The Washington times., 1924-02-11

will be a hustler. Harris, now that
he has been clothed with authority,
VIII see to It that there will be no
let-up on the part OF any player
with the club. He may be expected
to drive his athletes at top speed
just 30 long as he is in charge.
Whether he will show other quail
ties found In successful managers
remains to be seen. Harris, like
the three managers ahead of him,
as In an experiment. II he sue
ceeds, he will cinch job that should
continue for many years. II he fails,
President Griffith will have to find
another second baseman as we'll as
manager.
The rise Of Stanley Raymond
Harris in baseball has been furi-
ously rapid. In nine years he has
climbed from a spindling little SUBJ
stitute for q better-known brother
to the management OF q major
league ball club. Few have done
that.
Harris older brother was offered
job with Pittston in the Eastern
Pennsylvania League in 1918, The
KID brother, Stanley, got the tele-
gram, could not find his brother
and so reported in his place. He
made good, too. though the league
didn't.
The Detroit Tigers took a look
at him the next spring, but turned
him over to Scranton in the New
York State League. He was alto.
eether too light for fast company.
On May 10 Of that year he was
transferred to Muskegon In the
Central League, playing fifty-five
games at third base and hitting
for a measly .16e.
''Guess must have looked
pretty bad" Buclxy once told us.
Anyway, nobody up In Muske-
gon cared when ! didn't 20 back
tho next season. There may
have been rOttener players In
the league, but there couldn't
have been many"
Still intent on becoming q ball
player, Bucky got q job with Nor.
folk In the Virginia State Leamue.
remaining there until the circuit
went out Of business on May 80.
Back to Pennsylvania he went,
Joining Reading in the New York
State League and playing in sew
enty.five games at second base.
Still he was breaking no records,
his ESQ batting average proving
that.
In 1918 Harris caught ON with
Buffalo n the international League.
playing eghty-five games at short.
stop and second base. He hit for
.241 and seldom saw his name in
iw kA
1t was In 1919 that Clark Griffith
heard Of Harris. He was known
] to be searching for a second base.
man and was told to take q look at
/ the youngster playing with Buffalo
He did ana bought him on August
5 for $4,000.
In less than five years Harris has
| climbed from the bottom to the
top, from being q big league rookie
to q big league manager. And he
is only twenty-seven years old now
There is much that is liIxeabIe
m Bucky Harris. He often shows
. bOyiShneSs to be admired. He
is no Sir GAIahad, yet he is
naturally q clean speaker and q
clean liver. But most noticeable
OF sll his qualities Is his solf.cOn.
troll.
No matter how wrought up h,
may become over a situation in 3
hotly-conteSted game, he alway.
knows exactly what he is sayinf
and what he II doing. He never
goes off the HANDLE" q weakness.
most men have under certain situa
tons. Indeed, 1t Is Bucky's calm
ness which should carry him Ia
aS q manager.
Washington IL becoming rather
accustomed now 70 experimental
managers, 90 there should be llttl,
surprise in the promotion Of TIarria
However. the 1924 leader is differ
ent in many respects from his thret
! predecessors.
After years of experience as /.
big Lacquer infielder and captain
George Mcbride impressed all meet
ing him as a leader. Whether h,
might have developed into a gen
eral or remained q simple cartAii
cannot. be said, his injury talxin,
hin from the scene too early.
Milan was a player from the da!
he Joined the Washington club L
the day he left. He could not dc
tach himself from the players view
print sufficiently to drive the lag
CARDS.
"he case III D,nile Bush Is still
fresh In tho memories Of WASH
IngtOn fans. some say he was
"dOne dirt" Others say that
President Griffith must know far
more than he has said regarding
his reasons for releasing Bush.
FROM our own expert nee with
Bush, we should say that he was &
peppery shortstop.
Big league managers must b
more than mere players. They
must be that and someti ing more
Those who succeed are those witt
ideas In their head ami tongues
loose enough to explain tnem, some
times to players not quite up to thu
grade Of ordinary intelligence. Yes
here are such players.
Harris is one Of those athletes
who like to gossip about the sport
by which they live, conjuring w
possible situations and deciding
them, or recalling situations hat
have happened to theil and dls