Show I r Sports j I AYS C LOSKEY RESIGNED JOB Honest John Like Other Managers Had His Trou Troubles Troubles Troubles bles With Robison 4 M 4 I I n nT 41 44 letter wa sent b by t tM T M hh kiok lo k kY y to the th tv 4 it confirming the an Jui M t 1 men nent that he hI h n d resigned as aM f n ur of the St Nationals manager tf 4 for f T I hafe have haye year e ived a letter from Mr Ir f granting m my fly request with from my lay IsIng JU fl 4 which would lie bind 4 the until D fl 31 1 tn In 4 much I 1 leave Ilae After foundation of a winning ball 4 the and lPh m my or all 4 club 4 VOIr t 3 JOHN JOHO J 4 O 44 i official n that John J T i klY will wili not again manage mana e the e 1 ent and that thet Present Ordinals t season eaon Stanley tale Robison mutt mut find another leader I ir t fr r hi hj team came crne in 10 a letter II IIron Louisville ron rori McCloskeY daU dat d rt In which the th M 1 the th stated that his resignation had hadr l r t 1 It lois bus ba been pretty gener 1 av K understood since the season ellson here i J that would not again the Cardinals Cardinal next season seas ea and d I It ma R Pr PF W was on a scout that hit t lt for another leader l der but neither Robison Rob o I nor nr would affirm this and th f urine went tnt ent V 4 far as to say that would again 11 I far as he hI h knoW Knew McCloskey handle andle Ms hili bI team in 19 In Jn the meantime Mr tr Ir has hIlS been bt en scouting around and it ft n MH fen tn the general understand ng tl that t he hC ie secure another man manir ir Cpr fur next year provided he could rind iid one to hi US 18 liking Rodger Bresnahan the tl 1 oe one not mentioned as r s q r and Mr 11 on was as reported n time ago aco as In Toledo to t confer conferti mth ith ti Bresnahan Dr nahan and though Bresnahan that he hI will be 00 with the St Louis fam am next year par ear hi his bill denials may ma only I fi fr r to the present and not be made for forT T III future kloske and RobISon part on terms there is Js s no doubt but that Lh be hl two were not in accord and that a anit nit up was nas almost unavoidable Mr r thinks think that McCloskey Is in one on of o ohe he the gr t men ilten In the country at get ng Ig 1 anu allU loping new players but he Jf S not fon t Jer him a success as a al andr l n rf t a team McCloskey on the ant lar thinks that had he III been be n gly gh gha i a freer creer bund in managing the team f w wikI ild Id have hae been far more successful S R rj rl trades and purchases which he desired to make were blocked for fo one reason or another by Mr Ir Robison and friends of McCloskey assert that he could have had Bowerman Sheehan Thomas and und Lobert Lo rt but for this With AVith ith such uch a difference in the thee opinion or of the owner and manager of the team It was Inevitable Inevitable Inevitable able that they should part company tom pan McCloskey has made a brilliant reputation reputation reputation tion with ith the team here In at least one particular and this fact is ls not disputed by b even een those who ho are him As Asa a discoverer of or talent and a developer of or orthe the latter Iatter after he be has found it he is pret pretty pretty pretty ty near the equal of or arty a major league manager In this country His success with the Cardinals in this respect has Jag been little short hort of or wonderful Konetchy young oung star of ot the National league last season was wan secured and de developed eloped by McCloskey and he owes much of his success to the tha latter Karger a pitcher discharged by b Pittsburg as use lebs because he had defects that th t could not be he overcome was wal wa taken hold of or by McCloskey and anti turned into one ot of the best pitchers In the country count Murray was another green player ey picked up and made a star of or and there are quite a number of lesser importance who owe we what they are In major league company compan to McCloskey and anti the hard herd work he lie has halt done tor them In persistent tnt In handling h a on the field there are as to keys kes ability Those against him contend that he is 1 top hotheaded and fiery fler to handle a team properly and that he Is too inclined to loser los his temper when ri things do not go right Yet Vet McCloskey is Js not In 1 Inthe the same sane class clas cia with McGraw w in this re respect and amI McCloskey has never neer used the language or shown sho n his anger as S the New NewYork ew York manager manage does when things do not go right So far tar as running the team from froni an inside baseball standpoint of or ore view e Is concerned McCloskey has been in precisely preci I the th same fame fix Ix McAleer was up to last season he did riot have men to carry carr out any an Orders he might give be because because because cause the limitations of the men were too small Has Fiery Flery Temper There Ther haxe have hie been stories as to trouble between en McCloskey and the players almost al almost almost most since he came to St SL Louis and there Is much truth In them Y is not the kind of ot a manager to stand around and take things quietly when he sees an indifferent player or orders dis b eed and he says sas pretty much what he thinks at such times On the other hand be tie has always alwa been a good friend to t his players pud nd taken their side ido even een when hen it would have been m re pop popular popular popular ular for tor him Mm to have done otherwise He lIuch personal person at courage and he heni never ni r took the trouble to dodge any of ot his hll players who were hunting trouble even when he Ue knew it would lead to a personal battle McCloskey marks only onty one of a long line of ot managers who have hav haven had bad do charge of or orthe the Cardinals since the took charge Of ot the team here McGraw was one of or these and Pat Donovan Charley Chancy Nichols NIchos Jimmy Burke and several s eral others have hav at one time or another had bad charge of or the team for shorter or 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