The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-18


carrying in his inside pocket the con
tract signed by James w suliiFa"'
efstwhfIe leader OF the Lincoln tAef,'
club, in the Western League, whereby
he agrees TO give his services h">l
season 10 Richmond IN stn'il1F
capacity, ter certain consideration
lanes sullivan, or Jimmie, or .i01h.
Whichever is finally determined ipaH,
comes with more recommended 'ns tel
10 I'm tran there are medals tpciI tie
manly chest of a Russian gensrstl tie
s. liked n home and abroad and IS
REGARDED as u great baseball = sneI'il.
1T was a hard task 10 pick a ma AaSet'
and owner BRADLEY was up in the alr
on several occasions. There was
plethora of candidates, and where one
has s.. many good ones 10 choose if@Ia
the task is magnified. y anaitS
dwindled to two men. Patsy flaherty
and sullivan. between these two men
there is not so much difference as
might appear at first glance.
Herd Task to Choose,
Flahc,ly is a great little Heller. anl
h.. Is also some pitcher. Ills r1cprd
fem Atlanta shows that n; @uia
weld the willow effectively ding rs
good as 200 In this Department. lie
cssaycd the Initial sack in on. gan'e.
bur didn't do quite so Well ihel ne
pttchel In eleven games and Won lie
majcritg In the garden, ~ sh"nc
and on the bases was fast. So much
Tor t'inhclty.
sullivan. on the other hand mas not
so good record on paper. lie mas
never hit above .225. has felded about
$50. and has done pretty wen on TN
bases His great forte Is in selecting
players In this department he mas
worked wonders. 1t was simply cas-
of choosing between player OF a
spectacular variety and one who mad
brains coupled with ability Naturally
q man so astute as the local owner
threw his chances with the brains, and
in my humble opinion he acted wisely
or course you can't always tell about
these things, When the announcement
came that Bradley had signed Flaherty
I was glad When the information
came that the first report was not true
but that Sullivan was to be the man
l wasn't sorry, Indeed, Sullivan nAs
most enviable record tie took
charge OF the Lincoln club when the
men were going badly. had siumpec
and rested in a place next TO the eel
lar Then his work began to tell, ape
when the sea son closed Lilcoln was {
contender for the pennant and finished
in third place sullivan holds tht
league record for the number o.
straight games won,
New Manager May Not Play
In a conversation with owner Brad
Icy yesterday he said that he did no
expect sullivan to do much playing
next season He went TO get mar
who cou!u pick players and he WASH
bothering about the expense or tnt
actual playing ability of the man
What he wanted was manager, no
ball player. Had he been able t
get man who combined both OF thes,
qualities, naturally he would hav,
chosen him, but the essential thins
was to get a manager; the ball playing
part was of secondary consideration.
1t must not be gathered tnat Sullivan
can't play ball, Reports from out IVES
say that as a pinch hitter he shines
and when 1t comes TO DOMINIC the BIZ
mitt and the windpad he is also som
pumpkins. But YOU can't expect
man to manage a winning team and a
the same time do himself justice. S
wat do we care whether he croi, &c.
in game or not 80 long as he vii
be seen o.. the coaching lines and VII
get us team to win?
You can't tell how far a toad cal
suiiip no fioohS, iipilhIi SttiI YOU tSI
tho ability OF a manage Of bal
team by his official batting and field
ing average The best, test, dis to SO
what the men who played for hin
and with him think of him and wha
the team which he managed aid i
the league race, sullivan made goo
in Lincoln, ana The Times pispatc
correspondent Said frankly that tn
only reason for the change was t
get new faces on the team, Yer
wise move at times.
BRADLEY Satisfied.
Bradley is satisfied. and that goe
long way with me under the condi
tons He admits that he made mis-
take last year, and whether he admit
1T or not the mistake cost a lot Q
money So that next year. he is goin
to get together . winning team II
Is possible. He believes that Sulliya
Is the man to tura tho trick, and unit
the developments of the playing sea
son prove to the contrary 1 shall ad
wise the fans 20 feel the same VIA
about y, by the way, with the a.
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