The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-06
Sporting Department
FIGHT CHANGES IN MAJOR
LEAGUE MANAGERS IN 1910
..;.,esd Men Have Been Hard to
e.eure-chanees Will Leave Big
saoues With only Four Play
;ro Managers This Year.


-. only in the playing ranks VIII
aior league baseball fans see ,o'
20 ohonges when the lne-up ior .he
nannant campaigns of 1910 Is ais
ICED There will be new managers
a-plenty. 49, ooson of
1000 eight major league club owners
80 switched managers. FIVE oi
,hose changes have been made In the
,,,orican league and three in the Ma
-, New faces will be seen I'm the
onooerial chairs Of both of Bostons
lens in brooklyn, the Philadelphia
Nationals washington, Cleveland
c,,cogos White Sox and the st.
Louis Browns.
No Playing Manager.
rhess changes have eliminated every
,,oying manager from the American
ieaoue. President Comiskey being the
,ost IN choose a bench manager, ana
=, the National league Frank Chance
80 the Cubs, and Fred Clarke of the
pirates Roger Bresnahan of the Car
dinals and Charley Doom, "men-
toned" but not yet officially appoint
od beod of the Philhes, are the only
nIavine managers left The majority
If the bench managers still don uni
forms however, and are eligible to
take active part i'm the coaching and
IN tbe games If they care To. only
Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Ath-
letics and George Stallings of the
New york Highlanders direct their
teams wholly from the bench in the
garb of civilians.
Much Experimenting.
This experimenting in managers has
been going on rapidly i'm recent years
although not at such n rate as I'm the
last ~ months. In the National league
only Chance. Clarke and McGraw oil
the 1910 managers have held their re-
spective positions for two previous
seasons.
The two Boston clubs have done the
most experimenting. The Doves a
the beginning of 1909 had two man
ayers, Joe Kelly and Frank Bower
man. the former having a hold-ovel
ironclad contract which he refused e
surrendered until it's terms were guar
anteed by Toronto. Bowerman LASTED
only part of last season and retired
in favor of Harry Smith. who i'm turn
is succeeded by Fred Lake. manage
Of the other Boston team last sea
son. The Boston Americans had onl.
one manager IN 1909. Lake, but ha'
several in 1908, including George Hufl
Jim Mcclure and Lake
In Brooklyn Bill Dahlen succeed
Harry Lumley. who I'm turn replaces
Patsy Donovan, the new leader OF tn
Boston Red Sox. In Philadelphia
Doom is picked generally to succee,
Billy Murray. who had charge of tn
Phillies for two years In Cincinnati
Clarke Griffith was now TO that io
last year and holds over. So doe
Roger Bresnahan Of the Cardinals
who went to st. Louis at the begin
ming Of the 1909 season.
Veterans Hard to Find.
In the American league only tw
of this years managers had their joe
farther back than 1908. and some {
them not so far back. They are Hug
Jennings and Connie Mack. The swii
switches made by John l. Taylor {
Boston already have been detaile,
Stallings of the Highlanders too
Grihith's place in the middle of Ill
1908 season. Mcclure succeeded Ii
1oie In the middle of last season. TIL
White SOx, st. Louis Browns an,
Washington changed managers at tn
END Of the last season. Duffy succeed
ed Billy Sullivan, who in turn took u
Fielder Jones' mantle the previou
spring. Jack O'Connor took the plac
leIt vacant by Jimmy McAleer's resig
nation of his long time post in s
Louis and McAleer himself replace
Joe Cantillon.
Yet in all the changes that hay
peen made only three men will /
making their first attempts i'm IN
management of major league ba
c'uDs this year, and that includes on
uncertainty. The only debutants wi
pe bill Dahlen in Brooklyn, JAG
oCohnor In St Louis and perhaI
- ked Doom in PHILADELPHIA. or n
turing managers only Billy Murra
ana Joe Cantillon are not already ce
'a'h TO remain in major league circle
""u 'hey may be retained or return.
The DrOnosition 90 1o.... IL.