The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-10
Managers Of Major League Teams Have
 Uncertain Places
By DAVIS J. WALSH, News Service sports
 Editor.


 New York. July 1O-The recent passins of George Gibson from the payroll of the Pittsburgh Nationai League ball club and the lists of ma for league managers gives ample evidence of the uncertainty of man aeerial favor One year ago almost to the month George Gibson was elh- barking on a promising career as leader of the Pittsburgh Pirates. In a few buck jumps he took his team to the pace and kept 1t there until late August At that time Gibson had the world by. the tail and was swinging it about his graying head:
 Came then the disastrous series with the Giants, in which the Pirates seven-eame lead disappeared WlIn unseemly haste. and the team was upor Gibson was given a clean bill of health on the collapse, the blame laid >.c lack of training and dissen- sion and the disturbers given hlghly beneficial air during the off season.
 The result: The Pirates struck a slump with the season only a few weeks advanced, have been at 1t more or less industriously ever since. and Gibson tha man of the hour in July, 1921, passes on out with the coming of July. 1922.
 "A hero one day, bum the next applies more readily to baseball than to any other activity of the sport field. A glance at Gibson's pre- decessors with the Pirates since Fred Clarke stepped down years ago is sufficient Illustration, If you care to 70 that far.
 But that isn't necessary. Consld- CT the major league managers Of the two year men. and their jobs are just about as sure as a politicians prom
 Bill Killifer. of the Cubs; Fred Mitchell of the Braves; Irving WI. Browns. and Ty Cobb. of the Tigers. fell heir to the jobs last year or the lot only Fohl and Cobb are req, then only on condition that they con- tinue to deliver.
 Of the 1920 managerial crop there are Iris speaksF of the Of Red the so% and Branch Hickey, of the Cardinals. Duffy may or may not stick. depend ing upon MT. F'raziee's pleasure. From the year before remain Pat Moran of the Reds. and Kid Glea- son. of the White SoX. who fousht | out that peculiar 1919 worlds series, Purnors of Moran's .passing have been | waited about, but Gleason seems to be sitting pretty-for the time being | at least.
 Miller Huggins. who came to t5e Tanks somewhere back about 1e11 wi-bert Robinson, leader of the Dods- CTS since 1915. and John McGraw. of | the Giants and Connie Mack. of the l Athletics. lSde 'Mllan or LII 0Sii 1 ators. and Bill McKechnie. of the | Pirates. are not mentioned because l they have yet to receive a white | mans chance.
 | Of the others. however. it is nn- derstood that Hug.fas must brins 1 the Yanks home this year or take himself hence. despite the fact that he won in 1921, while Robbie. Nc | Graw and Mack are fixtures
 1 The spare manage of the Athletics | Is rs:.t owner If the club. else he would hardly be with us now Nc mere manager could finish last for seven years and hover about that spot in the midst of his eighth season and still remain among those present
 At that. he won enough pennants be- 1 tween 1901 and 1911 to merit more | thar ordinary consideration
 Connie and NcGraw. the winners
 of many pennants. stand out as the | only twentv-year managers in all baseball. and they owe their longevity as nl,ch to circumstance to re- | suits alta ned Both are stockh old | CTS, and McGraw. in addition. is giv- | en carte blanche in the matter of 1 huving talent Were it not for thar | ii is extremely doubtful whether John would have been able to bag
 seven penrants in some 22 starts