Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-31
TO MANAGE S0X
IN HIS UNIFORM
Clarence Rowlands Will be
on Sidelines When White
Legs Take the Field.

Clarence h. Rowland, newly ap.
pointed manager of the White SoX,
will direct his new charges from the
coaching line in uniform next season,
says a Chicago scribe. lie wants TO
be out where things are happening
and he wants to be- close enough to
say things To the umprcs if necessary
II guess my appointment must have
been surprise all right to the Chi
cago newspaper men, explained Row
land. for the only photograph they
had Of me in their 'morgues'--iS that
what you call it:---werc those of the
young man with carefully parted hair
and an old photo taken up at Camp
Jeerome, where | frequently was the
guest Of Comiskey. I'm not Very good
looking and | think this Photograph
IN uniform will prove it,"
What nationality is Clarence Row
land is a question which has been
man was named to succeed James J.
Callahan. Irish has been the an
sWer most frequently returned. but
mat Is not in accordance with the
factS as related to the writer by Row
land in Dubuque on the day following
his appointment.
suppose you might say was
irish bred" said the White Sox pilot,
for l have lived long in DUBUQUE.
where half the population is Celtic
and my best friends arc numbered in
mat half. They also say ! have the
temperament of the ball field, what
ever that means
AS matter of fact, / am American
norm of English French parentagc.
My rather was an Englishman and nv
mother was French. Plattsville. Wis.
was my birthplace and as this imnort,
ant event. important TO me at any
rate. took place on Feb. 12. 1879, l am
nearly Sc years old, not SO as report
co. Please add on those years, for |
am not posing as q boy manager"
Although almost unknown to Chica-
so fandom. Rowland played an I'm
nortant part in the winning of one city
championship for the White Sox. In
INC closing days of 1911 he shipped
Gomlskey young catcher named
Red kreltZ. and it was a single by
inc recruit that started the Sox to
!our straight victories over the Cubs
IN the city series that fall.
In the opening game the Cubs, with
l'iown pitching. held a 3 to o lead
When the eighth inning came around.
IN the eighth the SoX scored one En-
die was on third and Callahan on sec
ond IN the ninth when Rollie zeider
smashed out a single that tied tho
score. The relay to the plate escaped
Jimmy Archer and Zeider reached
third.
In that emergency young Kreitz
stepped TO the plate and delivered a,
single winch sent Zeider home with
were easy and the Sox ran away with
1ne 1 next @ three games with little trou-
!le That was all Kreitz ever did for
the SoN. but Coniskey still thinks that
one hit Was worth his purchase nrice
Although he never was more than
an ordinary minor league player,
hoEland always gets into il uniform
.d 'iii directs MS clubs attack. It is his
ooaSt mat no roasting by the fans has
eyer driven him to the bench. Three
nyes league players assert he can
roe an opposing athlete harder
even than Mctiraw, which is saving a.
great deal. But the new Soy leader
nelleFes there arc many PLAYERS who
lhiproVc under fire. and when he runs
noross ,,.. d man of that description he
passes along tho tip to "lav off, tho
nerNY party.
During his career in tho minors
rowland achieved quite reputation
"S business man. In 1909 he inyad.
ca Three Eyes league meetins, in
Lhlcaso and persuaded the marnates
10 award Dubuque Il franchise. He
Sot lne franchise, but when the meet
,us "as over ne found himself without
~ Stl IJdck TO l.
nuque. he managed to get into 81 dav
soach bound in that direction. and bv
sood tootWor1i he succeeded in dof,g,
ing the conductor all during the tr;7,
Actlvity on the part of the new Snx
leader helped Dubuque secure it's mil
tuh.cipal nc baseball park, the only one in
me me country: He always has been a
Iead,ng spirit in the promotion Of bie
ssportins events around his home
Town. On one occasion he was choser
To- 10 act as referee at Il boxing show in
last Dubuque. The main bout a
crash between A local celebrity and an
,or % would win by a knockout. which
would have enabled the invadar:
packers to clean up a. neat sum of
money bet on the mill W
IN the fourth round the homo ny,,+
er Went to the canvass, as Der ar
rangement. Rowland didn't Hke The
looks or the knockout" however 80
= ,ns.eao OF counting he yelled at the
prostrate boxer. Get up and fipht rn,, .nu
Ms stln, or I'll lick both Of Won !"
Ciarenceis reputation was such that
me faker preferred to take a chanca
against the other man instead and
Ine pout went ten rounds. Then Row
iand held up the purse on the gro,nd
that the fight was fake HIS H;a
friends backed him up, and the none.
went to charity, '"o''es