The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-19
FRIENDS, SHAKE
HANDS WITH OUR
new CLUB BOSS
Lefty Clasp Mitts With the
Fans-He's a Smart One
Joe Wants to Polish Play.

Friend Fans, step up and meet our
new manager. Rufus Lefty" Gilbert
the slick southpaw, you know, who has
pitched two games for the Quakers
and won both of them.
How about Joe Evers?
Why, he says he don't want to man.
age a ball team. Says he would
rather keep right on playing second,
hitting triples and stealing all the bags
in the circuit without being bothered
with the care of bossing lot of fell
lows. ...
Joe Asks Release.
Little Joe, who took a discouraged
and outclassed ball club off the hands
of Babe Myers, strengthened it and
injected a lot of pep and nervine into
the players and put the team IN the
running again, came to the directors
last night shortly before the team left
for Muskegon with the suggestion that
he be relieved of the management and
that Gilbert be installed as his sue
cessor.
TIE management told Evers that
they were perfectly satisfied with his
work but Joe insisted that change
be made. Joe is playing the best base
ball of his career and he knows, as
we'll as every other person who has
seen him play. that this Is his last
season In class B baseball.
Joe is slated to graduate into the
fastest company when his contract
here expires and he wants to devote
all his time to perfecting his play, and
he knows this Is impossible so long as
the cares Of management rest on his
shoulders. Evers made this plain to
the directors, so the management was
transferred to Gilbert.
Is Smart Manager.
The new boss OF the Quakers is no
novice at managing ball teams. Gill
bert for some time managed the now
defunct Terre Haute club and the play
ers all over the league regard him as
one Of the smartest players In the
minor leagues.
When Fromholz was injured Gilbert
came here to help out the pitching
staff until Big Jacob was In shape to
work again. He then intended to sign
with Grand Rapids. In fact he was to
have joined that team last night when
II passed through Richmond. When
offered the management OF the Rich
mond team he accepted the offer when
assured that Evers had voluntarily re.
linnuished the management.
Gilbert will not only be an accept
able manager but. in addition. he will
add great strength to the pitching
staff, which will now be composed Of
Fromholf, Ainsworth. Couchmand and
Young as we'll as Gilbert.
Cupid" 10 Returned.
Following the game yesterday the
manaeement of the club returned
Cupid" Donelson to the Toledo club,
which owns him. This kid Is not de-
veloped enough as yet for Central
league speed Russell Breaux also was
released He could have been traded
10 Fort Wayne but refused to play
there. Breaux wants to return to his
beloved Dixie.
The business end Of the twelve day
tour the Ouakers started out on last
night will be looked after by Carl
Movers. treasurer Of the club. He de-
cided to go when Ainsworth and
Gyeli told him they knew where some
bass could be caught in the vicinity OF
Muskegon.
The team is now only few points
away from seventh place and should
be we'll up in the second division when
thew return home II they maintai-
their present speed The team will also
have some new faces In the lineup
when it returns home. for deals for
two new players have almost been
closed.