Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-24 | Page 20 | Yapp Called 'Right Eye' of Miracle Man

CALLED i RIGHT EYE OF MIRACLE MAN r Cubs' Cubs New Boss Has Record Which Marks l Him Leader of Men l WHY THY HE IS MITCHELL l Veteran Player Who Helped Heip d Braves Win Vin Will Be Missed l at Harv Harvard rd i iB A 4 Dec Dee 23 The The real name rame of ot B BOSTON Fred Mitchell new manager of the Cubs is but ho he changed it early in his baseball career because while some might consider the name appropriate appropriate appropriate for a a. professional ball player he thought It would make snake him too muc much o of a n Joke Fred was born In Allston n. n Mass rass a t part of ot Boston two forty y years ars ago and lived in South Lawrence Law Law- renco rence Mass when a a. bo boy his father running a riding park pule attracted the tho attention of ot a a. abig abig big leaguer when Jimmy Collins manager man mn ager of or the Boston Americans in tho the fl 1 i I. I J u a young oung league loague gave him a trial tria He Ho was a pitcher then thon and ono one day whon when he was warming warming- up Collins called him to one side and suggested a a. change In his name Given a II Tip by bT Jimmy Col ColLins I In If It you ou over get et on this team said ld Jimmy every ever fan In the country will pan you with close your yap and other such expressions Fred took tho cue cuo and a adopted opted his mothers mother's surname Ho lie was wae not considered good enough by Jimmy for tho the Bo Boston ton Americans and anti he went back to the Eastern league Backstops were in demand so Mitch went behind tho the bat In 1909 he was the beat hitter in the league and was n bought b by the New York YorkI I Highlanders I I ers New ew York had a surfeit of ot backstoP backstops back back- stops stoP so he ho was farmed out to Roches ter of ot tho the International league In 1911 Previous to this ho held a a. ver very brief brier career as a major mC l league pitcher with Uh the Athletics and the tho Phillies Ho finished fin fin- Ishell his work on the mound on the th Toronto clubs club's payroll In 1908 From Rochester ster ho he went vent to Buffalo as catcher JU Right ht Eye ETC of Stalling When Stallings took charge o of t the 1 Braves in 1913 he ho brought Mitchell with him Mitch was waa used entirely by as aa a a. coach particularly particular or of young pitchers and tho the Miracle Man termed him his right eye oye Mitch coaches coache i Harvard in 1915 1916 and and the th-o Crimson had hod ono one of or Its Ita Mst f t on the dIamond Harvard wanted him to coach again next year ear but in September September Sep Sop Percy Haughton despite his Harvard affiliations affiliation signed Kim him for tor three years as coach and scout tho the announcement being made that his duties duties du du- ties with tho the Braves Drewes would not permit any leave of ot absence to coach Harvard next spring