The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-03-11


of Rowlands success in the minors, called
him in for conference. What is your
formula for getting such pleasing resultss
asked Commy, "Put me in manager of
the Sox and I'll show you," Rowland came
right back at him. So he got the job and
is now working it for all it is worth.
Hard work is part of the program and some
of the Sox do not seem to enthuse over that
part of it. One of his first acts was to scan
| thoroughly the roster of the Sox players
"Hum' quoth he, ''no sentiment in base
ball. and forthwith attached the tin-ware
to ''Ping' Bode and ''Kid' Gleason.
We had no idea that the rotund 'Ping''
was in the game for sentiment but thot he
was there on account of his penchant for
giving the ball timely wallop every now
| and then lately the accent falls on them
But Ping took sweet revenge for when the
Sox were playing the Frisco Seals, the other
day, Bodie, now member of the later,
pasted the pill out of the lot with two men
on and won the game. Mr.. Comiskey, in
order to add to the list of Sox attractions,
last winter dug deep in his jeans and
parted with small foltune to secure Eddie
Collins for the second base position. And
this season Eddie will be out there with all
his old pep and a box of new tricks, we ex-
pect.A fence buster, to fill Bodies place, has
been secured in the person of Happy
Felch, recently of Milwaukee. We cannot
see where the attendance at the park is
likely to fall off any in 1915.
Boston Briefs-The Braves are now per-
forming under the direction of Miracle
Man Stallings at Haddocks, Ga. The
team has been strengthened whole lot by
the addition of Sherwood Magee the hard
hitting outheder. Bill Jones has recently
received good deal of notice by his refusal
to report unless given $4,000 raise in SAL
airy. Bill was getting four and wants six,
but Owner Gaffney says nix. The gen.
eral opinion is that Bill is well worth What
he asks but that he adopted the wrong
method of getting it. If James had quietly
travelled to Boston and related his position
to Owner Gaffnev with the request that the
latter think the matter over, we haven't the
slightest doubt that he would have received
the desired boost. AS the matter stands he
may finally get the raise, but it will look
like a hold up and put him in bad for a
long time to come. James entire detection
would not exactly ruin Stallings pitching
staff but it would put big dent in it and it
will be tough if the Miracle Man lose
the services of the big fellow.
Foolish Flops-The off season has been
productive of the usual number of players
jumping from organized ball to the Fed
erals. What is surprising, however, is the
number who have made the round trip by
doing the double-Brodie Act. First and
foremost is the redoubtable Walter John
son, who signed contract with the Chicago
Feds, calling for large sum, and then
week or SO afterwards Topped back to
Washington. This backward flop does not
raise him in the estimation of managers,
fans, or anybody else whatever may be said
about it. At the slightest sign of faltering
this next summer the fans will hand him
some savage tongue lashing. While there
was some question as to whether he was
bound to the Washington Club, there is
none whatever that he had bound himself to
the Chicago Feds by signing contract and
accepting advance money. And SO it is
with Marquard, Austin, Wings, Perritt and
others. They will find that instead of max
ing themselves solid with the fan body they
have actually lost in favor and standing.
A player who cannot stay bought always
finishes sad spectacle.
American Association has finally
been decided to retain the St. Paul franchise
in this league and action, toward this end is
now under way. If the Sanity City does
not have better team than it did last year,
it will be hard to keep it from dropping
clear out of the league. The Minneapolis
team will be entirely rebuilt, Altizer and
Williams being the only vets retained. A
lot of young players have been secured from
the Southern league by way of Washington
in trade for Rondeau who went to the
Senators last fall. Louisville looks pretty
good having secured plenty of good mater
ial in return for players traded or sold.
Columbus may be depended upon to have
team that will be in the race, and Milwau-
kee does not appear to have been weakened
much, but the team is composed of a num-
Der of veterans who may suddenly slow up
and we look for the Brewers to have a
hard fight to retain the pennant