Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-20
Base
Ball.
Things You Want to Know

Ipirc,"
Clark Griffith. now managcr OF the Gin.
clnnau team, and in his day one Of the
crafucst Of pitchers has spent much OF
his managerial lie uuurrelliug with um-
pires. once when manager OF the New
/ York Americans he was haunting Silk
|OLoughln, the American league arbi-
traitor, VINO was in the midst Of bad
slump. while The New York team was go
ing mserably in the pennaut race. n
won't have to sit on this bench much
longer and watch you try TO umpire fog
YOU are a goner in this league. exclaimed
Griffith In an outburst of wrath. you
won't be on that bench much longer watcn.
| ing anybody II you don't get that team up
nearer the top" retorted O'Loughlin and
they were prophetic words. FOR Griffith
/ resigned shortly after that
Just as regularly as the leaves Turn
each fall, Jake Wells president OF the
Virginia league, announces he Is done Witb
/ base bali lie Is one of the owners Of
/ long string of theaters In the south aud
| feels he has all the business he can handle.
/ Just as regularly as the robins nest again
and the anti-wellsites have u all fixed up
/ to cheer for a successor to the perennial
/ Jake he gets the base ball fever an
nounces his candidacy, puts hypnotic
] NbtiA tl inc AlfhAlAk which mas Neeu taH
pecially called to make his resignation
stick, and becomes hoad Of the league
| again. He recently made his usual winter
| announcement but his resignation stuck
this time and his successor has been
elected
Tim Murnsne and Jake Morse, Two Bus
ton newspaper men, are president and sec
iretary, respectively. Of the New England
league. Murnane is the. father of the base
ball writer's and WAS formerly a star player.
lie has been president OF the league for
Years and seems destined TO hold the Job
as long as he lives Joe Jackson, lOnE
president of the South Michigan league,
is adept as Jake Wells at hypnotizing
hostile meetings OF club owners hut has
not had the retiring fever until this winter
when he stepped out end turned over the
hat in which he carried the league office
to one Of the many aspirants ...
Connie Miller, former manager of the
Meridian team in the Connecticut league
tells story of the most disRgreeable fea-
ture of d managers OF owners duties
releasing men, He called a man into his
office one day to tell him he could 60
Miller did not know it, but the mau had
been in bad health was playing base bali
on that account and had a wife and TWO
children. When he was told that he was
released he tainted dead away and scared
the manager almost into fit. Miller re-
vived the Incompetent one heard his sad
tale and did not have nerve enough to fire
, him until the season was over.
No more enterp Using minor league
E magnate could be found than pa Rourke
3 Of Omaha, ia the Western league. He has
good thing in his franchise and annually
clears handsome profit at the gate but
q his speciality is developing young ball
players to sell. He runs. a regular hot
+ house for talent and his recommendation
goes a long way Rourke said two years
a ago that he thought It bad year when
I he did not sell 5000 worth OF bali players
2 to the major or Glass A leagues. In add
q ton' Pa runs big sporting goods
y store in Omaha and has other ventures
that turn a pretty penny
o John McCloskey, manager of the NIL
h waukee team this year. is known as the
ball players friend" lie gained the
soubriquet by his habit, when a National
league manager. Of signing young players
a to major league contracts to give them a
a record of having once been in fast com.
n pany. This record gave many a Struggling
youngster q boost that helped him fol
4 years afterward. But McClosky had
another reputation 1t was that of being
able and willing to whip anybody on his
. team. When a man became unduly re-
bellious and thought he was the whole
thing Closky would sorrowfully but vigor.
ously pound discipline into him until tn,
= refractory athlete cried quits and knowl.
edged that McCloskey was boss Ed Bar.
row, the former indianapolis manager was
of the McCloskey fix, and never hesitateo
:, to attempt primitive and personal cor.
rection of players who forgot that he wa,
u the kngpin of the outfit
i ny Frederic ]. RAsRIN.
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