rrank v>hance Championship Winner
ANNEXED FOUR
IN HK PRIME
[Three Won Hand Running
? and Last Came In 1910
When He Fell Hard In
World Series.
By JOHN B. FOSTER
(forrriffit 1933 to* Tli? I
It Is only recently that Frank
Chance has passed on. Like
Fred Clarke he was a playlnt:
manager and like Clarke he won
lour championships In the Na
tional League. There are now
ll?lng McGraw, Clarke and Han
Ian of those who acquired the
major share of managerical fame
with the organization that Is cel
ebrating Its fiftieth anniversary.
Chance stepped Into a mana
gerical position " because Frank
Selee stepped out In Chicago. 1 1 )
,wn fortunate for Chance that he
: happened to be a Chicago
player at the time and it was for
tunate for Charley Murphy, who
had bought the club, that he had
the good sense to appoint Chance
manager. The team was already
constructed as has been related.
It needed a change or two. per
haps, but most of all it needed r.
conservative and sound man to
take up its affairs and handle {
Jftem on the field after loslni; a
[manager of the high mentality or
? Frank Selee. One Frnnk suc
Vf*ded another.
Chance won his first cham
pionship in 1906. He followed
that with a pennant in 1907 and
a third in 1908. In that respect
his career was like that of Fred
Clarke who won three pennants
hands down. The first pennant
won under Chance was expected
to fall to Chicago and Chance
was given less credit for it than
he deserved. It was predicted
that he would have more trouble
in 1907 and 1908, but he im
proved as a manager as he went
on, and his third victory In suc
cession made him one of the1
most popular leaders of ball
players that Chicago ever had.
In 1908 he won the famous tus
ale with the Giants when he won
the pennant because Markle failed
to touch Becond base for the New
York team in a game of which
the winning run for the Giants
went over home plate but was not
allowed.
Chance had an uphill fight
after 1908 until 1910 whence as
sembled another high class team
for Chicago and won the pennant
for his fourth time. He played
the Athletics in the world
series that followed and the
Chicagos won but one game. The
result was disappointing to
Chance. Not long after that' ho
had a disagreement with Murphy
DARE DEVIL DEMPSEY
GROWS SIDEBURNS
Ami Look* Like t'romt llrtuwn
llutler Mini Hanker <?r Any
thing but l*UKlliNt
By FAIR ViAY
lOni ild .1923 by Tlir i
New York. Jan. 16 ? When
news hit the Groat White Way
of the make-up Jack Dempsey is
foisting upon the public of Los
Augeles these days there was gen
eral consternation. According to
the story the champion has
grown side burns, or. as they used
to he called, sluggers.
The report is that with these
lawns upon the sides of his face
and his reconstructed nose Dare
Devil Jack looks a combination
butler- bank* r - collect Ion agent
anything but a world's champion
pugilist. And if he keep* on as
!??? is going he may not cvt-n have
his looks left after Ills next bat
tle.
Eddie Car.nonball Martin, the
bantamweight champion who has
been suspended until February by
the New York athletic commis
sion for fighting an un ;atisfactory
bout against FV.sana. is only a boy
yet. just 21 years old. If he Is
not well handled by a man of ma
ture years some one will knock
him off shortly. That someone
may be Carl Treinaine.
owner of the Chicago team and
went elsewhere. H'? managed
teams in the American League ?
New York and Boston, lust he
was not successful with either of
them because In- did not have the
players necessary to develop suc
cess in the circuit.
Chance was a catcher when he
began to play in the major league
and the fact that he could handle
pitchers well unquestionably had
much to do with his success on
the Chicago club. Ht^knew when
his pitchers were In "ood condi
tion and was a fairly good Judge
as to when they should be .taken
out of a gam** and when they
thould be retained.
He won the world series from
the Detroit team twice, once
without a victory by Detroit. This
was in 1907. when the first game
of the series resulted in a tie at
the end of twelve, innings. Five
games jrere necessary with De
troit in the following year and
Chicago won four of those. The
first world series that was played
with the Chicago Americans in
1003 was lost by Chance as hi*
Cubs took only two games of the
aeries of six. It was the result
of this series th?it made many
question Chance's ability for fu
ture success in t 1m* National
League but he proved in the tw'o
years following that lie had till
the requisites that a man should
have to handle a major league
club so skillfully that It could
win a championship.
I
KID WONDER ON
PACIFIC COAST
Name*# l.loyd Waner from
Oklahoma Which Gelling
ho Slate Where Besl Ball
players Come From.
By JOHN B. FOSTER
l?*o|>?rlctat 19!] H Tti? Ad*an-< >
New York. Jan. 16 ? Another
member of the Waner family has
been added to the San Francisco
ba.iehall club. He Is Lloyd Waner
brother of the doughty Paul.
Rumors have been circulating
for tome time that there wa? a
second Waner in Oklahoma who
could bat even bettor than
Hrother Paul. <He went to the
coast unherulded and promptly
set that part .of the country on
fire by his batting. The scouts
got on the trail immediately but
the San Francisco men got tol
Lloyd first.
More Rood ball players have .
been coming out of Oklahoma';
recently than from any state in j
the Southwest. And Lloyd I
Waner. if reports be true, is one
of the best of them. Ho will re- f
port at the San Kranciso training
camp nt Frisco on February 16.
Out in Ada. Okla there is a ,
local expert on baseball beginners,
lie is a pharmacist by profession,
but those who know him say his
baseball knowledge and intuition
would have made him a fine
scout. TJils man reports that
Lloyd Waner batted 483 in his
league, surpassing by 50 points
i he batting record which set San
Franclsco on the trail of hid
brother Paul. Moreover, the1
scout-pharmacist says the games
In which Lloyd played were fas-,
ter and better games than those
in which Paul won his local
fame. The Ada man further
reports that besides outbattlng
Paul. Lloyd Waner can field rings !
around his brother. He throws
right handed and bats left. Paul
throws left handed and bats right.
Three major league clubs have'
been willing to take Paul Waner I
ofT the hands of San Francisco. :
although generally speaking thei
majors seem to have been passing '
up San Francisco players. The
Frisco management, however, has
shown little inclination to part
with Paul. In this connection.
Paul's appraiscil of his own play
ing and that of his kid brother is
interesting. When he was com
plimented at San Francisco on
his batting prowess, he replied:
"I'm not so much. You ought I
to see my kid brother hit the 1
ball.1*"
Lloyd, according to the re
ports. could have had a major loa- 1
gue contract Instead of going to I
San Francisco. It is said that;
one major leaguo offered him Tour j
JOIE KAY HOPES TO
BEAT NURMI TONIGHT
And With Schwlulr Finn's (iolnu
Tlimuuh With Jok- Mh> 1H>
It on Cltiraitu Track
Jly LAWHK\tl{ PKHItY
ll'Unhlbl IVS.*. t* The AilulTfl
.New York. Jan. 16 ? There are
theme who actually believe that
Jolr Ilay will take revenue upon
Paavo Nurnii. the Finn, when the
two meet on Coliseum track in
Chicago tonight.
Reasons those who feel this
way set forth to explain their as
tounding sUite of mine! are not
poor ones. This has to be ad
mitted right at the .start. Listen
to them.
Th<> Coliseum track Is small,
fourteen laps to the mile. Jole
knows that pine covered circle a*
well as a fox knows his way from
his hole to his favorite hen
roost.
It was here that Hay established
the mile rccord of 14:14 3-5
which N'urml broke at the garden
over the eleven lap track.
There Is at least a possibility
that the small track may bother
the Finn. Then, too, consider
Paavo's program.
He ran in the Municipal Athle
tic Association Karnes in the Gar-(
den in New York on Thursda>
night. He then hustled Into hi*
clothes and took the 10:10 train
for Chicago, arriving at 8:30 on
Friday evening. He will have
about an hour to tthake off the
effects of the Journey before Be1
is summoned to the starting line
to tackle Jole Hay aud others in a
mile and three quarter race.
If any runner can meet this
program and get aw^y with It
Nurml can. Rut can Nurmi get
away with it?
years at University of Michigan if'
he would sign a contract. That
sounds like one of the St. Louis
clubs.
The young Waller however i
passed up the offer, partly be
cause he preferred to start In ;
where he could be with - his
brother and partly because he !
wanted to find out at once J
whether he is good enough to be|
FRED CL ARKE A
GOOD GUESSER
\Ihuvh Hated (?oo<l I*lay?*r
hut NoImmIv Thouplit Him
Muna^rr Till Owner I'ill*.
burg I)i>r?vrrr(l Him.
II) JOHN II. FOSTKK
|'?S5 It. TTir I '
I.Ike Anson. Fred Clarke holds
.? place in the most successful!
managers and tlio rnest famous
i-luyers of the National League. Of
? 11 the player managers who be
?am? celebrated for their skill In!
!i. ndling men. ami the executive
:<:utlne of u ball Kame. there Is
ncne who developed, more quickly
ilian Clarke and none -who sur
prised the fans more by his clev
erness. Moat of them took Fred
lor a hall player of far more skill
titan that which is usually allotted
to men who run bases and chase
files for a living, but it took the
owner of the Pittsburgh ball club
10 ascertain that Clarke bad the
theory of baseball well acquired
and that he knew how to meet
other managers with a Roland fori
their Oliver.
When Clarke was made mana
ger of Pittsburgh even the base
ball critics of Pittsburgh were as
tonished and some of them pre
dicted he would not make a sue- 1
cess in handling the team because
ho was too young and too rnsli.
as they termed it. What happened 1
was exactly the reverse. His
a big league plover.
The League in which he has
been playing is a country affair.
But If he can produce as much
pro|M>rtionately in faster company
as bis brother Paul did. the San
Francisco team will show up next
spring with the kid hitting won
der of the season.
The San Francisco club did well
In li? 2 4 and if it makes a good
showing this year should have a
most profitable season, speaking
financially. The home crowd is
with It. That's why the manager
is so anxious to hold oil to the
elder Waiter and bring the young
er one through.
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AGAIN MTKMI WINS
IN RACE AT GARDEN
Madison Square (Jardvn. N.
Y., Jan. 16. ? 1'uavo Nurnil
won ihf 3.000 meter race here
last nlcht, breaking tho three
wurld'a record*. and then l?*ft
for Chicago to race today.
youth he retained, of course. but
his rashness evaporated. He would
take chances with his player* but'
he did not tak?? greater chanced
than those of other managers and
when he did take a chance he
knew why be took it and acted ac
cordingly.
Ho won four pennant* with the
] Pittsburgh nine . Three of them
wi-iv won in succtMsion in 1901,
1902 and 1903. That was the
! Clarke ?-ra. Wherever baseball men I
were congregated Clarke was her-,
aided as the great young manager .
in baseball and the man who
would supplant Anson and others
: of the old time school in gaining
pennants. Aftor the victory of I
1903 the Pittsburgh* played the1
ilostons in a po?t season series.
j Every now and thou there Is an ,
attempt on the part of writer*
i who were not handling games In j
19?3 to attach this series to tho;
world series. It doesn't belong
there and there are good reasons!
why it should not be included with
the world series.
Boston won the series and what
ever happened to the Pittsburgh j
club, while it was bring played.'
resulted in the termination ofi
Pittsburgh's career as a chain- I
pionshlp team. In 1904 Pitts
burgh was not a pennant winner!
and the Glunts were. Clarke wasi
deeply disappointed in the result;
of the season of 190 4 and so were j
others In Pittsburgh.
Clarke retained the manage
ment of the Plttsburghs and his
persistent effort won another pen-|
nant for him in 1909. That gavei
him a total of four In bis lifetime.
After the pennant was won the |
Pittsburgh* played Detroit In two I
world sbrtes which wan then con-]
ducted under the Brush rules t
and was properly regulated.
Pittsburgh defeated Detroit and f
the career of Babe Adams, the
pitcher, began with that Merles. !
Not even the Pittsburgh manager
nor the Pittsburgh players real-,
lied how great a pitcher Adams
was until he came through against
Detroit and conquered the Tigers
on their own ground.
Clarke did not give up manag
ing until after this but ho could
not get a team together that could
win the pennant again although
he was In the thick of the fight
more than once. It was not un
til his own skill an a plaver be-j
Kan to fall that he began to think
of withdrawing from baseball, lie
felt no call to be a bench mana
ger. Ho wanted to be on thej
field with the team and when he'
made up his mind that he was,
through as a player ho also,
stepped out as manager, but he!
won his four championships and)
Is the only manager, except one.
to have that number to his credit;
In tho National. He rates with |
the very successful National!
league managers.
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