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Show Il sporting and Athletic Newsj PROMINENT MEMBERS OK THE SHIPYARD LEAGUE? I Remember, Mn the evening of baseball's last season, the indignant indig-nant howls of sonic magnates whose players jumped to the shelter shel-ter of the shipyard league? j According to these magnates, Hie players in question would I. MANAGERS IN NEW YORK, Dec. 2S Within the last few days two American League managers whose standings for next year were regarded as uncertain have been assured that they are to he retained. re-tained. Owner Phil Ball, of the St. Louis Browns, has declared that Jimmy Jim-my Burke, who was appointed team leader shortly after Fielder Jones rc-lired rc-lired last season, will continue as manager. Hughey Jennings, who was supposed to be overseas, has received the "go ahead" orders from.Presidentl Frank Navin, of the Tigers, Jennings volunteered for service in the Knights of Columbus, but had not departe'd when the armistice was signed, so he waited to learn whether or not baseball base-ball was to be resumed. With the uncertainty cleared up as o these two managerial berths comes the word from Cleveland which indicates indi-cates that Lee Fohl is to be retained as leader of the Indians next season.) President Jim Dunn, of the Cleveland club, arrived in that city a few days , ago and engaged in a conference with Fohl which extended through several hours. It is reasonable to suppose that if a manger was to be deposed the conference would have been for minutes only. During the American League meeting in Chicago Dunn said that his manager would be either Fohl or Speaker, and it is believed that the former will stick. All the managers on the Eastern wing of the American league circuit are sure of their places for next season. sea-son. Miller Huggins has another year to serve on the contract which he signed with Colonel Jacob Ruppert last season, and furthermore his handling of the club has been entirely satisfactory satisfac-tory to the boss of the Yanks. Connie Mack, owner of 50 per cent of the stock of the Athletics, will serve his nineteenth nine-teenth consecutive term lis leader of the Philadelphia Americans. Ed Barrow, Bar-row, who piloted the Red Sox to a pennant and world's championship last ' season, will continue at the helm in Boston, i The only managerial berth around which any uncertainty is now noted is that which Clarence Rowlands has filled for the last four seasons. Rowland Row-land mingled with other American leaguers during the recent meeting in Chicago and to all appearances was enjoying ihe favor of Comlskoy. How- ever, reports from persons close to the White Sox are to the effect that Comiakey is about ready to take a chance on some other leader. Eddie . Collins has been mentioned as Rowland's Row-land's successor, and as Eddie has tc sign a new contract before anothei season opens, it is possible that Com-iskey Com-iskey may have decided to make hire playing manager. never again be allowed to play In organized baseball. Now that a new season Is at hand and the annual meeting of p the mags has been held, has any- b one seen any move towards carry- w ing out these threats? " t Not so you could notice .... ' ' The old whitewash brush will e routed out of the locker, and he Jacksons. Felsches. and other roralnent shipyard workers will o liberally covered with a nice ,-hite coating, which will cover tie black sin of contract jumping. |