The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-15
FAMOUS BASEBALL CHIEFTAlN
WILL MANAGE HELENA CLUB
THIS SUMMER.
SPLENDID RECORD
Shay Is a Big Man in the Baseball
World-Was Manager Of the Kan
sas City Club for Three Years-On
His Way North Now.

Helena, February 14.-(Special.)-
Danny Shay will manage the Helena
baseball team this summer. Mr..
Shay, for three years manager of the
Kansas City club in the Union assoc
clatlon, has accepted the terms Of
tered by the local directors and will
be mere soon to take up his duties.
says this mornings independents:
Shay comes to Helena highly recon-
mended. Ralph Frary, Union Asso-
citation umpire, who is in Helena, and
who is one of the best informed base
ball men in the minor leagues, said
yesterday, when informed that SHAY
a been signed, that Helena had Sc
cured me of the biggest men outside
the big leagues, and one who knows
the game like a book.
A Good Record.
In signing Shay the directors of the
Helena club are taking no chances. He
is an experienced nag He hand
led the Kansas City club during the
years 1909, 1910 and 1911. In 1910 he
finished fifth and in 1911 he brought
ms team up to second place, with a
spectacular sprint that gave the Min
neapolls club a real scare, something
on the order of the grand race put up
by Clark Griffith with the Washing
ton club this year. OF the 1911 race
in the American association, Reach's
baseball guide says THE race develop-
ed the usual number of disappoint-
ments and only one surprise. namely.
the Kansas City team, which steadily
gathered s~trensth, was the only one
to give the MilIers a real fight in the
closing stages Of the race, and finished
a close second, a gain Of three pegs
on the 1910 season.
AaA Been in PocateIIo.
4 month ago Shay was induced to
go TO Pocatelio in the hope that a club
might be organized there, and with
BOISE, make an eight-club league,
Inc refusal of Boise, however, to cave
the Tri-State LEAGUE with which it
was affiliated last year, made Poca-
tello a doubtful member of the Union.
and Shay concluded to come to Hell
ana. Before going to Pocatello 1e
wrote Chief Of Police Flanncrv that
he would like to manage the Helena
club, but before negotiations could he
N"iii'h " Colllpletlol ne was sent I'D u
to Pocatello in the hope of expanding
the Union into an eight club league.
On His Way North.
In a wire received last night, Mr..
Shay announced that he would accent
the terms of the Helena club. and
that he would start Friday for this
city. He will probably reach Helena
saturday evening. His coming, which
removes the uncertainty about Hell
ena'S manager for the coming season,
Will arouse more enthusiasm than
anything else could for he is Known to
be one of the keenest baseball men
in the minor leagues. That he will
give Helena q winning club is a Ger
tainty for he has Deer promised a
number of players who have been
signed by the American association
clubs, but must be released in order
to get inside the legal number of
players which IN club may carry.
With the reserved players on Hell
ena's roster, Manager Shay will be
able to build up a baseball machine
that will be a credit to Helena and a
keen contender in the race for the 1918
championship.
Mr.. Shay will be playing manager.
He is a shortstop and will probably
I'LL that position on the Helena club.