Putnam patriot., 1910-09-02
Scene from THE WOLF

ls wrong. The result k that they all tarn out to see il happen, and give him the hook, and his team proves to be the test drawing card in the league "Ne want to beat Clark" became the slogan early in the season, not i've want to beat the Tfi.NilIagers.e But though there have been IT matinee per- fofmanees so far this season, the big act-when Clarke gets the hook--was only witnessed by three audiences.
 The reason why Clarke wins K be- cause he can see nothing but his own team. He doesn't bother abont any other manager of any other team. Let the other fellow do what he wants to the rfi.Niliagers Will win. Diekefs and denis, rules and regulations, that don't affect lis aggregation 20 by un- 1 noticed, but let something scome up that affects his pets, and he takes one jump into the lime light and fights for 1 his interest and his rights That is why the man who has landed his team | In first place has been called A hard To- | ser, simply because he fights for the | his own.
 Now il may appear that we are giv- Ing the manager all the credit and the | team none. We are not forgetting the 1 pla yefs, il k they that have won the | games, they are the men behind the | guns. But they were there iust the sane last season, and they were Ill the opposite end of the standing ,4se points below their present percentage. Had the present management pulled sthem | up into first place in the second divis, ion, or even into the first division II would not have called forth nll this comment, hut when a manager takes team that k resting al the tail end, and places II at the top in one season. It at once becomes apparent that the manager tx big factor in the trans. formation.
 MtGlarke started out bs "modestlys stating that his team would win the bunting. IL was like shaking Il red flag at Il buil and five other managers got after him, and kept after him, but he kept repeating that he would win The team caught the spirit, and now that he has made good don't let's give any one a chance to call Us hard losers by making excuses, but give the team that Jumped from last place in i9co to the championship in 1910, and the manager who piloted them up stream, ali the credit that any champions de serve.
 COMING oAMfS
 | raftville will be our guests next Satnf- day, and Manager Reeves k going to make Putnam fans feel proud of their team. He has selected Brown Of the Providence All Stars to do The box work, and is going to have strong support. including Mateustts and Ky lander.
 on Labor Day there Will he two games with the champions, morning Tn putnam al le o'clock, aud al 3 ?. n. al Wildwood Park. And our new mana ger K talking just as ieud as manager Clarke. He says that he has got n | pitcher named Befniet with a record of l6 straight games to his credit, and more strike outs than any pitcher in the state. This gentleman, he says, will hold the Tri-NiIlagefs down, and make them look like cave dweliers. To prove hts statement he shows a clipping of game in ThompsonNille where Betnler famed is of the Echoes of Hartford He adds further that he has another good man for the after noon game Well now' IL begins 10 look as If the fans were going so see some prize winners next Monday. It Is sa.e bet that the team that makes the Trl.Niilagers look like cave dwell. CTS will have to travel few. We would like to hear what Mir. Clark has go say to this, aud we know that II you could hear the reply you would scent finish fight right en, and he there to see H. A good clean scrap is what We all mani, and il looks promising. | =--~~