Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1912 — Why Hal Chase Resigned. [ARTICLE]

Why Hal Chase Resigned.

Hal Chase’s resignation as manager of the Yankees was due, in part, to a bit of advice given to him last season by Napoleon Lajole, erstwhile pilot of the Cleveland team. It was during a game at New* York, and Hal passed Larry while the Naps and Yanks were changing fields. “This managing job,** observed Chase, “is a tough one? Things weren’t going well with the New York team that day and the big left-hander had a grouch. “I know it,” replied Larry, “but I didn’t know it for three years. I was manager for four years, and I am satisfied that a man can’t play his best game and manage too.”