Chapman's Chance

Ben Chapman is a man with plenty of bounce; he is also too lucky and too versatile to be kept down for long. After twelve stormy years in the major leagues as infielder, outfielder, champion base-stealer, he became manager of the Richmond Colts in the Piedmont League. There he distinguished himself by getting thrown out of baseball for a year for slugging an umpire. Last year he came back as a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Last week, 14 days after being traded down the river to the hopeless Philadelphia Phillies, he became a big-league manager.

Chapman succeeded fat Freddie Fitzsimmons, who tossed in the towel after

taking 51 lickings in 68 games. Whether he lasts until the Phillies' postwar plans blossom--wealthy, youthful Owner Bob Carpenter aims to peel off the greenbacks as soon as ballplayers become buyable again--depends on what he makes of his present pitiful club.

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