Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-21
CAREER OF CHARLEY DooIN.
How Manager of PhrfTies Broke Into
 Big League.

, Charles $. DoOin, manager of the Philadelphia Nationals and veteran of 1000 major league contests was adYis ed by Charles A. Comiskey to stick to the tailoring business after a brief
 trial in 1889 with the St. Paul club
 of which Comiskey was owner at that time. Comiskey does not recall the in
 cident, but Dooin tells the story on
 himself as an example of one of the rebuffs he had in severing himself i from his trade as clothing cutter and finding an opening to crawl under big tent. Although he' had been a member of five teams, Dooin had not participated in a dozen professional i games when he became a regular with 1 the St. Joseph club of the Western league in 1901. Nor did St. Joseph seek DoOin's services so that you could notice it. DOOin wished himself on to | the club
 1 When Charley, then stripling weighing in the neighborhood of 115 pounds trembling entered the office of the St. Joseph club to report for spring practice he found a joviel-looking man sitting at desk reading a news paper. Inquiry revealed that was Me- kibben, his manager. Dooin stood there uneasily, tWirling his hat and waiting for the manager to say some thing. Finally the great man broke the silence by asking, What can do for you, sonny" T Dooin, your new player stammered the youth.
 McKibben slowly laid down his pa per in surprise, got up from his chair walked around the recruit once or twice while surveying him from head to foot then calmly remarked: Why my boy, 1 wanted d catcher, not d jockey" Injuries to the regulars, however, gave Douin his chance and he was put in 10 catch Big Jim" Wiggs. Dooin not only was d catch CT in his first game but thrower as we'll He threw to first and the ball nearly took the baseman's foot. He threw to second and the baseman there would have needed stepladder. He threw low to third and then with the game in a critical stage and the bases loaded he threw to third again to catch runner off. The left fielder running over to pick up the play near ly caught the throw on the fly. It emptied the populated sacks.
 When the weird session was over and Dooin was charged in the score with four rosy errors, he walked to the club house and began to pack up his things. McKinben came along and said: What are you doing kid?" "Gettin ready toquit before I'm fred" Just unpack those duds," said the manager. Your nerve deserves some thing hanging probably, but you get another trial. whoever heard of youngster making three as bum pegs as you did and then thinking he could catch a. man off third in a critical spot. You stick"
 Dooin stuck and caught almost every game that season in the fall he was sought by several major league clubs. Owner Van Brunt, a man of independent fortune, allowed Charley to pick. his own club. He chose Philadelphia after he had se cured a contract calling for S2l00 salary for 1902 and bonus of 5000 if he were released Those were in the days of the baseball war Dooin has been q member Of the Phtllies ever since.
 Philadelphia went out in front this season, aided by the great work of the slab staff, but was oVerhauled by the Giants when $ batting slump struck several of the former sticking stars Dooin is not discouraged. If our bat ters and pitchers ever work together a full season and we are not riddled by injuries. that year we will win the. pennant. Our jinX cannot last for ever" That's the way Dooin sizes up his club. It sounds convincing.