The chronicle=news., 1913-02-01

there Is u lot oil Interest attached to
tho arrival o' the advance guard OF
tho worlds champions.
In Armour's opinion. the Two
EagebaIi crimes OF tn" century wcr"
the bounsing OF Frank Chance and
Roger Hr"shnahan. baseball does
no, own two better or braiHlcr men
Than Chance and .shnnhnn. ana
were the owner OF a hig lcaIu"
club. and lucky enough TO haze on"
OF them managing my team. would
lust as soon think OF giving away
tn. seasons receipts ~ releasing
Whichever man was 'or,nna'"
enough to control stated Armour
In the lobby OF the Arlington hotc'
the other evening. "frani Farrell.
who has never had much luck In New
York. aud who deserves TO own n
winner, IT, III. iuci,icst man In tn"
game, fir got Chance for song
81 800. til" waiver price For the
life oi me caGnot understand why
som" other National i.ueu. club did
not pick up Chance after Murphy
throw him down. | believe know six
clubs In the parent body that could
use Frank to advantage. Honestly.
McCraw Is the only skipper In tn"
old organization whom 'han'" could
not succeed and the change would
prove u good one.
Il was allied with Brcshnahan
last summer. serving as scout for
tho Cardinals. and npprcciating. In
fact. knowing thar the Duk" had
/ winner on the way In 'h. most
I abused baseball city In the country.
| was the most surprised man IN tn"
world when read in the papers that
xf. b.l, Lao,
! cont believe Roger WAS any NOR"
/, surprised than yours truly. 1t is n
| mug. pity good old Stanley Robson
, was called out by tho Great Umpire.
| lie and Hreshnahan were lust getting
| II winner together when Stan died IL
| Cleveland. II was II Joke team Roger
| took hold OF in 1903. and. In my
| opinion. the Cardinals OF 1911 were
| the greatest 3-ycar-olds in tho games
| history.
They got off to good start aud
| remained In the thick OF the figh.
| up TO late In July. That awful rail
way wreck they got mixed up in
| outside OF Boston put them on tho
blink. They were travel Scary there
after. and no team that does not get
its good rest while hopping around
the country can hope to play win.
ming ball The Cardinals scarcely
came back in 1912. | never knew
the real reason. as ! expected more
from them than happened. But I
| guess ] know the reason now. f:vi-
dcntly Breshnahan and Mrs. Britton
did not pull together. ! saw the
Cardinals in quite u few of their
lnttles during the summer, both In
ST. Louis and on the rond. and. while
Roger was always up on the lines
fighting. he did not seem to be as
enthusiastic around the hotel In the
forenoons and evenings as he did the
| previous year.
Now that he has been fired from
his position IL is easy to surmsc that
Mrs Britton had the Duke disgust
cd. Having dug up quite n few
young players for the st. Louis club
| am IN n pretty good position to
know the status of the team. It owns
its share OF promising recruits. hav-
ing couple OF Juvenile Fingers
4 who look very sweet. with Roger at
the helm, which would have been
the case as soon as the real winner
hove In view, the Cardinals future
was rosy. ! am great admirer of
II Miller Huggins. and do not see why
lie should not be a hit US n manager
But it Is Rogers team the rabbit IL
directing. and the fans In st. Louis
want to be patient with him. The
to do very much until Huggins has
been in office two or three years
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