The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-16

/ ~ IN NV 10 VAIN ttft ftAiAA
before another
N SA season gets un.
FL der way. accord
Al ing to her gossip
The American
cN~C league L. most
1 affected In the
opening innings OF tho first stove
hague battle Miller Higgins OF the
New York Yankees: Kid Gleason OF
the Chicago. White Sex. and Clarke
Griffith. OF the Washington sena.
tors. arc the big league chiefs OF
1890 who viii be succeeded. she says.
II Is no secret that New York fans
ars demanding the scalp Of Miller
Hugxins because OF the little fellows
lAilure TO win the American league
nag with the smuggling Yanks. lie
= being succeeded by wiIbers Rob
1nspn. present pilot Of the Brooklyn
OodgvrA In the gossip going the
HOundn In the East.
HUGH JENNINGS
QUITS
Huxh JenningA Of the Detroit r.
eoEa quit Friday. rcsignsng N pilot
- the Michigan team Hls action
~ sudden. but NEVERTHELESS expect
- because Of the failure Of the
91gess this year. Just who will sue
oBod him u mystery now. but Wal
onr AcCretse. the tail Scot pilot OF
tAe Portland Beavers. has been mrn-
toned for tho job So has I-y Cobb.
IN Cobb says that be still intends to
10y for several years yet. and he
vunt take q managerial berth until
~ playing days ara over.
In spite OF tho fact that Kid Giea-
~ won one American league flag
and finished second this season Dame
Rumor In supcrsedinx him with Ed
- Collins. the White sox second
baneman- Collins Ia still q brilliant
player. but he can't go on forever
and It's ul-}srstood that Eddie will
take the job Il IT is offered to him.
He refused II In the past. declaring
that 1t would affect his playing abii-
~ too much.
Clarke Griffith. the veteran wash
tngton pilot. In not being canned
he's retiring. And no other than the
veteran George Mcbride. former
Washington shortssop. Is slated to
succeed him. Griffith IL now prae-
ttcaily the owner OF the Washington
team and he's getting along In years
sPEAKER WILL
he BACK
Down Cleveland way Iris Speaker
could just about be mayor OF the
village IL he wanted the job. There's
no chance Of Iris not managing the
Indians again next year II he L. up
and kicking.
Jimmy Burke. Of the 81 Louis
Browns, Connie Mack. OF the Atb-
1efics. and Ed Barrow. Of the Boston
Red sox. will all undoubtedly be at
The helms Of their respective clubs
again.
In the National league the only
manager due for the az Is Gavvy
Cravath, Of Philadelphia Quaker
city fans weren't very tickled over
the way Gavvy ran the PhiIiies this
year. No successor has been named.
altho Arthur Fletcher. the shortstop
obtained from the New York Giants
In the Bancroft trade. has been ru.
mored az the 1921 Philly leader.
BROOKLYN WILL
LET OUT SQUAwK
Brooklyn fans would undoubtedly
yell bloody murder II Uncle Robin.
son Ia Transferred TO the American
league Yanks. The Dodger fans are
said TO be the queerest birds in the
world and they're pretty fond OF
their Uncle Bobby. which means a
ouuAwk u he goes. No successor has
Been mentioned for Robinson II the
big fellow does take the Yankee job.
altho Zach Wheat, the veteran out.
fielder. would have the inside call on
the position.
Whether or not lawn McGraw
the little Napoleon Of the Giants
viii be back again remains to be
seen. 1t was evident that Muggsy
planned to turn the reins Of the
Giants over to Christy Matthewson,
but then Big Six" contracted seri
GUS illness during the summer which
forced McCraw TO stick on the lob
He has lined up Johnny Evers az
his chief aide and the former Chi
cago Cub star may be the boy u
lead the Manhattan squad next sea
opn.
gTALLINGS Is
UNSETTLED
The rest Of the National league
managers are sitting tight. Georg.
Staliings. OF the Boston Braves
being the only one OF the others VIII,
IL undecided. stalIings Is said TO b
anxious To quit baseball to look aftei
his plantation In the Sunny South.
Dame Rumor may have the dop'
Al wrong. but she's In for a big sea
son, judging from the start she ha1
made.
CAMBRIDGE. Oct. 1e.--Harvar'
rowing, concluded last spring by thci
victory over Yale on the Thame
river. was TO be resumed here toda.
with the first call for fall practice.
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