| Show q C M east t of oMm mortal four fouron n trial e dorinson JO JOTIN 1 hlll be an a 0 experiment eap exp artmen t as a major league w ue he lind find a trial in ID tile international league lust last year us as leader of the th newark team learn newark finished to in ser anth place 10 lo S games behind file pennant vi loners before the season beann newark was picked to make a runaway race of it newark was waa tile the top heavy favorite the lea leading ing four ball players of the american Amei ican league in the lie last two I 1 de cc oleg were tt e ty cobb trig speaker eddie collins and walter johnsoa the first three have bave had their trials as 88 managers manageri and nil all three failed speaker alone showing any ability but not enough to set him I 1 clown low n as a successful irader leader and now comes johnson his H 1 future may to some extent be judged by hs recent past writes furfure 11 0 al sinKer tiger la in tile defrost news while he lias has much knowledge of baseball johnson failed to enforce discipline at newark ue headed a club that carried plenty of major league timber johnson linson Jo had the st 4 front of any minor league leam lealin it was regarded before the opening of the lie season as the strongest team that ever played in flip ali lower leagues 7 la in justice to johnson it must he be said bald that be was III through the birst 11 st to mouths month s of the hie season ile he tit did not take full fall charge of the until late lale in auy allay he found morale tit at a low ebb discipline was lacking Jo linson was vins unable to supply it things went front from bad to worse while johanon Jo linson sti owed ability to maneuver bis big players on the held field lie he lacked ability to keep them in condition and maintain order there were lines fines and suspensions late in the season hut but by that time lime lie fie team was waa beyond recall tile the fine und and even temperament that helped johnson Jo linson become the I 1 les est pitcher la in his league may seriously hand handicap CRP him us a manager it he e Is is what t the be hoys boys call emsy easy going slid and there are any number of L ball players who sho are not the least backward about taking advantage of an easy going manager the boys like nothing better as a rule there Is such it a tiling thing isis as being too severe some tire are they fall as surely as the managers who are A absolutely lacking lit in severity there Is a fine middleground middle ground and few trend tread that these who do are successful managers must handle men as well as play emergencies anil unless johnson ca can handle men he nil go the way of the other ne three members of odthe f the immortal four cobb speaker and collins cohins put but it may be that one year in tile the minors was what johnson needed to show film the way he le may Z go at the job differently to now 0 w that he Is alie head 1 l ead of a major majo r league walter jahnson team |
