The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-01
SPORTS
Was F1r,a1cier at Beginning
cropping out right along and SOM
of them are dreams.

cropping out right along and SOM
of them are dreams
Wins Eight remnants In sixteer
4 Seasons.
| Who're and when was / born? Tha
doesn't seem to be material to the
stories we are about to tell. and
will let the early part OF my career
go through with the simple statement
that / played for four years in the
bush league and have been a full
fledged manager in them for sixteen
more. Suffice it Will be. think, to
make the simple statement that
won eight pennants in the sticks IN
stretch Of fifteen seasons.
For the purpose of verifcation l
will outline the flags that became
mine through real conquest. In 1902
and 1903 / won the pennants of the
Northern league at Winnipeg. In 1906
and also in 1909 my Burlington team
won flags in the Central association
In 1911. 1912 and 1913 my Ottumwa
team of the same organization proved
the best, and in 1916 ] won the pen
nant with the team at Muscatine. l
figured that I had a good chance Of
winning this year with the Waterloo
team, but the season was cut short on
account OF the war and Of course we
had no chance OF finishing.
My position on the field was third
base and I played there for ST. Paul
of the American association part of
the season of 1903.
My chief success as manager of
bush league clubs comes through my
= n cl- live IN, he
opment of young players. l had an
excellent eye for the honey player
and recognized real merit almost at a
glance. Hence 1 was able to make
many big sale Of players to the big
leagues, but of this 1 will tell my
readers in a subsequent article in the
present series.
Runs 5000 into Bank Roll of $4,000
In Season.
My most remarkable experience was.
at Burlington. I went into that bright
little city on the sum of 5000 in the
spring of 1906, won the pennant and
at the colse of the year discovered
that l had made total of $4,000 all
for myself Some of this, of course,
came through the sale of players.
You may see from this that despite
the fact that I have had big league
offers time and again, l would not
trade the worry and uncertainty of
any mans job in the big time stuff
for comfortable berth in a success
full city on the circuit Of good minor
league
Besides that. look at all the fun
have!
Here's one a bunch of PLAYERS
pulled on me just few months back
that will show you how a bush league
manager has to worry. In some
leagues the towns are SO close to-
gether that we make the jumps in
the morning by trolley or interurban
lines. When team is at home the
players pay their own expenses, but
On the road the club pays them.
We made one Of these jumps to
nearby town and after finishing
series there l went to the hotel keep
sr to settle the bill. It was higher
han l figured it should be. and II
Questioned it. 1 noticed an item for
breakfast on the day we had left
nome. l called the proprietof's at
,ention to it, saying we had break
,ast at home that morning.
Players Run up Bill on Manager Euan
mo, your whole team had break
asst here at half past ten. just after
Tou got in" he replied I investi-
gated quietly and found that the
,oys had decided on that little
scheme themselves. They didn't eat
1t home, but waited until we had |
cached the next town so that the
neal would be paid for by the club |
Rich, isn't it?