Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-15
BALL MANAGERS
WIN POPULARITY
Many Instances Where They
Rival Star Players in
Public Favor

MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Feb a.
Away back in the old days when base
ball was beginning to make itseh
felt all over the United states there
was a manager by the name OF har-
~ Wright. who was at the head OF
the Boston National League team aud
who probably enjoyed as much per-
sonal popularity as any ball player
who ever played.
Baseball men who played ana
baseball men who merely looked AZ
games knew him from one ocean 10
the other. or course. there was not
as much baseball out in California as
there was In the east. yet there were
men In California who know all
about what Harry Wight had done
on the baseball field and who loved
10 discuss II when they had baseball
on the schedule for talk fest.
That seems 20 show that baseball
managers early grew 10 be healthy
and popular in spite of the fact that
there seems TO be an impression out
in Chicago that the managers are
not as popular as the player folk
The managers are akin TO the
players and they control the players
and use all their influence TO obtain
the best work that they may from
the PLAYERS and so that they are as
much in the public eye as the men
who are on the field and who thro"
The ball and swing the bat
Arson Was Popular
After Harry Wright there came
Arson. Who did not know him ana
who doesn't know him TO this date
There was Pat Donovan OF PITTS
burgh. who never won a champion
shin in a major league In his lie,
vet he was popular with the fans and
ne is TO this day. There was Pat
Tebeau OF Cleveland. who had only
10 walk on the ball field TO bring
forth wild exhoration from the
fans. Some OF il was In protest ana
some in appreciation
Frank Selee was one of the most
popular men who ever was connect
ed with baseball. and yet he was
not even a playing manager Every
body knew him and admired him
from one end of the big league show
10 the other. When he died there
was as much regret as II he had been
a player who had been known for
his prowess on the field That would
seem to show that some popularity
mush attach to the manager.
Clark Griffith. rugged as he is.
certainly is popular with those who
follow baseball closely. and in years,
gone BY there was Frank Bancroft.
now the business manager OF the
Cincinnatis. man who is known
from New Bedford. to San Francisco.
And "Muggsy" Mctiraw
Ned" Hanlon is another manager
whose friends must be numbered by
the thousands. and Fred Clarke is
still another instance OF manager
who is hit with the fans although
he Is more reserved and perhaps less
talkative on the field than the aver
age of manarers, except II be In oc-
casonal admOnitlons 10 the umpires.
Coming into recent years, what Is
the matter with John !. McGraw
when II comes 10 hooking mp with
the popularity OF a manager II is
probable that there Is not man IN
baseball who can number more
friends than he There is not a city
in either the National League circuit
or American League circuit In which
he is not greeted daily by scores 10y
al TO him. and there is none In which
a manager can command more atten-
ton along the lire OF bleachers than
McGraw. and that usually tells the
story.
Jake" Stahl is a popular manager
How about Jimmy Calhoun OF the
Chicago Americans It is needless
10 add Chance, now the manager Of
the New York Americans. In fact.
go through the history Of baseball
lIon tue Iuit 'hdt " "'N"" =" ""''
any history up TO the present mo-
ment and IL will be found that there
are managers, and many OF them,
who rival the famous players In pop
ularty. and the fans seem glad TO
see them and to watch the manner IN
which they handle the teams as they
do 20 note tie other details OF tho
sport