The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-07
CUB MANAGERS linked
Half Dozen Ex-Cubs Failed
to Make Good as Major
League Leaders.

Players who were members Of the
famous Cub baseball machine seem to
be hoodooed as managers. Several of
them have tried their hand at direct
ing clubs, but to date only one has
succeeded. and he is Pat Moran. who
led the Phillies triumphantly to the
pennant goal in the National league in
1915. The others in their efforts to
be Connie Macks, John McGraws and
George Stallingses have fallen by the
wayside.
The failures of the former Cub play
ers have been SO regular that one Is
forced to the conclusion that star play
ers do hot make successful managers.
1t seems that way from the luck that
Johnny Killing Johnny Evers. Mordecai
Brown, Joe Tinker. Jimmy Sheckard
and Tommy Leach have had. They all
have had managerial ambitions. have
been tested and found not to possess
the proper metal.
Years ago, when the famous ma
chine directed by Frank Chance was
together. one would almost have
wagered literally that every man on
the team would have been a big hit as
a leader. Every man Chance had under
him was q star. He played baseball
without any direct orders from the
manager, because he knew the game,
and knew what to do at the proper
time. Frank Schultz was about the
only one who was not selected to be
tho y,ilnf IF ir,,. loor
King Failed.
Johnny Killing was the first of that
pennant winning collection that
stepped into managerial shoes. He
was traded to the Boston team and
appointed manager in 1912. The club
he had was rated as a joke and he
finished last with it. That virtually
closed his career as a player, although
he came back later and caught for q
little while. He did not seek any
enough.
Evers and Tinker sprouted as man
ayers in 1918, but neither one came to
full bloom. The second sacker came
closer to it than did his former part
ner, for he finished third with the
at the bottom with the Reds. Evers
would probably ave retained his posi-
ton but for his temperament, and it
is believed that If nc had been given
another opportunity he would have de-
veloped into as great a leader as the
game Of baseball has ever had.
Tinker, upon failing to make an i'm
preston with the Reds, jumped to the
Federal league. The competition there
was different than in the major league
and he was q success. He finished
second one season and won the PEN
nant in 1915. He continued as man.
ager of the Chicago club when it was
transferred to the National league, and
wah fortunate in heading the second
division.
Mordecai Brown was given a trial as
commander with the st. Louis Feds,
but before the season was closed was
supplanted and went to Chicago. He
did not have the ability to lead men.
Moran Successful.
Pat Moran. while always considered
one of the foxiest catchers in the
game. was not classed with King. He
was steady, a consistent hitter and
seemed to know intuitively what the
base runners were going to do. One
never looked upon him as a manager.
although he was always pleasant on
club, well liked and kept harmony
among the boys. He did that on the
Philadelphia team when Red" Doom
was the manager. Moran was ap-
pointed leader of the Phillies, and in