Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-06
C|NCY MAY FIRE HERzOG
METHODS RILED PLAYERS
AND HURT CLUBS CHANCES
Jack Hendricks ind Tommy Leach
Mentioned for Plncc-Contrnct
Runs Another Ycnr.

CINCINNATI, December 5.-That the
chances are more than even thar
charles iierzog will not return as man
aSer OF the Cincinnati Reds is the SUBJ
stance of story published to-day In
the Commercial Tribune.
The Commercial Tribune saws ,bi,
statement is not idle rumor. but the
consensus OF belief expressed by men
either indirectly or directly connected
with the local club. For several months
word here and there led to a sns-
picion that there were matters brew.
'hS III the shape of a change in man
agcment, but 1t was not until lately
that fiat and frank statements were
made by persons whose opinions mus.
carry weight.
so parallel were the statements or
an those gentlemen that n quotation
from one is practically "A uuotation
from all The chief reason for a
chhhSe IN arrangement is no doubt the
oittcr disiike many Red players have
Tor the Maryland cantaloupe king n
seems not TO be the familiar a!oofnes.
ana suspicion that certain ball plavcrs
always feel for their manager, but a
uecp-roored dislike founded upon what
these players term his harshness hi.
. tongue. VI '''s
The men cherishing such feelings ar.
tl'ons the most Intelligent and likable
Oh inc entire club. and their combined
voice necessarily must be hardened to.
Ming Lear, pitcher. openly blamed
| much of his poor showing on the wav
| nc was handled. and there is hardly
man who but believes that Hcr
cog poor handling of his pitchers had
much TO do with the nonsuccess of the
Reds FOR the past two years
The players mentioned point tn tbe
case or Marsans. and say that Her
"oSs abuse, and that alone drove thu
star Cuban from the lineup to tho
Feds ."'
Calmly and without heat they swear
that so long as HerZog is at the head
OF the local club just so long will thcv
refuse to sign Cincinnati contracts
nat the Red management is con-
siderins the possibility of He7Zop not
coming back is known. The recent
visit of Jack Hendricks was NOT nIone
to negotiate for the sale Or trade Of
PITCHER Clarence Mitchell. but 70 opcn
| negotiations that may bring the crncl,
Indianapolis American Association
manager here to pilot the Reds.
Bcsldes Hendricks, there is Tommy
Leach Leach would be manorer
that the ball players. one and ali. wo1,id
swear by and work their heads Off for
II HerZoS does not return, Leach and
Hendricks are neck and neck for tho
job.
The fact that Herzog has a contract
| with one moro ycar to run cuts no loo
whatsoever. 1t would compel the club
| 10 consult him as to where he would
DC traded, and that is about all. Her.
ZoE Is not the man to insist that hs
| stick out his contract as manager here
| II 1t is shown that he is not wanted
! ne can and will demand that the fnuu.
| clai part OF his contract be lived up TIC
! and that he be sent to Il club suitable
to. himself. and that let's the contract
| Out. lerzog would be willing to play
| in brooklyn. Boston or Chicago.
The cub deal would appear the most
likely, had Rresnahan something I'm the
way of a short fielder to give in part
exchange. Hcinie Zimmerman might
be considered. with the eventual shift
ing of Groh to short
licrZoE may come back here, but tho
chances are more than even that he
does not.