The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-06
Big League Gossip
CHRISTY MATHEWSON
cncnnaa Aeos
CHRISTY MATHEWSON
Former and Manager Of the cincn

CHICAGO July 5.--Would John It"nr%
Wagner make Il good bu sebnll manager!
That is the question which ~ Interesting
TO players and fans alike.
The answer is that you cannot tel
about q manager any NOR" than pro-
Queer of shows can determine whether
one is going 20 be success or not uh,n
Ii. puts il in Il theatcr. gu We gnt 10
put 4 man in charge Of bal! cup oc-
fore you gel the final verdict.
Some of ;hr smariest players have
made the worst managers-likc tle
members Of the old cubs, rated as mo
Inn elIectuul giants of the diamond. None
Of them that tried II turned out 10 be
n great leader Many mon. " In were
never at all SNOWY AZ players. nave Dc
come aces as lcadrrS--Connic MacK'
Fred Mitchell. Pat Moran, George stall
ings
,hnr lInnus is only temporarily in charge
ri the team. hut | have very prOhounc,,
ed lunch that little success ~nu'u
make his berth permanent mItn" NJ
Hnnus has claimed time and again 'tltl
he did not want 10 be mnnsgrr' ne
also said "A short time ago that he had
retired from baseball for good.
For S"v"ra; YEARS Trrrd t!arhr e.u ~
cd the Pittsburgh public Ia "Xrect WIN
ucrs--rnade II almost habit Tor mem
Then when Fred left town il" left pc
hind him Il sad wreck OF nail Slhn-
like a man trying In sell second NUM-
automobile which he hopes VIII hoih
together until lie can get the bill Of sa H..
Tho ball club fell .tpart hs soon rs
Callahan took hold. and Jimmie. "A pop
ular man in baseball. had To START 70
build all over again. Ills constructor,
work was not much nt II success an
the fans spent 1hrir tim" talking ABOUT
the ;,rrmt winners Fred Clarke uSrd 10
have and spent very little money at the
gate. Talk of what WAS docs moi meet
The pay roll Of ball club. So ''i'nmle
has changed his address.
ular in PITTSBURGH. sort ~ piece nl
the town itself. lik" tho Fort lhtt h"'"l'
ana lhc steel mills. and Harry Thaw.
Wagner was satisfied with his Standing
! without undertaking |" Il" ANY '"'"-
aging.
I!,if. as understand It, Wagner Is 10
he given Il whirl long enough ~ see no"
h" nts tn" inh. If :he team does any
| thing hc Will h. permanrlt Tenant III
Tho nnsitinn They arr telling him the
same thing Ihcv told me when I went 10
cincinnati.
"Y"u'v" got everything 10 EaIu and
nothing 20 lose. There is only one way
yuil. run move. and that is ". .
"Thcyr- telling mo that. Matty. sRlu
Unnue To mo when VIZ played the pirates
u series tho other day. trying % gH.
some unsehaE news on this managing
jnh "rh"y say can't move my way
except np"
IInrus aud hav" been friends for
many wears and we arc among the
aged veterans Of The National leagne
now. although | recall long before |
entered the large leagues. looking 20
Amos RusIe and Hnnus a- heroes. In
rnrt on nv way to Brooklyn once. !
waited outside tho old Polo grounds TO
SEE Eusis make his exit after a game.
| was a sort 81 a players gate Johnny.
''rh" theory is right rs far as It
goes" answered. "Rut if you DON'T
move lip pretty soon. YOU NOV" out.
The old boy is pnnderinr in his mind
whether Ia tnkr n chance on the job.
| advised him to do 1t. because be
licvc hc will make ms good a manager
Mut none can say for sure until the test
has hrrn thorOucf.
Hnnus is rhc most rnTnlar hall player
eyer 10 work in Pittsburgh so that If