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Show I Left to right. Hughe; Jennings, I great field leader, Connie Mai k. most successful of bench managers, and' Frank Chance, peerless playing man-eger. man-eger. New York, Feb. 15 In a series of articles which he is wrilinK on 'lie .national pastini'-. John .1 McGra manager of the New Y crk ptaifl dwell at great length on the 1 uties : of the big league manner McGraw, who is considered b) man the gl '' est of all managers, divides hla k nd Into three classes, field, benefa and .playing managers The Utile Napoleon Napo-leon of baBehall places himself in the field managing class, thoso who '1' rect their teams from the eoa lines, and he maintains that the field leader has an advantage over both the playing and bench director! In defense of this assertion the man II who has won four National league I pennants and a world's championship for New York points out that a bench manager cannot keep in direct communication com-munication with his men while thejl Mil are on the playing field; his only opportunity to talk to them being 1 when they are near him on the bench He calls Connie Mack the greatest of bench managers and attributes his BUCpesa to his ability to pick good pla.vcrs and to select quick thinking lieutenants for the coaching lines. Manager McGraw contends (hat the playing manager; of the class of which he declares Frank Chance to be the bead, is hahdfoapped by his responsibilities respon-sibilities as a player lie argues th;it the playing manager must divide his attention between two jobs and that while he Is concentrating his energies ener-gies on the one he ll bound to overlook over-look some of the opportunities of the other. Chance says his former rival j has hem McCewfttl because he im-j hues his players, with his own fighting fight-ing spirit that never acknowledges! defeat. Hughey Jennings Is selected by McGraw Mc-Graw as an excellent type of field 1 manager pepperv, fighting, quick wltted and crafty the kind of man fitted for the place from which he can keep his plaers on their toes every minute of the game. |