El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-25
FiUe Managers In the Majors
Are Due To Spring Surprises
Chance, staIngs, Carrgan, Hickey and Robinson Are
Pilots of the Ozark Horses The Yankees Will
Bear Watching in the American League;
National Teams Fear the Braves
BY FRANK G. MENKE.


EW YORK, Dec. 25.-The eyes Of
~ the baseball puDIIc gust now are
\ focused in the general direction
Of Chance, Stallings, Carrlgans hlchsS
and Robinson, and voices are asking:
ssWhatu YOU fellows do IN 1919
ANYBODY who can answer tnat cues
ton lust now viii come mighty Gloss
to forecasting just what the Ilnlsh
viii be in both leagues next OcIoDeL'
Ozark Horses of the Majors.
The above mentioned quintet cOnst7
tutes the dark horse" element IN the
major leagues, and the rival mana
gers are having Nightmares these WIN
ter evenings worrying over JUST what
those five fellows viii do
OF the five. Robinson is the only
one who. viii make his 1lrst DOW as
manager in April, 1914 me oLhef 4oII
handled the managerial relnS Tor WAO!e
or mart of the 1913 season But UnelI
work was only Of experimental nature,
nothing upon which to base an acCuI-
ate estimate Of their strength Wnen
once they get under way, as they are
expected to do next year.
Cbance. chief Of the down trodden
Yankees. is expected to lead an upIlII
movement next summer that viii cause
beaps of trouble for all baseball per-
sons who aSpire to places IN the LlISL
division. Chance took over the yam
KEGS last year when they stacked up
as about the worst aggregation ever
given the title Of a baseball club.
The use Of the pruning knlLe en-
ab1ed chance TO rid himself of lots
of excess baggage, and the vide open
nurse Of owner Farrell enabled MIN
to get together a fast inf1eld and
speedv Outfield. The Yankees just
now look weak in the pitching box,
but some Of Chances recruits may de-
velop into finds. If they do the Ganks
will bear watching.
Red sOx May "COme Back"
Carrigan, at the head Of the Red
Sox will have practically the same
team that grabbed the American league
pennant and the worlds champion
shin in 1912. Perhaps the team mas
disintegrated; perhaps the old fire and
spirit that carried them 10 the crest
OF baseball in 1912 is gone. Without
it, Carrigan cannot be expected to cut
a very wide sWath in the American
league, even though he has some Of
the greatest stars Of the game on MS
But the 1913 slump. which finally
caused the canning" of Jake Stahl
and the appointment Of Carrigan may
. not carry through into next year. Per
hans it came only in the nature of
reaction. q relaxation, that usually 1oI-
lows all terrific strains. If the Red
Sox do come back next summer
they'll be up around the top all the
year, giving the Athletics, Senator's
and Maps, looked upon now as the
three conteuders for the 1914 pennant,
a merry little tussel for the piece OF
bunting and a slice Of the worlds Sc
ries melon.
Dodgers Have Good Club.
Robinson, the new Brooklyn mana
ger fell heir to a mighty good ball
club-One of first division calibeE II II
can secure a good infielder and an
other pitcher. The Dodgers last spring
played championship ball, but the lack
of one reliable pitcher to assist Rucker
and RagOn proved their undOlng- AS
soon as Rucker and Ragon, worn out
by working almost every other day
were forced to give way to the young
er, and less capable slabsters, the
Dodgers faltered and fell.
Robinson is regarded as one Of the
great developers Of young pitchers IN
the country Perhaps he can tote ms
youthful slabmen to the training camp
next spring and develop them into
steady, consistent workers but Bobby
would feel much easier in mind II ne
could secure by trade or purchase Just
another seasoned tWirler.
Browns May Be Surprise.
Branch Hickey viii lead the Streak
busting Browns next year. He stepped
into the managerial shoes after
George StOvall was lifted out Of them
late in the sumner. The St. Louis out
fit never has been a dangerous FACTOR
in any pennant race since 1905, but II
is something of an uncertain quantity
this year, although it's 10 60 I bet that
they won't grab the bunting.
The Browns drew about so players
in the recent drafts, and some of them
were among the best men that caVOrted
in the bushes last season. Most Of
them viii show up as flivvers in big
league company, but Hickey may be
able to pick about five or six good
men from the gang.
Given some new blood, Hickey may
weld together a team that will fur
nish more trouble than the Browns
ever have given before. The Browns