New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-26
HUGGINS SIGNED
TO MANAGE YANkS
Rupert Secures the Cardinals
HelmSInan to Lead His Club

New York, Oct. 26-Miller J. Hug
gins. for the last five years manager
OF the st. Louis Cardinals, was signed
yesterday to manage the New York
Yankees. The Higgins deal had been
hanging fire for some time, but Pres
adent ltuppert said he had not de-
clded to engage him until few days
ago. Higgins signed two year con-
tract.
Higgins comes to the Yankees af-
ter spending his entire major league
career in National league. He wen,
to the Cincinnati Reds in 1904 and
played on his native city team until
1909, when he was traded to the ST.
Louis Cardinals for Beebe, pitcher,
and Storke. an outfielder. In 1913
Huggtns succeeded Roger Bresnahan
as manager of the Cardinals and soon
won the reputation of being one of
the shrewdest managers in the game.
Miller was signed by Col. Rupert
Z on the strength of his st. Louis show
ing. Twice he built up the Cardinals
from the bottom, and developed two
clubs which finished in third place.
Before Higgins took charge of the
Cardinals they had had only one third
place team. That was in 1876, the first
year the National league was in ex-
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the Cardinals they have had only
four first division teams and Hug
gins managed two of them.
Career of Higgins.
Higgins, the newly appointed man.
fager of the Yankees. is thirty-seven
years of age. He is a native of Gin
cinnati, Ohio. He was born March
~, 1880, and began his professional
IN,
Of Wapakoneta, Ohio. The next sea-
son he joined the Mansfield, Ohio,
team of the Interstate league. In
1900 Higgins was with Fleischmann's
Catskill Mountain semi-pro aggrega-
ton. Through these years Higgins
played the short field position.
In 1901 Higgins signed with the
st. Paul club of the Western league.
where, through 1901. 1902 and 1903 |
he did yeoman service at second base. |
Cincinnati secured him in 1904. He |
was second baseman of the Reds |
from that time until the close of the
1909 campaign. In 1910 he went to
st. Louis in a trade for Fred Beebe
and Stork. Higgins served in the
ranks with the Cardinals through !
1910, 1911 and 1912. When Roger
Bresnahan went to Chicago to man. !
age the Cubs in 1913, Higgins was
appointed manager of the Cardinals. i
That position he held continuously /,
until yesterday. tsh-.
" Considering the almost insurmount- |
Z rble obstacles with which he had to
contend, Higgins record in st. Louis
rs a manager has been truly remark
able. He was last in the race in 1913, /
but the following season finished
, good third. He dropped to sixth in
1915 and tied Cincinnati for the cell
slar championship last year, but this
sEeason he was right back fighting all
the way and copied the show posi-
lion.
Higgins is the ninth manager of the
Yankees. Clark Griffith led the team
for Frank Farrell from the time of
The American league invasion Of New
York until 1908. He lost pennants
both in 1904 and in 1906 by fukey
breaks Of the game.
Grih1th's team finally went to seed
on his hands in 1908. and he was re-
Neved of the management while the
team was on the first Western trip
Kid Elberfleld filled out the rest of
the year. George Stallings came in
1909, but after he had placed the
Yankees second in 1910 he got the
gun from the powers behind the
throne.
Chase Has His Fling.
Hal Chase succeeded Stallings, but
he lasted only until the end of 1911.
Harry Wolverton then came for a
year. He was succeeded by Frank
Leroy Chance. Chance ran out on
the Job in September of 1914. Roger
Peckinpaugh took charge for the re-
mainder Of the season. That winter
Messrs. Rupert and Huston pur-
chased the club from Frank Farrell
and his business associates. Bill
Donovan was secured from Provi-
dence to take command of the ILL
fated club. He was in charge until
yesterday.
If Miller Higgins can impart some