The Washington times., 1930-10-16
Today's
Sportorial
By KIRK MILLER

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Such was the observation Of
Manager Walter johnson when
informed that Colonel Jacob
Ruppert had finally taken the
bull by the horns and signed
Joe Mccarthy to pilot the run
down New York Yankees for
the next two years.
New York may win the pen.
nant during McCarthy's second
year as manager. In fact that
is probably the reason he In
sisted on a two-year contract,
feeling he might need year
in which to experiment" COM
mented Clark Griffith on the
side, "but next season there
is every reason in the world to
believe there will be at least
two better clubs in the league
than the Yankees, and Wash
ington is the best Of those
two"
Be that as it may, Mccarthy
may be expected to have his
own ideas about the 1881 pen
nant and the impression is rife
around New York that Joe
would give his right eye to
win the American League PEN
nant next summer and meet
Rogers Hornsby in world
series, Just. to establish once
and for all who's who in base
ball.
So Sir Joseph has signed I'D
with another millionaire. After
working r five years for the
Wrigley millions, Joe has had !.
little trouble tucking himself
inside the bankroll of one Of
New York's richest men-and
you know New York is loaded
with people who count their
twenty dollar '1ills like you
count the blades of grass In
your front lawn.
Rupert probably doesn't
know exactly how much money
he has. He'll have somewhat
less at the end Of two base
ball seasons, for 1t is said Nc
Carthy got a contract that
would suspend trading in Wall
Street for at least five minutes.
So far as have been able to
gather, the fans are glad to
see Mccarthy land on his feet
with the Yankees. Few fair.
minded fans thought Wrigley's
reason for letting Mccarthy
go was. compatible with Joe's ;,
showing, over the last two years.
The fact Joe didn't win the
world series q year go is no
particular, reflection on the
then Cubs manager. AS a mat
ter of truth no National League
managers have been burning
up baseball winning world ser.
les here of recent.
McCarthy's managerial ex-
ploits have. been anything but
unsuccessful. His first year in
the saddle. at Louisville. 1920,
he cropped up third in the.
race and the following season,
won the American Association
gonfalon for the Colonels. He
was sixth. third and third in
his following three tries at
Louisville, but in 1925, the
year before he went to Chi
cago, he came home with the
bunting.
Fourth was his lot in 1926
with the last place Cubs of
1926 and he twice finished
third before he piloted the
Cubs last season to their first
pennant' since 1918. He gave
the Cards such a run for
their money in the season re
Gently closed that they hadn't
yet caught their breath by the =
time. they entered the series
with the AS and lost four
games out of six.
That Mccarthy has his work
cut out for him to go any,
where with the Yankees is ad-
mitted, and that he'll have to
be a superman to equal the
great record Of his predecessor
once removed, Miller Higgins,
who won six pennants In IL
years, is also common kno NJ
edge.
Like Miller Huggins, Joe Nc.
Carthy will not stand for any
interference in the handling OF
his ball club and he believes in
strict obedience to his orders.
Thus he is willing to take all
blame, If his teams go awry,
and he's had almost altogether
first division teams, and nat
urally expects the proper credit
when his teams showings are
good. all Of which he divides
literally with the players. Be
ing that type of man, il is
obvious he could not tolerate
a type of Hornsby's dynamic
qualities. Wrieley,~ therefore,
should have known better than
to saddle Joe with a Hornsby.
McCarthy's theory of base
ball department is simple and
sensible.
"A ball game" he will tell
you. lasts approximately two
hours. All ask Is that nv
men go out there and hustle
every minute for two hours
every day. If / have anyone
on the team who does not
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