The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-07
CHANGE FACES
TEST0F CAREER
Peerless Leader, Heading .
Tail-end Team, Opposes 4
Championship Rival.
MUST PERFORM WONDERS
Foyner Manager Of he Chicago Cub,
b Confident Of Making
Good.

one Of the most trying tests Of his brill
liant major league career. Thursday next
the curtain will be rung up on the Amer
lean League race. The peerless leader
will find himself at the head of a tail
end Organization in strange and unknown
company bidding for patronage against a
local championship rival
Chance has been accustomed ITO lead
championship teams. and naturally will
bend every energy toward remodeling his
trailers into permanent possibility. This
will require patience on the part of HIM
self and his supporters. In this age Of
advanced baseball it is not possible to
develop winner overnight. But Chance
is bound to be successful in the end. He
may not be in the thick Of the fight all
season. but 1t is a pretty sure thing that
he will have contender and much
respected one before his three-year con-
tract expires.
Frank Chance has performed wonders
with club that looked like a huge joke
at the close of the past season. He has
the players working in harmony and to
the very best of their ability. He has but
to maintain this happy condition through
out the season to gain recognition as one
of the real managerial wizards Of the
game.
Great Ball Team.
In the old Chicago Cubs Frank Chance
had one of the greatest baseball ma.
chimes ever assembled under one banner
1t may be true that he was unusually
blessed with talented material. but he
showed results with the club which
proved him capable Of getting every pos
sible ounce of energy out Of his men. He
hooked them up and made them play for
team results and not for individual aver
ages.
Chance is doing Just that same thing
with New York. He is the big master.
He thinks and plans for his men and in
sists upon having his instructions obeyed
to the letter. He accepts full responsi =
bility for the game. One has but to
spend a few days in his camp to realize
why Chance Is so successful. He IL big
man. That is the true secret.
First of all, Frank Chance is a dis
ciplinarian. He took charge Of a badly
disorganized club which had not the
faintest smattering OF what discipline
meant. In his new environs 1t was alb
solutely necessary to control the play
ers and to teach them respect for the
master. For this reason Chance insti-
tuted number of set rules that would
not have been necessary, perhaps, had
his players been used to conscientious
training. One rule forced every one to be
in the hotel before leo at night. The
alternative was a stiff fine. And IL a
player, no matter who he might be, was
late by so much as a minute the fine was
levied. Chance plays no favorites The
raw recruit meets with as much respect
and consideration as the greatest star.
He is subjected to the same discipline.
Expresses Himself.
Chance has the faculty Of expressing
himself clearly in no unmistakable terms
II l.
its and associations Of every one of his
men. carefully dropped hint here and
there does more for him than a carpet
lecture would less stern man. What
Chance has to say carries weight be-
cause he looks the part and stands ready
to go on the mat in any way with one
who disobeys him.
The charm of his personality cannot
be denied. He has never asked a player
to do what he would not cheerfuily do
himself. He submits himself to all the
rigid training rules. He courts obedience
by setting a proper example For in
stance, Chance has never been away
from the hotel as late as 1880. Generally
he is in bed long before that hour. He
has torn himself away from any number
Of social engagements so that he would
not infringe upon the rules his players
were forced to respect.
Depends Upon Himac1f.
The Peerless Leader has no use for es-
pionage. He will not tolerate tale bear
ings. He depends upon himself for all
information. Yet the players have found
out that they can put nothing over on
him. On several occasions when a man
had just about begun to congratulate
himself over having sneaked in late he
would be approached in this fashion by
the Peerless Leader: Better have that
watch of yours attended to. It's running
late. And. by the way, you're fined for
not beating the flag last night
Nothing escapes Chance on, the bail
field. The players have learned this and
hustle accordingly. They respect him
for his cleverness, ability. and earnest
ness. They have hustled all spring. and
they will hustle all summer. Wherever
the club may finish it is moral GER
tainty that it will do the very best that
Chances ability as a general. combined
with earnest loyalty of his following, can
assure. He may not be in the flag fight
this year. but he will give good &C.
count of himself nevertheless. His team
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