The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-30
They show No Mercy and Have
No Respect for Ability-Re-
suits That Count
JENNINGS HAS STRANGE
RECORD WITH DETROIT
Is Only Boss to Finish in Second
Division Twice in Row and
Retain Job
BY RALPR L. Y0NKER

There is no position in the worlC
! In which so many capable men have
apparently failed as that OF managei
OF big league baseball club.
To be fred from such job Is aO
solutely no disgrace. II does not
mean that the man deposed Is not d
first-class ball player, is not a natural
leader. a good executive, "A man o.
energy and fight. and all that II
does not mean that he hasn't the
latent qualities OF success, IL means
simply that his team hash WoE
enough games.
More good men have been kicked
disgracefully out OF the managers
Job than out of any other IN baseball
Many managers nave been removed
from one job only 10 make good In
another.
Making good as big league boss
is apparently more matter OF the
kind OF material in the way OF play.
ers that happens TO come the man
ayers way and OF luck than OF abil-
ity or good sense,
Look over the managers OF the two
big leagues and YOU viii see that only
the three leaders in each league have
had their Jobs for more than few
years. The leadership OF the clubs
down In the ruck has been changed
again and again, just as consistently
as the clubs lost,
Mack, Griffith and Jennings, who
lead the first three teams In the Amer
lean league now, have held their 20,
sitions for some time.
Mack started with the Athletics and
he has stayed with them because his
club has been a consistent winner.
In 13 years he has won five pennants.
He has finished second three times.
He has been in the second division
only twice and has never fallen be
low sixth place.
Griffith took a team that had never
in it's history finished above sixth
place and never above seventh since
1902, and finished second with IL two
years In succession, This was after
ne had been fired from the manage
ment OF the Cincinnati club in the
National league. A failure I'M the Ma
tional league, he is hero in the
American
In the National league the same sit
uation exists as In the American. Inc
three leaders, McGraw, Clarke and
Doom are the only men who have
held their Jobs for any length OF time
MCGrawi has won numerous pennants
and SINGS 1902 has never been out OF
lthe firseatiivision. Doom, though he
has newer won pennant. has always
been up around the first division.
land has often given the league lead.
sers battle for the flag with his Phil.
J1ies. Fred Clarke, Pirates manager,
has never been lower than the first
division and he has won the world $
championship.
But below the three leaders, there
Is no such record Chicago remains
fairly consistent by keeping Jimmy
Callahan at the head OF its team The
popularity OF the White Sox is due
more TO It's owner. Comiskey, how.
ever, than 20 any manager they have
ever had. The Sox pay, win or lose.
Boston is almost always in an up.
roar about its manager just now they
are trying out Bill Carrigan. who was
elevated to the managership from an
ordinary catching position.
Cleveland, worse than Boston in
hiring and firing managers, has Birm
ingham, who is said TO be ready TO
receive his discharge because his
team isn't winning. New York Is
giving Chance a second year on the
strength OF bis work with the CUBS.
st. Louis IL trying out Branch Hickey.
In the National league, whose man.
ayers are more the result of political
pull than the American leagues. the
Ill
are sure Of their positions Boston
has Stallings for the second year.
Brooklyn is giving Robinson his first
chance ST. Louis has higgins and
is constantly talking OF discharging
him. Cincinnati has Herzog. the for.
mer Giant, and Chicago has O'Day.
former Cincinnati manager and um.
pire. for their first trial
Manager Jennings Is the only man.
aver OF recent years who has flushed
twice in row I'm the second division
and still retained his position After
winning three remnants straight and
then finishing third and second Jen
nings dropped down to sixth in 1912
and 1913.
He is the only manager I'm baseball
who ever won a pennant and then
slipped into the second division for
two years and kept his job james
McAleer finished In the ruck right
along with st. Louis and held hi,
position, but st. Louis wasn't expect
ed 10 be pennant contender
The firing OF managers who do no.
win Is concession 10 the demand o
the fans who are not in the leasl
considerate OF the ability OF losinl
managers. win or get out" Is theil
slogan, and the owners OF the club,
cater to them by firing their man
ayers II they do not win.