Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-31
POOR FIEL DING
CAUSED DEFEAT
OF THE Yankees
George Chadwick Praises
the Work Of Higgins As
Manager; Has Built Up a
Championship Club.
BY GEORGF CHADWICK.
Special Dispatch to Morning journal
copyright 1921 by Albuquerque JOurnnD

copyright 1921 by Albuquerque JournnO
New York, Oct. So Miller Hug
gins. manager of the New York
American league club. although he
was unable 10 WIN the worlds ser
les from the Giants, was successful
in bringing the first American
league championship to New York.
That brings up some inside history
which was recalled to the recollec-
ton OF a former official of the Ma
tional league, when he saw in print
today that Higgins had beeo criti-
cised for not winning the world s
series.
at seems strange to me-" the for
mer official said, that they cannot
let that man alone. He is one of the
most competent managers in base
ball, to my mind, and l tell you the
National league rayed when IL
found he had been lost, to the
American league"
According TO the story of thi
former baseball man, news of Hug
gins transfer from the National ~
the American league, was receive
in the older organization with Il
of derogatory criticism. for am
body, no matter who it may haN
been, who was responsible for tn
transfer of Higgins to the rivai
organization. 1t is said that some
of them went to the head Of the
league and complained, yet the
head of the league had no more to
do with it than the club owners,
al
ers had been smart they might
have asked permission to deal with
Higgins.
One club in particular did not
like 1t. That club happened to be
the New York National league club
which feared that Higgins might
some day be a managerial rival
who would make trouble. There
were many opinions spilled that
Higgins might become so valuable
to the American league that the
prestige of the Giants might be
seriously threatened. That talk
was not shouted from a bench in
Bryant park, but plenty of it could
be heard.
Nobody did anything to prevent
Higgins from changing allegiance.
There was supposed to be enough
cash among the National league
owners to prevent such a thing
from happening. The trouble was
that too few in the National league
were aware of the ability possessed
by the little man who has just won
his first championship.
Whether Higgins has taken away
any of the prestige of the Giants is
a question. 1t is certain that he
has built up championship club.
He has attracted thousands of
spectators to see his team who
never went to American league
games before. True. there Is Babe
Ruth to be taken into consideration
and due credit is being given him,
but If Ruth could be held to play
ing winning ball for the New York
club Higgins had played his part
of the game right.
Not once during the worlds SER
les or afterwards did Higgins Of
fer the slightest alibi as to why his
club did not win. If they failed,
all he would say was that his play
ers would be back the next day do
ing their best, and they were.
Higgins didn't criticise the UNI
pires and pave the way for an alibi
in case of defeat, nor did he hold
any player of his team RESPONSE
BILE in public print for anything that
did not go to suit him. His course