Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1913 — ERROR MADE BY CLEVELAND [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ERROR MADE BY CLEVELAND

Bill Bernhard and Not Lajole Should Have Been Appointed Manager of Team in 1905. “Had William Bernhard been appointed manager of the Cleveland club In 1905 there is little doubt that they would have.won the American league pennant.” The above statement was made by Charley Carr, manager of the Kansas City ball club, the other day. “When the Cleveland club management appointed Lajoie as manager in 1905,” said Mr. Carr, .“it made a serious mistake to my way of thinking. Not that Lajoie was not a competent man for the position, but because it did not result in the harmony necessary on a team to make It a pennant winner. Ido not want to infer that Lajoie was not able to handle the affairs or to keep the men in line, for every one had the highest regard for Larry, both as a man and a player. “There were angles which caused some dissatisfaction and the players

■were not working together as they should have done. The man who could have had perfect harmony on the team was Bill Bernhard, for every man liked him and would have worked his head off for him. It-was Lajoie himself who would have liked to have seen Bill in charge, for he stuck to him like a brother.. It may not be known outside, but when Lajoie signed up with the Cleveland club for a long period it was with the understanding that Bill Bernard was to be there and never receive a cent less than any other pitcher in the club. That is how strong l arry was for Bill. “To my mind the Naps that year had one of the strongest ball teams ever gbt together, but it was lack of harmony that prevented them from winning the pennant.”

Manager Charlie Carr.