Show Harrington ton No 1 Bee Pilot Pilot Choice As Twin Falls Bids for Earl O Owen en enSigns Signs With Hive Sf Bj B JOHN MOONEY I Telegram Sports Editor Twin Falls and Salt Lake City will rill trade managers for the 1942 t eASon th this writer has haz learned I from a usually reliable source meaning that Tom Torn 41 1940 Bee Pilot will take over his duties as 55 s skipper of ot the Cowboys while Andy Harrington moves to the Bee Hive Nothing definite has been announced announced an an- except that Twin Falls haa hd tendered an offer to who withdrew his application for forthe forthe forthe the Bee position in December and nd that Tom has replied favorably favorably favorably favor favor- ably to the proposition The signIng signing sign sign- ing of who served as manager manager maniger man man- ager iger of Pocatello and Salt Lake during the year four-year lifetime of ot the Pioneer league will depend on hIs hi reaction to mailed terms it is believed Harrington Popular While the signing of Harrington Harring Harring- ton when it happens may come as U a surprise to some fans it has long been known that the Bee management was not blind to the popularity and crowd appeal of ot the scrappy little lilUe second baseman and manager of the Boise Pilots and Twin Falls Cowboys The cocky little Harrington was the nearest thing to a boy In the ranks of the league managers Andy was one of the very few rival managers who could beef on a a. decision and still count on the backing of ot the partisan Salt Lake bleacher crowd If Harrington Barrington Harring Barring ton should be signed and currently he be is the No 1 choice the Bees will gain one of the smartest managers managers man man- agers igers in the minor league circuit I The actual hiring of Harrington Barrington 1 j Is well past the conjecture stage it is believed but the Hive management management management man man- I had delayed as long as possible to see what Twin Falls would do It was figured that Harrington Barrington could be drafted from the Cowboys all aU right but the blow might have been enough to Injure the already shaky Twin Falls situation Way 8 Now Clear Now that Twin Falls has made overtures to it appears that the Bees can go to work on Harrington with a free conscience Harrington has mentioned in sub subrosa subrosa rosa comment that he would welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come a chance to move to Salt Lake City where the fans are Jn more re responsive and the working capital is such that he would have havea a chance to work with some reasonable reasonable rea rca material Andy served two terms under Haydn Walker at Boise which should be purgatory enough for even a man who has carried his share of ot hardships in the ticklish business of baseball Harrington took over at Twin Falls Fails last year but a greener bunch of never cover drew on uniforms Even at atI I that Harrington managed to develop develop de de- de- de clop a couple of good players Salt Lake nade ade a move move Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day toward strengthening its outfield outfield outfield out out- field by signing Earl Owen popular popular popular pop pop- ular Salt Lake slugger for the 1942 season Earl played part time with the Bees in 1940 and was one of ot the most feared batters I In the class C circuit i Owen O Barred I I Last year the league moved to toJ J curtail time part-time players and Earl EarlI transferred his allegiance to the Magna Garfield club of the Utah I Industrial league His Ills return to the Bees will make up for some someI of the batting punch lost when Ro Ro- I bello withdrew from the Hive The outfield now lines up as Owen In left field Blazing Ben in center and Walloping Willie SIllie Enos in right Ben is plenty fast in the and may find find his hitting stride while Enos led th the league in runs batted in last year ear and was voted the most valuable Bee player Harrington may not play at his I old Id position second base since his legs are showing a tendency to develop spavins and cramps but the Hive has a couple of young- young I aters rs coming up who can learn a aS S Jot ot from the canny former St. St Marys Mary's arys ary's athlete Nol Choice for Bee a 1 wL At i t 4 1 N 4 4 f. f i q h rr r r v O iP And Andy Harrington Barrington former Boise and Twin Falls pilot who may take over as head man in Bee Hive Hire |