Show FAVOR MANAGERS WHO PLAY club owners are said to have little use for bench directors killifer worked hard baseball owners are of the opinion that a playing manager Is of greater value to a club than one who directs from the bench in choosing a man they usually strive to get one who can participate actively in the con tests throughout the season charlie dolln leader of the philadelphia na lional league team holds the belief that while a playing manager may be preferable he ought not to be a backstop as he dooin Is it will be remembered that dooin did little catching last season he acs out for a while to an in aured leg but allowed ailster Ail lter to do most of the catching even when he was in condition dooin also is credited with the statement that a catcher should not be a manager he declares that a young pitcher cannot do himself jus tice with the director behind the plate in straining himself to demon strate to the chief what he posse poss esea ses in the way ay of speed he often outdoes himself consequently falling failing to get the best results dolln las found it this way while catching the young st ers and there therefore fore allowed killifer to don the mask ma nearly all the time catcher killifer when be he caught the youngsters twirl ed raggedly but as soon as killifer got behind the bat they did entirely alff different erent it Is on account of his belief rela live tive to playing managers th ehst t D doo it a bel believer leveA a leader who is a catcher floes does not have any success wi with th h his 1 pitchers he mentioned kling and bresnahan as examples |