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Show 0 0coMPTLo coMPTLo P/CE P CE PCEYOU / you would think that Tom Yaw Yawkey Yawkey key owner of ot tha tho the Boston Red RedSox RedSox RedSox Sox after spending so many millionsand mIllions mIllionsand millionsand and waiting waltmg so many years to win wina a pennant would wouldnow wouldnow wouldnow now be a happy happycar happycarefree happycarefree carefree car e f r e e manrrom manprom man f _ . "rom rom rrom prom " what we hear hcar hcarYawkey hearYawkey " 'Yawkey Yawkey ' Yawkey usually acool acool a anervous cool calm Individu Individua1 individual a1 al m in the face of ofany ofany any crlS1S crisis IS now nownervous nowv nownervous v nervous ovaa as a cat on ona ona x xova ova a hot stove HIs HIsteam Histeam Histeam team has shown nosign no nosign " sign of the 'liters liters jitters 'litersbut ' jittersbut 6 6but but Owner Yawkey Yawkeyhas Yawkeyhas Yawkeyhas has He apparently Joe CroDlll Cronm CroDlllcan Cronmcan Cromncan can t believe beHeve thatlus thathis that thathis his lus dream has a most excellent excellentchance excellentchance excellentchance chance of commg coming true trueAs trueAs trueAs As a high class sportsman in every evcry ev- ev evball - ery cry way and a real lover of base . ball winning wmnIng a major league pen pennant pennant pennant nant became one of Yawkey s a obsessions ob- ob obsessIons ob obsessions - - sessions years ago Money was nev never never never er a barrier barner along the pennant roadIt roadIt road roadIt It is estimated esl1mated that the Red Sox Soxowner Soxowner Soxowner owner has unloaded over $3 3 $ 000 000 000for 000for 000tor for the exclusive purpose of o1 finishing finish finishing finishtog ing tog in front Tbe The Th amount may be beconsiderably beconsiderably b bconsiderably considerably higher But his pen pennant pennant pennant nant dream kept turning tummg into a anightmare anightmare anightmare nightmare Something always hap hap- happened happened happened - - pened and it was usually to the theYankees theYankees thYankees thYankeesIn * Yankees YankeesIn In the th meanwhile meanwlu1e Yawkey re- re refused refused re refused - - fused to weaken , , , much less to quit quitDe quitIIe quitHe De IIe also aJso stack stuck to t * his hi * manager Joe JoeCromn JoeCronin J JCronin * Cronin Cromn where the Red Sox under raider underaverage raideraverage underaverag average * baseball wnership ownershIp would wouldhave wouldhave wouldbare have known four ( oar or Eve five dLfIerent different dLfIerentmanagers differentmanagers differentmanagers managers In the last few yearsWhile yearsWhile years yearsWhile While it was known early this thissprmg thisspring thisspring sprmg spring that the Red Sox would bgood be begood begood * good the th Yankees and the TIgers TIgerswere Tigerswere Tigerswere were also in the th pennant race piC pre piCture prehire picture ture hire The Yankees with Joe DI DIMaggio DiMaggio DIMaggio Maggio Charlie Charlle Keller To Tommy TommyHennch TommyHennch = y yHennch Hennch Joe Gordon Phil Ruzzuto RuzzutoSnuffy RuzzutoSnuffy RuzzutoSnuffy Snuffy St rnweiss rnwelss Bill Blll Dickey Nick NickEtten NickEtten NickEtten Etten Johnny Lindell and SpudChandler Spud SpudChandler SpudChandler Chandler shaped up as * s a fOrIIl.1da fOrIIl1da formida fOrIIl.1dable formidable formidable . ble looking outfit on both attack and anddefense anddefense anddefense defense The Tigers too looked lookeddangerous lookeddangerous lookeddangerous lookeddangerousMany dangerousRally dangerous Many JJ1any Rally JJ1 any Uncertainties Uncertamtles UncertaintiesThe U ncertamtles The Red Sox at the tune time bad had sev several several several eral gambles to face at first at atthIrd atthird atthird thIrd and their pitching Pltchmg staff They Theyhad Theyhad Theyhad had Tex Hughson and Boo Ferris Ferrisbut Ferrisbut Ferrisbut but the others were wer uncertam uncertain uncertamties uncertainties uncertainties ties just as Yankee pitchers were wereoutside wereoutside wereoutside outside of Chandler You can un urn understand urnderstand understand derstand during those March days daysat daysat daysat at Sarasota on the west coast of ofFlonda ofFlorida otFlorida Flonda Florida why Tom Yawkey should shouldhave shouldhave shouldhave have been a * tr trifle le on the ) Jittery ittery side sidewasbut sideTom sideTom Tom was-but was but was - but Joe Cronin Cronln wasn wasp t , t t.although talthough , . although Joe knew this had to be behIs behis bhis * hIs year Cronin Cromn refused to make makeany makeany mak makany any predictions beyond saying thIsWe thisWe this thisWe We ve ye got a good ball club We Ugive II 11 IIglve 11give glve give anybody a battleNow battleNow battle battleNow Now past the midsummer Dlldsummer spot spotWlth spotwith spotwith Wlth with a long lead and the best baU ball baUclub ballclub ballclub club you would feel that Tom Yaw Yawkey Yawkey Yawkey key at least should be able to take takea a deep tree free breath and relaxIn relaxIn relax relaxIn In baseball s greatest reatest year so faras far faras faras as attendance and public pubbc interest interestgoes interestgoes Interestgoes goes with somethin something : close to an all allstar allstar allstar star team in 1D one corral everyone everyoneconnected every one oneconnected oneconnected connected with the Red Sox should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe be able to stand up and sing smg Just Justaround Justaround Justaround around the corner comer there s a ram rain rambow rainbow rambow bow in the sky or Happy days daysare daysare daysare are here againAU againAll again againAll All AU of f Boston utside outside of [ the Yaw Yawkey Yawkey Taw&er Tawer key & office are hummine hummiDg humming ' these tbes * I cheerful tunes tIlDes After all ail Boston Bostonone Bostonone Bstnone * * one of the cradles cradJes of { baseball has hasgOIre hasgone hasgon gOIre gone 2S 28 years without WItbout a . pennant pennantBoston pennantBoston pennantBcston Boston kept Icokmg lookmg looking back these 28 28years 28years 2years ( years to the days da.ys . of Long LoDg ' Lwand Lowe Loweand Loweand * * and Tenney Kid Nichols Hugh HughDuffy HughDuffy nughDolly Duffy , , Big Bill Dmeen Smoky Joe JoeWood JoeWood J eWo Wood d Carrlgan Carrian Carrigan : Speaker Geor.e Geore George Ge rg , . ( Dufly Duffy ) Lewis Hooper , includJn Including IncludingGeorge includingGeorge : Georg'e George ' Stalhngs Stallings miracle Braves of (1314 1314 (1314Boston ( 1914 1914Boston Boston also could look back to a aburly aburly aburly burly fellow by the name of Babe BabeRuth BabeRuth BabeRuth Ruth and a great squad that Harry HarryFrazee HarryFrazee HarryFrazee Frazee sold to New York to make makethe makethe makethe the Yankees famous It was Bos Boa Boston Boaton Boston ton that gave New York its Yankee YankeetameRuth YankeefameRuth Yankefame * tame-Ruth tame Ruth fame-Ruth fame - - Ruth Pennock Jumping Jumpmg Joe JoeDugan JoeDugan JoDugan * Dugan Red Ruffing Rutfing these and andmany andmany andmany many more But Babe Ruth was wasenough wasenough wasenough enough For 10 years the Yankees YankeesWIthOUt Yankeeswithout Yankeeswithout WIthOUt Babe Ruth m 1D his prIme prImewould primewould primewould would have been just another ball ballclub ballclub ballclub club A good one-but one but one - - but not a great great.ooe greatone greatone one I | Would WouId W oneWould ouId Have Kept StarsIt StarsIf Stars It If Tom Yawkey had been owner ownerof ownerof ownerof of the Red Sox around 1919 or 1920 1920Boston 1920Boston 1920Boston Boston would have dominated dommated the thegame thegame th thgame game through the next decade not notthe notthe notthe the Yankees Yaru.ees Yaruees . For Yawkey would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have kept Ed Barrow one of the thesmartest thesmartest thesmartest smartest men baseball has ever everknown everknown everknown known He would have kept Babe BabeRuth BabeRuth BabRuth * Ruth Red Ruffing Rufflng and Permock Pennock and andmany andmany andmany many others-and others and others - and to these he would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have added the best ban ball players a afew afew afew few millions of dollars could b11.Y b11Y buy b11.YThis buyThis buyThis . This shows you what an owner ownermeans ownermeans ownermeans means to a major league leaiUe : club Harry Frazee a theatrical , , , not a abaseball abaseball baseball man wrecked the Red Sox Soxfor Soxfor Soxfor for at least 10 30 years It has taken takenTom takenTom takenTom Tom Yawkey another 10 years to tosweep tosweep tosweep sweep away the debris and replace replacethe replacethe replaceth the damage He faced an almost almostimpossible almostimpossible almostimpossible impossible ' job 'ob ob with Wlth the Yanloes Yanltees Yankees en entrenched entrenched entrenched trenched as they were wcre-larely wcre larely were-largely were largely wcrelarelythrough werelargelythrough - - largelythrough : through Red Sox talent all those thoseyears thoseyears thoseyears years From this you can an under understand understand understand stand why Tom Yawkey and the th * se sedate sedate sedate date city of Bosl9n Boston Boston Is . so .0 0 wrought wroughtup up over the prospect of getting gettmg a along along along long delayed revenge over the theYankees theYankees theYankees Yankees who robbed them of vIc vie vIctorI vietory vietorjr torI tory so many times |