Show Plenty of Chance p. p Scores res McGraws Q T fMc Gra ws p but Clarke Clarke- Managers ma may P hit the pike others take the lonely hike Some Somo sta stay In tho the sunlight and others find tho the dark clark Some Somo may sparkle for tor a night others scintillate so so bright brig But Bu t on one J who beams forever Is tho the Pirates Pirate's chieftain Clarke bugs of or tho the snow snowball hall as asso- asso o- o R and the tue furnace 1 0 gazing g 1 on la JR When hen you are jre the gentry who have been handling the ribbons over r portions of or our grand rand na national national national na- na gambol who have been going to th ti tilt mat with holdouts who have been heen kicking Into ribald owners and mal making them unstrap tho the clamps from th their lr wadu wasis who h have hp p been out there j dR day during the tho time Hmo when whon tho time nat naL past Is the real thing in sumner smarter er style stylo just peg down on one of or thi tho hooks of your our mentor memory the name namo of or ono one t Clarke Clarke as as' as the first class In iii geography ph phy and bu knows ma manages manage a e th I Pirates ri The rIH Pirates hull hun from from- rota Pitts Pitts- I bur burgh h. h Which Is the reason the they are nrc Pirates Anybody who halls hails from Pittsburgh Pitts litts- burgh and has the tho herve e erve to lo n admit mil It has haa the Tat Captain C idd lo looking like Ilk K IC lc Fourteen years y ars hot has Clarke Clarl-ce been outdoing out outdoing doln doing tIA tho mana managerial hocus PO UR fourteen years has ho been lIcen trying to lo separate seven other clubs from nice neat Ut little tle i ts fourteen ii hn haa h he lie been heen entertaining the of or seven se around this nation with a vivid vl and voluble display of I 1 left heft fielding Very Vcr cr Large larJ Fred Clarkes Clarke's career as a manager is us as rich as a Christmas plum pudding and as ON largo large nn arid and rounded as ns tho fat Cat woman at jit time the country fair lies lie's the vet of the mana managerial erial bunch Like William Shakespeare was wont to as asseverate asseverate as- as crate ff time cannot stale nor custom th the tha Infinite of or one Fred Clarke 1 If j got a small son whoso puerile mind isn't ful fully settled as to his future career caner whether or 01 not miot lie he- will be a street car conductor or u IL plain pirate turn over ovel r a few fem chapters from tho the lIr life of or Fred Clarke and anti the kid will kick In for or tho timo Pirate Then you you au will see tee his hla name In tho the papers inis In his is later life liCe It will be on tho the sportIng sportIng sport- sport Ing tug pages paJe and nod not under th tIle the court Jottings 0 t t I n gs Dean of or Managers Manager We c have havo decided to pen the life of Fred dean of tho thu managers er himself ono onA of oC tho thin sweetest code lIt codo code for tor lala- lala laloo l players Vho Who ever vel riddled an aim 1 II umpire with langua language snatched defeat from victory vIctor for tor the Oth other ethel l' l tell fellow ow or wha whacked ked tho the old pill on the spectacles for Cor or 1 i 1 1 r In lv l lr I I i I I II lives thC there u Which proves v that he te i is a i stalwart citizen an as well as a standard manager Anybody who can l live c In ii Kansas art after r being born there milS mus' heeds be ho 0 O. I K Freddie took tool to lo ball bail Illa playing the he same a as a cor phee tal takes to a a. lobster and a stein Ho wandered through h the fields ot or Kansas as and vla played ell bull ball when he was vas n a to kid Ono One day he dreamed a areat great reat dream H He was something like fifteen fit fit- teen years ol old at tho the He Ito was also In short pants pant Yos Yes pants They had been chipped down from his fathers father's trousers and tho they wore just plain pan pants t lie He Catches 0 On Ife Ic wrote ft a. letter to the manager of oC tho the Savannah team who needed ball players Tho The latter t trans transportation and 50 a Do month to 10 report Fred Fre 1 did It was wan about 20 O minutes before before before be be- fore time to lo hike on tho time plaza and practice when Clarke reported Fred Freel was unnoticed r E Everybody bod thought he was ono one of tho the city kids Id s senga enga engaged od in tho the usual species of ot hero worship A ball rolled past FTc Fred was standing and one of or tho the veterans ripped out Thank you ou thank the fhe Manager r Fred Frett politely rushed rushel after aCter the bailand ball bail balland balland and brought It up to the time player Can you tell mo me where I will find tho the manager man man- ager Thus asked the tho Kansas kid kid- know ho bo ling hing Surest thing you on nn answered ll the player In that elegant diction an and language of our pastime You booking him right away Why Im Clarke and Ive I've come to report Te Ten minutes later after a n. little whisk whisky nn anti and soda had brought tho the manager manager man man- ager out of ot his oma omna ho lie looked at the little runt runt this IH is the managerial stuff stuff and and sall But nut kid Ild youve you've g got t short pants on Clarke ClarIta blushed lie He had believed bellove ho he had been hired to play pla ball lIall not to displaY display dis dis- dis play lila Ills as a sartorial study You let me get out there thero an and Ill I'll show you PoU whether a a. pair of or short pants makes u lL ball pla player or or not Aw gwan kid replied the manager manager man man- ager I r r coul couldn't nt stick sUck a kid you In the game barne The rooters' rooters me flays Day Lone Long Trouper 1 I I i A happy thought struck tho managerial mana maria gerial brain about whore his visor over O his chiseled brow Ill toll tell yer kl kid put on a pair of ot long pants on and Ill I'll give yer a 1 chance Clarke hustled down to a n store storo and ana laid U on tho the counter for tor a R palm pall of ot Iii his limbs the long lonK boy boys to lay over pr Ho JIo raced back bacle to the ball park and got Into tho the mascots mascot's uniform None one of or th the others fitted him him except as a blanket Fr Fred d went third basing He got a couple of or hits that day ll just masticated masticated masticated masti masti- Rn anything Rn and everything c that bounced bumped or bobbed bobbe around his territory He Ie headlined from the start It was OS that way through the thA season Big nir ShoT Shon Comes Come Next One day ay the manager who was none other than th the volatile Jan McCloskey McCloskey McClos- McClos key by the way mysteriously iJ wiggled lell the managerial finger lIngor at Fred How dye dyo to kick Into tho the lug big show kid eW 7 A smile went vOnt over Clarks Clarke's face like lIko ithe the smile that chases over tho the faco of or tho dope dop fiend when the tho yon hok has Just got its K O. O I r certainly would woul he lie lC answered All right camo came back uck tho the managerial mana maria gerial tone You nn and me mo git Jt outer OUtI this Loul Tho The big show ho old bo boy the big show told 1 Fred r d to sl sign n for Cor or no loss OSH than a month Clarke Clarko re reported reported ri re- ported to Louisville which was woe owned by no less an Important and august magnate than Barney Barnato Damato Drey- Drey fuss F F. C C. signed for 75 UG a n month how- how over When Mao no heard hear that his expressions ox- ox of at disgust were a cross between be be- tween a a. pirates pirate's profanity and tho un- un ted by 11 tho tim lato late Mr Ir Boccaccio Ou r got ot a n hundred oughter got gota a 0 hundred ho he protested Sonic Some Other Clarke wasn't mt placed on third how- how At that timo Louisville had a n rathe rico third baseman has he heard rd of or him His name nama was Leach Also AHO had a shortstop who has since developed de Into a a. quite a spread pr ud head Name ame I IB is Wagner Vagner Clarke played In the outfield 1 then Loft field to ho bo exact He lie developed Into one aile of ot the tho greatest rc test outfielders In IT th history hl of or tho lie gaine gathe le Is 18 I yet yot ot despite de llo spite tho the fact that ha h manages bench now non Ills His runners are a little rUit rusty In two Clarke wn was manager of oC Loul Louisville Ho lie went ent to h when moved mo his and r nl team hag bag and His HIA reco ri since sinco la is lanot not oot lulled dulled h by comparison ii h nn all of ot th of oC time the national frolic In Tn that time lie he has s hlson won on pennant and l a worM worlds for tor B. B Tin n ha has been boun In one worlds world's A porle 1 rl 50 I wh n tho the Pirates te were s scuttled 11 ii bv by joC and amish a lunch lumen of or Boston O U TH ills te ten teaT iT mo too i Im ns nover tr finished in time the cond 41 division blon 4 iI l |