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Is made They are Mickey Coch Cochrane Cochrane Cochrane rane of the Tigers Tillers Tiger . , . who wa was wal . a catch catcher catcher catcher er , , Frank Friscb Frisch Frlsch of tbe the St . Lou Lout LouisCards " . Cards who wa was . a . second aecond b.seman bseman baseman basemanBill . , . BUl Bill Terry of the Giants who was wu adret a aArst afirst Arst dret baseman . , . and 'Pie Pie * ' Pie " ' Traynor TraynorI Traynorof Traynorof I of the Pittsburgh Pirates Pirate . . , who wu waa waaa wasa a . third baseman . . . And not all four fouri fourof fourof tourof i of these could be counted completely completelysucceashd completelysuccessful completelysuccessful , succeashd successful managers manager managersThen . Then Theo study stady & the &he he other otber side o of ' the thepicture thepicture thepicture picture Joe McCarthy G of ' the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Taokeesi Yankeea Yankees would have no DO trou trou- iron- iron trouble ironNo trouble - - ble No In 10 proving provloe be he la I ! . a lucces.ful luccesful successful lucces.fulmaoaCer successfulmanager successfulmanager . maoaCer manager . Yet be wa was . never a eo04 good eo04eoouab goodenough foodenough eoouab enough player to land a bl big . leagueJob leape league leapejob IckfueJob job and aad spent apent his hla hi . playing playlnl ' day da.s das days , . 10 In 10&he Inthe Inthe &he he the & kerosene kerolene circuit Bill OUi McKecb- McKecb MclCeoh McKecbole McKech-nie McKech nie - - . ole nb , now DOW at Cincinnati CIDclnnall , who was a asuccess asuccess asuccess success at 8t St Louis Lout . , PIttabureh PIUsburch Pittsburgh and andOoatoD andBoston andDoaton OoatoD Boston , . was waa Just another anotber ball IIlayer player playerin playerIn 10 in his day Nobod Nobody , . ever called him hima hima a . star .tar tar starConnie Connie Mack MaC'k Maek ' who must muat be reck reckon reckoned reckoned on oned I'd Id ' a as a8 the No 1 manager tor for all allt alltime t I m in e It has a a never ilever neverbeen neverbeen _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ been mentioned on onanybody onanybody onanybody anybody s a all aU star starteam starlearn starteam team learn JimmyDykes JirnmyDykes JimmyDykesthe JirnmyDykesthe Jimmy Dykesthe the successful succeesful man manager managcr " ' ager of the White WhiteSox WhiteSox WhiteSox Sox missed beingk beingan being k " an all time starplayer star A ; player by a narrowmartn narrow p \ mariln maq.ln maqln martn , . BurleighGrimes Burleigh ' " Grimes t ' < . t tI3roklyn pre present preaent I e n n anager Iwager itiget0 itiget0was of ot theBro the j jBro Bro I3roklyn klyn Dodgerswas Dodgers Dodgerswas was a star in hi his . BurleiKh Burleicb lint-leigh lint leigh - day BurleiKhday Burleicbday lintleighday but hardly toGrbnea to Grbneabe Grimesbe Crimea Grbnea Grimes Crimeabe be placed amon among , thetop thetop the thetop top flight performers of ot all timeAnd timeAnd time timeAnd And he has haa yet to prove he Is II Ia aneffective aneffective an aneffective effective managerBueky manager managerBurky Burky Bucky Bueky Harris lIarrls o of . theVasblnrton the \Vasblnrton Vasblnrton Washington VasblnrtonRt'nalors Washington8enatore \ WkshlngtonSenators Rt'nalors Rtnalors 8enatore ' quit playing piayinc when he be was wasdose wascioie wasclose dose cioie to beln being . ; a great star 8tar and Joeronln Joe ( ronin ronln manager of Gf the Boston Red RedSex RedSox i iSox Sox Sex "ho ho vaho vi " ho had practically arrived .t t at atthat . atthat .tthai thai that estate ttlatc eatate ' ! ! , seemed to diminish dlmlolsb In Inplaylne Inplaying Inplaying playlne playing value when he added the themanagerial themanagerial I Imanagerial managerial weight welcbt to ta his boulders abouldf'rs abouldfrs shoulders bouldersCas ' ' 'n n ( ' Cas i'tt itt . , ' < ( of Jirmnv JImmv Jimmy J Immv Wilson WilsonJ J mmy Wilson manager of the thePI thePt thePI PI Pt IllloB illle8 lilies was woe a better than average averagecatLh'r averagecatcher averagei catther catLh'r catLhr catcher ( ' but not an Immortal Still Stilllos Stilli I 1 los e as a a good manager In tn a rather ratherh h peless pelesa spot apot Casey Stengel Stenlel now nowpit nowp nowp pit p 1 t of o ( the Boston Bee Bees Beel . was waa a anashy aflashy allashy nashy flashy aggresglv aggressive aggreseiv . player lomewhat somewhat lomewhattheatrical somewhattheatrical somewhattheatrical theatrical He was wal hardly a star starbut starbut starbut but he can be regarded as a good goodmanager goodmanager goodmanager manager Gabby Street who once oncewon oncewon oncewon won a pennant tor for the Cards Card8 Card . and Bnd il is ilpresent isprevent ispresent present prevent manal manager < { cr of the St . . . Louis Lout LouisI LouisBrowl LouisBrowl . Browl lirowt g s a Wa was wal an adequate catcher catcherbut catcherbut catcherbut I but not a star He derived hi his hll . prin princlpal principal principal clpal cipal fame from having havlne been Wal Waltt'r WalLet Walter tt'r ttr Let ' Johnson s I battery mateChancy mate mateCharley Charley Chancy Grimm Grtmm manarer manal'N manalN manager ' of the theCubs theCubs theCubs Cubs and sucressful auccesaful .uc uc . ( ' s.fuIID sfuIID . In making maklnl ' them themftnl.h themfinish themfinish ftnl.h ftnlh finish . one two three thrE'e ' In the N Na Natonal Nallonal a atlonal tlonal tonal ( leagae leape league In the tbe par pat paz * ' flve five reara years yearswas fearswas "a a was " . not an all-time all time - - aLar star k.ar kar . aa as . fin first firstbasemen firstbasemen ' balf'men balfmen basemen ' go o In 10 his hia hi . playing playln day days day . liewas lie lit liethere ' waa was lraceful graceful and rf'S-urcelul rf'S rfS urcelul rea-urceful rea urceful ' - ) - , but butthere butthere there are .e e . a few thai that wouldolltrank wouldoutrank would olltrank outrank olltrankhim outrankhim outrankhim him In all-star all star all.tar alltar all-etar etar . - - reckonings reckonlnp reckontng reckoningsOscar . Oscar Otcar Vltt Vitt . . the newcomer In the themajor themajor themajor major leagues managt managerial > Tlal ranks lIS as lISpilot aspilot aspilot pilot of the Cleveland Indian Indians ! has hasnot hasnot hasnot not yet had bad a chance to prove hiworth hi hnworth ' worth In the fastest fasteat company lie liewal liewas Hewas wal was definitely not a top-rank top rank - - .tar tar star starwhen . starwhen .tarwhen when he was actively .eUvely eUvely . tolling loHmg lor for lorthe forthe ( orthe the Detroit Tigers . some .ome ome years yean . ago .go go |