Show t is r. r SORT F F i I T TALK A K I Any Jn n What Not ot otI I By Lon Richardson I THE YOUTHFUL VETERAN I IThe The youngest t manager lii in m the major baseball leagues ues and yet e the second oldest cst in point o of 5 service service in the American circuit cir cir- i CUlt That's Bucky Harris the kid pilot of or the snarling Detroit Tigers Harris is on only 34 but lie he was manager of the Washington Senators before he ho became dictator of the Tigers in 1929 I Thus in his ci eighth season as ns manager Harris has outlasted all nil American 4 league ue mma managers rs except the venerable Connie Mack ack who Is an old old timer compared to Harris Although J Harris is is directing his 1113 team from front the bench hench hc hed he'd rather father be he a n playing manager It Jt is just as ens easy if not easier to manage a n. team and play re regularly than to sl sit on the bench and run the tho club declared Bucky to an eastern castern scribe recently F I If jou arc playing you ou can ork T Torki t t. t i off ort some of oC your jour excess energy On the other hand if It you jou ou are managing r y a club from the bench and the team r Closes I you always fe feel 1 that tha if it you jou had been In the game you jou ou might e have ha done something to help hell prevent preen the I. I rd defeat r r If The Thc fact tact th that the Tigers had Chancy Gehringer one of the best 1 young oung second cond basemen In the game Did You Know That That That- I 0 a. a ast t highs high's champion Leopards Leop I ards ha c M a total of or 85 runs this season eaon a on against I II I 52 32 z for opponents opponent which I S means that tho thc Leopards ha c haca I I I a erased averaged better than 1 12 runs per tame game to 1 t 1 2 1 for or 0 Babe abc Ruth Kuth hit betI better bet bet- I ter kr aft after r he lie hurt his le leg than he did before to sa c his Ie from toni strain he hc took different differ differ- V I ent tnt stance at tho the plate and anti shortened his liLs grip on the bat Jimmy Reec says that 0 when he collided with the thc Barn Bam 0 chasing a 3 fly the other day he I thou thought ht a had fallen I on him but he got ot even tn on the train shortly afterward I It t I he offered to bet the Barn Bam I II I 20 that hl bin Jimmys Jimmy's batting halting i a traCe wasn't two points UnI un under un- un I tier der the Babes Babe's the Babe bc a sucker for a bet like Uke that I took him hini and they scurried I io for the book Ruths Ruth's lifetime life life- I 0 time time- bI big ble league cr a I p. p ae e turned out to be and was 3 G I caused Harrl Harris to retire from regular duty when hen he was wa In his hs prime It n would have ha been suicide to at attempt attempt at- at tempt to shift Gehringer to another position said U HarrIS and I would c rha have had to learn how to play another an- an other over o again if I had hal attempted to pIn play any place but sec sec- cond c- c fond ond baze base Rebuilding ih the Tigers out of or young joung oun players Harris IIams hopes to give gi Detroit Its first pennant since f 1909 within 1 the next nul few years rears In his find reason enson at Detroit the Timers Tigers flubbed finished in sixth place pL with 1 an average a of or is Last year the they finished In fIt firth fifth place with an average aver age are of This season Harris z ho hopes s to better the mark muk and get cL into first dIvisIon In 1932 Harris visIons the Tigers back In the thick of the pennant rac race |