Show DOC WHITE AND CAP DILLON SLATED TO LOSE THEIR BERTHS AS MANAGERS SWEEPING Q WEEPING CHANGES are pending in the Coast league says says says' the Los Lo Angeles Angeles Times Moves O it is said are being considered which may deprive Frank Dillon and Doc White II of their positions and give the two local clubs new leaders for next season In fact Blankenship and Walter McCredie are said to be the only managers who stand strong trong Even Wolverton is not as firmly saddled as formerly but is said to be protected by byL bya Y a contract that has two years r r- 11 L ii R 00 D j. j i to run v W j i t tf f M Here is IS the situation Yo 1 c 1 II i W Walter a I ter M McCredie c C re d. d Ie b. b being a apart a l i r J part o owner er of t the e Portland j gs 1 club and shrewd in m in the business business busi busl- i ness ess end as as well as the playing play play- J ing end of the cannot i P M mg ing game 4 f C 1 be b budged 1 1 p Cliff Blankenship on his J sensational showing of the 1 y J x i past past season eason which proba probably lY t k rt 19 17 f 4 K 1 is IS without parallel in m the history his his- I ii b i i i v I t tory ory 0 of f minor minor I league eague b ball a II is IS isI t J I JJ l j d t the h e most f. f firmly Irm I. I y h e d 0 of f I any of the managers s TOO EXPENSIVE Harry Wolverton is is regarded regard regard- ed as a high class manager but is is charged with being a an a expensive team man He when always handling has a a club high priced price It t is intimated intimated inti inti- CAP DOC WHITE DILLON mated strongly that with the expenditure made for players this year he should have made a stronger showing showing showing-or or rather rath rath- er that he should have made an equal sho showing ing with a much smaller expenditure Rowdy Elliott in all probability will be given another chance He has the Oakland club playing th the most aggressive ball in recent years Frank Dillons Dillon's doom is is' said to be sealed He will be succeeded by a playing manager according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to present plans possibly one of the men now on the club For a number of years it ithal has hal been reported each winter that Dillon would be replaced For the most part there was no basis for these rumors However last spring and it is no secret the stage was set for Dillons Dillon's exit as manager of the Los Angeles team Powerful pressure was brought to bear at the last moment and this together with the failure to get a suitable successor saved him NOT AGGRESSIVE It was beli believed ved th that t Doc White would be g given yen another chance chanc He may but signs point to a change in the Tiger leadership Failure to get the team into an aggressive stride is said to be the one indictment against him The Tigers gained their great following because of their fighting qualities and their supporters demand a fighting team Cliques have sprung up on the theVe Ve Vernon on club it is said and Wh White te it is intimated has not dealt with this situation as forcefully as desired Who Whites White's successor will be in case the change is ma made e cannot be definitely stated at this time Fred Snodgrass has been mentioned in this connection as has Hamilton Patterson former Tiger first baseman Patterson is an aggressive leader and knows as much baseball as any man in the country The decline in the Tiger fighting qualities dated from the passing of Patterson fro from the team two years ago The talk runs rims more toward Patterson than toward Snodgrass but it is significant that the latter not only hurried West at the end of the major league season but is handling the deal dea by which Wilhoit may go to the Boston Br Braves ves in exchange exchange ex ex- change for one or more men who are to be used in the rebuilding of the team |