Show TIE TLE fLEMAN MAN WHAT NOW Durocher 1 Rickey Put x X Aw for Away for y Press L SCAB AR FRALEY W w. YORK Nov 26 UP The UP-The The mystery ended unI un- un 1 I Tuesday with Lippy Leo Dur Du Du- r t installed for another y year ar a as ash h hobo bo of Brooklyn's beloved ij ind nd still till Insisting he turned I t longer ioner term tenn and better pay- pay jb b with the Yankees In his hs plushy throne President Branch Rickey was usual mYStifying best when I fountain I party The Deacon using a terse several thousand words kited idled caled 3 didn't even cn look at the terms imply took the contract and without reading The Lip sat eat there with tongue tongue- In In Incheck check cheek Leo Misses Cue right Durocher finally recovered enough h to murmur I 1 didn't sec see the tI figure ro until after I Iel el sInned signed We Ve didn't discuss terms at atall atall all and I was surprised surprised pleasantly that I Is when Ie-when when I saw how much I would get Rickey waved aside a n. cloud of at cJ cigar ar smoke beamed agreeably at atthe tho the snide who were finding this hard to believe and continued continued con can There never has been a n. managers manager's contract like it in baseball Do you OU mean in money somebody somebody somebody some some- body asked Ahem Ahern I shouldn't have said eaM that the Deacon ducked No sir I shouldn't have said that He never ne did answer the question I Somebody else elso asked whether as asI I reported there thero would be a clause clauso Inthe Inthe in inthe the contract conc concerning Durochers Durocher's private life Tho The Deacon often has criticized the tho numerous hours Leo devotes to stage and radio appearances appearances appearances appear appear- 1 ances and companions of at the arts ails Theres nothing in it regarding my private life lite Durocher snapped I OIl tell you there Isn't and neither was it discussed discussed And listen May I say a word 7 Rickey In In In- Leos private Ufo life is not of such a a. character as to give me inc worry As for a release clause Rickey Bickey I thumbed that down too We Ve dont don't need such a thing I Branch waved I Sou Sought ht by MacPhall l Leo took the floor then to refute remarks by Larry MacPhail MacPhall Yankee president that the tho Lip had been after the Yankee managerial post Ho He said that MacPhall had taken him to lunch and called him three times in California in an attempt to lure him to Yankee stadium He offered me more than I get in Brooklyn and a contract for more than one year Durocher insisted But as I said ld last season I 1 want to stay in Brooklyn as long as Im I'm ImIn ImIn Imin In baseball The Lip then volunteered the news that he had his mind set on a It coach to replace Chuck Dressen Dreasen who skipped to the Yanks who is It ft Jack Benny ho he was asked Rickey cleared his throat reprovIngly reprovIngly reprovingly and announced d that the lucky man was Jake former Pirate who has been a Dodger trouble shooter Why did you ou pick him he was queried Hes a good man said the Lip a a. reason approved approved ap ap- proved a voice from the rear That just about broke up the meetIng meet meet- ing lag And as ae the boys filed out they carried with them a n. harmonious picture picture pic plc ture of at tho gentle Durocher and the straightforward Rickey Rich standing sIdeby side sideby by side two side two trusting pals after eight years of at knife throwing Peace Its It's wonderful I |