The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09
Three-Year Contra G
w 18th c a I'd in ais Exs
pires End of Season.
ANXIOUS TO LEAD
BIG LEAGUE CT. IS
Hopes Realized in 1903, Il
Since That Tirhe He Has E
Up Machine Which Is NetS
Real Contender fo,
Championship >Honors
in Big Show. "A

New York. n. Y, July s-RogSh
Bresnahan. behemoth of St Louis, Mss
and surrounding country. That title
is richly deserved by the man who Is
considered the most expensive human
baseball chattel OF all times Rex \
Patr >ck is a present being idolized anT
licnized by st. Louis fandom, and AM
one who can wedge his way into the
heart of the Missouri sport fraternity,
the like of which there Is not. from
critical standpoint. has earned h.s'
spurs rs
Roger Patrick Bresnahan. be q
known. is manager of the st. Lou
Cardinals For years the team h-rAlher.;
! In the mire in the National ,urse Va
standing. and until last Year (
looked upon by all strong te .....t
being in the league for the soNJN
pose of increasing their pert
The Cardinals. ever despised + =
stronger sisters, appear to have,
ed the tether of their steppinA
proclivities, and art In the 9&
race tAis year with both han,
and whole anatomy Il
This narrative deals with RS.
Bresnahan. and the superb Shot,
the Cardinals Is used as q mt
show why Roger should be eul
Due Entirely to Bresnnhp% Nv
The splendid work of the CHA AZ
is due mainly to Bresnahan- Vs!asT
mis- personality and his abilit Hg
baseball general. Before Roc SfA
hold OF the show me" croy H
Louis was habitual occupant 6fA
cellar position in the National Sf
II is we'll known fact that
several years to whip a chamY TX
team Into line. Bresnahan our
hold of the st. Louislans for tw
years This is Rogers third We
manager. During the first tvs
of Bresnahan's regime, the y In A.
Jared rather poorly. though not ,,na
~ as in previous years. Bre
lacked the material. and the shrsnah
manager in the world can do n, we K
with a team of crude players. ,inee
But Bresnahan possessed twcy
three players that were real ieI 4
players. And ne formed a nucleus tn
This trio. and built his team aroul -
them He picked Up new players RICH
along. until now he has about tn
Youngest aggregation of FASTENERS !,
the game. ~
Toward the close OF last season. tt
mold had been cast The team ola
ed harmoniously and showed a 81
srurt Mt the windup But ct expc
persisted in placing the Srdin &
among the basement occupants in
National organization this year. The,
calculations have been rudely upset.
as the records Will attest. The Cardiz
nails boast n percentage or over 500,
the first time in many years that they
have been up so high in the rating az
this stage of the race.
Five-Tenni Race !
All credit Is due to BresnahanS. A
making the National League racJ' "
flve-team affair. lie Is one of the
players that have branched out as s.
cessful managers. Bresnahan ISIS
very much in the game. and his he
stick work and brain work have II
ed their just rewards. Bresnahs8S
hrainy, aggressive and scrappy G
err He Is Il keen student of the 8.
besides being versatile at the b..
on the bases. Bresnahan has SUD
SO well that there is talk thahl
become owner of the club beV.a ~
other year. tut
IIe will ever be looked upon a.
of the greatest catchers in the ~
He helped bring a couple OF legt
banners and a worlds championsh, Mon
New York while member of%
Giants. In 1907 when the Giants ~
going bad. and II was alleged
McGraw was not particularly ans
about the welfare of his team, Bro
han was reported n about to be
manager of the Giants. This r In
created quite stir in baseball 81 .tae ,
for time. The rumor that he :
to become n manager looked goos
Bresnahan. and from that time MS
Eearned to manaser n ball club. :
Ambition Realized.
HIS ambition was realized onpE-
cember l2, 1908. when he was sh,,
to st. Louis in a gigantic triple
in which st, Louis. New York andin9R<.
cinnati were involved. Bresn
went to st. Louis In return for Cas-
schlei, outfelder Murray and Pttoks q
Raymond Schlei was acquired by II
Cardinals from the Cincinnati i63iisaS
exchange for Pitchers Karger
Lush. Bresnahan also received a. yc
OF stock before assuming the nsr.d.
serial reins. and he was signttss' Icy.
for three years for $4,000 YsrS
hans contract expires at the e, t
this season. What Roger inten
10 when his time is up no one kSSaY1f]
But II Is certain ne can have apykUAAt
he wants. so long as 1t isIss~-.
reason. 70 ~
Insured for $4,000. -..-s--
The late Stanley Robson. owner
the Cardinals, thought 80 much
Bresnahan that at the outset OF
1909 season nc insured the star cst
manager for term OF Ave yearf
$4,000 policy. The tax was
per annum. III 81
Rresnahan went nlops aspsts s<