South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-24
FOIL ONLY BUSH
MANAGER TO GET
TWO Big CHANCES
Former Manager of Indians to
Lead Browns IN 1921
Pennant Race.

CLEVELAND. o.. Jan. %. - Lee
Foil. appointed manager of the St
Louis Americans for 1927 probably
is the only "busher'' who ever had
a chance in a managerial job in the
American league who was dropped
and then recalled to take the reins
OF another club in the same circuit
According to Iris Speaker. who re-
lieved Foil as manager OF the
Cleveland Americans. the new lead
or OF the Browns IS lone OF the
smartest men and keenest students
Of baseball I have ever met"
FOhrs first apr earance as an AM
erican league manager was in 1915.
when he succeeded Joe Birmingham
~ pilot of the Cleveland team. He
did little but experiment that year
and the team finished in seventh
place with a percentage Of .S63 The
club won As games and lost 70.
The next season the team finished
sixth. winning - and losing the
same number OF games.
SpuFted I'm 1917.
The 1917 season found the In
dams coming into their own. win
iAAAAE b anu A0H4lAE oo baNiltSs IOI 4
mark or SCI. which gave them
third place. During the abbreviated
season of 1919, his team finished in
second place with a mark Of SIS.
winning g and losing 81. The con-
census or opinion among baseball
fans was that had the season gone
the limit. Cleveland. instead OF Bos-
ton. would have won the pennant.
Il was In 1919 that Babe" Ruth
"h1t-cd Foil ont OF the league
FOhTs designation came on July 70.
1919. after a game which the locals
lost 20 Boston after having had a
four-run lend. with three Red S0V
on the bases. and the score ( 10 l.
Fohl inserted Fred Coumbe q south
paw who had not worked FOR A
month. into the game Coumbe
made The mistake OF trying 20 fool
Ruth with a slow one. and Babe
hoisted the bah over the screen Tor
a home nun, winning the game by
one run
The fans had been siding Foil
ard after this incident he decided
10 would he foo.hardv 20 continue
rs manager.
Fohl rs . great developer OF Dlav-
ers. among those proftinF by his ad-
vice being Stanley COvelcSki. lin
EaEbv PiN WambsEauss. steve
O'\eil' and Elmer Smith. an mem
hers 81 the cleveland club Through
Fohl's study OF opposition PLAYERS.
% ie said he was able 20 tip off his
own players AS 20 the ifttle Tecul-
la~itigS OF The pitchers 3s-'o when
90 eVpec. curve. fas. ball or =
splitter.
Gives OcycIandcr, Trials.
EHH' eNuer.S ru take TWO tlove-
land Sard'ottarz 'cc 81 Louis for
trials They are First Basenlan
Wa~r- Drummer and 0utdeider NoNie
Davis
FoaTs first real professional ca
reer started with Des Noines IN
ir 1905 Tie failed 20 make good
witch Cincinnati in 1905 and during
that and The next season hep layed
uIi-pr0fessio-8i bali in Homestead.
De and YOUNGSTOWN. The follow
.nc seas0 nhe was with Youngstown
In the q. & r. league In 1907 and
1908 hep laycd with Columbus and
In 1909 was manager Of the Lima,
o. team winning his first peunant-
The following three years he was
manager Of the Akron team win
ming remnants the first two seasons.
TIE WAS with the Columbus q. X P
team a. the start 90 1918. and when
the team blew mp he went 20 Hunt
5uEtoD w. va. IS manager. bring
ing season he was with Y youngstown
place IN the last half OF the sea son.
Tn 1914 he slS manager OF the
Waterbury Conn club He came
To- Cleveland Iete that season and
u 1915 remained aS coach of the
pitchers until De succeeded Bi~mir--
harm as mama ger