Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
FANS WANT HEADS
OF TWO MANAGERS
Joe Tinker Is One; and Clar-
ence Rowland Another;
Woefully Lacking
BY BERT f. COLLYER
(All Rights Reserved by Collyer's
News Bureaul

Chicago, Aug. 10. - Loyal to the
core Chicago baseball fans have finally
arisen in their disgust and are setting
a precedent for such action in this
neck OF the woods by demanding the
managerial heads of both Joe Tinker
OF the Cubs and Clarence Rowland of
the White Sox.
So far as Tinker is concerned the
u fans are not alone in their de-
mands. While there is plenty of
money behind the North Side team,
possibly more than behind any team
IN either of the two major leagues,
the stockholders are of the show me"
brand and Tinker has thus far failed
TO show them anything with his COM
oination of National League stars and
defunct Federal League derilicts but
a steady slipping to the bottom of the
ladder.
Admittedly the most powerful fac
tor from the ranks of the players in
the formation of the Federal League
this fact gave Tinker his chance as
manager of the amalgamated Cubs.
But Joe was given only a chance to
make good and not a life interest in
the position of Pooh a and now
having shown himself utterly unable
10 weld together a set of men whose
affiliations made it difficult to pull to-
sether and at the same time having a
habit of criticising his men which
leads to further d%issention rather
field his managerial end is plainly in
sight.
Rowland Not to Blame
or the W the failure of Rowland
is probably the more AFFECT. The for
mer minor league manager is in
possession of what is admitted by the
experts to be all in all the best team
in the American League. That the
team shot into the lead for a brief
spell in the ace and is still close
enough to the leaders to regain that
position is due not to Rowland but
in spite of Rowland.
Rowland possesses the happy faculty
or keeping his men we'll in hand off
the playing field, has their respect and
confidence but lacks the element of
decision and the necessary insight into
what should be done in the crucial
moments of the game when directing
his men in the active struggle on the
diamond.
Mechanical slips have of course cost
the White SoX a certain number of
games as they have cost the best team
ever brought together but enough
games have been lost through poor
Judgment on the part of their man.
ager which had they been won would
have put C~omiskey's pets out so far in
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them this season would have been
fruitless.
Weakness Still Apparent
The weaknesses of Rowland were
never more apparent han during the
recent series here with the Senator's
and the Red Sox. Taking a majority
of both these sets was vital to the PEN
nant hopes of the South Siders. Yet
Rowland lost at least one game with
the Senators and two with the Red
SoN because of his totally ~inexcusable
switching of pitchers while he GER
tainly lost another with Washington
by his poor judgment in sending run
ners to their death on the base lines.
While the White SoX as a team were
not there South Side fans were willing
to make allowances and still remain
loyal to Comiskey but now that the
team as a team measures up just a
bit higher than any other in the
league but is receiving setback after
setback due to poor tactics on the
part of their manager the South Side
fans for the first time in history are
displaying that antagonism against a
manager which means that a switch
must ONE.