, 1923-04-08
neither or not
Collins eventually

his orders by introducing them to h 9
probable successor. If the two
colonies who own the Yankees Ind
obtained the star second baseman
from Chicago It would have meant
only one thing to the players ans
press of Gotham-that he was being
sroomed for the management.
1t must have panied Messrs. Rup
pert and Huston to discover that * d
Gleason. the shrewd of the
White Sox. wanted value received for
Collins. After their many dealings
with Frazee, the Red Sox boss. the
Yankee owners perhaps thought
verybody else would be glad to trade
m the same basis. But when they
ound they could not hand Gleason n
1unch of dlscards In exchange for
itellar talent they called It off on the
ground that Gleason's demands were
unreasonable and exorbitant. Owner
'omiskey belongs to the fighting
tr-o," too. but does not possess
Frazee's liking for New York.
Admire Each Other.
Folks who imagine that Gleason's
willingness to part with Collins at all
was due to friction between the
" hAht 1bA iildlldStI anu ttDliln nave
another imagine coming to them.
Absolutely disslmilar in every way
n fact. almost exact opposites-these
two always have had. and still have,
a great liking and admiration for
Zach other.
Gleason probably was willing to
cons der n trade hat would benefit
Collins, out OF regard for Eddie's
'uture, because he knew the keystone
star never could get as much coin as
manager from Comiskey as he could
from Rupert. But the White Sox
pilot was not willing to weaken his
WI team to help out n friends
prospects. to say nothing about
strengthening n rival OUTFIT. And
Gleason undoubtedly has more to say
about trading his players tina the
Red SoX managers OF recent years
have had. That is fortunate for
White sox rooters.
The failure or the trade % go
through need not worry Chicagoans
any. on the theory that Collins will
be dissatisfied at losing n prospective
chance TO manage the Yankees next
year or later on. In a long talk n
day about what he would do when
no longer able to pivot n lightning
double play. Collins told me he did
not yearn to manage any ball team,
particularly while he was able to stay
n the game. as he believed the cares
Of management would handicap the
playing OF an inhelder more than in
the case of an outhelder, perhaps.
The inlelder has to concentrate more
on his own job thar the outhelder.
Collins Would Write Baseball.
Asked point blank n he wanted to
step into a managers job when
through ms a player, Collins hesitated.
hen sidestepped this way: III tell
you what I think ! would rather do
then. I'D rather write baseball" So
there's a tip to n managing editor
who can afford to pay the price for n
critic who not only can write what
he thinks so hat everybody will I'm
derstand It. but whose opinion would
have greater weight with the fans
than that of former Judge Lands, for
Instance.
CIettlng back TO Higgins. no wouli
have had no trouble with Collins ~
the deal had gone through. But the
belief among the other players that
EDDIE was slated to take their man
nger's place would have produced
Ereator dlscord in tho Yankee camp
than existed there before. And he
will tell the world that was plenty.
Ruth Needs Private Manager.
Seems MS II every time another
manager or club owner gave up try
ing to tnmo n tempernmentnl player
tho Yankee owners went out and got
him, then minded him over to Hug
gins TO handle. For example. Mays.
who ran out on the Red sox in mid
season and would have been punished
FOR It n Ban Johnson had had h'a
way; schang and Dugan. who eN'
/ hausted even patient Connie Mnclt's
patience. ana last. but not least, Babe
Ruth, who needs n for him
self alone.