Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-31
Here's to Frank Leroy Chance!
From the ChicaCO Inter Dee;

VIOAl SiC NillCdSO luJcI OCcuI.
Lives of great ~en-baSeba players
among others-oft remind us that the
pinnacle always is worthy OF ones best
efforts In the way of achievement i'll
every line Of endeavor. There is a
glamour hat attaches to the ball play
er. There is many times a willingness
to thrust greatness upon him, but the
real thing in baseball greatness only
comes when the individual achieves it
through the persistence of his own cf-
forts.
Take Frank Leroy Chance. than
h baseball world, and careful consid-
GRAFTON of the position he has achieved
in his own particular line is a lesson
to bring profit SO the aspiring mind.
And the story of achieve nents like
that OF Chance frequently is pune
tuated by the failures sucl vs. that OF
another one-time hero Of baseball who
came hut recently to a grievous end
OF an in-spent career.
For some months fans" have been
disturbed by rumors that the health of
Manager Chance had failed 90 such AN
extent that at the end of this season
he would be forced from the harness
he has long worn we'll and faithfully.
Suffering physical fortunes brought
upon him by a blood clot which formed
at the base of his brain after a blow
upon his head. the manager of the Cubs
was compelled to lay aside his bat and
glove and give way, so far as playing
went, to a more youthful substitute.
Like a good soldier and a great gen
eral. however. he stuck to his mana
gerial post. Handicapped throughout
the season Of 1912 by the absence of
e sufficient and able pitching staff, the
Peerless Leader infused the fighting
spirit into his little hand and kept al
ways worrying the New York Giants,
leaders OF the National league. AL
though he had put by a competence
garnered through his energy sobriety
and thrift and could have retired to
more restful and peaceful pursuits, he
stuck to his post because he never was
a gutter. The slump that came to his
team early In the season served but to
show his bulldog determination. The
squirt toward the top that came later
lent renewed energy to his efforts.
Himself a soldier. he always insisted
upon a soldierly discipline among his
men. Recognizing what was due his
superior officer, when Chance learned
that he must submit to the surgeons
knife he asked permission from the
president of his club before leaving his
post. Not knowing how the operation
might terminate, the last official act
of the manager was to lift the suspen-
sion under which he had placed one Of
his star players. The real character OF
h manager who won two worlds PEN
nants for the Cubs was shown by this
act. 1t hurt him to discipline the play
er, who also was his friend. Knowing
the loyalty of his men, he knew that
this player would get back into the
game and lend his best efforts to the
team.
When word came from the east that
Frank Chance was safely through with
h doctors, thousands of followers of
baseball rejoiced. The fear that he
would retire from the national pastime
with the ending of the present season
has given way to the expectation that
he will come back and lead another
pennant winning team next spring. And
It is not too much to hope that he
will he playing at his old position on
the team, &C that One more the fans
may cheer that celebrated play: Tin.
ker to Evans to Chance"