Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
Trend to the Unframed

THIS is LATE DATE to be talking about Jackie Tighe's
appointment manager the Detroit Tigers but there have
been topics that took certain precedence STILL 1t may not
have occurred to precisely everybody that the modern trend
in baseball to be toward the who's Hep"
The who's Hep" of is dug out of the
bushes unframed for any playing proves.
Tighe, minor league catcher many years has
swung bat in the big leagues This makes old out Of
Walter Aston of Brooklyn who battd for the Cardinals
back 1886 and struck out Ironically Aston and Tghe got
their chances for opposite reasons.
The Dodgers after so many years Leo Durocher and
Chuck Dressen handed the job to Aston he was by
contrast Slow easy-going guy On the other hand Spike
Briggs general of the Tigers vowed that after two
of Bucky Harris his next choice would be loud fiery
So Tighe of whom few have heard and who is strictly
buSh the trade puts it, is managing Detroit boSsed
by such Mickey Cochrane Hugh Jennings and course
the immortal Ty Cobb.
THE CHICAGO CUBS TOOK the cue after sackng Stan
Hack of the North Sides atme favoriteS during
playing days And who is the boy? Bob Schefng that's
who. Not quite who's Hep" perhaps, but close enough
Scheng played in the big leagues span of IL years.
but mostly understudy In other words you wouldn't
compare his fame the field with such earlier Cub man.
ayers as frankie FriSch Charlie Grimm Gabby Hartnet
Rogers Hornsby Johnny Eves Tinker Roger Bresnahan
Frank Chance and Cap Arson.
Among the latest rumors from Cleveland guy named
Kerby Farrell stands chance Of nheriting Lopez job
Farrell has been ong the Indians farm Indianapolis
and, like Scheng he's been upbriey In the year of
1943 he was combination of pitcherst baSeman the
old Boston Braves Even with the shortage of players
the Braves dropped him but in 945 he eappeared for
one-Season run with the White Sox.
PittSburghs Bobby Bragan with only year behind him
bigeague 60 manager was no ball of fire either as
player True he spent parts of the majors
but he never amounted to much although rates for
versatility Bragan played at playing short second third and
CATCH One year1941 with the lastpace Phies-he was
regular.
MAYO SMITH FALLS into the same category About q
year after Alsons appointment Bob
penter OF the Phes tapped Smith, rug salesman
minor manager There exactly 10 Smiths listed in the
certain CONSERVATION of the Nations sports desks
check was requested
Mayo Smith repeat Mayo Smith was named as
manager etc clacked the machines thereby setting of
scores of searches for information There no Mayo Smith
in the Encyclopedia reasoned that Carpenter had
hired manager whose had appeared in a big
league box score.
Finally it was Strengthened out There was too Mayo
smith in the book-Edward Mayo Smith, In the big year
OF ls45 he had cup of coffee with the Athletics and
batted 212
When Durocher left the Giants it was no big name that
Horace Stoneham sought Instead he hired Bill Rgney
career -in player in the image Of Bragan and Scheng
ana Tor that matter guy whose more or less
paraeed that of Paul Richards the Orioles Fred Haney
OF the Braves and our own Charles Walter Dresser
THUS 1T FOLLOWS there aren't many managers TODAY
who fuhedged stars Boudreau at Kansas City
Of course Casey senge another and Marty Marion
OF the White sox third Three others in near-tar
classification meaning Mike Higgins of the Red Sox Birdie
Tebbetts Of the Reds and Fred Hutchinson of the Cardinals
stardom has represented credential that
man can manage successfully Walter Johnson and Horns
BY to name just couple outstanding managers
Oooy ney were opposite types johnson mild person
Hornsby slavedrver But they shared one fauneither
could understand why the sks which easily to them
so often eluded their players
Probably the big Five" among al-time managers were
connie Mack John McGraw Miller Higgins, Senge and Joe
Mccarthy Three these hardly were stars tn mt n
servatvey although Higgins wsp Of an nelder PLAYED
Tor more than IL years Mack better than
string catcher, even when he managing Pittsburgh ir
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As for Mccarthy who won eight pennants for the yam
KEGS and one for the Cubs he played at all Just like
Jackie Tighe