The Detroit times., 1909-12-22

ru tillion's successor,
TINES FOR Is enabled 70 calm
}. MrALEER. ly remark that the
1910 Senators Will
line up about as they did in 1909.
Jim MAJ have a well-fed. contented
sort OF hope that the team viii
finish better than last year-and
that time as usual, IL was eighth In
a field of eight--but the campaign
hasn't seemed 10 worry him much.
In short, Jim seems 10 be lining
himself UP 10 the proper thing, as
aseballdom regards the Washington
problem He has had no opportunity 70
develop 1909 team az Washington
and that excuse always serves 10 ap-
pease the Senatorial bugs when man
ayers are changed. II will do for
one year: hard luck plea will
pardon another. BY that time another
manager is usually due.
McAleer's complaisance will prove
a great comfort 10 his friends. Things
have not always been so. In fact. dur
ing the eight or nine years McAlee-
has been magnating. he has probably
done more worrying 10 the square
inch than any executive in the busi-
ness
At ST. Louis Jim almost always had
near-winner that fell short In
pinch. When the slump came. Jim
did his regular turn in the torture
| chamber. He blamed himself 10 a
certain extent. blamed the umpires
biz more. blamed his players and
blamed the fans. In all probability
his situation was rendered more
grievious by the peculiar character
istics of the home populace at the
Missouri metropolis. With a few no
table exceptions down there, the
baseball scribes are as expert at hurl-
ing the verbal javein as the fans
are in pitching pop-bottles at human
marks. In the morning poor jim
would take whirl at the ST. Louis
papers TO discover the latest roast
Then he would HE himself to the park
and duck the verbal missiles OF the
bugs. Down town in the evening there
was always big batch OF mail for
him, for the ST. Louis fans are great
letter.writers.
Most OF the letters came from the
class known in the baseball world
as "grandstand managers. Most
magnates regard this sort Of corre-
spondence as a pleasant means OF
willing away tedious hours and save
the letters up for perusal on rainy
afternoon. Not so McAleer He used
10 read them as fast as they came
in. And they got him sore over the
aspersions on himself and his men.
Nobody really knows what I've
been through. remarked the Browns
retiring boss one afternoon last sea
son. as he sat on tho bench az Bennett
rark. watching his team 60 through
It's practice Those letters from the
fans are "a ittl, the worst handicap
we had
Last year there vas time when
ihings wore breaking pretty bad. Will
Nams and Stone weren't hitting, Tom
Jones was slamming into double playa,
stones arm was under suspicion and
the pitchers weren't working well. The
only ran ! had who looked anything
Ike a real tall player was Ferris. He
was playing great game at third.
Well. one evening 7 found a letter
from a bug and what do YOU think he
wrote
Whatever YOU do said he, Get
rid OF Ferris. he couldn't hit an Gle
phant with fshpoe. He could fell
n little years ago. perhaps. but he's
been a dead one for long time now.
Trade him for a yellow purp and then
drop the purp in tho Mississippi.
Yours. A Fan
"Now do you wonder concluded
tho Browns boss. that I'm not worry
ing much whether ever 20 back 20
St. Louis or not?
F. G. Patterson vouches for tho
Notrc Dame football team Now who
will vouch for r.. C. Patterson
Matty Mcintyre may have had tr0u-
bic winning ball games with his Cuban
transformers. bat harmony remained
serene az any rate. By the way. Xho
F Is this man McAllister Who tried 90
run tho latest invasion
/ There is no disposition on tnc p.tt
OF The architect ~ this column 20
claim any Of the credit ul kllmr
boxing IN Michigan Any spor'm-
page which desires % do -u can rn iov
l)hc proud distinction aH alone
Interesting fact: Wher,,cr JEFF ana
Johnson train and fight. 10 won't bc in
Nevada Jeff is still somewhat IN.
debted to the Goldheld gamblers and
gambling debts arc colloctable in rla.
commonwealth