The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-19
NEW MANAGER OF SENATORS is
A GOOD MAN AND WILL PUT
TEAM IN RUNNING.
FEW PLAYERS ARE LEFT
New Chieftain Starts Off With Only
Four Old Men, Says Scoop But
He Has Some Good Men in Sight
and Will Have Good Team.

(By Scoop of Helena INDEPENDENT
The baseball situation at Helena mas
taken a sudden turn for the better ior
the coming season-better than mas
been the east since Helena was a
member of the Northwestern league.
The acquisition of Daniel Shay as
n voluntary subscriptions OF
over $1,000 and more enthusiasm than
has bcen the case for several years, are
ascribcd to be the causes.
The acquisition of Danny Shay came
as a pleasant surprise to the fans or
Helena. No one was slated for the
position and Shay's determination that
Pocatello would not be in the league
on account of the loss of Boise caused
him to seek elsewhere.
He wired his terms to Helena and
they were accepted Immediately. Hell
ena's new manager has been in the
baseball business for 16 years. During
this time he played several years in
major league company, and only left
it to manage other teams for more
money. Since leaving the majors he
has managed cams in the American
and other leagues. Shay is a very
quiet man, he makes no vainglorious
boasts as to where he will put Helena,
but promises to do his best. He is
slender, of medium height, with a re-
served but friendly manner. Though
his hair is slightly tinged with gray,
his firm chin and clear eye mark him
as a fighter. 1t is said that he makes
Jack Flannery's Well-know tactics on
the field resemble those of a bashful
girl at her first kissing game, when
it comes to securing justice and get
ting what is due him from a player or
an umpire.
Shay is a manager who will make
friends in every town in the circuit
and he has always been popular in
own where ne has managed.
His record is a worthy one, his
%proudest work probably being when he
raised Kansas City from the cellar to
a startling finish with Minneapolis
in the American association.
Little is known of the Helena team,
or can be predicted at present, as
Shay has never been here before and
declares that the chances of a new
conner in a league to finish we'll are
problematical. He came expecting to
nave some aNdlldDle men from laSt
year, but with the dismal finish of
the team. Maurice Weiss gave all his
men their baseball freedom to sign
where they pleased. Quigley, Bryan
and Byrd We're the only ones who re-
manned faithful and stuck to the ship.
Thompson, it is reputed, has recently
signed a McClOskey contract.
The new manager, however, has al
ready sent several contracts to men
whom he say will be away up in
the Union league standard and will
materially strengthen Helena"
More gratifying to the new manager
than any other phase of the baseball
situation in Helena is the conduct OF
the fans themselves. They are of the
opinion that the Helena Baseball com
pany used rare discretion in selecting
Shay and are backing their Judgment
with voluntary subscriptions
As Yet no solicitor has been sent out
to raise funds for the team, and s1,25t
has been subscribed. With the forfoi
money already safely deposited agains'
the account of the team. the people
feel assured Of getting results. anC
with a start which has never beror,
been attained financially by Helena,
the late start of the team itself seem.
recOmpensed.
Though Shay has only beer here
few days he has decided on sevcra
improvements at the ball park Whicl
Will not only help the players, but wi.
make the fans more comfortable.