The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-05
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~ HAIRY FERGUSON


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trying nov 10 drive ne laSt nsil
into the coffin % ne rest 81
the American league. ana TIE
man who would - the biggest
help 20 them 10 not around 70
lend = hand
That wouldn't ~ Joe d.
MaEEao. either who Is bring
treated here IN New York for q
sore wrist while his team.
mates OF the New York Yankees
battle IN BOSTON % clinch the
American league pennant
Valuable ~ DlMaggio |. %
The Yankees. there IL another
gus named Joe who IL even moro
valuable. lie l. mediocre
second haseman who never was
good enough To make the big
leagues hut who hloomed. nv
some miracle. into the most CON
.istent and hc~t manager In
baseball.
The name IL Joe Mccarthy. q
iut -jawed Irishman who wor-
ries himself sick when the
Yankees are losing but who has
a phenomenal record of taking
young players, mixing them with
veterans. and coming up with an
irresistible ball club that sweeps
everything before II.
When the Yankees were driv-
ing for the pennant they are
only one game from making IL
automatically certain today
q few days ago in Washington.
Mccarthy came down with
slight gall bladder silment
He was placed In the hospital.
and kept there until today when
he IL due hack in New York.
His condition prohibits him
from going to Boston for to-
days game with the Red sox.
McCarthy's first whirI st the
big leagues came In 1926 when
he WAS brought up 10 manage
the Chicago Cuba. He finally
got them into the world series
In 1929, but he took n bad
pasting from the Philadelphia
Athletics.
Nobody would have given
much more than n thin dime for
McCarthy's future when he was
signed by the Yankees and told
to go TO town.
He did Chiefly because he
walked into an ideal set-up. Tn.
Yankees had a farm system that
developed players. McCsrthy's
job was IN take the material
al hand weed out the incom-
pstents. eliminate the n1sleons
tents. merge young and Md play
ers in tssm-snd produce win
ners.
Ry 1882 he began 10 produce.
He won the American league
pennant. defeated the Chicago
Cubs four straight games In the
world series (sweet revengeD
and started the skein OF victories
that never had been equalled.
Run through the 1882 roster
of the Yankees and you will see
how fast men grow old and fade
from the spotlight In baseball.
Some Of those on McCarthy's
1882 team were Johnny Allen,
Danny MacFayden. wiley
Moore. Herb Pennock. Lou
Gehrig. Lyn Larry, Tony Lazzeri.
Joe Sewell. Sam Byrd. Ben
Chapman and the one and only
Babe Ruth.
Part OF MeCarthv's secret lies
in his ability 10 know when 10
replace an aging, firing man.
He made changes IN his team
gradually and swept IN world
series triumphs In 1886. 1887,
1898 and 1892
He has never lost . world
series rnce No took over the
Yankees and his record in the
sutumn classic with m. New
York team - 10 games won and
three lost.
This year he started ont "a the
upderdog. The Cleveland In
dians were the favorites and
they started like a house afire.
Mccarthy bided his time, work
ID patiently with hss infield
and finally came mp with the
combination he wanted-sturm,
Gordon. Rizzuto and RoIfe. Then
he put on his drive. took the
starch out Of the Indians and 10
breezing toward the pennant.
II he wins another world
scenes next mOnth-and his team
will be favored no matter who
10 the opposition it will be just
bout time 10 write him down
in the record books as Mr..
Baseball.