Evening star., 1923-12-09

II some sa,ubrious spring day
that he has sold out his interest IN
would manage the New York lank
Harlem. the fans OF New York cit
Cornelius McGiliicuddy. which IS re
Mack, should leave the Philadelphia
ship OF Mr. William F. Bakers more
be surprise even in staid Quakerto
jected to excitement.
But all the shocks IN New. Yor
uniform. all the Philadelphia surpr
Philly dugout. piled each upon ea'
piled again. cannot equal the jar, tn
and south side Chicago ian felt whe
that Frank Chance would be the ma
CONSERVATION.
- Frank Chance. the Peerless Lead;
err of the Cubs. four times Nationai
League champions. twice Morid
champions. to lead the So&. Oiu w eSs
and North Side fans pinched them
selves.
Frank Chance. the hated "Husk,"
Who was the South Sides deadliest
enemy for many long year. now
friend. a pal. boss, The stockyards
gang was daze6.
No one not acquainted with Chicago
can fully appreciate the depth OF feel
Ing on both sides over the news. Like
Omnes Gailia. Chicago is divided into
ball.
Chicago Like Separate Cities.
The West Side. where the National
League started back in the days OF
Cap" Anson. always has been Ma
tional League territory: The South
Side. which the American League
invaded" In 1900, when the American
League was born ard where Comiskey
lark. the finest base bali structure in
the corntr- outside OF the Yankee
Stadium and the Brush stadium in
sNsw York. vas erected. IS White SoN
When the Federal League vas
started Chicago was again Invaded
and II feld built on the North Side.
element the National ana Federal
League clubs were consolidated and
ths Cubs moved from the West Side
- Tn. North Side. And the North
Sids. fan Of today Is Just as rshid In
his hatred of anything IL the Amer
ican League or anything apper'aining
to the White Soy as his West Side
brother In National League matters
ever vas.
However. Chance never played on
the North Side. The Federal League
war came after the glory that was
his as the Cub leader was fiowr--
after he had gone to Ne" YORK and
the Yankees had failed. The North
s>lGeTS are CUP NtEs.ti. feTS, NOT
Chance worshipecs. The West slider
of decade .go mas =, :. :: Cub wr:-
shipper and u C!lauce %oTsnipr---ae-
cause they wer" III" aaI thc s,tiiir.
Here Is where Charles :. ''ui.iis.."y.
far-seeing base ball leuder. the MAJ.
who formed the American Le;.sIue and
helped make BS Johnson = oyer
in base ball. believes h las Carved d
naster-strol;e. BY placing Chance In
the leadership oS the Whit SuX he
believes that he Will counteract the
growing popularity OF the Cubs. Let
Srigley's millions buy Rogers Horns
by. He is figuring on Chance draw
fng the West Siders under the South
Side tent, and he also belives that
The old time antipathy, anii2osity.
even hatred of Chance has died out.
THE South Siders have seen Chance
as an American League manager
with the Yankees and the Red Sox
and have come TO regard him as ii
Cub no longer. but as an American
Leaguer. Love for the White Sox
wili hold them IN line. thinks Gem
fskey. and ne expects that ioTe for
Chance viii bring tic WrSt Siders
20 great WAS tie "BiG Bears" hold
en the affections Of thesr fans II Tie.
golden lays Of The cubs between 1873
snd I"i2.
= Chance Must Have Full swing.
Personal popularity and personal
magnetism are great Qualities. '"he
l.g. level-eyed. lorable Chance las
them. lie has the faculty Of holding
the friend and inspiring the COM
rsde. All the base bali world knows
bow he made the Cubs battle when
lie was their Leader.
: But unless the money Is provided
to build UP the seventh place White
Soy and the manager Is given the
freedom to run the club along the
Hines Of his own experience. personal
+oS little avail Friends viii, go 10
Sisit a friend. but fans will not stick
TO watch a losing ball team. Base
halls headlands ara strewn with the
wrecks Of managers who We're. fine
Backed UP properly by their club
Awners.
: IL this connection it ma, BE Just
as we'll to sound warning. Chance
made success ee the GUS becausc
him alone. So did Charlie Murphy.
He Inuue Il Success oi the i.,ii-eud
Red So2 "a Bosom last year, Won
SIXTY one genes w!th Il hopeless ar-
gregation OF insists. because he vas
t.s made :. isi-ule Of his term o. the
NeW YorE Yankees in IGiJ-ti he
cause he Wtls not allowed ~ be ;n:i:i-
sger. Frank Farrell. th"n the major
ity owner OF the club, nau Il Kitchen
1a binet" headed by the late Zig Bili"
New York. which held a ses ssion each
gay after the Yankee games and re-
played each inning. always tading
gay In which the game could have
Chance because It wasn't won.
Chance stood 1t as long as he
6ould. Finally, as every one knows,
he denounced the second guessers'
Is only Chance can denounce, took
= final punch at Big Bill' and lett
New York.
!. .History-even base ball history
will be found repeating. Something
az this character Is going TO happen
tnless CoIniskey. whose health has
Il that the Kitchen cabinet" now
xround him is dissolved. 1t is the
declaration Of the friends Of Kid"
Gleason, the retiring manager OF the,
Sox, that an array Of Tip" O'Neill.
The hodyguard Of "commy"; Harry
fnisky, son OF the president, held
soroners inquest daily at South Side
Park and brought in many a verdict
On many a game in the last season,
lighters health was affected by his
troubles and he resigned. Too much
n Interference and too little co-opera-
tion were the real reasons for his re-
tirement.
r Material for a Good Club.
In the spring of 1928 the White Sox
fooked like anything but a seventh
place outfit. To many who saw them
IN the preseason games with the New
York Giants they looked like psnnant
Gontenders. The general dissatisfac-
lion of the club probably was respon-
Sible for the sloughing off of lot
-ef first-class players. 1t will be
enough Of a task for Chance to weed
Cut the dissa tisfied and inject some
Of his indomitable spirit and hustle