Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-27 | Page 16 | Eastern Critics Says Bezdek is Fine Manager

EASTERN CRITICS SAY BEZDEK IS FINE MANAGER Hugo Rezdek, former University of Oregon dl-.rwtor, dl-.rwtor, who has managed the Pittsburg National league ebih for the Isst season and a half, now stacking the football leatn at I'enn state. Is ' coming In for lils share of praise as a major league pilot. According to nn eastern critic, there wns a time when nearly nny baseball man would have been glad to accept the management of the Pirates. That was some years ago. when Pittsburg had a f lib that could always be figured to make a fight for the pennant, 'l it t ie Pirates were permitted to deteriorate, and finally Fred Clarke, after years In the saddle, tossed his mitts into the air and yelped "EnoUtlll" Along came Jimmy Callahan, and In dun time he and Harney Dreyfnss eome to the parting .f tt.e ways. Honus Wagner was offered the man-agomenr, man-agomenr, but refused to take it permanently, nnd In searching for a lender DrejfitSS railed In Hugo Bezd'-L, who was In Kugene nt that time. K.uire shouldered, rather otiHt. with a hard Jft w nnd a steely blue eye, Retdek 1m presses one as a bird who will never turn buck.- Ills experience an nn athlete has tnught him Hie Falue '.f perfect physical condition, and he In n stickler for It. He has trained mnny athletes ath-letes In vsrlous branches of r.jirt, nnd lie be-lie be-lie vet nil ball players should be Studied Individually Indi-vidually and pit through sprout to fit their In-dlvlduol In-dlvlduol cases. As a mnnnirer Bczdeh had bis first r"Dl op-' op-' (cirtonltv to show ivhuf. be could do this jear. He finished the 1017 sea -on with u club that rind no hope of dnsslng with nay of lire lead ers, but this year got away with a better start, and put new life and fighting spirit In a dls- I eottnged team.