Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-17
BAR MART,
POST OFFICE
LOSING MANAGERS TARGETS
FOR SHAFTS OF CRITICISM
Men Who Command Cellar Champions Gen.
sured by Almost Everybody-Win-
ming Leaders Just the Opposite.

I rey go to the st. Louis Cardinals at a
time when they appeared to De worthless
material But under Roger Bresnahan's
magic handling they have secured a new
| lease on life. Griff had Burns, the well
known left-handed pitcher, for while.
| but as he looked like a failure Burns
| was released to the Quakers, with whom
| he quickly showed winning quality These
reverses have stirred up Cincinnati critics
| to such degree OF bitterness that they
| have no mercy for Griffith Every de-
feat Of the Reds is charged up to him and
he is never out Of hot water. His en-
ployer, Garry Hermann, has never de-
| cl1ned to spend money lavishly for new
players, and 1t is q question: because OF
these expenditures. whether the Cincin-
natl club can show an even break on
the business of the last five years. But
Grifhth says he Is blocked whenever he
wants to buy a real ball player because
| of the avarice Of rival club owners
In Washington the conditions appear to
be similar. The team has been lowering
around the tail-end position for twenty
three years and the fans are becoming
desperate McAleer. capable and pains
taking. took hold Of the Washingtons
last year. and although he had second
class materials to work with he managed
TO get the team out of the cellar. Then
the Washington critics and fans began
to cry aloud for a first division team and
McAleer. protesting that he needed more
time to develop a winner, was overruIed.
he was informed that Washington must
have ball club that would finish fifth
at the lowest, and that's all there was
to 1t.
The only first-class men NfcAleer had at
the beginning of this years campaign
were Johnson. Street and Milan. Elber-
field saw his best days when he drew
salary from the Highlanders. while the
other players were just plain, everyday
| minor leaguers. But McAleer went about
the task with characteristic pluck and
| said nothing. He told his employers that
he would do the best he could. nothing
more. The Washingtons have played the
same erratic games that marked their
work In former years, and McAleer has
| been made to understand that he is
been increased by the willingness of
| newspapers to publish letters from fans
| setting forth how the team should be
managed, while there Is an incessant howl
| highly regarded by President johnson
| and other American League officials. who
| deplore the present state of affairs In
Washington. but are powerless to offer
aid.
Other managers who are sizzling on the
| pan because Of the failure Of their teams
are Fred Tenney of the Boston Nationals,
| Dahlen Of the Brooklyns and Bobby Wal
| lace of the st. Louis Browns. George
| Stovall has done so well with the Cleve-
| lands that he will receive another trial
| next sea son, but there is some doubt
| about Patsy Donovan Of the Boston Red
| Sox and Hugh Duffy of the Chicago
White Sox. Hal Chase will remain in
charge Of the Highlanders in 1912, as the
team is going fairly we'll in spite Of many
| accidents that handicapped the boy man.
ager at the beginning of the campaign
1t is something new for Roger Bresna-
han of the Cardinals and Charley Doom
of the Philadelphia to enjoy hero wor-
ship. Both headed losing combinations
last year. and were frequently stung by
the shafts of the critics. But their teams
have worked wonders SO far this year,
and they are no longer compelled to lie
awake nights trying to devise ways and
means to avoid the jeers and taunts of
impatient crowds. They can't make mis-
takes. and their friends are legion. Fol-
lowers of winning ball teams always are
charitable, but ever ready to score the
poor manager when reverses drag their
favorites in the mire.