| Show MANAGERS TO LEAD FIGHT FROM BENCH IONE OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CHIEFS THIS YEAR IS PLAYER LD STARS AT THE HELM f I 1 affy mcaleer 0 connor donovan mcguire mack jennings and stallings were great players and among Topnotch ers of their T time ime for the first time since its ion the american league will t take a e he field in 1910 without a single ty ng ig manager in the list of eight corn cam eting wing clubs with the passing ot of and lajoie from the bossing ob and their return to plain play ng ngAu duties ties the last of 0 the combination lanager captains has departed and he be whole hole array of teams will be iven attention from the bench here fter after curiously enough the eight ameri amer an league managers are also old layers of great reputation men who n the days of their glory were among he topnotch ers of their time the eight men who are on deck or 1910 are connie mack patsy dono dona an hughey duffy jim magu re aughey jennings geoage stallings ack 0 connor and jimmy mcaleer ix of them are turks while jennings nd stallings Sta lUngs are supposed to have considerable onside rable irish blood mixed into heir veins veins score a pont po nt or the irish the players under heir control will be germans in lians Norvie norwegians glans french oen and a few americans but the lag tag of ireland waves in the foreman s land of the eight mack mcguire stal ings and 0 connor oconnor were catchers it hen in the big game score another or the catchers when half the mana ers learned the fine tricks of the ame behind the bat donovan duffy ind mcaleer were outfielders and leanings was a shortstop only one nf lelder on the job and not a solitary pitcher weller how about the he pitchers 7 we ear so much about the wonderful ond erful of the pitchers their great lea dork their incomparable foxiness tox iness ind wisdom but where are there any it chers except dark clarl griffith manag ng ball clubs all of the eight were gleat men feal teal wonders in their line connie wack was a long lean and wily catch r he backstopped with the greatest it f success and the best of records rear after year patsy donovan came nto prominence a n brotherhood year ahen he came into the national eague although patsy never stayed ong in one place he was always ar and most of the big cities en oyed joyed his company at one time or an ither aber fast fielder was donovan good base thief and a peachy hitter bitter hughey duffy though an active delayer before donovan broke in out fasted patsy and is still able to tilt hit is hard as anybody he ile will probably end himself to bat now and then as a 1 pinch hitter for the sox but will not try to play any fielding position duffy was one of anson a s merry lads ads or several bears ears previous to the brotherhood and then going to bos bat ton made a grand record as a bat ter and one of the keenest thinkers ever in the game jim mcguire antedates even duffy is ts an active player having caught in the fast company back in 1884 the beacon has played with numerous team since then giving up the mask only a year ago and still could go in if all the other catching talent went lo 10 the bad he was always a classy catcher a good batter slow on foot but steady and reliable hughey jennings rose to fame as the great shortstop and magical bats man ot of the glorious old there have been shori stops that equaled jennings it la Is doubtful it if there was ever a shortstop that was of more value to a team fielding bat ting running ginger and wildfire all counted in since his arm went back on him jennings has achieved aa as much tame fame as a manager as he be gained in active play few of the eastern fans perhaps a re r e aware that the dark and burly stallings Y aras was once a catcher of re but he was wi s he caught in california more than twenty years ago played in several minor leagues and had a season in the fast company along about 1890 taking to the managerial inana geria I 1 work later on be lie has tsuen een fi in and out of the fast camp company any a couple of times but now seems destined to stick awhile as he has shown better work in piloting the highlanders than when he was at detroit jack 0 connor oconnor tor for many years was one of the greatest of the catchers A while hile his tame fame was not sounded as loudly as that of ewing kelly and bennett old pitchers declare that he never had a superior in the inside re quire ments of the catching job and that as a jollier a cheery helper of the team he was unequaled 0 con u nor was a great ball player in every department of the game and outfit to make an able leader jimmy mcaleer never had a master when hen it came to playing center field mcaleer was for many years 4 j star in a group of wonderful outfielders of whom curt welch dickie john stone and bill lange were fine ex amples he ile was vas not a heavy bitter hitter but his outfield work vork was that ot of a wizard while his managerial skill has been high grade ever since he gave up the garden to assume the reins pretty neat deat bunch of managers these eight men of the american league we ought to get some rare baseball from them during the corn coul ing season |
