New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-15
To Take Charge of !. L.
Team That May Be Put
in Syracuse.
NOT ONLY A PITCHER,
BUT A FAST PLAYER
Centre of New York Baseball
Interest Now Shifts to
French Lick.
By HAYWOOD BROUN.

AHeOlRt hAAAStf AFAhhNAN NHNNN
The Giants. has received has uneonoi-
tional release. The New York CLUB
has taken this action in order to leave
the PLAYER open to accept tentative
offer to manage the Syracuse team II
the International League decides TO 20
into that city. One critic OF the ma
tionAl game has said that teams are
made up Of baseball players and
ritchcrs. but Wiltse was player ana
pitcher. too. ,,. e
Most graceful and best fielding oil
ni+ehers. he showed his versatility IN
The worlds series of 1913 when he was
drafted to play first base, and saved |
tbe second game of the series for /
. Christv Mathewson BY cutting two run
uers of at the plate BY great throws.
Wiltse came TO the Giants from Troy /
in 1904 and his departure, following /
closely on the heels Of that OF MIKE /
ponlin, leaves Mathewson as the only
member of the machine which won tne /
worlds championship in 1905. He did
rot get into the series that year, but
in the next season became one OF the
New York clubs most useful pitchers
although on account of his slight
pnvsioue L was necessary 10 work HIM
somewhat sparingly. Wlltse was not
OF much use TO the club after the sea
son Of 1912. In 1918 he worked III only
seventeen games and pitched Tor hity-
eight innings. His appearances IN 1919
were very few, for he did not get into
; enough games TO receive an oihclai
rating.
Wiitse is still plenty good enough as
pitcher to bother most Of the minor
league batsmen. but II is to be hoped
that ne may get chance 70 show ms
worth at first base. Here he Will snow
the fans fielding fully as fashy as that
NJ Chase. Wiltse is a good fellow, as
well as a good player. Unlike most OF
his brother southpaws, his lefthanded-
ness does not extend above the shout
der.
On ton OF the big desk in the offices
Of the National League there stands
bust OF Napoleon, the man who lost
Al Waterloo. The only other objects
Of art in the room are the picture OF
President Taft az bail game and the
PORTRAIT Of Ban Johnson as boy. Nick
Young, who was president way BACK
~ the days before New YORK mad
Natty. brought the bust into the once
and though the league has shifted ITS
headquarters many times since then
Napoleon has always gone along.
His nose was broken off, as the re-
gult of an accident, few years back.
81 least there is every reason 70 be
Ievc that 10 was an accident, for the
scrub woman who dropped the bust
frd no personal prejudice against Ma
roleon. Her name was Dinah, and she
came from the most neutral part oil
Nabama. Indeed, she thought il was
"Nassa Washington" whose features
she had married.
But nobody noticed the broken nose
much In fact, nobody noticed Naro-
Icon at all in the last few years. Hans
Wagner has stood within foot OF the
5 b ad and made no hostile move, ana
when Cleveland's Nap visited the ONCE
ie seemed ia no wise thrilled al the
sight of his great countryman.
Last week Garry Hermann, owner Of
the Cincinnati club, came to the office.
He talked with John Heydler about
the Feds, and this and that, but sud
denly his conversation stopped. He
had caught the eye of Napoleon.
THAT is Napoleon" he said. The
broken nose could not fool him.
where >" answered Heydler. Then
he followed Herrmann's rapt gaze.
ooh. yes" he admitted, that's Napo-
leon
put the Frenchman out. This league
D. neutral" said Hermann.
And so the National League and Ma
Ioleon Bonaparte have parted com
iany.
A Chicago newspaper says that
Roger Bresnahan is looking for sec
ond baseman TO fill the shoes OF Johnny
rvers. Roger might just as well cease
ne search. There amt no such per-
o..
The very latest guess as to the next
manager Of the Yankees is that Hugnie
Jennings will be the man. II is not
such a bad guess at that, according TO
we'll informed baseball men, and ITS
fulhlment would certainly please every
one but Henry Fabian. who tends 10
the grass of the Polo Grounds.
John NcGraw was tanning yesterday,
and declared himself as not in the
least superstitious. "This stuff about
iinxes and all the rest Of IL doesn't
mean anything 20 me-" he said. But
then he remembered something, ana
modified his statement.
"ITl admit" he remarked, that there
was something which happened IN
worlds series once that ! TOOK as
lucky sign. and il came through, too
h was back in 1905, and We were play
ing the Phillies. And Coakley was
there pitching. As Mack had been
little slow in selecting him, his name
wasn't put up on the score board until
the crst inning was under way Two
men were out wheI Mike Donlin came
up, and he met the first II Coakley
pitched and smashed il on line into
right held. II it the name Coakley
on the score board squarely IN the
middle and knocked il of the fence.
Yes, we knocked Coakley out OF the
box two innings later"
According TO the American League
fielding averages, the best defensive
nine which could be forme would con-
sist of Carrigan, Of Boston, catcher;
Wood, Of Boston, pitcher; McInnis, Of
Philadelphia. first base; Yerkes, then
Of the Red Sox but now Of the Pitts
feds. second base; Mcbride, of Wash
ington, shortstop; Turner. Of Cleve-
land, third base; Hartzell, Of New
York, left field; Strunk, Of Philadel-
mis-, centre field, and Crawford, %
Detroit, night field
Miller Higgins has signed a contract
70 manage the Cardinals in 1915 and
1916.