The San Francisco call., 1913-09-02


You. can go from the major leag
clubs and pick out the shrewdest man
discover that. they have at some tin
made good. with another club: We
will all have to hand 1t to Connie
Mack as being the wise old guy of
baseball. burt still we can pull one on
him that would make him blush He
had chance to get the great Joe
Jackson of the Cleveland Maps, but
Connie could not see him and he was
passed ups.
1t often Happens, too, that a big
Lacquer has a bad season and he is
turned back to- the minors only to
. work. his. way back again to the ma
5ors again. and prove a star. Some
times player is lost to a. club by
these changes. Nowadays, however
the big league. moguls are very eau
tious about letting player get away
from thems. They have some kind OF
string on him by which they can
jerk him back. into their fola If he
e should. make good.
Take the case of. Cy Falkenberg Of
the Cleveland Maps, who was turned
back to the. American association by
Cleveland. He showed good form
with a minor league club, so Cleve-
land decided. to take another chance
with him. He. started with the Maps
this season and got away to q whiri-
wind start winning a string of vic
tories without a defeat. and he is to-
day the leading winning pitcher or
the Cleveland club.
The fans are severe and. Impatient
individuals when things are breaking
against the home club and they are
ready to express their Judgment on
the irnnulses of the moment. He di-
rects his attack chiefly against the
manager ard there is no. denying the.
fact that they have powerful infiu-
ence with club leaders. Condemna-
ton of a player by the fans has been
responsible for many weak kneed
manager turning adrift. players
A year ago when the Seals were
trailing the eleague and taking their
bSatings~ with unusual regularity and
the fans. had their hammers out,
nearly All 'fhe players came in for
panriing: and some Of them were more
severely roasted than others
E. For example. Roy MeArdle was one
of the targets of the. fans TRADE last
season and. "a cold footed manager
might have. allowed him to get away
from the, club. To-day McArdle stands
out as the best fielding. first baseman
of the league, and his work is at
tracing the scouts of. the major
league clubs. If Manager Howard
were to release McArdle now these
same fans who were after Mac year
ago would never forgive Howard.
Walter MsCredie of the Portland
Beavers is conceded to be a mighty
keen baseball man. He has won two
pennants during his short career as
club manager and. he looks TO be IN
line to capture the third. Still, Mac
makes his mistakes, too.
For instance, he made a deal before
this season.; started whereby Pitcher
Elmer %Koestner would go to Vernon
for Soldier Carson. also finger.
Koestner: had come back last season
from the big league, and he had
rather poor. season. Mac apparently
. figured that Koestner was all in:
That he made a grave mistake Mac
has learned long before now,.as Koest-
.ner is one of the very best pltcners In
the league. and it would not be sur
prising to see him get another chance
in the big. brush. On the other hand,
Carson has done but little for Port
land, and he seldom gets chance on
the hill.
McCredie. made another deal by
which he easily outgeneraled Pop Dill
lon of the Los Angeles club, who is
regarded as a wise old owl. He turned
orer Outfielder Artie Kruger to Dill
Ion for Outfelder Ty Lober. McCredie
got so much the best Of the deal that
fans of the south have not forgotten
II vet and Dillon will continue to
hear about it for many day.
Lober. is leading the league at hit
ting and he is proving real sensa-
ton. Krueger is with the Angels,
spending most of his time on the
bench. and accomplishing but little
when he gets the opportunity to
break into the game.
Baseball managers are all smart
when they are winning, but you can
alwavs. find where they have pulled
a bloomer at some time or another
n
The Seals. left last night for Los
80 Angeles. where they are to play Happy
Hogan,s Tigers. Howard left behind
couple of his cripples, but he figures
that he win be able to hold his own
against the Tigers with the bunch he
isstaking along with him. Charles will
hold do.yn third. and he appears to be
G mighty capable guardian of the
sack, If his work in yesterdays game
car be taken as a criterion.
st is probable that Jess Baker VIII
.be worked In two games this week.
His great. effort in last Saturday 8
game has convinced Howard that the
big fellow is In the height of his form.
~ X
The Oaks and Angels will play this
afternoon at Recreation park. 1t Is
regularly scheduled game. The Beav-
ers will appear here tomorrow against
the Oaks, and they will play during
the remaining days of the week
X
ice TDbin, tie Oakland lad who was
brought back from the Union asso-
citation by Cal Ewing, was allowed a
chance to break into the game yes
ferday afternoon. He was sent In to
run for Mcsardle in the eighth and his
chances to shine were limited He
had one putoutr He failed to go to
3he bat