Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-10-05 | Page 10 | Backseat Driving

e V Backseat Dri Driving ving By Frank K Baker Telegram Sports Editor Big Train Did Well With Senators This This' Year One learns of Walter WaIter Johnsons Johnson's release re reo lease as pilot or ot the Washington Senators Senators Sen with a feeling that one of baseballs baseball's baseballs baseball's base balls ball's most d deserving characters is L being unjustly rushed to the end o ohis oJ of his diamond car career r. r Johnsons Johnson's playing days are arc plainly a thing of the past but regardless o of 01 what Clark Griffith may think of the Big Trains Train's ability as a manager on onIs one Is Inclined to believe that Walter did about as well vell with the Senators Senator as anybody could have done The Big Train has kept the Senators Senators Sena tors well around the top for br the pas past three years finishing second in 1930 and third each of the last two years being only a game behind the second place Philadelphia Athletics thIs thi year Only in 1929 his first year a aboss as boss of the Senators did he bring them home out of or the first division coming under the wire in sixth tion Ever VEver since the Senators crashed through to their only world series championship in 1924 Griffith has been expecting too much of the play play- ers era he set out in his ball orchard Consequently he has been too ready to change managers too willing wIling to interfere with his hIs' managers with his own ownS orders All along the b baseball front the grapevine conversation has dealt at times with the mann manner r inV in which Griffith dictated to his managers managers manag manage V ers era rs but was prone to place the blame V on then when his hu own strategy went awry V