Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-23
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Managerial Ranks of Minor Leagues
Filled This Year With Former
Big League Talent.
six Ex.MAJoRs IN WESTERN

When big league player slows up
and is released from the select circle.
It's case OF back to the BUSH nine
times out OF ten. 1t is the natural de-
sire of the average ball player to re-
main in the game as long as possible,
SO when his days iii the big yard are
over he is pretty certain to seek a
job either as player or manager in
one of the minor leagues. 1t is the
managerial booth, however, that is
most sought after by the ex-big
Lacquer.
That the old star FASTENERS in the
major leagues usually make good at
plotting clubs in the minor organiza-
tons is evidenced by the large num-
Der engaged this season to manage
clubs in the class IA, A and B
leagues.
The International league is loaded
from one end of the circuit to the
other with team managers gathered
from the big tent. Fred Tenney holds
forth at Newark, Dave Shean at Prov
idence, Jack, Dunn at Baltimore, Tom
my Leach at Rochester, Joe. Birming-
ham at Toronto, Patsy Donovan at
Buffalo and Dan Howley at Montreal.
Manager Roger Bresnahan of To-
ledo and Danny Shay, the Kansas
City pilot, are perhaps the best known
big leaguers in the American associa-
ton, although several of the other
American association managers have
been up there" at one time or an
other. 80
The Pacific Coast league boasts OF
Frank Chance, the old leader of the
Cubs, who is now at the helm in Los
Angeles. Other former major leaguers
who are holding down managerial po-
sitions in the far west circuit this sea-
son are Harry Wolverton at San
Francisco, and Cliff Blankenship at
Salt Lake City. .
Six in Western.
Iron Man" McGinnity, one Of the
greatest pitchers the big show ever
owned, is boss of the Butte North.
western league team. In the West.
ern, Frank Isbell holds the reins al
Des Moines, Rebel Cakes at Den
yer, Marty Krug at Omaha, Jimmy
Jackson at Wichita, Harry Gaspar al
Sioux City and "Ducky" Holmes at
Lincoln. All the members of this
group OF Western league managers
were we'll known major league per-
formers few years ago.
With Norman Elberfeld (the To-
basco kid) leading Chattanooga;
Charlie Schmidt, Detroit's old back.
stop, at Mobile; Charlie Starr, the
former Giant, at Little Rock, and
George Moriarity, who recently took
up the managers burden at Memphis
the Southern league is well repre-.
sented in the list of former majors
who are now managers.
A slant at the list of managers in
the New York State league this sea.
son shows the names of several well
known tossers. George (Hooks)
Wiltse is plotting at Albany, "Wid'
Conroy at Elmira, Andy Mcconnell
at Utica, and Bill Coughlin at Scran,
ton.
| Duffy at Portland.
The managerial ranks of the East.
ern league are filled with former main
show pastimers. Hugh Duffy, the
king of swatters in his day, is the
boss at Portland. The fleet Billy
Hamilton leads Worcester ant
4 Charles (Heine) Wagner is tackline
his first job as manager at Hartford
Jesse Burkett, "of the old school,
has switched his managerial dutie.
from Worcester to Lawrence. The
Lowell team takes orders from Harr,
Lord and Neal Ball is having trouble
a-plenty trying to get his Bridgeport
team going.
In several of the smaller league.
are to be found number of manager.
who few years back wore big YARD
spangles and were well known in ma
jor league circles. Bill Bradley, reck
oned as one of the greatest thirt
basemen who ever played the hot cor,
ner, is manager of the Erie Interstat.
team. The veteran Jimmy Sheckard
who was in class by himself wher
in his prime as a player, is in charg.
of the Lancaster team of the Pennsyl
vania league.
The Wheeling team of the Contra
league is managed by Harry Smith
former major league manager anc
player. The Northern league kicks il
with two familiar names on its rosie,
Of pilots-Bob Unglaub at Fargo anc
Lefty" Davis at Virginia.
Verify, the job of managing minol
league team must have been made t.
order for the old big toppers, and the,
are going to it in increased number!
every season. ~
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