Evening star., 1915-12-05
TO LET OUT HERz0G
Cincinnati Club May Have a
New Manager in 1916.
METHODS RlLE PLAYERS
Jack Hendricks and Tommy Leach
Mentioned for Berth Of Cam
taloupe King.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CINCINNATI, December 4.-That the
chances are more than even that Charles
Herzos will not return as manager Of the
Cincinnati Reds is the substance Of a
story published today in the Commercial
Tribune
The Commercial Tribune says this
statement is not idle rumor. but the con-
sensus Of belief expressed by men either
indirectly or directly connected with. the
local club. For several months word
here and there led to suspicion that
there were matters brewing in the shape
Of a change in management. but it was
not until lately that, fiat and frank state
ments were made by persons whose Opin-
ions must carry weight.
So parallel were the statements of all
those gentlemen that a. Quotation from one
is practically quotation from all The
chief reason for a change in management
is no doubt the bitter dislike many Red
players have for the Maryland cantaloupe
king. 1t seems not to be the familiar
aloofness and suspicion that certain hall
PLAYERS always feel for their manager, but
deep-rooted dislike founded upon what
these players term his harshness, his sar-
casm, unfairness and the fury Of his
tongue.
Players Blame Herzog.
The men cherishing such feelings are
among the most intelligent and likable
on the entire club and their combined
voice necessarily must be hearkened to-
King Lear, pitcher, openly blamed
much of his poor showing on the way
he was handled. and there is hardly a
man who bur believes that Herzog's
poor handling Of his pitchers had much
to do with the non-success OF the Reds
for the past two years.
The players mentioned point to the
case OF Marsans and say that Herzog's
abuse, and that alone. drove the star
Cuban from the lineup to the Feds.
Calmly and without heat they swear
that SO long as Herzog Is at the head
| of the local club just so long will they
refuse to sign Cincinnati contracts.
That the Red management is consid-
coming back is known. The recent
| visit Of Jack Hendricks was not alone
| to negotiate for the sale or trade Of
Pitcher Clarence Mitchell. but to open
negotiations that may bring the crack
American Association man
ager here to pilot. the Reds.
Hendricks and Leach Mentioned.
| Besides Hendricks. there is Tommy
Leach. Leach would be manager
that the ball players. one and all,
would swear by and work their heads
off for. II Herzog does not return
| Leach and Hendricks are neck and
neck for the job.
The fact that Herzog has contract
| with one more year to run cuts no ice
! W whatsoever. 1t would compel the club
, to consult him as to- where he would
| be traded, and that is about all. Her
zog Is not the man to insist that he
i stick out his contract as manager here
| Ii IT Is shown that he Is not wanted.
| He can and will demand that the fnan-
| cial part of his contract be lived up to
| and that he be sent to a club suitable
| to himself, and that lets the contract
out. Herzog would be willing to play
| in Brooklyn. Boston or Chicago.
The Cub deal would appear the most
| likely, had Bresnahan something In the
J way of a short fielder to give in part
exchange. Heinie Zimmerman might
be considered. with the eventual shift
| fng of GrOh to short.
| Herzog may come back here, but the
chances are more than even that he
does not