Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-14

Center Ficldn' Amt No Pudd!n'." Ia
The title OF q song Artie Hoffman used
to sing. Neither is umpiring any pas
try. bu, they are the whole dessert
compared with managing 4 ball club.
| used to feel sorry FOR the mother OF
OF nine growing boys o" n teacher
IN PARENTAL school until found
out what baseball manager is up
against. a manager. after three years.
can sleep between ,hc upper and neither
mill stones and think lie is in Il
feather bed.
With these few remarks let us
add TO their troubles the keen lab OF
criticism, saived somewhat by rccoRn!
ton Of their good points. You see.
wc are compelled to study the man
ayers because of the effect the: have
npon teams. The influence OF Il man
agcr scarcely can be computed First,
he must be "a diplomat in handling the
owners: second he must he a genius
In handling the ball players. and. third.
he must he a wonder at Knowledge of
the game and every department OF the
game.
We find, IN studying these men that
they arc either helped or hurt by in
reference and dictation. No two men
car manage anything. One must be
manager, with sole power, must accept
All criticism. and divide all credit The
moment two men try TO run bail
club that club is gone, mark that. Yet
we find in the National League Ebbcts
OF Brooklyn: Drcyfuss, Of Pittsburgh
the whole swarm at Cincinnati sever
nectcd with the club AT s.. Louis and
latterly. Raker, Of Philadelphia, toll
ing managers what TO do. II is not
known what the new Chicago owners
Will DO. Either they Will leave Tinker
entirely alone and hold him respon-
sihle. or they will interfere and try
to tell him how TO run the club--mcan-
! ing second division. Herzog has made
4 tWo-year light at Cincirnati against
permitting 4 bunch OF walters at We'll
crts To manage the club indirectly and
has won-nominally at least
Now. OF ali these :nen, Barney Dr.y-
fuss Is the only one who knows enough
baseball TO advise a manager. Ebbets
might also be expected, but he is n
raving baseball crank, who gets worse
instead Of better. He can't keep out
Il he tries. 20 II IL hopeless.
McGraw ana Stlllings run their own
clubs. The owners are satisfied to at
tend 10 the business cnd. Not the least
element III their success has been this
fact.
We must give the crown in the Ma
tional League TO Stallings. He is an
! intensely! dislikcd man or intensely
admired. His players are wild over
! him. OF the field h. is kindly. ex-
. pLaNa'oiE. diplomatic, and he under
stands his men. He is the hest base
! ball teacher | ever heard He knows
/ the game, studies il. lives it. on the
I field nc is transformed. He drives.
! raves, scolds, RACES. and he gets re-
suits. lie never carries crouch or
81 grievance of the field. but pats the
offending player on the back and tells
him how good he is His skull prac-
lice which is held every day Is
merely study OF the game and of the
mistakes that we made" StallinEs s
only wcak point is that he is likely to
drive his team too hard and cause il
to break.
! McGraw. second tn rank is a slave
driver. He is absolutely fair in deal
ing with his men. ami he manages by
! the game. but Is neither effective nor
! diplomatic In handling ball players. 10
I takes the ball PLACER end OF the thing
I too much. No man succeeds as a man
arer until he commences to forget the
/ bah player angle and look at the 10.
! from the angle OF the manager and
! owner.
! rurposedly. | left Callahan to the
! last. Callahan failed twice with the
| thicago White SOY. lie should not hc
/ Judged on that. He never had com
! pletc control. Likewise. too. he nam
7 died about as uuir,elliscnt a bunch as
the game produced. OF course. there
were smart players hut tho average
( was low. There was prejudice against
: him. The worst criticism was that Cal
associated with theatrical people. and
bali p!aEers got their heads together
and said: He think hes too good for
+ US Helpful spirit. isn't it? al