The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-12
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by JOE WILLIAMS.

NEW YORK, Aug. IL. - Gabby
IN Street. the old sergeant, has
arrived on Broadway IN regal garb.
The manager Of the Cardinals has
checked in with the assurance that
he is to lead the ST. Louis club
for the third straight season in
1882 In fact, Sam Breadon already
has announced the signing Of
Street.
In so many words Sam SAYS that even
II it should so happen that the Cardinals
again are beaten in the world series BY
the Athletics. st. Louis will stand by
street even as It failed to stand BY Bill
McKechnie. Bob O'Farrell. Rogers Hornsby
and other veterans OF the effort to manage
the Red Birds
II is quite apparent that the Old Ser
geant must have something in the line
OF managerial goods. or the astute
Breadon would not hasten to line him w
for third successive semester.
Here in New York we take our baseball
managers practically for life. John J. Nc
Graw has been running the Giants since
1903. and they wouldn't be the Giants
without him Wilbert Robinson has been
plotting the Dodgers IN his rotund fashion
for seventeen seasons and there is a sus-
picion that II he wants to come back in
1882. nobody will say him nay. Miller
Higgins commanded the Yankees until he
passed away and it looks as II Joe Nc
CarthY we're headed for a long tenure.
But IN st. Louis things are different. A
manager who lasts two years is phe-
nomenon. A leader who Is signed for
third feason is something OF a freak.
certainly will have to 20 out to Ebbets
field this week and see what makes this
Old Sergeant a three-season wonder in st..
Louis.
TINE managerial situation in
4 Brooklyn, in so far as 1882 is
concerned, is somewhat muddled.
Nobody knows whether Robbie will
Wart to stay. He became somewhat
fed up on newspaper criticism in
Brooklyn this season and said some
thing about giving up the reins
without regrets in September.
However. Your Uncle Robbie may have
changed his mind. and II he has. it's dol
lars to doughnuts that he will stick for
another campaign.
He's a gay old warrior. is Robbie. and
he deserves the chance If he wants it.
But If Robbie decides to step out. to
whom the lob? There has been talk Of
bringing in a Young man by the name
OF Moore. who is a success with the Hart
ford club. a Brooklyn farm. But Moore
never has been q major Lacquer and he
is only twenty-eight. 1t may be said on
the best Of authority that If Robbie quits
Moore will not be called for 1882 He
will be kept on file for handy reference.
DOME Bush. who has managed in both
leagues and has proved his ability will not
be back with the White Sox next year.
Bush would At right into the Flatbush
picture. He is a fighting leader of the
type that appeals strongly to the Flatbush
clientele
It might be we'll for the Brooklyn board
of directors to remember Bush when
and if.-Robbie quits. And If Robbie wants
to stick. stick with him.
FAILURE Of the Dodgers, who
Il today are eleven games behind
first place, may be a tremendous
surprise to most Of Brooklyn's fan
dom. But it is not a surprise to
Robbie.
IN 1880. When we came up IIou oul
spring training trip. I said that we had
the greatest club in my managerial ex-
perience. and that we had fine chance
to win the pennant.' said the pilot of the
Dodgers today.
1--WE had fine balance, good pitching
plenty Of power-a corking spirit.
This spring did not make any such
enthusiastic statements. 1 did not like
the looks Of the club when we left our final
training stop at Macon. The team lacked
something. I could not diagnose it at the
time. but something vital which was in
the 1880 club did not show up in the 1881
outfit.
However. everything considered. we
haven't done so badly. 1t was a great
stroke to get Quinn. who has been life
saver for our pitching staff. And Shaute
took up the slack when things looked bad
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