Evening star., 1960-06-14
WIN, LOSE OR
GNAV By FRANCIS STANN
The Old Guard Scores Again

IT'S ODD HOW BASEBALL clubov ners retain such
undying loyalty to the old guard of the managerial pro-
fession. Tom Yawkey for example After he OBVIOUSLY
bounced Billy Jurge manager of the hapleSS Red Sox
whom did he finger? Mike Higgins, that's who
year ago Higgins wasn't doing we'll enough in the
job and excused in favor of JurgeS Oh Mike
wasn't precisely fired He promoted" to special
Sstant to Yawkey performing duties that found
him conveniently by his telephone at his home in Dallas
when Yawkey beckoned the other day
Higgins is old guardsman, although junior mem
Der in that he only started managing in 1855 and
has boSSed any team except the Red Sox STILL would
think that with franchise that needs refurbishing
badly BoSons the would pillow up the dry rot
his property and begin with bright manager.
One wonders if Bucky Harris general manager
of the Sox in Higgins reinstatement Harris
of the deans of the old guard almost has to believe
in keeping the managerial jobs within the clique
BUCKY HAD ONE of the longest strangest mana
geral record starting as the hoy
DER of the Senators Then he to Detroit to the
Red Sox to the Senators (second term to the
Phlies to the Yankees to the Senators third
term) to the Tigers (second time around).
He virtually out of managerial job, at
least not for long Every time Harris lost job it seemed
that as if by magic, vacancy would open and club
owner, rather than risk breaking in boy, would
crook finger
Right up there with Bucky is Jimmy Dykes, among
others Dykes is pushing 64 but he's still active at Detroit
after managing for 20 years at Chicago white Sox
Philadelphia (AthlecS), Baltimore Cincinnati I'm
like Harris he sometimes would settle for coaching lob
content to bide his time and wait higher post 1t
always came.
Then, of course, there is Casey Stengel The reap
pointment of Higgins is surprising than
the tapping of Senge by the Yankees in 1949 After ALL
Casey had managed the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston
Braves and for six years been working the minors
But he of the old guard and the Yankees played
happy hunch
ROGERS HORNsBY WAS ANOTHER who always
seemed to be in demand both playing and playing
ing manager AS far back as 1925 he bosSing the
Cardinals land batting 403 When he traded to the
Braves after year with the Giants, it manager
second baSeman The Cubs were next then the old st.
Louis and then the Reds And Charlie Grimm and
his with the Cubs Lou Boudreau certainly have
had their share of turns.
All, yes, the Deacon. That would be Bill McKechnie
who started his major league managerial in 1915
with Newark of the Federal League When that circuit
folded McKechne went back to playing in the National
League but later when his active days over he be-
came manager in demand Or available He the
Pirates, the Cardinals, the Braves and the Reds
Joe Mccarthy lasted long time, but in Marse Joes
it completely understandable He had
pennant for the Cubs and the Yankees glad to
land him. At New York he achieved his greatest
and So when he finally left, Yawkey signed him with
aacry hoping the Mccarthy touch would rub off on the
Red Sox.
1t didn't, but Mccarthy close once tying for
the pennant in 948 but losing the payof to Cleveland
DOME BUSH WAS another who had as many man.
agerial lives cat DOME handled the Senators in 1929
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