Gunnison Valley News | 1927-05-05 | Page 2 | Player-Manager Hobby is Dying Out

PLAYER-MANAGER HOBBY IS DYING OUT Guidance From Bench More Effective, Says Hendricks. The day of the playing manager In the major leagues is just about over, In the opinion of Jack Hendricks, man. ager of the Cincinnati Beds, who Is attending the meeting of the Association Associa-tion of National Baseball Leagues. Hendricks runs his team from the bench. "Speaker. Cobb, Sisler and Collins nil went the same year. The fad soon wore off," Hendricks said. "Of course Ducky Harris Is still in, but you must remember he won two pennants pen-nants in succession." , Hendricks declared that a manager should be on the bench, not on the field, because a manager cannot play and at the same time manage. He doesn't, as a manager, even take the coach's box. "I have been in this old racket for nearly twenty-five years, and I always have been a bench manager," bo said. "I believe when Harris passes out of the big leagues the plaver-manager will have gone forever. The percent- ' 1 1 ! Manager Jack Hendricks. age Is against them. No man can Judge a game from the outfield, inlleld or behind the plate as welt as he can from the bench. Managing takes quick thinking, and a player cannot think about the game and about strategy strat-egy at the same time."