Evening star., 1955-06-02
WIN, LOSE OR
1NAVY By FRANCIS sTANN
Stonky and the Onus

AS PART OF HIS FAREWELL. Eddie Stanky gave the
ST. Louis Cardinals he used to manage sendo of sort
within two," he predicted "the Cardinals will
have great team that will stay great for long time
Well, maybe. They have some promising young ball
players question about It, but the other hand Stan
Musial and Red Schoendienst the pros growing
What Sanky doing nnocently otherwise was putting
his managerial successor and/or his exbosse the spot
real tears shed in St Louis now that Harry
Walker has replaced stanky The Brat wasn't born to the
Cardinals to speak, and he highly popular
the town. Stanky strictly of man.
saigh who owned the ball club shortly
after sentenced by Uncle Whskers penance for
income tax discrepancies.
His BOSSES the big brewing people, went along with
Stanky who anyhow had contract. for while they
seemed to be delighted with saighs manager They
bg-money people delighted anyway with idea
of playing baseball magnates.
sTANTlY NOT MAKE career of winning friendships
On the contrary probably people dsiked than liked
him. Asa he often brusque with his players
and rude to the newspapermen who asked him questions In
behalf Of the public He all business his enemies
had to concede and in his book part of the business wasn't
losing gracefully
have always found him no worse to interview than
several other managers during the Florida spring training
beat. Catch him at the right time =. when he has
legitimate to sit the dugou and give run down
on his club and Stanky can be amiable Casey
stenge akatve Chuck Dressen Bucky
Harris and friendly Marty Marion But Stanky couldn't
be pushed. The others are perhaps diplomatic
clever with the brush-o than Stanky catch
at the wrong time and they too brook interference in
their routine.
While the heart did not exactly bleed, sympathy for
whatever 1t was worth silently extended to Stanky
while he preppng the Cards in Florida after the brewers
big horses took charge Stanky like Dressen dedicated to
baseball So is Stenge who doesn't have to take the beating
because he's repeatedly solvent
The sight of big brewery wheel in baseball uniform
not easily forgotten Multiply that sight by four, at least
and get idea Of what Stanky had on his hands
when the and enthusiastic bosses took command
committing all the way from his private yacht in the
nearby ST. Petersburg BASIN
THEY MOVED INTO his cubby-hoe Of an office at Lang
Fed-those wheels did-and took up locker space They
climbed into uniforms just the players but with
hanging far out and stanky had to guide them
ineld lest line drive during batting practice clip
bottle cap They played they frolicked and they
fired Eddie!
stankys contract they includes 1856 ought
to leave him solvent for quite period until he
feels like going back to work. If invited In the meantime
the Cardinals doing better without Stanky and you
hardly hnd big league executive today who
wouldn't leap at the chance to do business with the Johnny
Lateys who the St Louis franchise figuring he
outfeece EN- no matter what
The Cards may well be what stanky called EN- in his
managerial obituary All that the management-and
the new manager-have to do is to prove disprove