Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-04
and Leadership
Credited to Miller Higgins

Chased as modest little manager
and one of base balls strong charac-
tiers, Miller Higgins dies amid the
plaudits of Americans generally, while
the world of sport is held to have lost
one of its great disciplinarians and
strategists. He is believed to have con-
tributed to placing the national game
on high plane.
Little as he was" recalls the New
York Sun. Higgins knew how to han
die the big and hardy athletes with
whom he surrounded himself. Quiet
persistence, inf1exibility rather than per-
sonal aggreSSiveneSS and buster, were
his characteristics. In his death Or
ganized base ball has lost one of it's i'm
portant personages." The Little Rock
Arkansas Democrat says that "he died
as he lived, making game fight; that
there was perhaps in all base ball no
little Yankee pilot" and that New York
will not be alone in missing this little
fellow who did so much to keep the
game on the high plane it enjoys"
"Great himself in his chosen work, he
made others great. When he died,
real star fell from the armament of
sport" declares the Herald of WASH
tngton Courthouse. while the Akron
Beacon journal believes that the very
and at the crest of his career, will
weave for him an aura OF fame as
bright as that which has been accord
ed to any Of the games great players"
The Hamilton Evening Journal states:
Hamilton has a right to mourn, be-
cause it was in those years that Higgins
was graduated from the sand lot into
the higher circles of base ball that
Hamilton enjoyed the ability, the YER
satility and craftsmanship of this man,
destined to play such an important part
in the national game"
"By magnificent qualities Of man
hood" records the st. Paul Daily News,
Miller Higgins rose to greatness that
falls to the lot of few men in base ball.
His success in New York was
unique and extraordinary for the rea-
son that he Shamed his temperamental
and somewhat unruly stars into rou-
tine of respect and decency. He was es-
Sentially character builder" The An
niston Star pays the tribute that che
has contributed much to the game and
helped to keep 1t on higher plane"
and that he "was not only a shrewd
base ball manager, but he was known
as gentleman as we'll"
"a genius whose force Of intellect and
character will be missed" is further
lauded by the Ann Arbor Daily News:
Though short of stature, Miller Hug
gins was one Of the biggest Of base bali
men. If ever the managing of nine
could be considered as having developed
into one of the fine arts, he would have
to be given the credit" The Haverhill
Gazette finds general recognition that
"a great base ball leaders career has
been ended at its height" The Rutland
Herald records the passing of a "men-
tally powerful atom and natural
leader of men,"
His life afforded striking exemplifi-
cation Of the brains superiority to the
body-mind over matter" says the Roa-
noke Times. "Short of stature and of
frail physique, Higgins weighed only a
little more than hundred pounds. He
was mild-mannered little man of few
words. But he bossed the tempera-
mental stars of his club in a way that
got results" Similarly the Toledo Blade
emphasizes the point that "ne proved,
among other things, that a manager
could enforce discipline without losing
the respect and confidence of the play
ers," and that paper also indorses his
qualities with the statement that Gin
quarter of century of base ball, Mr..
Higgins stood out as one of the strong