Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-27
BILLY SMITH IS NO KID
he STARTS TWENTY-SECOND
YEAR AS MANAGER HERE
Plated Six Pcnnnnt Winnrr>-NrrNous
Temperament. but Quickly Nc-
wards Good Playing.

William Andrew Smith. better known
as Billy" will start his twenty-seccnI
season US manager when he lines up
the Richmond lutcrnat!onals At the
opening of the 1915 campaign.
In this time he has pilo,cd six pen
nant winners and has finished in tho
second division only five times. Nine
seasons he spent in the Southern
League. This viii lie his second III the
international League. his last entry as
~ manager there being with Eunaio in
1919.
II is not generally known. hut BILLY
played ccntcriicld in the CID Southern
League. How many years AGO. Eill re-
fuses To state. but II was IN the days Of
Ted sullivan. Sill played a part OF ono
season with the New orleans team. and
had batting average OF .3l2. That
was hack III the SEES
How cid is Biil? one might as we'll
ask. how old is Am. There wolld I've
just as much sense in tho query. Fill
refuses TO admit the number cf years.
But a couple Of years ago he did ad =
nit TO forty-two years. That is. to
look AZ hin. approximately correct.
Bill was born IN Springfield. O.. and
has for the past dozen years divided
his time between that city and Atlanta.
His affiliations now that he has been
:
probably he changed. Bits aged moth
er resides in Springfield. and Hill has
proven himself one of the most devoted
of sons
Not pay day rolls around, hut Fill
must send part Of his semimonthiy
stipend TO his mother lie writes Of
tcncr ard pays hcr a visit as often MS
his business will permit Bits one
sweetheart is his mothcr--a most adj
mirahle trait.
Some have referred to Bill as lucky.
Maybe he il. He deserves every hit of
IT, however as 4 man that is that
thoughtful Of his mother deserves all
inc luck that is coming 10 MIN, pro-
ridcd ii is good
Sill Smith is tho most nervous man
aEer in baseball. This is a characterised c
all his own. His antics on the p!ayorS
bench during hard-fought game
would be amusing If ono lid not feel
/, Tor nm ana wonder whether or not he
was going 20 Lave nervous proStrltiou
Bits one biz habit is chewing to-
bacco. Bill consumes more OF enc
brand or tobacco than any maia"cr il,
bascball. or any player Thc tt..htcr
ne game. the more he chews Ana Tho
Isle OF the chew is something Immense.
biiI bites OFF fresh chew. crosses
ms leg. rests his elbow on his Knee. His
chlh on his hand, ana watches IN
tcntly. He changes from on. leg, "a
announcer a hundred times a game no
sides wearing out the seat of a n.r-
lccilN good pair OF la sehall trousers
regularly.
FIJI is one Of tho hardest losers in
baseball That's what makes hin, a
Eoon manager He gives his very soul
10 ms team, to the men who nnrnIo,
MN ana no matter what else HE ono.
mes might say OF him. they couuo,
lines. "' 'I'
During game Bill is n taskmastor
ne calls any player for a bone. I'm, is
JUICE 10 SHOW his appreciates. q. -
Rood play. 1t is a frequent thing "a zoo
MN give some batter So out OF MS own
poGket Tor hit delivered in pinch
Hhu hve minutes after he had Ln,v,.I
that player out. " ''''
heart as big as a house. a frisr,,
IoF HE OF any one that dos hin,
favor. easy to forgive n wrony do,,o
WESTMINSTER on the field. a friend on.
inat IN a nutshell is Hin smith
his complete record as a manouo,
the years. teams he managed and liza
as follows 'c'' ~