904. but the poor fel- low had consumption and Bill stickney
 = In In 1905 Tom o'Brien. the former Bir. mingham manager, started as heal or the Montgomery team. but though ne ball players ever in the South. he did not know the first principles of manag- ing them. In mia season his head was chopped off. and big Ike Durrett put in charge Ike started out in 1906. but butted into trouble with an umpire in Birmingham and to save Judge AaVa- naugh from any embarraSsment tne Montkomery management released him. Mullaney finished that season, and m 1907 John Malarky handled the team, going the entire route;
 Tn 1908 Jimmy Ryan had charge oL the team, but was cut down in mid season. Ed Greminger succeeded him and starts out this year as manager. IT Greminger proves . success. IS fo be hoped that he will be kept at the head of the. team for year or so Sssebali has never been what it should be In Montgomery Is the fact that Q manager has never been allowed to have charge of the team for more than be the man that Is hoped for and is kept here several years ne cap natur-' ally give better work year afeer year.
 The cases of Charlie Babb In Mem phis. Mike Finn in Little Rock, Charlie prank iu New Orleans. Billie Smith in Atlanta and even Bill Bernhard in Nashville are to the point When you get good man. stick to him and the confidence on the part of the local patrons of the game.
 The Sporting News story in regard to the Giants is like this:
 sIn recountipg the list of manaKers of baseball clubs in. what might be de- scribed as the modern period of the national game it will be found that the New York National League club has league clubs and tho St. Louis and PhiIadelphia ,Amertcans the fewest. John McGraw is.the thirteenth manager of the Giants since the time they were pennaft winners before-since the Mu- frie' management in the late 'S0s. The St. Louis and Philadelphia American clubs never have had but one man ager each--James McAleer and Connie Mack respectively--but then they haven't, been in existence nearly as long | aa the New York National&
 'aThe manager is like the piayer--he
 may change often, or he may SUCK lons with one club. It depends, among oth- Fer things, on the manager. his success l and the man~who employs him. A change of base by no means necessarily l implies lack of ability. Some managers who haven't been Q success In one city faveo been a success In others,s where | their methods were better Adapted to 1 getting results under ar new environ ment. Other managers nave peen G z | circumstances making a change advis- able. There's Frank Selee for instance | He was a winning manager In Omaha continued his success whe me went to to | Chicago. Were 1t not for Ill healtni 1 vshich keeps him fin the West. he doubt | less would be manager of big league
 Tim Mutrfe managed the Giants in
 the good old days In 1888 and 1889, and
 after heH left not another poss ianosE
 the New, Works 2 pennant winner nntil @
 John McGraw dl& sne srick tn ss lsy4, Ia. M" s1'e ] yuanaRer in St. Louis. but without do insp af ali we'll. He went back to Hal
 fIrnore when that team was in the Am
 sricSn Leasgs sgonstrateS shsa e hiS t4ess fo1
 the job and has been successfni man ager every year since , ~,..,o,..,
 'Srhe long list Of New York Nationa
 IncimSsa Pat Powers, president of tho
 Eastern League, who was a success,
 fui manager In Bpffalo before going It New York. John Ward. who was man l a ger when the Giants won the Temple ctip in 1894; George Daviss Jack Doyle frred Hoey. the oubman; Harvey Wat
 kins, a successful man in the circni and theatrical businessj Arthur Irwin Irwin
 Adrian c. Anson. Scrappy Bill Joyce Buck Ewing, Horace Fogel, a hiladel' nhia newspaper man. and George | Hs4h oarond haseman."