Pants Rowland, from Platteville, WI was the skipper for the victorious 1917 Chicago White Sox. He was also the manager for the Sox in 1918, but he was not the manager in 1919 when the Black Sox Scandal hit. Yes, he had a lifelong rivalry with this guy So the White Sox replaced Pants Rowland with Kid Gleason as their manager? They really did have better names back in the day apparently.