Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-07
ANSON WAS GREAT
PLAYER-MANAGER
Managerial Problem Gives the
Owners Much Trouble Try
ing Out New Plans.

The PLAYER manager today is regarded
as the proper person since Iris speaker
filed the position with such briiliancy
and uumistakablc success last season.
IL was the work of Speaker that lett
only one idea in the mind OF President
Navin, of the Tigers, about settling the
managerial problem which has been
Worrying him for a season or so, and
that was to get Ty Cobb thinking that
way and take up the task OF giving
Detroit a winning team a In Cleveland
under the regime Of Speaker of Texas.
Tvrus Cobb is now leading the Tigers,
and the baseball world. including Wind
sor. Canada. is anxiously awaiting the
opening game. Considered by some.
not by all. 10 he n greater player than
Speaker. the followers of the game
think that the Georgian should and can
make a success as manager. 1t pust
be conceded that 1t was by his own
splendid ability as a player and his
earnest efforts To win games that
crowned Iris Speakers work of 192O
with success. and the fans of old De
troit feel that Ty Cobb is fully capable
az duplicating the record of Speaker s,
~ given time.
The game has had many great and
successful player-managers. Beginning
with Adrian c. Anson. who, for 20
wears led the Chicago Nationals through
that many seasons of strenuous bat
Ting for baseball honors. was one of
the great leaders who possessed the
ability 70 play. and the game never had
but one Anson and no other manager
ever made such Il wonderful record.
Anson won five pennants and con-
tributed his share by terrific stick work
FOR in the 2273 games he played in.
had batting average of .341.
The big leader was a fine frst-sacker
and a hard worker. and about the hard
est loser the game ever had. Anson
made the Chicago team a fighting ma
chine. and under his leadership was all
ways a much feared aggregation. For
five seasons the great Chicagos were
considered unbeatable and were termed
the wonder team.
In 1854. Charlie Comiskey, a young
player who had graduated into the big
league two seasons before, was select
cd Ivy President Mon de Abe TO lead
his team. the St. Louis Browns. also
play first base. Thusly began the bril-
liant career OF Comiskey OF the famous
Chicago White Sox Of today. That the
young player was successful and proved
70 be a great leader baseball history
has told US in many glowing narTa tives.
Comiskey was leader of the st. Louis
club for eight years and through the
wonderful ability he possessed to lead
and his skill in playing the game. the
Browns Won four pennants and never
dropped out OF the actual contest for
first hOnors any season OF the eight.
Comiskey made the St. Louis aggrega-
tion one Of the most famous in the
annals Of the game and the sensationa
record made by that club from 1885
until 1880 is well known history 10 this
day.
Charlie Corni.kev contributed to the
success Of the team by his skill in play
ing first base and all-around good fel-
lawship with his players. It was a
frequent sight 70 sec the great leader
hug one Of his players when that in
dividual pulled off a smart play that
cont 4rfbfltod towards a victory.