Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-28
KIP GLEASON
S0x MANAGER
CALLED REAL
FIGHT TIMBER
Leader of American Lesnue
Champions Was a "Battler" !
In Famous Old BaIti-
more Orioles.

Chicago, Sept. 27.AWith close to
50 players from which to select the
teams which will meet for the pre-
mier base ball struggle of the year,
the Cincinnati Nationals and the
Chicago Americans are certain to be
represented on the diamond by COM
binations which will uphold the
high-class standard of play which
has marked the world series of re-
cent seasons. A complete list Of
the eligible players of the two COM
peting clubs, with their physical
statistics, follows:
William kid" Gleason, manager
of the Chicago White Sox, has been
in major league base ball SO years.
He was born at Camden, N. j., Oe-
tober 26, 1865, and began his base
ball career in 1886 at Williamsport,
Pa. While James Callahan was
manager of the Chicago Americau
league team, Gleason was assistant
manager and coach, and after Calls
han was replaced by Clarence Row
land in 1917, Gleason continued with
the club as aide to Rowland, and it
is said that much of the success Of
the White Sox that season was at
tributable to the work of Gleason.
The next season, 1918, Gleason
stepped out of baseball and went
into business in Philadelphia, where
he and Otto Knabe, of the Chicago
Nationals are partners. Before the
present season was started. Charles
A. Comiskey, owner of the White
Sox, decided upon change of man
ager and Gleason was re-engaged.
Although Gleason is old enough
to be father of majority of his
players, he is as active and handy
with boxing gloves as any man on
the team, not excepting Kerr, who
is a pugilist far above the .ayeraEe~
Gleason tips the scaleS 1t about
Us pounds and is five Ret, seven
and one-fourth insx tall. He Is
married and lives in philadelphia
This is the seventh year that Glea-
son has been with the White Sox.
In the old days, Gleason, who is !
student of the "old school" was /
member of the famous Baltimore
Orioles, and still carries out all his
teachings of the old masters-fght
and never give up. He has instilled
this fighting spirit into the men on
the White Sox, and it is this moro
than anything else which has placed
the club at the head of the American
league. Gleason is 4 past master
in the art of handling ball players.
When he notices a player slipping,
he quietly benches the player and
sends in a substitute. Time after
time the player taken out has re-
turned to the game and played at
top speed. During batting practice
Gleason will always be found with
a bat in his hand and making the
infielders step some" He bats and
throws right handed. In his early
days in base ball, Gleason was
pitcher, and he declares that today
he can pitch better than majority
of the box men in the league.
Edward V. Cicotte is one Of
manager Gleason's pitching "aces."
This wonderful knuckle bali pitcher,
who was thought to be slipping last
season has become one of the best
pitchers in the league. He has been
accused time and again of using
the shine ball." which is nothing
more than myth. Ball after ball
has been taken out of the game and
brought to the headquarters Of the
league for examination and there
never has been found any foreign
substance on the sphere. Eddie
| was born in Detroit, Mich, June lo.
1884. He entered professional base
ball in 1904 at Sault Ste Marie. Mich.
He has had varied career. He was
member of the Augusta, Ca, team
of the Southern association at the
time Tyrus Cobb was playing there.
and both went to the Detroit Ameri-
cans. Cobb was retained by Detroit
but Cicotte was sent back. He was
released to the White Sox, about
eight years ago. He began to show
he could pitch and became q fix
ture on the club. He bats and
throws right hand. He is married
and resides in Detroit. Cicotte is
one of the headiest pitchers in the
game. He has varied assortment
of curves and uses his head through
out game. He is good Judge of
batters and much of his success is
due to this fact Cicotte's checkered
career in the major leagues extends
over about IL seasons. He is five
feet, eight inches tall and weighs
about 100 pounds.
| Urban "Red" Faber. who was
discovered" by Clarence Rowland
before he became manager Of the
White Sox in 1917, has been more
or less of a disappointment this
season. He joined the navy at the
Great Lakes last fall after the sea-
son closed. and since returning TO
the club he has not been able to
put the same snap in the ball which
enabled him to make such wonder
full showing against the New York
Giants when the White Sox de-
feated them for the worlds title
in 1917. However. Manager Glea-
son has faith in Faber, and he NAV
take part in the coming series.
Faber was born in Cascade. IA,
September 6, 1883. He began his
base ball career with the Dubuque
club of the Three ! league under