The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-10
:: Sporting Gossip From Many Fields =:
Say Huggins Will Have Plenty Trouble Boston Fans Predict Ruth and Mays Will Sulk If Things Don't Break Just Right For Yankees During
 1920 Campaign.


 Boston, Jan. 10.--Joy reigns in New York undoubtedly over the. ac- quisition of Big Babe Ruth. Already the scribes and fans can see the Bat terer smashing his own home run record to smithereens and polling the pill into the stands with delightful consistency. At this period it wo Id seem as though Miller Higgins and his employers had adued a decided punch to the power of the Yankees. But there may be other things to off set this increase of power, and those who are aware of how tough a task it is to manage a team of individual stars will begin even now to sympa- thizf with HuEgins and the task he has ahead of him.
 For. there are a good many discord- ant notes in the Yankee camp, and l Higgins as bandmaster will find it l a giants ask to keep his pupils ! trailing along in anything like real 1 Harmony. Derrill Pratt, disgruntled l for two seasons, at least will not help l to make Higgins situation a bed of roses, and tempermental Frank Bak- | CT, if he. returns, will certainly ob- l ject to playing second fiddle when | Ruth, whose daily target will be the right field stands, gets into ac- 1 ton. Walter Pipp, said to be anx- ious to get away, and Carl Mays, not | the most amiable' character in big l league ball, won't help the situation l any.
 Peckinpaugh, Lewis and a lot of easy-going, wen-conducted players, will keep to the even tenor of their way undoubtedly. But the others will keep MT. Higgins busy. This team has got to develop a winning stride right from the start and set sail for the pennant ahead of at least
 on even terms with Cleveland But should an accident of any kind oc- cur to hamper this powerful aggre-
 gation, thea Huggins must be pre-
 pared to look out for squalls.
 Higgins has not the physique ot 1 a Carrigan, and from a physical stand
 point will not have any great contro
 over men who may take advantage
 of their superior size. Huggins
 couldn't keep Ray Caldwell within = bounds. Neither could Barrow fo1 l | that matter. And when big, burl! ,. leader Nike Ed Barrow found t i'm ] possible to force Big Babe to kee: e to the straight and narrow path. anC a ] likewise was unable to hold May y within bounds, it is hard to conceiV, e how Huggins can preserve harmon. 5 among a Duncn or men WhO are S'
 fond of having things their own swee d way. a Babe Rutn IS one of the most goot = natured men in the country. He i e I liked. by players all over the circuit f for Ruth has always been free hand h ed, and the mistakes he makes a e rule are caused by lack of fore 8 thought. But Ruth will not be over ,- ruled. If he determines upon a cer a tain thing no one is going to stop him e He will not be baked where his ow Is pleasure is concerned.
 y Just as long as the team goes a1on at g. winning gait no one will wor e harder for New York than will May: s But let diversity overtake the out IS fit, let the Yankees get a few of tn tough breaks they have suffered ! $ years past and then Carl is pretty ap Il to sulk. And when one man sulk
 and another consults his own wishe > 1 instead of the managers, trouble l. pretty apt to arise.
 No one will work harder for tn ' Yankees than will Ruth. He will b - in that lineup every day and no on will work harder than will the Bat .., I terer to put his team in the lead. Blu 'e Babe can't do it all. He will pol
 out many a long drive, but if tn - team starts to slip, it is easy to SC
 how the aggregation will be torn b dissension and dissatisfaction.
 I It takes a wonderful leader to han E dle bunch of stars, each of whom is accustomed to be catered to. l
 Miller Higgins can get these men t
 working smoothly and bury all indi
 vidua1 differences, for the welfare O
 the Yankees, they ought to erect
 monument tO him m there a1on
 Riverside Drive. But if reverse
 come they may well begin to fig
 ure upon his tomb.