Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
WOMEN DON'T ARGUE-oR SAY ,DEARIE,
Mrs. McQuinn Quick to Blast
Dresser Jibe at Baseball Wives
BY LEWIS F. ATCHIsoN

It all began innocently enough
with line In last Sundays Win,
Lose or Draw column in The
Star quoting Manager Charley
Dresser on the disturbing in
fluence of players wives on
baseball teams. Chuck implied
that when sitting together at
games. they caused trouble by
catty little ramarks about the
husbands, so he plans to scatter
the Senators better halves
throughout the stands in pairs
this season.
Well, sir, the story caused no
great stir on Sunday, but Mon
day. when an Irish girl married
to a former ball player turned
manager got around to reading
1t, telephone stock went up 10
points. Mrs. George McQuinn,
whose husband is managing the
Atlanta Crackers this season, was
indignant.
Just like q man to say some
thing like that" she seethed into
the sports editors ear. Its not
true. I was a ball players wife
and know it's not true"
Born in Belfast, Ireland, the
youngest of IL children, and
reared in Toronto. Canada, Mrs.
McQuinn was laughing about the
incident when we called on her,
not angry at Dresser or any,
body, but still insisting he was
dead wrong about the wives.
kindergarten Treatment
Certain personalities clash,
as they do in any CIRCLE" she
said. land that's true with base
ball wives. You don't have to-
have a house fall on you to know
you can't get along with some
body, so you avoid that person.
But the wives don't fight and
argue among themselves, as that
story might lead some people to
believe. And making them sit
apart would be treating them
like kindergarten children who've
been naughty"
What do the wives talk about?
About their children and most
topics that concern women.
fashions excepted.
They're pretty conservative
In their dress" said Mrs. Nc
Quinn, or Kaye, as friends call
her. And I'll say this for them,
I've never heard one of them
call another 'dearie.'
Some people have the idea
that We spend all our time at
ball games, spend all our hus-
bands money and dress like
burlesque queens, but it isn't
So"
Kaye confesses that she likes
to wear trick hats. Hedda Hopper
style, but the only kidding she
ever got was from Red Kress, one
of Georges teammates and a
former Washington player.
Few Superstitions
She couldn't think of any SUI
perstitions wives INDUCED in, ex-
cept that once when Harlond
Cliff was in a hot hitting streak, |
and the st. Louis Browns had |
one Of their few winning streaks
going. Cora Cliff wore the same
dress every day until Gifts bat |
and the Browns cooled off. She
couldn't risk linking either
streak, but Cora was relieved to
change into something else.
The only hint of superstition
in Kaye occurred the night be-
fore the final game of the 1914
season. To win their first and
only pennant, the Browns had to
take a fourth-straight game
from the Yankees while the SEN
ators knocked off the second
place Detroit Tigers. The per-
centage was strictly against such
happenings-even in those war
time days.
1t was Saturday. the day
suburban friends brought fresh
country eggs to the McQuinns. /
This time, however. George was
thinking of the end of the sea-