El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-10
y rEw YORK, n. Y. Feb. 1O.-Chris-
NJ TOPPER Mathewson holds the
\ opinion that the National league

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\ opinion that the National league
managers of 1913, If anything.
have a little something on the
eight men who VIII lead the
different American league clubs. In
a brief talk the other day. ne took the
stand that Joe Tinker, at the helm Of
the Cincinnati Reds, and Johnny
Evers, leading the Chicago Cubs, both
would prove greater pilots than their
former boss Frank Chance, and that
George Stallings would be a. bowling
success in Boston, and Higgins in ST.
Louis; also that Bill Dahlen would
have more luck with Brooklyn this
year There was not time enough 10
go into the thing deeply, but We in
formed Matty that we could not agree
with him as to the. comparative ability
Of the Chieftains in the two circuits,
and told him that his honest loyalty 10
his league made him prejudiced-
In one thing, particularly, the
American league pilots have an adyan-
tage, considered altogether Every
one Of them had big league managerial
experience last year, including the only
man new TO the organization, Frank
Chance; StOvau, OF the Browns; Biz
mingham, Of Cleveland, Jennings, Of
Detroit, Callahan, of Chicago, Stahl, Of
Boston, Griffith, Of Washington, and
Mack, of the Athletics, all are at the
posts they held down when the 1872
season closed, and Chance, who comes
10 New York, was the leader OF the
Cubs. Connie Mack, by the way, is the
only American manager that Matty can
see" as high caliber leader. the sue
cess Of Jack Stahl being blamed en-
tirely on his star players
What Chance Did.
Matty regards Frank Chance, the
only American league newcomer, as
man who is a great leader of a team
already welded together, but says there
is nothing to show that Chance has any
constructive ability A brief period OF
"reminiscences would recall tnaI Chance
built Jimmy Archer into the greatest
catcher the game possesses; that he
made a first-rate successor TO himself
at the initial sack in young Victor
Safer; that he turned Helnle Zlmmer-
man. a mediocre utility player, into
rafting third baSeman and the heaV-
lest hitter in the league; that the year
previous he developed a raw youngste-,
Jimmy Doyle, into a star third base
man, only Just last year he developed
two star young pitchers in Lavender
and Larry Cheney. Enough for Chances
constructive ability
Jennings a TOpnOtcher.
No matter who may dispute IT, there
is no cinch in proving the assertion
that Hughey Jennings is not a top
notch leader Jennings was able to
drive the Detroit Tigers into three
successive American league pennSnts,
filling the entire interval between the
triumph of fielder Jones old Chicago
White SOx and the first success OF the
Athletics True enough, Jennings had
his troubles last year, with the strike
of his players a most difficult problem
But il viii be recalled how he whipped
them into line finally and now has rid
his team of the last trouble-ma.ker in
passing along Davy Jones' after letting
Delehanty go last year o..
StOraI Has Good Record.
George StOvall has proved his worth
already, and has built up a highly
promising bunch of youngsters in the
brief time he has been at St Louis.
StovaH also achieved the unusual in
pulling the Browns out Of the cellar
last year. and previous to that at
Cleveland, he sent the Maps from moth
ing up TO the first division in half Of