| Show Babe Manager r WHEN W HEN the canny Larry Mc- Mc McPhail Phail business manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Babe Babo Ruth as coach recently he not only added thousands of dollars a year to the pulling power of the tho Dodgers at atthe atthe atthe the turnstiles but he be aroused one speculation that intrigues sports fans everywhere Will the Babe be Brooklyn's next manager From all Indications the popular popular- popularity ity of ot Manager BurleIgh Grimes is N TI s sr r c BABE RUTH waning rapidly not only with the tans fans but with the management While the announcement of ot Ruths Ruth's appointment as coach broke as sud sud- sudden sudden sudden den news those on the Inside say negotiations have been under way for tor weeks and that it was Ruth him him- himself himself self who sold the management on the Idea of signing him There Isn't much chance of a switch until the season Is over If Ift It t docs does occur then The Babe has been away way a from the game long enough to be just a bit rusty More More- Moreover Moreover Moreover over he will have hare to acquaint him hIm- himself hImself self sell with the strength and weak weak- weaknesses weaknesses weaknesses nesses of National league teams and players But by next year ear the In- In insiders Insiders siders say he will be ready What kind of ot a manager would Ruth make Baseball men are unanimous on the subject of his abil- abil ity ty They say he has baseball sense an an asset you must be born with One authority declares there never I was vas an outfielder in the majors who made fewer mistakes than the Babe This Instinct guides a manager as aswell aswell aswell well as a player in making de- de decisions decisions the results of which will win vin or lose ball games Fans everywhere have wondered why Ruth hasn't been given a man mane mangers manger's managers manager's agers ager's job up to now Colonel Rup Rup- Rupert Ruppert Ruppert pert ert owner of the New v York Yank Yank- kees Sac gave the Babe serious consid- consid consideration consideration ration for the job but decided oth- oth otherwise otherwise because be he believed the run home king was too happy-go- happy lucky |
