Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-27

falo club of the International league, has declined the honor.
 For the last four months there has been talk of a change in the leader ship of the Chicago White Sox. Clar- ence Rowland, in the opinion Of his contemporaries, has not measured up to really high class standards. Smart managers of the American league maintain that Rowland for the last two seasons has had club 15 or 20 per cent. stronger than the worlds champion Red Sox.
 The return to the White Sox in ca pacity of coach of Kid Gleason during the last few weeks of the last season has already been interpreted in some quarters as a move by Charles Comis- key to provide a new manager for 1917. This Comiskey has denied. Nat uraIly, if the Old Roman intended to let Rowland go, he would ease the blow as much possible by making the change during. the off season.
 The great majority of the major league managers of 1916 are protected by term contracts over the coming season. Cincinnati, the most highty city of all, has tied itself to Christy Mathewson through 1917 and 1918. The contracts of McGraw with the Giants and Wilbert Robinson with the Rob
 ins both have one more year to go.
 George Stallings is bound to the Braves
 to the end of 1920. Pat Moran is un-
 der contract 10 the Phillies for next
 year. Jimmy Callahan is sure of an- other years grace, at least, in Pitts
 burgh, unless DreyfusS sells the club,
 which is improbable. The same goes for Miller Huggins with the Brittons
 in St. Louis f~
 American league managers are not
 so well protected generally Connie
 Mack at Philadelphia and Clark GI-if-
 fiths at Washington are stockholders
 as well as leaders and consequently
 beyond the reach of directors foibles Hugh Jennings is bound to Detroit by
 term contract. The same goes for
 Fielder Jones and the Browns. Bill Donovan has just signed to lead the Yankees next year. The owners of the Yankees felt that the Smiling One should have another year in which
 to perfect his plans.
 Joe Tinker is doomed to the order Of the tin can, according to informa- tion obtainable from the west. Chas. l Weeghman, president of the Cubs, is not so friendly as he was to the man l that won pennant in the Federal i league with the Chicago Whales The | stockholders thought a combination 1 of the old Cubs and the Whales would waltz to a National league pennant | When Tinker who cultivated just such
 an impression, failed so dismaIly, the
 myriad stockholders started after | Tinl1er's scalp through Weeghman, it l is said.
 Chicago, just now, is as bad as Cincinnati" said onr of the Cubs during the last eastern trip of the Chi cago team. "The directors hold a star chamber meeting every morning, and discuss ways and means of run ming the club. Tinker didn't really have a great deal to say, and I am sure he would not continue under ex- isting conditions. We understand his contract expires ac the end of this 1 year. There is little likelihood of it | being renewed
 In Chicago 1t is said that Weegh- l man and the other directors have be- gun to make a great play for Frank Chance, who is still a lion in the
 Windy City. Whether Chance would | consent to return to the National 1 league is a question. When he left | the Yankees he declared he was | through with the big show for | all time. The Peerless Leader was dis gusted with the game at that | time. He quit to devote his entire at. l tention to his California ranch. Later l when Chance went back to the game, 1 he entered it as a minor league mag nate. He controls a large share of the stock of the Los Angeles club of
 the Pacific Coast League. which he