Show CHIEF OF THE PIRATES jimmy lal callahan iaan former sox so leader goes to pittsburgh appointment of veteran manager surprise to friend friends who thought he wax was to lead los angeles team succeeds Succeed fred clarke jimmy callahan veteran si a nager in n the big league and for rive tive years leader of the chicago white sox sol baa has been appointed to head the pittsburgh pirates on tho the field succeeding fred clarke who resigned several months ago the announcement of Call callahan ahans s preferment came as a big surprise in asmuth as be he was supposed to be signed to lead the los angeles club in the pacific coast league in 1916 drent s recently completed the deal for to VIl ahans services pending an agreement rement with powers callahans appointment not only came as a surprise to bis his friends but to 0 men afflit aled with the national league when clarke resigned it was thought that hana hans wagner warner bill hinch man or catcher gibson would be named as his successor wagner was offered the job almost immediately at ter clarke quit but refused to take it 0 assorting that he was content to M main matu aa as a player and that he did not denire to shoulder any of tha worries of a manager when he declined it the impression of the pittsburgh play vlra 4 J II 11 V aw 0 o jimmy callahan era ers A aa a hat lint gibson would bo be named as be he was well liked by the men on the club nl lahan has not been left a winning ball team and it la Is up to him to start immediately to strengthen the team if it be he desires to be in the running for the championship clarke bad had dietl colties last summer and it Is said for that reason resigned he lie saw no pros p hect act of improvements in baseball 11 and rather than continue with strife existing decided to pass tho the rest of bis his days on bis his farm this Is the second titre tin callahan baa has been in the national league or Igi binally gi nally be he got his baart in tho the older major luciae le tue 1 it was from the chi iago team that he jumped along with N e fred clarke clarke Cirt griffith and several others w when hen U o american league started its battle adur donac fifteen years ago lie ile was a pitcher then the only team he baa has been with then la is tho the white sox although bo he was out of the major league ranks for a while to manage the logan square club a semi pro or |