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Show CHANCE SURE J OF PENNANT Has Unlimited Confidence Confi-dence in Ability to Handle Americans. Chicago, Jan 9.--Before leaving for New York today Frank Farrell, owner own-er of the New York American baseball base-ball club, had another talk with his new manager, Frank L Chance, at which details for the team's training s trip to Bermuda were discussed, aloim with other matters pertaining to the club's future welfare Chauce asked Parrel a treat many questions aboi i tlie regular players and those on the reserve lists, but no definite plans to line up the team will be made until the spring training trip Is begun Chance hns unlimited confidence in his ability to make the Xew York Americans n winning aggregation "I will win the pennant for you before be-fore I get through in New York ' Chance said to Farrell That ma sound like a bold statement to make at this time, but I ask you i remember remem-ber my promise," 5 Chance has been given full author ity in the management of the team, BO thai if he should fail he will have nobody to hlamo but himself. Farrell declared today he world do everything possible to aid Chance In 4 making the team a winner. Chance expects to manage the team . from the bench, although he may de- Jt ride to get into the game if he considers con-siders it necessary He will leave lor his orange orchard next Saturday and will report for duty in New York February 11 Now that Chance has been signed as manager of the New York Aracr- leans at a reported salarv of $23. nun. this record brings the total pay of eight prominent baseball managers up 1o $100,000 a year a cording to fig-jl fig-jl ures published here today While a Salary of $".flnn was a rarity in or 15 1 j 1 years upo, today there are at least fight managers supposed to be draw-' Ing a salary of $10,000 or more. The list headed by Chance also includes in-cludes McGrnw ot the New York Nationals, Na-tionals, at $1S.u0u Mack of the Philadelphia Phil-adelphia Americans, at $15,000; Jennings Jen-nings of Detroit, the same; Clarke of Pittsburg Nationals, $1 2 "to Stahl or U! the Boston Americans. Tinker of Cincinnati Cin-cinnati an-1 Griffith of Washington, all $1" In addition to this M tci stahl and; Griffith each own stock in their respective re-spective clubs. |