The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-08
HAL CHASE THREW AWAY GREAT CHANGE
 TO MAKE CAREER

The passing Of Hal Chase from New York should furnish a very strik- ing object lesson to the professional or orEanized baseball. It should inn value of sincerity of purpose Chase left New York without one regret from fandoun It is true he has made friends there during, his eight years of service. But not the stout est of these would attempt to argue that his departure was mistake on the part Of Frank Chance The en- emies Chase made since the begin ming of the season-and they are 1e- Eion-ezuffed in his downfall They were out Cit is to be -regretted) to jeer at the fallen idol These loyal few who tried to encourage Chase when he made hAs first appearance with the fully convinced that Prince Hal'' had absolutely oUtlived his usefulness as a New York asset
 New York fandoxn is in1bued with the lmpressionAthat Chase ''laid down" on Frank Chance His work with the White sSox i'm New York went far to explode tha8 theory It is req sonable to suppose that he did his very best against the club winch to his mind hn1xHliated him. If the best he showed there Is the best that Is left in him.sHaI may have been wrong ly judged The secret lies in the fact that heshas gone back: gone back so far that ahe Is but a shadow of his old self And if this Is really 50 Hal Chase has. overlooked the golden opportunity of shaping the most no- table career of diamond history.
 Be that as it may. the truth re- mains that Chase never did himself justice even, when he was New York's popular idod. He was not always true 4-. H-sz self Ills whole career has been bIighted by acts of disloyaIty. In 1908. when the team was a hopeless calender and most needed him, he jumped h1s contract and went to the coast to play outlaw baseball. He HFRs prompted to this action because E1berfe4d. a personal enemy, was se- fected as manager to succeed Clark Griffith. That was the first intima- ton Chase gave Of mana gertaI am bttion- Later, at the expense Of Geo. StaIlfngs-w41o proved his work des- pfre the obstacles connived by Chase -Hd gained the goal of his presump- lions He was made a manager of rhe club in 1911, and within season disin1egrzted a pennant possibility Into e near ruck runner. Because he refused to take himself or his dJ- fies seriously Chase passed up the opportunity of a lifetime. Integrity
 
 Hal the success of a McGraw or Chance
 DoubtIessSthe fault does not lie en- tireIy at Chase's door. He came into the league a mere boy and at the same time the most remarkable per former everSseen on a diamond So great were his natural procItvities that he waStthe superior of all rivals he moment he made his debut For him there had been no painful strug- gles through the minors. He was Sl7e greatest living genius of his craft. end es such commanded the admiration of a11 managers and vet eT@ns grown gray in harness. The Gdu1a1on Of New Y0rk's millions the Loud accla1ms of every city he visit ed no doubt turned the head of the youth Everywhere he went he was made 50. much of Ghat it was but nat iEz9 for h1m to regard himself as a being of superior clay.
 N5w York spoiled Chase. Trufor- funaGe1y for him. the hero worship peEs who surrounded him embraced enc &zn who had more money than 1oE1n1on sense The evil genius sow Rd the first seeds Of sedition when c7ark aHfnEh failed