The Washington times., 1912-12-26
GOOD MANAGERS
LESS SCARCE THAN
THEY WERE IN 1911
Both Leagues Better Pro.
vided With Competent
Leaders.

NEW YORK. Dec. S.-Boston Is fair.
ly we'll on In the managerial way with
the McAleer-s -stahl- stailings combina-
tion; the Mack-Dooin layout over in
Philadelphia isn't half bad. But where.
In any mans town. have they . pair to
compare with Col. J. ]. McGraw and
Peerless Leader Frank'L. Chance? No
other city ever has been blessed with
such talent as this.
Looking Upward.
Both leagues rate higher. manager
tally, than they did during the 1912 cam
paign. J. King was not a bowling sue
cess down In Boston; his successor.
George Stallings. was the best manager
did fairly we'll. all things considered. ut
Cincinnati. and Joe Tinker had sonne-
thing Of q Job cut out for himself to
better the ex.ump performances.
to Ths me Seysh s Fl. arp
40 regular manager. but he. is not
Cubs across weeks and weeks Of fairly
rough going without completely wreck.
system and the proper mental poise to
Whether Miller Huggins can DO as
we'll at st. Louis, under Mrs. Britton.
as Roger Bresnahan did IN the same
time during the lifetime Of Stanley ROD.
figured until some time along in Octo-
ber next. He 10 generally rated. how:
ever. a. carrying average managerial
ability and may develop something more
II permitted to run things his own way
Both Better of.
Two National League clubs seem to
have been benefited by managerial
changes; One. st. Louis. may lose moth
ing by switching. and q fourth 10 in
doubt There never was brainier ball
player than Johnny Evers. but Killing
went to Boston with the same recon-
n,endation and failed. miserably. The
hest Evers can hope for 10 to run fairly
close to the example set for him BY
Chance. He seems to relish his oppor:.
tunity,. but there are said TO- be several
umpires who don't half discharge their
Jobs.
The American League. with Chance
coming to New York, Callahan no longer
an unknown quantity in Chicago. the
McAleer-Stahl combine a. success IN
toni. dsogse Ss cafS sSva as nGnf
wonders In Washington, was never IN
A better way. Only Cleveland seems not
to be on the upward trend.
Chances Salary.
There isn't the slightest doubt that
Chance will grab the Yankees for
one Of the best contracts ever signed
by any manager but only Frank Far
rell knows Just what terms the Peer
less Leader IL holding out for. A
report from Chicago has It that
Chance wants salary aDproximat.
Ing $4,000 q year. with a "5 per cent
OF the net profits" clause to boost
his returns up to or beyond $4,000.
Chance is still In Los Angeles or
the Immediate neighborhood of tho
same and steadfastly refuses to give
would-be interviewers any idea Of
Just what 1t would take to tempt him
away from his orange groves. He
declined yesterday to discuss a re-
port that he had refused to manage
the Yanks for anything less than
The report that Chance said he
would refuse to sign for salary
not greater than McGraw's. on the
ground that he (Chance) had done
moro In baseball than the leader of
the Giants, is generally discrcdited.
Chance never has been in the habit
Of reckoning hisOown worth by the
sutSposed value Of other men. and
even II he thought such a thing it's
better than even money that he
wouldn't say 1t.