The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18

From the New York Sun
II it's true that HaIey's comet comes
back. why not take some steps TO ascer-
tain If those old baseball stars that long
ago illuminated the sporting universe
have valid return tickets. In the season
that is now on the wane. most or the
space devoted 10 print has been taken
up with the stories and exploits OF tho
players, and only in extreme cases when
necessity appears TO have demanded the
attention has a word been said about
the managers the owners. In a word, the
men behind the guns.
It does look as If too much time and
attention cannot be devoted 10 baseball
and its opponents. The regular season
is not long enough to intOxieate or sur
felt. After the fans Of this town have
beloved and kicked and praised and
celebrated from the middle of April I'M
I'll the middle OF October visitor from
New Zealand taking his stand on a brolI-
en- arch OF HIghbridge might well ex-
claim that the said fans ought 10 hiber-
nate. The oak and the elm shuttle of the
foliage and so into peaceful retirement
while the winter months squat on the
fields ard forests and the trees feel the
better for It in the spring. But II is diff
ferent with the man and woman who get
after baseball. There is no rest so it
would De understood.
And this state Of unrest Is demon
strated in the cry for more baseball. The
National Commission has set its foot
down on the proposed all-star touring OF
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But while this exploitation Of the big men
has been frowned upon there has been
no potent argument advanced against a
demonstration of the old. old timers who
are now comfortably placed on the pad
ded seats OF the mighty. These men who
are now In authority and have the word
that boosts or condemns might take ADJ
vantage of the present conditions IN
post-season baseball. and get themselves
out in public
Well Advertised.
It isn't necessary 10 arouse any alleged
enthusiasm over the proposition, The
subject advertises itself. The mere men
ton of the names Of the men who ought
20 be put 10 uniform and sent touring
the large cities OF the country. while the
farmer is counting I'D the profits on his
crops and harvest fields, IS enough 10
insure record attendance figures. And
all that means money. For, after all,
Il IS reluctantly admitted that il takes
money 10 make the ball roll just as il is
said il used To make the mare so. In a
year or two, Of course, IL VIII be forgot
ten that money used 10 make the mare
81 Fa milf ha-
come a memory is due 70 the racing laws
that have shut up the big tracks and
forced the boOkie 10 look forward 10
very lean winter on q side street and not
10 the luxury and comforts of Broadway.
With pecuniary returns assured one
great difficulty has been bridged. But
there is something higher. nobler. more
worthy of the respect and support OF the
paying public In all this enterprise. An
education which has become so necessary
10 the welfare of the republic VIII be put
within the reach and comprehension OF
all. the banker, the farmer, the long
shoreman. and the butcher boy. II does
not make any difference where one goes
for a pupil. he or she viii be found there
waiting and fondly wanting TO be in
SIructed- NOW, what IS II
Conhdentially it is this: Get the manag-
ers of the big teams that have this season
been such huge success financially, and
morally, and so edifying out on the dia-
mond These men who have developed
embryo talent and have caused stars TO
shine in the baseball heavens where there
was only moonlight before owe a big
and imposing duty 10 the public. II is up
20 them now that the fight is done, and
the victors are in possession OF the field
for it must be conceded that the rest Of
the days In baseball for the season 1910
are about over so far as the real battle
IS concerned. The scramble is now for
the depntyships. That promises we'll for
the entertainments 10 follow in these
shorter days of autumn. But IL is In the
championship that the great interest cen
tiers. The show under the big top
It is well settled. or It ought to be, that
the credit for a teams success rests on
the managers shoulders. He will get the
blame. and as you sow, Mr. Manager, so
viii you reap. But 10 get back TO the
diamond.
Noblesse oblige holds good here under
that quarrels with his tools The man
ayers have had mighty and powerful
ideas in operation during the season OF
1910. Some OF them have not had the
happy knowledge of a work we'll done
But the ideas were not futile. were not
unworthy. II was the exemplification
of the ideas that put success in jeopardy.
So then 1t can't DO up to the manager
that his team failed 20 reach the top. 1t
can't be put up to him that his team is
riding on the bumpers while the other
fellow enjoys the best that modern in
genuity has devised 10 relieve the tedium
of long and hard journey.
SO II looks only fair. after all has been
said and done. that these managers.
owners, and other executives. who mold
ed the forms which their subordinates
have employed during the season, should
have an opportunity 10 put their own
ideas into practice and prove TO an in
dulgent world the worth, the beauty and
the advantage OF their individual systems.
II seems that this opportunity ought TO
be afforded the managers and their
hackers at the close of the season. And
certainly there is no better way yet
planned than 10 let each manager work
out his ideas on the diamond.
Just range up these stars; let each use
his own signal devices; determine for
himself the praetiesbility of a sacrifice
hit or the old army game Under no
circumstances allow any tipping of sig
nails The great success. OF course. de-
pends on the fidelity OF each manager TO
his own pet ideas or hobbies.
We have seen through the season Just
how other men worked on the tips given