Bisbee daily review., 1910-08-21

Lsses Who Own Shz-ts fn Clubs They cirset-corliskey Is Con ss'sesss cS=rnple.
 F..-ner each year Is the competent
 big league manager fastening ais
 teetA !a tae Hanks of baseball. s.a~s
 tAe Philadelphia North American To- day the reid tacticion virtl ally con i t.ols the club he representa-
 Brains have advanced w3:4 skin ia basc ball. and not only are the man | asers backing up their supreme posi- | t.on in the clubs with their ability but l tter are TOW beginning to increase their hold by obtaining ana-cial ia- | ttrcsts in the clubs.
 l A-uou-cCnCnt was mace recently | tl.-t William Murray. who has i.a3e a | success in handling sAe Philiics rincs | he went there in 1907. had purchased | the heavy interest of r1rney preyfuss,
 the Pittsburg owner in the Philadel- phia club
 While Murray had won a fixed place with the Phillies through merit alone. | this stock transfer insures the perma- nency of his place as long as he de- | sires, for his holdings in the club can
 never be ignored Murray will now De | intimately acquainted with every an | gle of the Phillies, from a financial as
 well as a playing standpoint
 Another big league figure who is a ! heavy stockholder in the team he man.
 ages Is Connie Mack, the shrewd lead 1 CT of the Athletics. In the average | season the dividends Mack realizes on hfC gFC Flv~ T. | draws as a manager Mack already
 has a comfortable fortune, which will l undoubtedly be substantially increased
 as the years wear on. It was not very ! long ago that Connie was taking a | regular turn behind the bat for the | Pittsburg club. The most he drew as l a player was S2.400. which shows the
 future a ball tosser has if he attends
 to his business.
 Chance of the Cubs, Jones of the l Sox, McGraw of the Giants, Lajoie of the Cleyelands and one or two other
 managers not only draw fancy sala- ries. but also hold stock in the clubs they represent. although their inter
 est is by no means as large as Mur-
 rays and Macks
 Another conspicuous example of .
 player and manager who amassed . | large fortune is Charles Comiskey. the old Roman. In the latter eighties and
 early nineties Comiskey was manager
 and first baseTnan of the St Louis l Browns and Cincinnati teams, his sal- ary for the dual duty not exceeding the ] ss.000 mark Today Comiskey con-
 trols the White Sox, one of the most
 valuable franchises in the big league,
 and 1t is estimated that he Is worth
 half a million dollars Comisi<ey will l-r.. plant is a gold mine
 l Jim McAleer. manager of the Wash. ingtons. is rapidly becoming rich Ais ] though only the manager, McAleer is easily the most influential figure in the ] Nationals. because Owner Moves neveR interferes with him, and his word ia
 law
 ], There is evidence that the relations i between owner Murphy and Frank | Chance his manager, have not been entirely placid. although Chance is [ said to get sI0.000 for a seasons work | and is worth 1t ! Hughey Jennings. the old Baltimore and Brooklyn star who won several pennants for Ned Hanlon by hia dag. 1 zling fielding and capital inside work, | tried his hands at managing fin 1904 when he had charge of the PhiIliez. Jennings was not given a free rein by Reach and Rogers. and he drifted to the minors. where ne did excellent Wo-i. as a manager Jennings came back to the fast set I in 1907 as manager of the Detroit Americans. He won the championship |
 fin his first year out ard repeated Ia
 1908 so Jennings is assured of a per-
 manent Job at a fat salary. He re- ceived a big boost in his pay envelope.
 by the way. last winter. ! When Clark Griffith quit the New York Americans as failure it did not necessarily mean a deathknen to his | activities in the big leagues. for Cin- [ cinnai was glad to sign him. It is 1 said that Griffath draws as much l money from owner Hermann as he did from owner Farrell. .
 So scarce are competent managers that St Louis sacrificed three rattling good pitchers and a hard hitting out fielder to obtain the release of Bres- nahau or the Giants Even then St [ Louis was experimenting for Bresnas ] han had nevs- had any experience as ! a field general President Robison be- { iieves that he made a good move. for i Bresnahan has demonstrated that he is an intellectual. finished player. tAs kind w-jch always makes a good man. aser.
 Barney Dreyfuss would never think of parting with Fred Clarke. his leader, who has been the playing executive of the Pittsburg club ever since the Louisville and Smoketown teams werss merged. Clarke is very wealthy. bel ing the owner of a large ranch in Kzn-i sas which he purchased from his basel bell savings
 McGraw has proved a7 inspiring leader and a big money earner for John T. Brush of the Giants McGrav is just the kind of a hustler to maks a hit with New York patrons. and since going to the metropolis he has changed the Polo grounds from a graveyard Into one of the best paying plants t1 the country. McGraw gets a topnotcAt salary and in addition holds a smaa block of stock
 George Stallings once a manager sfi the Phillies. like Jennings has conns back to the majors after spending ssv- eral years in the minors. ETe stsrtea the management of the New York Americans last year under favorable auspices. Prank Farrell. president Ofi the Highianders. did not hesits te to put fancy salary in Sta1lings' eoo-, tract