New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
l FIELDER JONES A
 NATURAL | LEADER
Browns New Manager, Hard as Diamond POint-HaS Fine Record

x Fielder Alanson Jones, manager of a he St. Louis Browns, is just now a a most interesting American to people I8Who love baseball.
 N Curious chap, this man Jones'" He
 #s 5 years old, stern as Draco, cold as @ce. hard as a diamond point. Withal sN1is face is the soft face Of a boy. His Mnouth is a benevolent one. His Nfsage is quiet and contemplativ His Eve is cold blue. His hair is fair and #iisposed to wave and curl, It is still he soft, sheeny hair of a young man. a Insso far as he impresses you as be- #ng quiet, his aspect truthfully be- #peaks the inner man. He is benevo- #ent, too. Withal he is the most ten- R cious, enduring, "hanging-on." s For all his fair face there is not an Empire who has dealt with him who |Avi1I not assure you that this man za ones is the personifcation of the
 end himself. A z A But xIle flwon sleagie and worlds
 S Championships just the same. He man. 8 ged the White Sox for five seasons, Ssvon the American league pennant And the worlds championship in 1906, #vas second in21905 and third in 1904 N7-OS. When he did not finish in first SIeiace he finished within few decimal points of it. He was always in the |S hiclFof Ia fiercesfght@He always made # barfel a1f money for ComisI1ey, who N wnea the cTgbss a9".s9 W The White Sox finished in seventh 5# j,,
 . close third in 1904. He was a close
 Eecond in 1905. He was first in 1906. @Ie finished third in 1908. just O9
 Doints behind Detroit, which finished Ahrst. ...t
 Gan Be Hard As Steel. . A Soft as mo1asses in general speech \ nd placid asa garden pool in general
 Behavior, this man Jones" can be @aarder than steel when it comes to @na king a decision and holding on to Elis position. ~;e-
 N He is the very acme of efficiency on @he field. He is not a baseball politi- @ian. He cares little for the jockey Eng of, the club owners and club man
 gers for small political advantage. MIe pays less attention to securing star Molayrs for himself than any manager Mn baseball. As a matter of fact, he
 Really never had a team composed of @yood players. I...
 @ He was willing to take a chance" Rnd play for a share of the Chicago 6BAmerican league club but Owner Mgomiskey would not self. He refused |h tremendous salary, some S12,000 a @Eear, and went into the lumber busi- #Aness. @ The Chicago White Sox finished
 NJ fourth in 1909 under Billy Sullivan, gssixth in 1910 under Hugh Duffy, Afourth in 1911 under the same Duffy, Sfourth in 1912 under James J. Calla- 8han and fifth in 1913 under the same MCallahan, seventh in 1914 under CaIa- Hhan. The White Sox were always in AtFne race to the very last week of the #season under Jones. After Jones de- #parted they never were in the race Batter July 15.
 It is notable, too, that Jones car #ried less men than any other mana #ger in any major league. His average @number of players on the White Sox, @Was nineteen. After his departure Sthe White Sox. began to carry from s#twenty-five to thirty players.
 He is a hard. bitter ballplayer, 'tthis #gnan Jones"E a hard fighter and hard man on his fighters. When he led @ the White Sox he. wore himself thirty q pounds under his normal weight @ After three months of fighting on S sGhe baseball field, Jones begins to take #Mn the appearance of Serbian refu- Agee. His face becomes lean, drawn S haggard. His round abdomen be- comes concave. His face gets scratch # @d and full of lines. His hands be- cone sore. He limps with both legs Ss6 Great Field Marshal.
 Al Jones is a director of games a field A YnarshaI He has never been known as an, organizer of great teams. Tenacity is the salient chara cteri ;tic B Of "this man Jones'" He is not q grea Aggressive player, like McGraw, no D great orga nizera1ike Hanlon, Macl or thealate1Selee. |
 Jones ina baseball game is what a barbed wire entang1ement is in war q fare. You start to lick him and vol must fight your way through the barb ed wire entanglement of his tenacity You rush forward to fight him, t, make runs against him. At ever, step you run into the cruel barbs o his tenacity. They tear your clothes your skin, your flesh, they rasp you bones and they destroy your equi 8 boise and judgment.
 Jones is a great defensive player l he off