The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24
HARRIS, YOUNGEST PILOT x <. OF MAJORS, GIVE VIEWS
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 lob And Direct Teams In Great Season

York club the best they have in shop
 all the time. They both will figure to knock off the Tanks. And we hope to
 do our part in that little Eamss
 "And I'm not forgetting the Attn 1 letics-I mentioned the Tigers and In. dians because they finished ahead oi
 the Senators last year. That IS the I reason consider them, with the 1anks
 as the first teams we must go out to
 get. of Connie MacKss new outfielders strand and simmons, hit as they did in the class double A minors, that boy l Bishop comes through as he Is expected, and the As pitching staff does It's part, IT suspect the Philadelphia club will be factor in our chase. "In fact, the entire league Is strength.
 ened this year--don't overlook the Red teox' with new owners, . new manager, and plenty new fight and spirit."ss versed In Baseball Lore
 Harris, who comes from Pittston, Pa, l by the way, will prove to any man in two minutes that he has been . close
 and intelligent student of basketball--
 knows all the angles. Confident that the day would come when he would be
 . diamond boss. he permitted no angle of the sport to escape his attention. One would take Stanley Harris to be
 . young college msn--perhaps . the: ologicai student. He dresses modestly, but in perfect style. There fs none of the flash that the average ball player deems essential
 The most Interesting statement he made was that he was happy oyer the fact that he had not been traded to the Yankees, Detroit or Chicago. T was 70 afraid that the stories read in the papers might be true" he said. 1T want cd to stay with Washington because Rn1x hot | xzSa~ xxxtfH he rls n some day land the job now have" Glad To Remain
 Bucky agreed that almost any ball player would grab at . chance to so to New York, he modestly agreed also, that he might have helped Detroit to win a pennant had he been sent there to play second base for Cobb.
 "I would have gone wherever Griff sent me-" he said. "But was mighty happy in the early winter when Griff told me I needn't worry-thst I would be with Washington next season. ! T know that Washington was after Eddie Collins. I would have been glad to have that fine fellow and friend as the manager of the Senators. had agreed to move over to third base-thc position played when I started in baseball.
 "But when Griff did not get Collins knew that at least would be the 3eCon0 pa2Smau LOT W oSQlu&I0u next season. I hoped I might be named manager--but honestly, was sur- prised when received the good news last week. I didn't think my ambition would be realized so soon--I was will ing to wait" Griffith Active
 There have been rumors that Clark Griffith cannot keep his fingers out of the pie. Rucky was asked point blank whether he feared the meddling of Griff: we said we would consider any thing he said as confidential, if he re- quested this. "It has been printed, and do not need to ask you to consider 1t as confidential when say that Bush positively had his own way last year." he replied: "I was the captain of the club and I know.
 "I would not stand for any interfer- ence with my conduct of the club on the ball field. I know there will be none. Mir. Griffith is my boss. think he knows as much baseball as any man in the game. g.
 "It will be privilege for me to con-