The Detroit times., 1909-12-23
EASIER
TIMf.S FOR
,. SicALEER.

rtwrs FoR is enabled TO calm
,. MeALEER. ly remark that the
= 1910 Senators will
line up about as --thev did in 1909.
Jim mar -have-s well-fed, contented
sort of hope that the team VIII
finish better than last year-ani u
that time as usual, IL was eighth IN
field of eight-but the campaign
hasn't seemed to worry him much
In short. Jim seems TO be lining
himself up 20 the proper thing as
basebalIdOm regards the washington
problem. He has had no opportunity to
develop a 1909 team at Washington
and that excuse always serves TO ap-
pease the Senatorial bugs when man
ayers are changed. IL will do for
~one year; hard luck plea Will
pardon another. BY that time another
smanager is usually due.
McAleers complaisance will prove
a great comfort to his friends. Things
have not always been So In fact, dur
ing the eight or nine years McAleer
has been magnating, he has probably
done more worrying 10 the square
Inch than any executive in the busl-
ness.
At St Louis Jim almost always had
q near-winner that fell short in a
pinch. When the slump came, Jim
did his regular turn in the torture
Chamber. He blamed himself to a
certain extent. blamed the umpires
"A bit more, blamed his players and
blamed the fans. In all probability
his situation was rendered more
-grievious by the peculi. 1. 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 javelin as the fans
are In pitching popbottles at human
marks. In the morning poor Jim
would take a whirl at the st, Louis
papers to discover the latest roast.
Then he would HE himself TO the park
4 and duck the verbal missiles of the
bugs Down town in the evening there
was always a big batch OF mall 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
4 magnates regard this sort OF CORE
spondence as a pleasant means Of
the letters up for perusal on rainy
afternoon Not so McAleer. He used
to read them as fast as they came
Z 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 the bench at Bennett
: park. watching his team go through
3 its practice Those letters from the
: fans are little the worst handicap
-I've-had.~
Last year there was a time when
! fhings were breaking pretty bad. Will
/. a,iams and Stone weren't hitting, Tom
/. Jones WAS slamming into double plays,
stones arm was under suspicion and
the pitchers weren't working well. The
only man | had who looked anything
like real ball player was Ferris. He
was playing a great game at third.
We'll, one evening / found q 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 ele-
T~>Slhaft with~a- -fshpoie. He could field
3 a little, years ago. perhaps. bur he's
been a dead one for a long time now.
!, Trade him-for a yellow. purp and then
drop the ,pprp- In the Mississippi
Yours. Fan.
Now do you wonder" concluded
The Browns boss. that I'm not worry
ing much whether ever go back TO
st Louis or not?
e. c. Patterson vouches for the
%oife Dame football team Now who
rwiTI vouch for f. C. Patterson?
Matty Mcintyre may have had trOu-
bic winning ball games with his Cuban
transformers. but harmony remained
Nerone at any rate. By the way who
v Is this man McAilister who tried 20
sun the latest invasion?
There is no disposition on the part
OF the architect OF this column 20
claim ans Of the credit OF killing
boxing IN Michigan. Any sporting
page which dahres To Wa So. can enjoy
She proud Distinction all alone
Iniercstlng Tact whproyCr Joff and
sIohn~cn trnin and fight IL Wunf be- In
Ncvada Jp0 Us sjill somewhat IN.
debted to the Goidfcld gamblers and
gambling debts are collectable In that
ECONOMICALLY
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