The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-06
Charley Mullen to Lead
Siwash Tribe for Rest
of Coast League Season
Bill Cymer Quits Post as p Io OF Seattle Aggregation;
Mullen Must Be Given Free Rein; Local Pilot Is
Seattle Boy: Let's Get B ehind Mullen
BY LEO II. LASSEN

President Jimmy Brewster of the Seattle ball club
at 10 o'clock this morning.
Neither Cmer Brewster would give any statement
Charley Mullen Seattle boy. who learned his baseball
at the University of Washington will lead the local squad
for the rest Of the Coast league , lie s tne
Brewster wired Toledo concerning his release late
terday but had no reply today.
Mullen will be the bench of the local aggregation
this afternoon but will play He is expected to hold
down the second base job with the Siwashes.
Is 1T WISE?
The of the policy of putting the to Bill.
for that is what it amounts to in plain English. is ques
tonable. Cymers squad has not ball games This is
would be enough to drive ordinary man wild.
The trouble with baseball in Seattle is that there are
aCiub isn't winnngl Can Clymer" has been the cry
of the fans during the past three weeks.
good clubs but who couldn't play for the locals
Cymer has also been criticized for changing his lineup
Class AA players Clymer has also been criticized for
bringing players to the coast who not fast enough
Bill has made mistakes but in hurried effort to get
team together who wouldn't make them?
SOME PUZZLE
It's puzzle that takes than the man to
work out Clymer to Seattle with reputation as
long Second but has had hard time getting
started Injuries have wrecked the club several times and
! tough life this Clymer is far from a bonehead and
think he would have delivered if given time.
squad can not be built in one year Anybody who thinks
the thing be done foolish eight inches above the
Regarding reports that there dissension among
the players while the road. Bill Cymer said this
ing that there nothing to the
Such reports always come from team that happens
to be in the rut" declared Bill THE stories
from Sacramento when the Solons losing"
IN BETTER CONDITION
THE club is in much better condition than when
in Los Angeles" says Bill Jack knight back
first base makes big difference in the nfied and Cum
nngham's leg is o. X. again."
Bill said for several weeks before the last road trip
that he waiting for the coming month show the
fans here what he could do if he could get the club
in decent condition.
Charley Mullen, the Seattle pilot, signed up by
the White Sox OF Chicago where he played in 1910 and
1911. In 1912 he with the Lincoln Neb, the
Western league where he managed the club for
half The club finished fourth both years In 1914
1915 and 1916 he with the New York Yankees in the
association in 1917 He played second base with the Seattle
team in the Northwestern league this spring He was been
playing in the Valley league in the northern part of the
state while working in Seattle since the Northwestern cir
cult blew
Il have special plans at the present time" Mullen
said this morning II want to get acquainted with my men
first" $3.50 ' o
NEEDS SUPPORT
Let's get behind the manager because no leader
can WIN without the support of the fans Let's not expect
George Staings stunt either, because it's 100 to
shot that won't climb out of the cellar into first place
before this mans is over.
And here's tip for the Seattle baseball club directors
Too many fingers spoil the pie. Mullen knows baseball
and should, and undoubtedly will be given free rein
Too many ball clubs have been spoiled by club directors
having managerial aspirations. It's up Mullen to deliver
the goods and if he doesn't the club is responsible In him
while he is the leader. Without single reign Mnlens
chances of success will be simmer than walking match ad