| Show Present Major League Managers l Well Fortified With Assistants Few Aides Ever Replace Their Boss as Pilot of Same S-mc Team 5 Blackburne Exception S By BILLY EVANS CLEVELAND CLEVELA D 0 O. Dec 23 NEA C Unlike Unlike- the old days daI m major jor league I managers era now are arc quite supplied supplied sup sup- plied with assistants No Xo longer loner do does docs s the entire task of bossing a n team fall fail on the shoulders of one man the man the pilot An assistant or two t relieves relle tho the mana manager r of many little details nowadays 4 Tho The latest m member of tho first lieutenant brigade is Kay tay former catcher and manager of the Chicago White Sox Schalk one of or the greatest of or backstops will willbo bo ho chief aide to John McGraw of tho the Giants next season GREAT PLAYER Schalk halk a great player found UttIe littie little lit Ut- tIe tle success etIS in the managerial role rote I In this he was no different than Cobb and other famous p who encountered l enly only so-so so in the tho pilots pilot's Job after alter starring in inactive active competition Schalk however should prove of at much assistance to McGraw lIe He knows the game me from A to K Z and back again He lie should be especial lal- lal lalI I I y valuable in helping develop eop the Giant pitchers Schalk I under under- stand Is to replace Roger Ros-er Bresnahan Bresnahan Bresna- Bresna han famous Giant catcher of or the thedas theda's days das of Mathewson and nod Schalk incidentally Is another anither former big league manager to Jin the camp aide group Some of ot the oth others rs Include Kid Gleason and Eddie FAdie Collins of ot the Ath Athletics Ues Art Fletcher Yankees Clyde Clde Milan Senators an Bill Killefer Bro Browns Browne n Gleason Collins and Schalk are three ex White Sox pilots Some of ot them it is true are commonly are commonly referred to as coaches But they are assistants nevertheless VETS AS AIDES It Is Interesting to note some of the old stars now employed as managerial managerial man man- aides on major lea league ue clubs Last season for Instance Washington Washing ton had Altrock and Schacht as wen well wenas as Milan the Red Sox had Heinle Heinie Wagner agner the Yankees Charley CharIe OLearY O'LearY and Fletcher the Tigers Tiger Lefty Letty Liefield the Indians lIol lIo- lIo l I kt t t z ard Shanks the Cincinnati Reds Bobby hobby Wallace 1 Ivy Wingo and tover to Land the Phillies Fred Ired Hunter the Robins Otto Miller JUler aD and so 80 on down the theline line Une Wagner agner OLeary O'Leary Wallace and Fletcher wore were star shortstops in their playing days Wallace re remembered ye- ye red for or his sensational work with the Si S. Louis Browns probably had no peer pail b k In tho the 1902 1015 period OLeary O'Leary who was with the Tigers for many years ears was a re remarkable re- re fielder but weak at the bat Wagner agner played with Bill Carrigan Carrigan Car- Car rigan pr present ent TIed Red Sox manager on Boston teams of twelve to fifteen years year ago o. o Fletcher cavorted fur for forthe the Giants over over an extended tended stretch AL ALTROCK STAR I Altrock as roam roam- many fans proba probably ty recall was as a star left hander with willi the White S Sox Sex x In the days lays of Doc Doe White Ed El Walsh Fielder Jones and others Shanks Shank used used- to pIa play utility util utU- ity roles for Washington Wingo In go and Land are former catchers Hunter was a a. first baseman bauman and Liefield a a. southpaw pitcher Few assistants or coaches ever eyer replace their boss as manager of Ute the same flame team But I recall one who vho did That's Thal's Lena present pilot of tho the White Sox Blackburne was Schalks Schalk's aIde aldo at Chicago When Ray Bay stepped out Lena stepped in Moreover Blackburne Blackburne Blackburne Black Black- burne pulled the club out of the gutter where it had slipped sUpped under Schalk's Schalks management manas Blackburne an ordinary player turned a a. trick which Schalk a great pa was unable to perform An odd games baseball I |
