The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07
IHANCE TO
!. THE BENCH?
I'VE Large Hope That the
s. Horse Won't Leave
(the First Sack.

81 Horse Won't Leave
(thc First Sack.
.ork, August s.--severai times
,on the owly old followers OF
,call the national pastime have
rlously alarmed by the father
nor that f. Leroy Chance, the
Iorse" of the Chicago outfit. is
to sit in the shade and direct
oilers from the bench.
fChance to become bench
.r?" howls the headlines.
fans hope not.
nix Chance, Husk Chance. the
issa Leader, the bow-legged
gler from wranglersville, on
,ench? Nix? Perish the bare
yers OF Franks ability are sell
AnSountered, even in country
ts8Yery town has crack first
Nh Field generals with Chances
brain are scarce as dodo
a dodo egg is the scarcest
Il js''-almost as scarce as a
fch egg. Long may he be
to amble around station A,
& off low throws and Good
after high ones like the real
er he surely is. writes c. E.
IN. the New York scribe.
lose students of the game--and
ne is developing students who,
" speaking" are now figuring
ys to the twentieth part of a
admit that the thing which
Cubs in line for three pen
vas the handling given those
own Demons by their rough
captain and manager. He
lis men play brainy baseball.
{se he had some brainy men to
it'll. The best team captain in
isiness could not take a team
,.y-tops and do anything with
1t is well known in the big
that If a player is born with
!portion of mayonnaise dressing
ithe gray matter should be, no
: of rousing and training will do
yly good. A ball player must be
kWltii Tie SluLl W lulHh WILL,
Chance was fortunate in having a
Righ intellectual foreheads on the
III.
Is. John Evers. you're one of the
l mean. Don't get excited, |
ny king, you're another one.
Town your hand. Mr. Brown: 1 see
L Chance got his brainy men to
Iing together and they naturally
n to play together. 1t was big
part machine. with the main cog
& as the engineer.
lis the team which does some |
: for the hard working pitcher.
the said finger is resting on
n,l which gets away with the PEN
Ind that was where Mr.. Chance
his hirelings broke into the NOV
pictures and bumped the other
IS out of focus. They were ever
ngly pulling new stuff on the Of
We end of the game.
ait little crab of a John EverS,
\ whom there is no wiser youth
de captivity, has about 400 diff
" ways of working his passage
I'D the bast runners alley. Any
that young flea gets on first
with three out still TO come.
is cause for worry. John never
ID the runwaE-not SO that any
yer caught him at It. And he
y one Of the men who; working
the directing eve of Chance,
.ht off many a victory for his
;eball does not always lie in out
Gig the other fellow any more
lsit does in outpitching him. A
.ei part depends on outguessing TIL,
,ition. and the Cubs were all
Fl little guessers.
,hance goes to the bench he will
the feelings of few hundred
ind devotees of the game who
A, become attached to him In the
i've or six years. At the present
.here are few men who have
Hnd In the respective leagues.
me. Mathewson. Wagner, Cobb,
3n, Laioie-these men are sure
!, and the men who give up their
earned buskins to see the teams
UP in battle would sincerely
a the departure of favorite.
.nce hasn't really declared him l
I He is aiVoung.man yet. 1t is
true that he has had his bumps.
fbly, he has suffered as many seri-
lccldents as any player now In the
sss In his early days he had a
OF anchoring himself at the plate
h made 1t next to impossible for
to get away from a fast inshoot,
AT least once this batting habit
him to the hospital with a crack
Is skull.
has hurt his arms and his legs
his fingers. A few Years ago
} the Cubs came riding home. so
miles in front OF the rest. Chance.
. attempt to keep his men from
lg up after cinching the flag, stole
like wild man and finished
season one mass of bruises from
to foot, caused by sliding into
stations head and feet first.
mas had his bumps and he carries
cars. ont he has also received his
lrd. AS ball players go. Chanca
ute wealthy man. He doesn't
70 work of he doesn't want ~
with the game. but the fans viii
IN sincere hope that 1t may
long day before he nuts si,I.
IN MS spiked shoes and confinss
activities TO the coaching lima ana
common Clipping, a la John Nc
WEsTERNER WINS TITLE.