San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
BY JOHN d. FOSTER.
Copyright, 1924, by the Consolidated
Press Association.l

Press Association.)
When the amateur baseball club is
ready to elect officers it may be well
that it effect a regular executive or
ganization with president, vice presi-
dent, secretary, treasurer and even a
board of directors. If there are enough
members in the club to make it worth
while, it is we'll to have an organiza-
ton of that character because there
may be other sports than baseball in
which the members will be interested
in time.
If the club is large enough to have
such an organization, provision should
be made not to permit the president.
vice president, secretary or any other
official to interfere with the actual
work Of the nine as team. If this is
not done the president will begin to
take it upon himself to advise or over
rule the manager and captain, or some
other officer will arrive at the conclu-
sion that he knows more than the man.
ager and captain and attempt to
change their plans. There will be no
baseball team shortly after that be-
gins to happen. The best ball players
in the world could not play success
fully il they were looking to three or
four advisory heads.
Executive Voices Keep Out.
Have it thoroughly understood that
the president and the executive Off
GERS who may handle the general BUSH
ness of the organization keep their
hands away from the field side of the
proposed sports. Now and then the
president of n junior athletic club is
also made the manager of the baseball
team. If he is experienced and knows
his place he may be successful but even
that combination has its drawbacks.
because a combined president and
manager is likely, in time, to begin to
feel that he can lord it over the cap
tain of the team and friction will start
in that quarter.
Let the president of the club take
care of the general duties which are
prescribed for him. Probably he will
be an. ex-officio member of the impor-
tant committees and he may have to
countersign certain things and will be
the chairman at all meetings but he
never should have authority greater
than that of a manager. because, if he
did have it, the players would have
more than one man to give them or
ders. First, there would be the presi-
dent of the club. then the manager,
and, after both of these, the captain.
and by that time the average boy would
be willing to quit the team and 20 to
some other. Men older in experience
than boys would be actuated to rebel
against similar conditions.
1t must also be stipulated that the
manager shall not intrude upon the
duties of the president. Furthermore,
there are certain limitations to be
placed upon both manager and captain
but these have 10 do more with the
executive affairs of the club than with
the playing arrangements.
Wisdom Defining Duties.
Perhaps it may be thought that all
of this procedure is unnecessary with
boys nine which is playing baseball
for fun but experience has proved that
it is more necessary on the average for
the youngsters than for athletes who
are above 20 years of age. Unless his
rights are pretty we'll defined there is
always a tendency on the part of an
overaggressive official in q boys nine
to "mix in" and when he is through
with asserting his way the nine may
be wrecked.
A successfully managed baseball
team for boys and young men. up to 20
years Of age, is one of the finest ath-
] letic groups We have. 1t teaches les