High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Clarence Henry "Pants" Rowland (February 12, 1879 – May 17, 1969) was a Major League Baseball manager for the Chicago White Sox from 1915 through 1918 who went on to become a major figure in minor league baseball. He was born in Platteville, Wisconsin. In his varied career, he was a barkeep, catcher, scout, major league umpire, minor and major league manager, and a boisterous baseball executive.