Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-26
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV By FRANCIS STANN
Return of the Dynamo

THEIR COMPETITIVE FIRES banked perhaps their
dulled, baseball the managerial
level content to bow out after reaching milestone
But not Chuck Dresser, who at 81 and after having
managed at Cincinnati Brooklyn and Washington, has
been tapped by the Milwaukee Braves to be their leader
in 1901 Not for this durable little extrovert is the
relative of coach,
From that day in May of 1857, when he relieved
by Cal Griffith of the Senators, there never
could be any doubt but what Dresser available
pilot When in 1858 he surprisingly reoined the Dodgers
as coach of the crew he once managed, everybody in
baseball knew where likely genius was StaShed.
Chuck was more than available; he eager. Yet,
to his credit Dresser didn't shoot for Walt Aston's ob
Aston being the unknown who replaced Chuck when after
winning pennants with the Dodgers in '5253, Dresser
resigned after contractual disagreement
CHUCK SERVED AS ALSTON's aide hepfully and
apparently cheeruly and it was strange relationship
for couple of First Aston exposing his back
to guy who had held his job with Secondly they
opposes Walt the Ohio schoolteacher is quiet
and politely unnformatve is possible to be- whereas
Dresser is the bubbly bouncing, Ill-te-youhow type
But they made for companonabe pair, even in 1858
when the Dodgers finished in seventh place and Aston
no hero in Los Angeles But not once far known,
did Dresser make pitch for his old job And this year the
team of Aston and Dresser all the marbles
Yet you knew, if you knew Dresser at all, that he
would be manager again offered the opportunity. Joe
Mccarthy eventually grew tired of managing So did Bill
McKechnie and Bucky Harris and Fred Haney, whom
Dresser is succeeding.
Haney and Dresser only couple of months apart
in age but Fred showing signs last
season. Dresser never does
HANEY HAD WON TWO straight pennants and world
championship at Milwaukee but he bitterly criticized
by Braves fans all last season. after Fred managed to
dead heat with the Dodgers at the end of regulation play
In the lobby of the Hotel Schroeder in downtown
hear all
that Haney!" On bus route to County Stadium for
the first payo game with Los Angeles couple of marons
talking.
"Td feel better" one said if that Haney wasn't run
ming the team. Him and his bunt signs honestly
could manage better game"
And so it went in Milwaukee, magnifed hundreds of
thousands of times and Haney of the feel
ing against him. He may have wondered what guy had
to do but kept his counsel Sure, he cautious
ager was his STYLE and sometimes it paid off, But when
the race was and the Braves beaten, Haney
quietly resigned during the World Series.
He sounded like who'd had it.
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EXACTLY WHEN 1T WAS that Milwaukee, front office
chose Dresser hasn't been dvuged 1t may have been
far back August when the top echeon might have felt
the Braves should have taken command
1t might have been during the two-game payof for
the Or it could have been in the sixth and final
game of the series Chicago when the eervescent Dres
sen charged out of the Dodgers dugout and staged his
hassle with First Base Umpire Ed Hurley.
IL didn't start DreSSen-Hurley rhubarb. The Los
Angeles bench was riding Plate Umpire Frank DaScol
Hurley told the jockeys to shut up.
Inc Dodgers had an eight-run stockpile but in that
fourth inning the Sox stirring up trouble at bat and
perhaps dresser felt that versonary action might take
OH some OF the rays edge Brandishng his fist under
HuryS nose and shouting, Chuck succeeded in getting
tossed out and later drawing $500 worth of fines from
Commissioner Ford Frick
It's just possible that Lou perini Rrdie ebbetts and
Johnny McHale sitting in the stands decided that what
the Braves needed was pepperpot like Chuck If that's
what happened the best $500 Dresser ever spent