Evening star., 1932-06-04
TERRY GIVEN FULL !
POWER BY M'GRAW
WIN Rescind StfIct Rules, but
Reign as czar,-4ob Comes
. * as Surprise. :
By the Associated Press.

NJ NcW LUX GlduLS now
/ y have the youngest man
ager in the National
League, but there Is little danger
any of them will attempt to take
advantage Of Bill Terry.
The big fellow from Memphis Is
only 80, but he has a mind of his
own, and he doesn't hesitate to
speak it. He will be manager of
the Giants right up to the hilt.
The first thing he attended to after
ne was notified that he had succeeded
John j. McGraw was to post notice
to that effect in the club house. Then
he called in the players, many of them
his teammates for years, and had q
through understanding.
Il told them that from here on they
take orders from me and from nobody
else. l told them I was going to ease
up on some OF the strict rules we've
had and give them a chance to play
ball for me and get out of the base
ment. If they can't do that there
will be some changes"
TERRY'S elevation was a complete
L surprise to him. He never has,
strictly speaking, been member Of
the "McGraW school" He and the
veteran manager were known to have
mad their dlsagreements, and no later
than this Spring McGraw was forced
TO make a special trip to reconcile
Terry to his 1882 contract.
McGraw, however, always has ad-
mired a fighter and it perhaps was
only natural he should think of the
big first baSeman when he decided to
step down. He asked Terry about it
first.
He seemed relieved when I told him
would take the job" Terry said.
4O-pound weight lifted from his head.
And he was mighty nice. He said
to me-
Bill, if you ever need any help
from me or want my advice, just ask
for it. But you'll have to come for me,
because I'm not going to try to tell you
how to run the team"
TERRY admits he is full of ideas, but
L he isn't ready to make any radical
decisions. He intends to make
some trades before the deadline, June
IS. and admitted there were two play
ers' he would have to let go. He didn't
give their names.
He expects to retain Davey Bancroft
as his first lieutenant and is confident
there will be no friction. despite the
fact the veteran has been in charge of
the team much of the current cam
paign.
I'm not the sort of fellow to 60
back on friend" he said. land as long
as Dave wants to work with me he has
the job, but he, like the others, knows
I'm boss
Although he answers to Memphis
Bill and has made his home there for
years, Terry was born at Atlanta in
1898. He has a home in Memphis. a
rambling affair, that cost its original
owner some $4,000 to build but Terry
didn't pay anything like that price.
Mrs. Terry and the three children. q
boy and two girls, are at Memphis now
but are coming to New York shortly to
spend the remainder of the season with
the head of the family.
Originally heft-hand pitcher. Terry
had extensive experience in the minors
before he finally settled with the Giants
as flrst baseman the latter part of
1870: he was tne property OF Atlanta
IN 1914 and 1915, but did not play. His
flrst real appearance was with Shreve-
port of the Texas League in 'l6 and II.
as combination pitcher-outfieIder
From 'l8 to 81. the records show. he
played independent ball, coming back
INTO the organized fold in 1922 with To-
ledo. He even managed that club for
time IN % and, as he admitted today,
did pretty we'll with it."
Terry was fair hitter for the Giants
from the start, but it was not until 1929
that he joined the front rank of slug
gers with an average of 1872. The next
year he led the league with .401. but,
with the advent of the less lively bali,
cropped on last season to .349. Chick
Hafey, then of the Cardinals. beat him
out for the batting championship by the
narroWest of margins. The last ave-
RACES had him hitting 3l4 for the pres
ent race with II home runs.