Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-01-20 | Page 6 | Barry is Last Player Leader

I BARRY IS LAST PLAYER LEADER I All Il Argument No Now No in Fa Favor of Boss Who rho Directs Team From Bench HUE naming of ot Jack Hendricks to toI THE I manage the SL St Louis Lotus Cardinals Cardinal left but one Otte leadership In the major leagues In doubt That ono concerns the he Boston Red Sox where President larry Barr still holds hoMs to tho l Idea el that hat Jack Burry Barry will be available by b Arll 1 Hon However ever no one else olee seems to agree to that and general l opinion Is that hat Barry's Barrys s 's place must be filled for tor Darr larry Barry Is In n the naY navy and ond there hero seems little Ittle chanco chance that he will get fief back Into bw baseball b for tor the coming season se Tho The passing of ot Barry Darry as a manager Is Isone Isone Isor one of or the most Interesting phases of ot the he coming baseball year car for tor It will I nark mark the displacement of oC the last l player manager in tho big bl leagues leac The passing pasing of the player manager Is s one of the most Interesting subjects iu In u baseball A L few tew years ears a ago o m magnates would have none of ot tho the bench manager man- man iSer ager Ho was tuns not a direct 8 asset et on the he field and meant an ad additional financial load Player managers ers could be be- hired as cheaply as bench managers and filled their regular In the up line thus dispensing with the 3 salary sal l lary ary of ot a player It Is not man many years ago alO when hen ever every n m manager mner er filled his place upon the ball ba l field Then tho rho magnates m began to figure that hat perhaps a mana manner manager er tt would be more successful If It he could devote his entire enIre en- en tire Ire time limo to directing the club on the flold lold and not be forced to divide his hlll generalship with Hith mechanical playing When hen the 1917 season cason opened there was vas only one playing manager manager Jack Barry Jarry Barr and there them are many tt who ho believe Jack would have been more successful had lad he devoted his entire Hmo to managing mana managing man man- a aging his team testa One of oC the best arguments favor In-favor In favor fat or of ot a bench manager Is a. a lot Hot of oC men tt who ho have tc won an pennants In both leagues during during- the tha la last t seventeen years since the he American lea league ue was organized In 1900 the Sox managed by Charles Comiskey won the pennant The next year ear Clark Griffith won with tho the same ame club Griffith at that time was tuns wasa a i playing manager In 1902 Connie Mack Alack bench mana manager er won with the athletics Athletic and In 1903 and 1904 Jim ColIns Collins Collins Col- Col lins Ins a pla playing ln manager manage won with Bos Bos- ton on Connie Mack won again In 1905 0 and Fielder Jones a playing manager won tho the next year with Chicago o. o The next three years Hugh Jennings a bench manager won won and Mack Diack rc- rc in 1910 and 1911 Jack Stahl a bench manager camp camo across with Boson Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton on In 1912 and ana tack Slack repeated repented In 1913 and 1914 Bill Carri Carrign a pla playing manager monster won Ivan In 1915 1916 and 1916 and amI Clarence Rowland a bench advocate In n 1917 The Tho count in tho American league Is 11 to G 6 In favor tavor of the bench manager In tho National league Ed Hanlon a hench manager won In n 1900 Fred Clarke Clarko a plA player er followed the next three years eau McGraw lc raw won In 1904 and 1906 1905 and Frank Chance a pla player or copped tho the next three years ears Clarke e re- re repeated In 1909 and Chanco Chance came camp back In n 1910 Tho next nett three years earN saw McGraw McGrAT victorious In 1914 Stalling a n bench manager won In n 1916 1915 Moran coppo 1916 saw soft Robinson win and 1917 McGraw The last four are bench managers The count for tor the National league Is s 10 0 to S 8 In to favor tavor of ot tho bench managers In n the eighteen years twenty one big league eague winners havo been bench managers managers man man- agers and fourteen playing managers