The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-02-13
BY ROBERT r. KELLEY
(Of New York Post.)


of the winter League" in baseball.
now fast drawing to a close with the
reports of training plans. has been
the remarkable lack of casualties in
the managerial ranks. 1t has long
been an annual feature OF profession
al baseball to have two or three al
least of the big league managers
changed during the non playing pc
Rod But this season can show but
one change in the directing group.
and that coming only as the result
of i'll health on the part of the re
signing manager. If George Mcbride
had not been forced out of the lead
ershfp of the Washington club by
the results of his injuries sustained
last spring, the team leaders of last
season would have presented an I'M
broken front at the opening of the
coming session.
Perhaps even more remarkable
than the mere fact that the manag-
ers have held their own is the fact
that there has been almost no agi-
tation in any of the big league cities
for a change Usually there have
been plenty Of people N each town
with nothing better to do than to rail
against the management Of the local
club and raucOusiy demand a change.
This. naturally enough, is usually con-
fined to those unfortunates who fill
the obscure ranks of the second di-
vision in the club standings. Blu
this year the only noticeable agi
tation came in regard to a pennant
winning club and not only that, but
against the first manager that has
ever managed 10 win an American
League pennant in New York. While
there never was any open agitation
for the removal of Miller Higgins as
pilot of the Yankees, rumors flew
thick and fast regarding the diminu
tive leader of the American League
champions until the winter meetings
in December. when the Yankee Col
oneis announced his signing for an
other year.
Two to Be Tested
The ranks of the managers, how
ever. cannot be said to be strictly
made up of old hands, when the new
season starts For there will be two
men in the National League in addi
ton to Clyde Milan, who took Nc
Brides place in the Washington Club.
who are facing their first real test in
the role OF team leader next year.
These are Wilhelm of the Phillies and
Bill Killefer of the Cubs. Both these
managers took over the reins at mid
season last year and can hardly be
judged on what happened during the
brief course of their direction. So
this season remains as providing the
first just opportunity to JUICE of their
qualifications.
John McGraw and Branch Hickey,
in the National, and Connie Mack, in
the American League. of course, were
too closely identified with the con-
trolling interests of their clubs to be
removed and their designations would
have been the only means of
change in their teams management.
George Gibson, who came so close
to beating out the Giants with the
anu TIeu WIN re-
vived the dying Braves, and aroused
Boston, did well enough last year to
account readily enough for their re-
tention. Uncle Wilbert" Robinson
is something of a fixture in Brook
Ign, and Red" Moran is still regard
ed in Cincinnati and not blamed for
the dismal showing of the Reds last
season a. much as were me famous
holdouts of the club. Killefer and
Wilhelm, as mentioned above, are
still to have their fair tests.
Iris Speaker is fixture in Cleve-
ind as long as he wants to remain
IS the leader of the Indians, and Lee
Foil piloted the Browns to third
place. a higher post than any they
have occupied for some time. which
gave him another year. The fourth
place Washington club provided the
only change. All of the second divi-
sion managers, in addition to the
apparently inevitable Mack, are back
at their posts. Ty Cobb starts his
second season as a boss. and Hugh
Duffy will direct whatever Frazee