The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-18

Sad indeed is the lot OF the dis
icarded manager OF big-league ball
club who, forced out after giving mis-
go best efforts 70 the
san LOT mr. organization OF a
DISCARDED first class team, IS
Il MANAGER. compelled TO sit
back In obscurity
somewhere and see some alert inai-
vidual come along and reap the har-
vest OF his good Judgment.
The present plight of Joe Cantillon
is the inspiring force OF the above
remark. Joe worked for three sea
sons at Washington. to give the town
something it had never had in leagne
baseball real winner. He took n
tail-ender at the start and II was still
a tail-ender when he got through. But
II is now a team Of great possibil!-
ties. and there are others. besides
Joe Cantillon who think il has an
excellent chance for a frst-divsion
finish. II is Joe's team. TO a man.
lie built it and, perforce turned Il
. over to Jim McAleer just as he pc
lieved ii ready 10 make good the
labor spent on organization.
OF course, ii would look a bit start
ling TO see the chronic Senators out
OF anything but their accustomed and
time-honored position in the stand
ings Yet II Is possible And. IL the
thing should happen this year, jim
McAleer would &c. the credit, while
the best Joe Cantilion could expect
would be a little belated recognition
from those who look beneath the sur
face.
Such a tate. however, is no new de-
velopment in the annals OF baseball
Frank Selee organized the greatest
baseball machine OF the decade in the
Chicago Cubs and Frank Chance got
the credit by taking the machine and
winning league and worlds champion
ships
Bill Armour organized a club az
Cleveland which was undoubtedly
the most formidable. man for man,
that the American league has ever
hoasted. Yet Armour left Cleveland,
a discredlted magnate He came to
Detroit. put the Tigers together
couldn't win with them. and was
forced to see HuFhie Jennings grab
OF three successive pennants with
Virtually the same team which Ar.
mour himself had led TO a finish ia
sixth place his last year OF incun-
bency.
Jim Mcclure backed lp by the
policy OF John J. Taylor, VINO is liz
eral if nothing else put together the
Boston Redsox in place OF the sad
wreck OF the city's old worlds cham
pions and, with the young team which
the veteran catcher had organized
Fred Lake woL third place in the
American league race. gaining much
fame which. in tho Judgment of tie
inner circle OF baseball should un-
uuestionably have gone TO Mcclure
Aud so the story runs There have
been q whole To- of similar instances
in baseball Teams have been appar-
emily built TO order tor a. rtaiu pur-
pose by men WHO. unable u use the
machine they have built have seen
a successor, WHO was au operator
rather than "a builder. step in and
cop the glory.
Just think what a how the Humane
Society would raise We're Pop Gee
TO try 20 race horse that had been
bunged no AZ bGdls AS De Is himself
Word-poluters iu charge of the
modern aght publicity seem 10 thint
II necessary 10 harp on the alleged
cnmlty ol their principals which was
the move used 10 attract attention q,
the championship contest between
David anu Goliath
Guess, the Tigers won't get gay
with tn "Sautone\ umpire mex
month. The official selected there s.
one Jim seffries
Nineteen Hot Bouts at ID. - c.
readS headline. But b appears 90
q Denver contemporary
The autipathv CT the American
league magnates 20 Ban johnson con
tinues The league has sentenced
Ban 10 90 years OF hard labor and az
! ,xpeuse account o. $4,000 in add
(, iiOn 90 $4,000 salary.
IAa event nc the \. ". e. here T. Ike
il Isl 90 br a match betwcru Gilbert and
Iraus FOR the championship OF CleVr-
i land and bis sldebet.