Arizona republican., 1914-02-22
NEW MANAGERS
 IN b|C LEAGUES
Chicago, Brooklyn, Cincin- natl and St. Louis Will Appear This Season With New Pilots-NOt a New Stunt for Cincy

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-The Selec- tion of Hank ODay to succeed Johnny Evers as manager of the Chicago Cubs makes four new pilots named to lead big league teams on the field when the gong sounds April IA. The other new managers are Wilbert, Robinson of the Brook, lyn Superbas, Charley Herzog of the Cincinnati Reds and Branch Hickey of the St. Louis Browns. Hickey took charge of the Browns late last
 season and this spring will have the
 first opportunity to pilot his team
 from the start of the race
 The work of the veteran, Wilbert
 Robinson. will likely be watched most closely by the fans Robinson
 was coach of the New York Giants
 for several years and is classed as a
 graduate of the McGraw school of
 baseball management. If Bobby
 succeeds in transporting the Mc-
 GraW methods to the other end of
 the big bridge the Brooklyn fans
 will surely enjoy a fine baseball
 sea son.
 Robinson is in his forty-fith year and native of Massachusetts His
 first professional engagement was in
 1885 with the Haverhill team of the
 New England league. From 1886 to
 1890 he was with the Philadelphia
 Athletics, at that time in the Amer ican association He went to Balti-
 more in 1891 and remained there
 until 1904, with the exception of one year that he was with the St. l-oups Nationals. As a member or
 the champion Baltimore Orioles Ro- binson showed the stuff that placed him among the star backstops of the big leagues. During the three years that the Orioles copped three pen nants in d row Robinson did the bulk of the work behind the bat. He Vas also there with the stick, bat
 ting for an average of .34O in 1894 | and .354 in 1896
 As coach and as a developer of young pitchers Robinson has no su- reIior in baseball. It was doubtless his ability along these lines that in | fluenced his selection as manager oc the Brooklyn team which has a mum Der of youngsters on it's pitching staff
 Hank O'Day who is to lead the Chicago Cubs. is also a veteran of | the Big Yard O'Day was born i, Chicago about fifty years ago and got his first job with a club in Toledo. In 1888 he joined the Wash ington team as a pitcher Connie 1 Mack at that time was a catcher on l the same team. The following year O'Day joined the New York Giants. with whom he made his reputation
 as a star finger. In 1889 New York l and Brooklyn played a four-game l Iost season series. O'Day pitched | and won three of the games and the championship for his team
 After ending his career as a pit | cher ODay was out Of the game for several years, but in the early sos he returned to the National league as an umpire. He filled the role of umpire for score of years and then | resigned to become manager of the Cincinnati Reds in 1912 After one season with the Reds Hank returned
 to the umpiring staff of the National league Now he is big league pilot cnce more
 charles L. HerZog. the new mana ger at Cincinnati. was born in Balti- more in 1885. He began his base ball career as shortstOp for the Uni VersitY of Maryland team in 1904 He managed a semi professional
 team in 1906. The following year he
 became professional ball player
 "fen he joined the Reading team in
 the Tri-State league In 1908 he wac
 signed by the New York Giants and remained with them until he was
 traded to Boston in 1910. Tn mid season of the next year he was trad
 ed back to New York Herzog IS /,
 hard worker and is familiar with every angle of the game His bril- liant work in the worlds series be- tween the Giants and the Red Sox two years ago will be remembered by the fans.
 As boss of the st. Louis Browns Branch Hickey next season will in- froduce several innovations in base ball management Hickey was a cat cher for the Browns several years ago and after quitting the game he became baseball coach for the Uni versity of Michigan. He is strong for the college baseball player and in getting his team into condition he proposes to follow the college me thOd of training If is renortod that