The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-28


manager of the Highlanders most OF
the scribes in the big league Dcit
,,-edicted the Peerless One wouid put
the Hiilmen back on the american
League map. there 20 stay. however,
here and there a sporting writer may
be found who has taken cdsu@i
knock at the great Californian.
This was to be expected, as there
never was "A successful man IN any
walk of life who at some time was
not a target for the knockers. one
scrivener has compared Frank Chahce
70 Jimmy Collins the former manager
of the Red SOx-
Collins steered the Bostonese to the
Worlds Championship In 1905. and again
won the American League banner
IN 1904 the year tho Giants refused
10 ulay the American League standard
hearers for the world IS 1--WE. AiOer
Teens made ii reputation for being one
Of the greatest leaders in the game ms
team tuna bled to fourth place IN lsoo' anu
soDnled all the way to the basement III
1an6 The 1905 Red Sox set AN American
League record for consecutive deteals-
They lost twenty games IN row.
Collins Failed in Eastern.
After sevcring his connection Win
Boston jimmy tried his luch as an
Eastern League manager. after snort
.oiourn with the Athletics. lie had
no success whatever IN the Eastern
League, falling with both the BuHalo
and Providence teams lie was cameo
nv Providence shortly after the lsli
season started, and then dropped OUT
of sight as a baseball figure Here
was an example OF former manager
OF a Worlds Championship CLUB VINO
nractically had 10 retire from basepaii
because he could get no position al
remuneratiVe salary.
The scribe above referred 10 init
90 hn
luoky manager as was Collins: ne
ssvs Chance fell heir to a fine ball ciup,
a club that could win pennants II
handled by bat boy. This scribe
docs not venture guess as TO what
Chance will do with the HlghIanders,
but thinks Chance will find dlIerenl
Drooosition to win remnants with the
,,-esant New York in field than he did
when he had such able lieutenants In
tbe inner works as Joe Tinker ana
Johnnv Evers Further. this scribe
saws Chance has never proved he was
"A builder OF team
There is d slight resem blance pc
tween the careers OF Chance anu ~ ~,
Inns. but a careful examination OF the
records made by the two men shows
The resem bIance does not go lar;
Both men won pennants ana had
great teams left to them. fto"eVer'
where one kept his team IN the ngnt'
after his machine broke down, tho
other fell down fiat and tumbled into
oblivion. ~
Chance Leader In 1905
Tho frst time Chance tried his luck
as "A manager was in 1905, and he
brought the Cubs in third, after they
finished second the year before. Chdhce
had good club left TO him, but the
Peerless Leader decided ne neeo ,eoi
some new blood in his team IN lsoo
he had Dock Casey playing third ana
decided he was getting too slow LOT the
big leagues. He also decided Maloney.
his left fielder, could not mt hard
enough, in spite OF Maloney's speed on
the trails.
Chance then made the famous deals
with Brooklyn and Cincinnati which
brought Jimmy Sheckard. DRIVE overall
and Harry Steinfeldt TO the Cubs
These men helped make the great
Cub machine of 1906. 1897 ana lyVs-
Murphy takes the credit to himseit LOT
negotiating these trades, but perhaps
Chance had little say in the matter
Jack Pfester was not member OF the
team when Chance took charge ana ne
was strictly a Chance development
Chance showed some building
ability when he FIRST assumed com
rnand Of the Cubs. or they never would
have been the great team that made
Murphy rich However, Chance
greatest genius as d builder was shown
after the Cubs began TO waoole IN
1909 In Ie0s they nosed out the Giants
by a whisker, and the Polo Grounders
would have been champions in that
year had il not been for q technically
From 1903 TO 1912 the collapse of the
Cubs was predicted every spring by
the experts. but the genius of Chance
held them together. Nothing showed
Chances skill az manager more than
the. way in which he manipulated his
pitching staff IN the last TWO years
In the time of his greatest glory he
had the best pitching staff in the coun-
try, while the last two seasons he had
one OF the poorest in the National
League
When the Cubs were going at their
strongest last sea son and pressing the
Giants the hardest Chance was pegging
away with Richie. Lavendar. Reuloach
and Leifeld for his pitchers Both
Brown and Cheney were cut down in
the heat OF battle. though Cheney re-
covered in time TO help Chance con-
siderably in the last two months Of the
race
After Chance ran second in the 1911