The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01

| cXult over his triumphs or mourn over
his errors and in his bitterness he loses
faith both in friends aud enemies.
That stage requires several years to
| wear away. In about five seasons the
player realizes that the public is fickle
that it does not mean its applause any
moro than it means its abuse. He be.
gins to understand that in its excite.
ment the crowd is Hcusslng the cards
not the players Then he generally
grows more philosophical This does
not always happen, however. There
was one player. who. after years OF
| PLAYING, was going TO desert the Chi
cago team because one night he was
assigned to lower berth No ) instead
of TO No. T.
1T is small wonder that the ma or
! league PLAYERS become spoiled. The ho-
tel arrangements all arc made for
them; their baggage is checked, the
train connections. berihs and carriages
are all arranged for by The manager
and secretary. The player is told when
TO go. where to 90. and how to go,
and some PLAYERS after wears of trav.
cling are almost as helpless as if they
never had been on n train On many
occasions when n player wants 10 make
a journey by himself the manager is
compelled TO purchase his tickets, find
his train. and send him TO il in a car.
rage. There was player with the st
Louis club a few wears ago who asked
permission Of the manager 10 lay over
on Sunday at Cincinnati en- route from
Boston to Philadelphia.
The trials of a manager with twenty
men, The majority of them grown chill
dren, under his charge, who is forced
TO soothe their injured feelings, condole
with thcm IN their troubles, cheer them
in their blues and check them in their
o,., ia ln.a 4
than told.
One evening after Frank Chance had
won two world s championships, he sat
gloomily silent for 4 long time. The
big, hearty, Joyous boy who had come
from California n dozen years before
was battered, grizzlcd. careworn and
weary. Still young, his fine face showed
lines Of care and worry and a few gray
hairs strealed his head, He was 80
and looked old For a long time ne sat
musing. Then he looked UP and smiled
grimlv.
"'Tbis business is making crab out
of me, - he remarked
Two years of managing a team Of
recalcltrants proved enough TO turn
Clarke Griffith 5 hair from black TO
white. Fred Lake said he aged FIVE
years in leading the Boston American
team. through five weeks of spring
training trip.
II one could know all the pranks, all
the outbreaks and troubles of one ball
club in one season lie would wonder that
any man responsible for The conduct of
the team could kce6 his reason
James y. Hart. when managing the
old Louisville team. had perhaps the
worst team from the standpoint OF be
havior and disregard OF discipline ever
tnY I,r
the team either was drunkard or
8 bad actor. - II was almost laughablc
to hear Hart issuing orders.
Ramsey he would say in the club
honse, "you pitch on Thursday and if
YOU win You can get drunk until Sun.
day, when ] II expect you to be in uni
form again.
That was the only way in which he
could handle the tean-and his method
worked. Ramsey would take his two
days off, but he considered il point
of honor 10 report sunday and he would
come 10 the grounds ready for duty.
What Anson endured from skylarkers
such as Tom DAILY. Elmer Foster. Her
nan, Ryan. Mike Kelly. Lange and the !
now sedate Dahlcn only he knows. and
he mercifully has forgotten much OF
what they did TO him. Every new man /
or reporter, who soiourned with tho |
team risked not only limb but life.
Ono spring the Chicago team had been |
Texas and tho southwest on
The pretense of training and reached |
Kansas City 10 finish the work Of pre-. |
paration for the season. On April L. !
.hc day on which pay commenced, An /
son announced his intention of fniug !
any man he caught taking n drink or |
keeping late hours. Tho players did !