The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-10-20
- ANAGihG A BIG LEAGUE
CLUB IS NOT EAS

%. III policeman could have found
theme in the life of baseball
manager.
The low brow who 10 make the
NhereWithal for his three meals per
nd lallet of straw at night has 10
mac"rate cobbles on the open roads
Hnder the b. G. OF the S. s ("code
'or Burning Glare OF the Summer
SUM- leads a life OF luxurious com.
tort compared 10 the man whose
,glling compels him to direct the
.l;airs OF big league ball club.
-Four Ps that have a great effec,
"a the game are AS follows:
I he President. the Player. the
Press. and the Public.
All iour OF these exercise q vital
influence on the existence OF the
baseball tactician. who having gradu-
sted from career of credit as 4
layer. t CURES that the word mana.
cor before his label, together with
he contract of liberal figures that
j. the only mitigating circumstance
-: his slavery. involves q big pro-
mnsien and means an eventual life
a. comparative ease.
Blu; when the four P's get 10 work
his optics are unportaled.
The relation OF the four P's to the
m4nagcr. and the reasons why they
at SO patiently In effecting his d.
torec from sleep and from enjoyment
II his daily food are enumerated In
ne following little catalogue:
president-He Is usually the owner
ii the club. II not. he has the proxy
OF the man who actually put up the
cash. If he is the real owner he
has made his dollars in some other
line than baseball. probably by work
Ing UP from shoestrings to depart
mcnt store by shaving notes. han
ding city contracts by political grace
ar stopping down to the bank and
craving the seven-figure sum left
him by fond father In any OF
ihese contingencies his knowledge Of
the game is not likely to extend
beyond the point OF the cash value
I'll having his team head the daily
landings and the end Of coping the
worlds champion flag Any less per-
Torrance tails short Ct satisfying his
expected from a high priced manager,
and the ever-ready can is at
tached to the neither portion OF
the general at the end Of the season.
ii the president has graduated from
the ranks. and holds his powers by
proxy. the situation Is likely to be
worse still. fer in that case the
fountain head OF all power is certain
To think he knows more baseball
than the man he pays to have this
know ledge. Then the president takes
the credit for successes and places
on the manager the blame for fall
nres. Like the genuine owner. the
PROXY president regards only world S
lille aud its accompanying moiety Of
ll.edatory wealth ss quid pro quo
for the managers salary and is ever
ready TO turn him loose in a bad
year. no matter what his past record
may be, nor what circumstances
mil gate his failure.
The player-He is usually a veter
an who thinks he should have had
the job. or one OF the pals Of such
a veteran who thinks an injustice
was done when the proprietor went
Inside of the club to get leader
MANI of the younger members OF
team are swept along by this sen
rment. and when the new leader
lakes hold he finds Old Jinx Dis
sension in full charge. A quick
resignation Is the best way out
ii the manager would escape before
the capillary pigment of his scslI
has turned from black to white OF
from blonde TO gray.
The Press.-This 10 largely com
posed Ct young gentlemen who know
more baseball than the $4,000 mana
gers. and who are only kept from &C
ceping managerial posts by the su
perior cash returns Of Jobs In thu
sporting departments. These critici
know only success. They give thu
manas ger the glad hand when h
blows into towns. They photograph
him at his desk In the winter. OF
the bench and coaching lines in thu
summer. and discover In every cas-
that finally a pilot has been fount
ho will get full results from tn
teams good material. This goe
until a game OF two is lost. Thel
comes a quick switch. 1t Is discov
cred that OF all the boners VIII,
were ever mistakenly intrusted witt
big league berth. the home team
has landed the most perfect cas-
i Justification. Ferro concrete
as the stuffing Of cream put
compared to his dome. The boost
turn to butcheries. and the manage
has to keep his wife and childre
away from the newspapers for tea