New Britain herald., 1928-12-12
B IN
 
MANAGERIAL LIST | IS NOW COMPLETE
Four Changes Have Been Made
 in Past Few Weeks

baseball has hardly gotten settled in winter quarters, there isn't any room left for argument or speculation over the list of 1929 major league man. agers. The roster for next year ii complete much earlier than usual.
 disappointment of Lena Black bourne to lead the Chicago White Sox and side-tracking of apparent efforts to oust the veteran Wilbert Robinson in Brooklyn have cleared up the only remaining doubtful dis tricts.
 The rival Brooklyn factions seem hopelessly dsadlocked. so much SC that they cannot even get together to talk over their differences. Mean- while Robinson. as president and manager. holds executive control and a contract that has another year to run at $25,00o.
 Four managerial changes have been made. two in each league Bucky Harris remains a pilot. but shifts his operations to Detroit, while his old team-mate. Walter Johnson takes the helm at Washington.
 The National league champion Cardinals. who do not have much re. gard for the old axiom about chang ing horses in mid-stream, have sub. stituted Billy Southworth for Bil Mckechnie.
 Emil F.. Fuchs, of Boston, rcvers- ing the procedure of Robinson, has added the responsibilities of manager 10 those of president. The opinor prevails. however, that he will bt quite willing 10 turn over most oi the responsibility to Johnny Evers who again will associate himself 1T Boston with such familiar figures as Rabbit Maranville and Hank Gowdy This will be & reunion of the Grand Army of 1914.
 The fstic Uhirl has had many z strange turn lately; strangest of all perhaps. in Boston. where Jacl Sharkey and Jim Maloney develop again as heavyweight contenderi after having hit the chutes more than a year ago.
 Through the early stages of 1927 Sharkey and Maloney moved along impressively as two of the youngest fastest and hardest hitting of the crop Their match ill May at the Yankee stadium was q "natural," but turned out 10 be a quick knockout victory for Sharkey Two months later the sailor made sorry show ing against Dempsey.
 Maloney's fragile chin became ar apparently easy target. He wal knocked out in one round by George Godfrey and Tom Heeney but staged big comeback recently to hea Johnny Risko, who had as good , record as any heavyweight in actiol this year.
 Sharkey has been cratic eve snce losing to Dempsey. His victor! over Arthur Dekuh has no specla significance but it may be necessar' for Sharkey and Maloney to fight ] out again. at least for the champion ship of Boston.
 The Army's All-America halfhack Red Cagle. is among the gridiron outstanding individualists. He gay a. classic example of his ability t make the play fit the situation II West Points final game agains stanford. but he had been doing fh unexpected. and getting away "lt if. all season. At the start of the season Cag' remarked:
 Those ends better get down ther when I have the ball.
 That was all Red had to say abo' if. but the ends did get do" there" and quite frequently locke around in time 10 see q forward pas coming in their direction. dependln on what maneuver Cagle had of cided on after little light an fancy stepping.
 Reds ability 10 pass on the fu made it easy for him to switch n intentions impromptu. just as ne n' in the famous play that almo' scored a, touchdown against sta' ford. That play provoked consider able argument as to whether II "t a sienalled or planned maneuvsr'
 can he taken on the word of arm coaches that if was not.