The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-17
SPORTS

not find everything pleasant When he
 Lad an offer to sel out to Harry Frazee and others identified with Frazee, he
 found opposition from Ban Johnson who
 opposed the entry of Frazee into Ameri- l can League councils Lannin went
 through with the deal thus earning the | enmity of the American League chieftain.
 And now, it develops that Iannin was not paid in full for all parcels included in
 the sale, and has been forced to go into 1 the courts with a suit to recover some
 overdue payments from Frazee.
 FRAZEE'S REIGN 1 FEazee had pennant winner for his I first year as owner. But since then most ] of the breaks have been against him.
 The ball club last season was a bust
 and the promise for 1920 is but little bet 1 ter. Furthermore, Frazee has become the
 stormy "petrer' in baseball and most ot his major league life has been anything | but bed of rosesA
 l It is much the same in the managerial [ end.
 | Jimmy Collins was the first Red Sox manager. He served from 1901 until 1906 and served faithfully and splendidly. | But his reward was removal from his | job just at a time when it seemed that ! his future was secure and he would en- | dure for many years at the helm of the big league baseball club. Chic Stahl succeeded Collins in mid season of 1906 The trials and tribula- | tions incident to his job were too much 1 for him-and Stahl committed suicide George Huff a college man. was the suc- l cessor of Stahl-but Huff quickly found that life was too short to spend it as
 manager of the Red Sox. So he quit and , was succeeded by Jimmy Mcclure at the outset of the 1907 season. Mcclure managed the club in 1907 and
 finished in seventh place. This was not
 all to the liking of Taylor and he SD 1 voiced his sentiments to Mcclure. He continued with Mcclure through 1908 and
 let, him go in mid-season. Fred Lake | finished out the year and also piloted the 1 Red Sox in 1909. Then Lake was given
 the ''gate," and Patsy Donovan entered ' on the job. Donovan was manager of l the team through 1910 and 1911, but passed
 from authority when Taylor sold out to 1 Maceeler
 WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP l Jake Stahl succeeded him and was the team leader in 1912, when it romped
 through to worlds championship, But ! Tn 1915 trouble came to Stahl and in disgust, he quit his job and went into | retirement.
 l BLU Carrigan was manager for more tnah three seasons. Jack Barry took | Carrlgans place when the latter ouit | paseoalI, and Barry had tough time of
 it all during his managerial period. Bar
 ry eventually was succeeded by Ed Bar | rows, and Barry, although reckoned as.
 one Of the most valuable baseball play
 CTS m the game at the time he became
 manager, has passed into obscurity. | Barrows. since assuming the cbaros
 Of the Red Sox, has had tempestuous voyage. Internal dissension has been
 manifest for more than two seasons. Fla 1 had to contend with that and also ba5
 to handle the temperamental Babe Ruth.
 And all the while he has been compeIled
 to issue denials that he was going to I resign as manager-and also denied re-
 ports that Frazee was going to cast him 1 adrift-
 Barrows is one of the smartest men in l baseball-a really brilliant individual. But even the genius of Barrows seems to fail
 in avoiding the jinx which has made life
 a rather difficult and unpleasant thing | for every man who was identified in the ownership and the leadership of the Red
 Sox