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Show SPEAKER ONLY PLAYING BOSS Census of Major Leagues Shows That Cleveland Manager Is Alone With Trls Speaker the only active f H playing manager in the major leagues. Jig i' -eetns doubtful if other than bench . flj pilots will ever again be in vogue in ' baseball's fastest company. A census jEa of ihe majors at present show Speaker la Hi" only playing hn.s and practical- I ly all of ihe other pilots are certain of their Jobs for at leaat another season. sea-son. , The cr for a playing manager has provided tho necessary loophole for more than one magnate to do away 51 jwith ? bench warming boss who was j not delivering the goods, in 1012. after la Hcnh O'Day had landed the Cincinnati IB 1 Rods in the first division, but incurred tin enmity of some of the stockholders, stockhold-ers, Garry Herrmann announced O'Day would not riurn because the Reds needed a playing boss. They got the g playing mint all right, but he did not I; -1. and finallv Pat Moran another bench warming manager landed th Job .inl took the Reds to their firs'. National league championship nd i world's championship as w ell Wfc PLAYED POSITIONS. In fh old (lav? manv of the club i owners could not figure the wisdom rjL "T employing a bench manager. Pr?c-Lii Pr?c-Lii ill) II of the bosses played their H position each day. Aa late as 1912 H there were nine playing managers out " mjSi of 16 In the majors. -Chance. Clarke, S Dooin, Bresnahiin. Kllng, Stovall, Cai. lahan, Stahl and Birmingham, were all 1 playing managers that year. XjSf I Garry Herrmann has always been Wr strong for the playing manager, al- gfrf though his clubs were never as sue JE 1 :l under this type of pilot as gfjj Under 'he direction of the kind that ft; did not play. Under Tinker and Her- 3; izog the Rpris were a miserable failure. WPi While under O'Day. Mathewson and aft Minr.r. 'he;, have been in the fighting gjfrj Irtenriy all tho time. FAVORS EENCH. I John McGtavv has always favored jj the bench manager even though he WW 'has h; en one for some year?. He de- MM lclar d recentlj that when he 1? sue- pi a td at New York bench manager M ?lll pet th? Job. He contends that a gj pla Ing manager Is handicapped be- fig? j cause he must keep his mind on the game and has no time In which to fig ure his plan of attack. George Gibson, of the Pirates Bays he realizes now .v Ml thai fl bench manager can find plenty ,, keep him buay during 1 contest, al- J thpugh he used to believe the pldylug Wik manager was best I |