Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-02-24
WAS FAvQR|T1:E
Of BALL. FANS
FOR LONG TINE
Promotion to Manager of Yank'
ees Was First Start Down
81. e7s Long. Slide. :ss4.g
MAJOR LEAGUE MANAGERS
WILL NOT SIGN HAL: CHASE

Chicago, Feb. 23.--Hal; Chase is
paying big price for the folly Of
other. years, The. great first-sacker
lis being forced. out. of the big
leagues because he has earned for
himself the sobriquet Of ''undesir-
able" by his methods and action
while star member of the Yankees
and the White Sox. The fact that
he was not wanted by any Of the
managers of the. major leagues to.
day is, not because he jumped to the
Federal league, but because he had
made himself obnoxious to the fol-
lowers of the game. s,.3.
Other players jumped to the Feds,
but they are being taken back with
open arms in most cases, and at
wartime prices. Not SO with Hal,
for he is being passed up by every
manager looking for man to hold
down, first base and to help other
members of the team score with a
timely base Wallop. .s ,..a.
Probably no player was ever idol.
lied more than Chase, except per-
haps Ty Cob, Honus Wagner, Chris
ty Mathewson and Mordecai Brown.
In the early years OF his connection
with the Yankees, Chase was regard
ed as the most sensational player. in
the big leagues.
Hal reached the. Zenith of his
career when he was made manager
OF the New York American league
team. 1t was this honor that made
him "unbearable," in the opinion of
his teammates. He ran his team
with high-handed arrogance, and it
was not long before the reports
came that there was dissention in
the ranks. It soon became common
report around the circuits that Chase
was a trouble-maker. Stories crept
into print about his methods, and he
was. criticised bitterly for his actions
both on and off the ball field. He
was accused OF listlessness on the
field and of thwarting the interest
of his. club. ..s.
(. Some of the reports were true.
and others, were greatly exaggerat-
ed. Nevertheless, the great first
baseman was started on, the tQbog-
gan slide by this publicity, and it
killed him as great drawing card.
He also felt it, and did not play. his
former beautiful game, although he
was still far ahead, Of others filling
the same position. The fans started
to !clamor for his release and he was
finally traded to the White Sox for
a very ordinary price. compared to
what he would have brought two or
three years before that. =
He showed flashes Of his once
great playing when he Joined the
Sox,. but he did not come pp to ex-
pectations by any means. just at
the time the South Side fans were
beginning to say nnkind things about
him, Hal got the offer from the Feds
and he jumped The opportunity
was what he was looking for.
He did not want TO stand for the
same kind of a banning he had been
through in New York, and he was
wise enough to know that it would
have. come il he, had stuck with the
team. He seemed a changed man
for the two years that he was in the
Federal league. Those who watched
his work say that he was as good
during the seasons Of 1914 and 1915
as he ever was in his life.
He is an undesirable" though.
and his actions have caused every
one of the big-leagne leaders to fight
shy eof taking him on. @f