Evening star., 1912-11-07
BY J. ED GRILLo.

The dismissal of Harry Wolverton as
manager of the New York club does not
reflect on his ability as leader. If
ever there was victim of real hard
luck it was Wolverton last season. Not
once during the entire time did he have
his team intact. Accidents started early
and lasted throughout the campaign. Cree
and Wolter. two cracking good outfeld-
ers, played but in few games and
there were others Of his players who were
on the ball field but seldom. 1t was not
to be expected that Wolverton could
make showing under such discouraging
conditions, and it did not reflect on his
ability as a manager when his team fin
ished last.
Being dropped by the New York club
does not necessarily end a managers ca
reer. Griffith and Stallings. both capable
leaders, have had this experience and are
none the worse for it.
There Is no doubt that plans are under
way to secure Wolverton's successor. and
1t would not be at all surprising If the
job fell to either Frank Chance or Roger
Bresnahan, though it will be no easy mat
ter to get either of them out of the Ma
tiOnal League. One or the other of them
would make good man for the New
York club, as both are popular there, and
the chances are that neither would stand
for the interference which has handi-
capped every other manager who has been
in the employ of the New York club
Expert accounts of the worlds series
under the name of some prominent ball
player may be a thing of the past. The
seasons and seems to have awakened to
the fact that it has been duped.
The expose comes direct from one of
those involved. Larry Doyle. the cap
<,fv1 Nf tho mo
columns were printed, admits that he
did not write line. Here is what he
says:
Writing the world series was the hard
est work l ever tackled. l did not write
a line, but it was awful hard on the
nerves to listen to what some reporter
wrote for me and signed my name to
stuff that looked to me like inklings from
the pen Of King Solomon. But | got S6OO
for the work. though, and that's pretty
good for a reporter who is no reporter
at ALL.
No club in either major league will
train as near home as will the Nationals
next season. Many of the clubs are TAX
ing their players to the extreme south
to do their preliminary work, and, judged
on their experience of last year, this ab-
solutely assures nothing. Furthermore,
the Griffith system of training at Char-
lottesville eliminates the danger of his
players going back when they come TO
their own grounds, for there is little or
no difference in the climate at Char
lottesville and Washington. This un-
doubtedly proved an advantage last
spring, and should do so again the COM
ing year.
Another advantage lies in the fact that
there are no idle days for the players at
Charlottesville, where they can work out
even on days when the weather does
not permit outdoor practice.
| A story is going the rounds that Dan
Moeuer has offered to give Griffith $500
| of his salary if he smokes cigarettes
during the next playing season. This
should not be hard task for Moeller,
who is not a cigarette smoker, but ad-
heres strictly to a large meerschaum pipe.
| Griffith however, is opposed to the ciga-
rette, and what smoking is done on the
| team is indulged in when he is not
| around.
| Joe Tinker insists that he will not
| play for Evers on the Cub team next
| season. Joe is sore because Evers has
demanded an exorbitant trade from Gin
| cinnat for him which is sure to pre-
vent the contemplated DEAL which would