| Show TOO GOOD NATURED TO BE LEADER OF MEN ME ats f j at 14 4 IS 11 J 4 t 14 11 km wilbert robinson a manager of brooklyn dodger dodgers M valbert albert robinson w who 0 Is guiding the destinies 0 the brooklyn dodgers ie is one of the most likable one of the el leanest eanest Joll JoIl leet lest and bitout loal of men thie this year robinson has a ball club which on paper papel showe class either mcgraw or stallings or mack could take it and probably win a pennant and yet it will surprise bin bur prise the judges it it finishes one two three it ie is partly because hobby robby Is too good natured and not mean enough to be a real and leader of men robby was the one calm peaceful element in the old baltimore orioles he fie was the Jo jollier Iller of umpires and ahe one who whispered the condolences lences with the accent on tho the con while a dozen of the mcgraw brodle brodie jennings kelly stenzel crowd croud yawped d si ar led robby was s farier when the others were at the point of battle all the time ile was the peace peacemaker maler on the bench the real friend of all he lie lukca people and they like him which aa as jimmy block remarked dont get got you nowhere nor bothin in baseball after the smash up III of the 12 club league robby and mcgraw went into business in baltimore imore and later united forces with the american league to run the baltimore team mcgraws Mc Grawe break with dan johnson disrupted that combine and robby resumed business A couple of years ago mcgraw hired his old pal as a sort of assi assistant stanL manager of the giants and coach of young pitchers pit aers lie ile returned to the game a bit fatter a bit more serious and like and bo hu did really valuable work for mcgraw it in working with the pitchers and more morn in smoothing over the rather difficult passages between mcgraw anil and some of his players mcgraw was his sponsor as manager at brooklyn and last year robinson worked herd and finally got hia his team going the one point in his favor Is in that his anais arc are extremely loyal to him under mcgraw robinson learnell learn bl to bark at a listless player occasionally end and if he only adds a bite or two he may drive that team to where it should be it Is to a good ball club if driven to the limit robinson Is one of tho the beat of judges of young players especially pitchers and hid his patience and kindly encouragement helps the youngsters he lie shows excellent judgment in choosing pitchers for certain games and matches their form closely |
