Evening star., 1953-11-12
0rioIe Managing Bill.
Boosted 10 100000
By Hiring Of Dykes
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honest don't. To go to Balti-
more with two strikes against
you. like I had, would have been
a pretty tough operation. But
I wish 'em lot of luck"
He said some one in the old
Browns organization had given
him a bad name with the Orioles
management.
AS for Jimmy. he said he was
"tickled to death" to be back at
work as a manager again and
especially pleased to be "back
with Art Ehlers."
cart knows I'm not yes man
and I've never hesitated to tell
him when I think deal is good
or bad," Dykes said.
He predicted Baltimore would
be "hotter major league town"
than Philadelphia and en-
viSoned his new team playing in
front of crowds of $4,000 rather
than "the 1900 or 1000 fans"
they cuStomarily played for in
st. Louis.
Dykes was to come here today
for a get-acquainted luncheon
with the press and to talk over
his new job with EhlerS.
The Athletics dropped him last
week as manager after he had
piloted the club through three
seasons - boosting them from
eighth to sixth place in 1851,
climbing to fourth in 1852 and
slunlping to seventh place last
season with a team hampered
by injuries.
Shortstop Eddie Joost was
named manager of the AS and
the 57-year-old Dykes, who has
spent most of his colorful career
as either a player or manager
with the Athletics, was to re-
main IN an advisory job.
Only Third Club for Dykes.
Baltimore will be only the third
maJor-league club Dykes has
been associated with since he be-
gan his career with the Athletics
in 1918. He was an infielder for
Is years, starring on the Connie
Mack teams which played in the
1929, 80 and 81 World Series.
In late 1882, he was sold to
the White SoX. He was named
manager of the club in 1884 and
held the job for 13 years before
going to Hollywood for 21a years.
He returned to the Athletics in
1850 as assistant to Connie Mack.
and became manager of the AS
in 1851 when Mack ended his So
year career.
Dykes left the Athletics with
the full permission and blessing
of Vice President Roy Mack.
Ehlers left his job as general
manager of the Athletics only
212 weeks ago to take over the
same position for the Orioles.
Marion said Ehlers called him
yesterday afternoon before pub
Iicly announcing his firing. HE
told me he didn't want me to
have to read it in the papers,"
Marion said. Hes a nice fellow"
Marion had flown here for a
conference with Ehlers Monday
after which there was wide spec
ulation he would not be retained.
Referring to his conference
with Marion, Ehlers said:
1--WE both realized the short
comings of the team as it stands,
but I still wanted a man eager
to go all-out in an effort to
buoy the players and get them
to forget the past and give it
the best they had.
Unfortunately, Marty i'm
pressed me as having a defeatlSt
attitude and I knew then that
I had to secure some one else.
Dykes was always in my mind
in case Marion didn't seem to fit
into what l wanted"
Marion said his plans for the
future were uncertain.
It's the second firing of Man
ager Marion since 1851. On
November % of that year he was
as manager of the Car
dinals by Owner Fred Saigh,
who since has faded from the
game.
That was the first time Marion
was unattached in baseball since
1888, when he began as a short
stop with Huntington of the
Mid-Atlantic League. The un-
employment lasted just six days,
for on November 20 Marion be-
came a player-coach with the
Browns. On June 10, 1852, he
replaced Rogers Hornsby as