Show Six managers of big league clubs will be on trial dur during ng the ilie coming season asto as asto asto to their ability Some have hard Izard jobs Here tl they y are Front left to right at top Jack lack Coombs Branch Rickey Kid id Gleason Below Miller huller Huggins Hugo Bezdek Bez Bez- dek Jimmy Burke c I s I II I j I ri r 4 I y Lit I J i J f x 1 t. t I II I I I I I I DY BY JACK J. KEENE JEE Six of ot the sixteen managers who will take the tho field this coming corning season willbe will willbe willbe be virtually on en triaL Three of ot them are arc In the American league league Miller Miller Huggins o of tho the Yankees Yan Van kees Jimmy Burke of the Browns and Kid Ild Gleason of ot the White Sox Sex There are in the National National Branch Branch Rickey of ot the Cards Hugo Bezdek of ot the Pirates and Jack Coombs of ot the Phillies Coombs Gleason and Rickey Ricke have not begun their duties as yet Coombs has a hard row ahead of ot him President Baker o of the Phillies got ot In bad with the thc fans when he canned Pat Moran Coombs must not only win the friendship o of tho the disgruntled fans but ho must show more than fair results with the team his first season out to hold hl his berth berth principally principally because of ot Bakers well known tendencies to can without provocation pro Coombs ought to make mako good No 1 Kino au VL J U La intelligence could live hIVe un under under un- un der Connie blacks Mack's baseball all roof root for years cars without absorbing a aast vast ast amount o of baseball knowledge o of every d de Sc ri p t i 0 fl Gleason has one ona big task ahead Owner Comiskey has on his ultimatum that the men wh who jumped his club last cason Jaclson Jackson Lynn Williams F Felsch and others others could could not return Gleason must make sure that these men mOn are arc set to Jump Into the limelight at the start to counteract the effect of their acts last season With one or two of tho the men Gleason must even take talco a hand In their general deportment to see sec that thc they do not re retaliate retaliate re- re In an any way against the feelings of thY thi fans who still hold grievances against them Joe Jackson especially especial especial- ly has hns a quick temper and may find the th r. 1 U i. i I I- I u v u b I ironi oi 01 llio tilO stands Gleasons Gleason's ability to handle men and teach baseball u cannot be questioned Rickey is not new at the managerial game Ho lIe tried his hand with the Browns Brown Jimmy Burke Burk Is practically a newcomer He managed the Browns Drowns the closing weeks of ot the 1918 campaign campaign cam cam- pale pale-n not long long- enough to give critics a 1 basis for tor opinions St. St Louis fans tans want the revival rel of or baseball to Include a revival of fighting winning ball clubs in their city They rhey look to both men mon to produce such clubs this season took charge o of the Pirates in the tho middle of the 1917 season Beason and has done lone well veil with the tho club dub He Ho found It a disorganized listless outI out out- tit lit He lie had It worked Into a harmonious harmonious harmonious harmo harmo- m n inv h L i L me war WiL halted proceedings s. s handled tho the Yankee reins all 11 last season Ho lie finished In fourth place lIe Ho was handicapped as were vere the other pilots by the thc hurdling of ot his players But Ruppert Huppert and Huston havo have given hen him full fun sway Ho has made several sev sev- eral oral deals which have netted him good material and Gotham fans expect him to produce a sure winner W t 1 4 V. V t r lI |