El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-28
Three Guardsmen Of Baseball
Fame Retain Their Popularity
1sbon Wagner Playing and Are Still
Being Selected To-
By DAMON RUNYON.

himself the possessor Of several regu-
lar base ball players.
There is no more promising lett
handler in either league than George
Tyler, a man whom McGraw would pe
mighty glad to have. Otto Hess, the
comeback. pitched wonderful ball Tor
the Pilgrims toward the close OF lasI
season. while Hub Perdue did wen IN
front of a losing team
The three pitchers gave SIallnSs
the nucleus Of a good pitching sta1t-
McTigue has displayed some promise,
although Stallngs would not keep
him at Buffalo last year.
Rariden is a fine catcher, and II IS
Dftv he cannot hit better. Hankus
Gpwdy. the ex-Giant, has shown I'M
ptovement back of the bat BIZ
Sweeney is one Of the great hltters OF
the National league, and MaraEville'
at short, is remarkable IleIoer out
light hitter.
The weakness in the Boston club has
not been so much in the pitching star
as in the team play and the genera
lack Of speed
The free-handed manner in which
the baseball leaders are flred nova
days. especially by clubs which seem
to need managers about as m9cn as
anything else, is causing considerable
astonishment in baseball circles. Whlle
Roger Bresnahan's dismissal was not
wholly unexpected in view or the nu-
merous reports Of the past year, 1t has
aroused almost as much comment as
the discharge of Frank Chance Dy
Charles W Murphy. Either OF these
men would be welcomed IN seVeral
other cities
nails COMPARES very fayorably with the
achievements Of numerous other man
ayers who are considered fairly sue
cessfuL While he had a poor season IN
1912, he was gradually getting To-
ro1
was always q strong road attraction
More than likely Miller Higgins, the
Cards second baseman, will be Bres-
nahan's successor, and Hugglns
friends believe he viii make 5000.
However. any St Louis manager has
a tough row to hoe, especially under
the new regime there, and Cincinnati
is considered a sinecure to a berth IN
the Mound City
Cincinnati, by the way, is still talk
ing about possible successors to Hen
merry O'Day, although Hanks record
should warrant another years trlal
All in all, the old umpire did Ialrly
well with the Reds, and next season he
may be able to better balance his
opening ana close against the middle
IT is said that ever since Mrs. Brit
ton became head OF the St LOUIS eIuo
that she has constantly lnUerIered IN
the management of the team, some
thing which even as astute an owner
as John T. Brush has hesitated to do
with his manager.
That no team leader can be success
fuI if he has to obey the whims of the
owner has been proved time and time
again. Probably not even a McGraw
nor a Connie Mack could finish IN the
first division if they were subject to
the baseball caprices OF a feminine
mind-or even a masculine mind, for
I that matter.
Horace Fogei and John I Taylor are
aoOne the owners credited with injur-
! ing the chances Of their clubs in years
gone oy. Charley Murphy has entered
the same class. 1t is known that Mack
and AcGraw are Unhampered, and It Is
| generally supposed that Callahan
Jennings and a few others do as they
! please. and their records will stand In
} spection against the unfortunate man
] ayers afflicted with maSnates who
want to assist in the team manage
ment