The Washington times., 1929-10-01
Ed BARROW.
OPPOSES
PLAN
BY DAVIS J. WALSH


NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-Some
Of the cheer leaders around
here undoubtedly have worked
George Ruth into that terrible
, condition called a frame Of
mind with. their stories about
J him being named manager Of
the Yankees as successor to
the late Miller Higgins and,
personally, l don't think he
has a chance.
/ George has it in him to be either
, the worst manager OF all the oad
ones the dear, old game has known
or one of the best. But the New
York Yankees probably Will never
find out which he Is.
A new manager of the ball cinb
must be named within the next six
weeks and. when this happens,
certain Mr.. Barrow will be the
man who will name him. He may
! name that sterling fellow, Joe Wind
mill. He might even name him.
self reluctantly, you know, but
with a brave smile. But it Is l
b 10 that he won't name Ruth.
He. once managed MIR. Ruth
In Boston when MIR. Ruth
didn't need a manager so much
as did his manager after he
4 had finished q day managing
MIR. Ruth. Never very mellow
/ gentleman, the incident seems
to have driven the iron deep
into Mr.. BarrOw's soul.
Offhand, would say that he has
never forgiven Mr.. Ruth for let
/ ting him be his manager. They
respect each other, this pair, but as
personal bedfellows they are as the
Poles apart and 1 don't mean
Lithuanians, either.
OF course. 1t is Jake Ruppe;t's
ball club they would be arguing
over and naturally Jacob might he
expected to have something to say
about it. He would say it, too
after he had talked to Mr.. Barrow.
The Colonel doesn't run the ball
club; all he does is own it.
This is too bad, for unless I mis-
take Mr.. Barrow, it spoils an in
teresting experiment. There would
be nothing so diverting as George s
attempt TO manage a lot of men
after The way he has played the
game of baseball and the game OF
life until recent years. The Nation
would take as much proprietary
interest in this situation as ever it
did In his home hun hitting and, il
Ruth scored as a manager, the
club would have to close the gates
at noon to keep out the riff raft.
And who is there to say that he
!. wouldn't score?
The man has personality. Wl.
' dying ambition, baseball brains.
He is inspiring. forcefuI and
able to command respect. So
far, this sounds like a chamber
of commerce invitation to in :
speet the local gas works. Yet,
with all of these virtues. no.
body can say whether Ruth
would make the best or the
worst manager of all time.
The Baseball Writers Association
once put on burlesque Of Ruth
as manager Of the Yankees and.
at the time. this idea alone was
1unny enough without the dialogue
that made it an absolute wallop In
the waistcoat 1t isn't funny now.
The great man has seen the light,
1t seems, and no longer does he fit
hither and thither OF an evening.
In fact, the very men who wrote the
sketch now are writing him into the
management. They might do worse.
IL Ruth would rise to the respCh-
gibilities Of the position. ne probably
would click.
AS it is, he isn't likely to get
the chance. Barrow doesn't take him
seriously, except as the right fielder
of the ball club. He thinks Ruth
has been pampered that the lash
is better for him that the lily.
It doesn't stand to reason. there
fore, that he would yes George into
a Job that might become bigger
than his own. i-