The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-03
Ito-fhe Minute World Series Dope Carried The The
Huggiins Leaps Into Sport
 Hall of Fame

Miller James Huggins, who has led the Yankees to the first pennant cap tured by the club since it's entry into the American League in 1903, is just completing his fourth season as man ager of the Yankees. It is his ninth consecutive year as a leader of ma jor league clubs, as he directed the St. Louis Cardinals for five consecu- tive years before receiving the offer which brought him to New York.
 Huggins was born at Cincinnati, C., makes. his home in that city. He began his baseball career with a semi-pro club in Cincinnati in 1898, and made his professional debut the following year with the Mansfield. O., club of the Interstate League. In 1900 Huggins played second base and shortstop for the CatskiH Mountain Club. which was controlled by Ju- Illus Fleischman. His work there at tracted the attention of scouts, and in 1901 he joined the St. Paul club of the American Association. He star T red at second base for St. Paul in 1901, 1902 and 1903, being sold in September of 1903 to the Cincinnati Club of the National League. Since that day Husgins never passed out of the majors and he ranks next to John J. McGraw for continuous ser vice in the big league baseball am ong those now identified with the playing end of the game
 Fast Second Basernan. For six successive years Higgins played second base for the Reds and he earned the reputation of being one of the smartest players in the ma Jors His short stature made him a difficult batter to pitch to and ka ranked at or near the top each see~ son by drawing passes. He lacked the strength to be great hitter but by steady application to system for strengthening his arm muscles and by close study of opposing: pitchers he 1 of the most scientific hitters in the game.
 During the winter of 1909-1910 1 President Hermann traded Higgins | to the St. Louis Cardinals for Pitcher | Fred Beebe and Infielder Storke and | for the seasons of 1910, 1911 and 1912 | Hugins was regular second baseman for the Cardinals: then under the | During the winter of 1912-13. Hug gins was appointed manager of the Cardinals to succeed Bresnahan. In the following winter he made a fla nous deal with the Pirates in which seven players were involved. At the 1 time the trade was made Higgins was
 considered to have greatly strength ened the Pirates but the following season the move was justified by the Cardinals finishing third, place
 which no St. Louis National League
 club had reached since 1876. Hug
 in the second division. but he made
 more trades and brought his 1917
 Cardinals 10 third place again.
 St. Louis Success
 It was his snccess as manager at
 St. Louis which caused President Ban
 Johnson to recommend him to- Col Jacob Ruppert, president of the Yankees, when the latter was search
 ing of a new manager in the winter
 of 1917-1S.
 Huggins had made numerous other
 deals since coming to the Yankees so
 that he now retains only Peckin paugIl
 i1pp. Shawkey and Ward of the team
 which he found on taking control.
 Miller has been brought back after a soJourn in the minors. All the
 other players on the championship
 Tanks were obtained while Huggins
 was in charge He brought his 1918
 team home in fourth place, finished
 third in 1919 and 1920, and now
 comes his first championship as we'll
 as the first title ever won by a.
 Yankee club.
 He has been criticised freuuently
 for his moves, but the fact remains
 that he is one of baseball's smartest managers. keen student of the game. and as game a player and manager as ever wore c1eats He has had his troubles as boss of the
 Yankees owing to the unusual amount Of temper2ment on his club made LID
 CT several stars who got their trainin 2 elsewhere, but his efforts have hnalIy | been crowned with a we'll deserved i triumph