Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

took a team Of ordinary players that year
and developed a base ball machine that
swept all before Il. At the outset Boston
fans were IN the dumps. but as the season
progressed and Morril's men continued TO
climb the ladder Modern Athens went wild
with delight and JOhn Morrill, could have
had the sacred goldfish in the state house
FOR the asking. Frank Bancroft. now the
business manager Of the Cincinnati Reds.
was the nominal manager OF the Providence
Grays when they carried off first honors In
1854 but Radbourne got the most credit
because OF his phenomenal pitching.
w. Il. Watkins was the manager Of the
champion Detrolts in 1857. but much Of
the real credit belonged to the great play
ers under him. including Brouthers. Rich
srdson. Rowe, White, Hanlon, GetEein.
Thompson. Bennett, Camel, Baldwin. Con-
way, shindle and Twitchell. This team
was a wonder with the bat and actually
hammered it's way to the front.
James Mutrie, who managed the cham
pion Giants In 1883 and 1883. was another
f~igurehead, so to speak, for Buck Ewing.
the captain, was the real man behind the
gun. Murtie was capable enough and de-
veloped the old Me;ropolitans. who won the
American association pennant in 1884, but
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work hard and as he had an easy boss in
o b. Day he let Ewing hold the reins.
Mutrie was a great boomer for the club,
however. and wherever ne went he at
tracted attention with his war cry, we
are the peoplei" But when Ewing and the
other stars deserted him for the Brother
hood cause in 1890 and he was compelled to
get out and hustle for more talent he dis
covered to his dismay that he had lost his
grip.
About this time the Boston club signed
a quiet, mild hammered fellow named
Frank @. selee to manage the Hub team.
selee had managed several small teams
around Boston before he took hold Of the
Omaha club. with which he won the West
ern league pennant. When Boston got him
the fans shook their heads in doubt, but it
did not take Selee long to show that he
was made OF the right stuff. He took Kid
Nichols, the noted pitcher. and Herman
Long, the sensational shortstop, to Boston
when he left Omaha, and with the addition
OF Bennett, CAMEL, Clarkson, Fucker,
Quinn. Nash, Lowe, Brodie, Stivetts,
Duffy, Mccarthy and others he won PEN
nants in 1891, 1892 and 1898. Then he got
hold Of Lewis, Bergen, Collins, Tenney,
Chick Stahl, Klobedanz, Hamilton and
others and proceeded to capture two more
pennants In 1897 and 1898. When his con-
tract with the Boston club expired several
years later. Selee took hold OF the Cubs
and actually laid the groundwork for the
team that soon made Chance famous. for
Selee was the discoverer or rather devel-
oper Of Killing, Chance. Tinker, Evers,
Ruhlbach and other Chicago players who
have been factors In the winning of three
championships.
Selee died last year, but he will not be
soon forgotten. AS a<judge of the green
material he was an expert. lie dug up
many famous players, knew how to get
the best work out OF them and It is said
that he never had a quarrel with a mar
on the bench.
Seelee's rival for managerial honors when
in his prime was Ned Hanlon Of the Bal
timore club. After leaving the Detroit
club Hanlon managed the Pittsburg team
with only fair success. He finally took
hold OF the B~altimores, but not before he
had received a guarantee in writing from
the late H. r. Won der Horst that he would
not be interfered with. His first move
startled both Won der Horst and the fans
because OF its radical nature. He traded
George Var Haltren, the star of the team.
Then Hanlon saw that he had a coming
player in a youngster named McGraw, now
the Giants manager, and he cut him loose.
He also secured Hugh Jennings in a deal
with the Louisville club and picked up
Joe Kelley. He made a famous trade with
the Brooklyn club by which he gave I'D
Shindle and Treadway for Dan Brouthers
and Willie Keller, and with the veteran
battery, Mcmahon and Robinson, to de-
pend upon he gradually built up a team
that won the pennsnt in 1894, 1896 and 1896.
Hanlon became the manager of the Brook
lyns In 1893 and won two more pennants
in succession, aided by such stars as
Jimmy Hughes, Bill Kennedy, Charley Far
ren, Jim Mcclure, Jennings, Daily. Lave
Cross, Kelley, Sheckard. Fielder Jones.
Keller, Dahlen. DR.. McJames and others.
But the American league wrecked this
great team two years later and Hanlon
could not develop an able substitute. He
soon drifted to Cincinnati, where he failed
to produce a winner. and then got. out Of
major league ball.
Charley Comiskey. the owner OF the Chi
cage White sox, was another class
manager, He played first base and han.
died the st. Louis Browns when they can
tured four successive pennants in the old
American association in 1885, 1886 1887 and
1883. The Browns also finished second I'm
the races of 1888 and 1888. Comiskey man
aged the Chicago brotherhood club in 1880
and finished in fourth place. but he led
the White Sox to victory in the American
league race OF 1900 after failing to accom-
pllsh much during a several years engage
ment In Cincinnati. He appointed Clark
Griffith manager Of the White sox in 1901
and they won another championship which
was repeated In 1906 with Catcher Billy
sullivan at the helm.
Arthur Irwin the Highlanders' scout.
won fame not only as the shortstop Of
the Providence champions. but also as the
manager Of the Boston team that won the
Brotherhood penhant in 1891 and the
American association championships the
next year. Jimmy Collins. now in charge
OF the Providence Eastern League club.
was the man at the wheel when Boston
won the American league pennant in 1903
and 1904. Connie Mack, a famous dis
coVerer OF young players. developed the
Athletics who captured the American
league championship In 1902 and 1906 and
last year he had another great bali team
that finished close behind the Detroits.
Mack Is regarded as one of the best man