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ALTHOUGH < t\ t treer \ reer as pilot pHot of the Cht Chicagoa Chicago alo aloCUb ' CUb Cubs . can t be marked down aaabining . as .a a aa a . shining ahlntna abining success his voluntary de- de deI deptirturEi de departure - I Ipasture parture ptirturEi pasture from managerial rank ranks rankswaan rankswasn . waan t greeted with demonstrations demonstrationsof of trenxied frenz.1ed frenz1ed frenzied . loy joy For Jimmy Jlmmy , was a awen awell awell wen well liked nked individualQuite Individual IndividualQuite aI I Quite a f few taw w critics point poiDa to WII Wil- Wil Wilson's Wll-son's Wll son's sons - . son's sons ' record as a . big league leape manr n maD- maD maDae"r ai - > . I ager ae"r aer aggr " and Insist bislst loudly loodly that &h1at h1at & be he hasbeen bas has basbeen hasbeen been a failure lal1are The best answer tothose to to&bose tothose &bose bose those & critics crlUes Is the attitude aUllDde of 01 theplayers he the heplayer theplayers $ player players . working worklq for lor Jim They TIley voice100 voice 100 per oeut ceDt cent approval of their &heir heir & voiceI for for- former former former - - I mer manager maDacer managerTbat managerThat Tbat 'bat bat That ' ! approval app1"oval app1oval apprroval " was summed upquite up upquite upquite quite succinctly by Roy Johnsonnamed Johnson , . I ) Inamed named acting coach coacb upon Wllson'swithdrawal Wllsonswithdrawal Wilson Wilson's Wilsons Wilson'swhdrawal ' , Wiptdrawal whdrawal % I ve ye been working tor for forI I 9 9JIMMY JIMMY WIL80N WILSON WIL80Na WILSONa a lot of people but In the short shorttime shorttime shorttime time I ve ye been with Jim Wllson W11son Wilson I ve ye veenjoyed yeenjoyed veenjoyed enjoyed it more than anything elae else elaeIn elsein elsein In my baseball life He s 8 been swelland swelland swell -and and - and he knows mows baseball . . " The RecordsBaseball Records RecordsBaseball Baseball men and fans fana alike aDke wen were wenClad wereglad wereglad Clad glad to see Wllson WIlsou Wilson return relurn to the theCiDclnaaU theCincinnati theCincinnati CiDclnaaU Cincinnati Reds Iteds after leaving ieaviDe Chi Chi- - Chicaco Chi- Chi Chicago Chicago - cago caco Be He had held beld & that &bat bat position posIUon lID- lID en- en - lIDU1 eniii un until - til U1 iii taking taldal over as Cub Cab manager manaeer In1949 In1949Here ID in ID1Ha 194 1Ha 194Here Here Is the record of Cub pilotsIn pilots pilotsin pilotsin in recent years yearsUnder yearsUnder Under Joe McCarthy who tookcommand took tookcommand tookcommand command in Chicago in 1926 1020 theCubs the theCubs theCubs Cubs spent 14 years in the first ftrst di dl division di- di division - vision after finishing ftnisblng eighth in 1925The 1925 1928 1925The 1928The The team finished nlshed fourth In 1928and 1926 1928 1926and 1928and and 1927 third in 1928 1920 1928 . . , first drst in 1929and 1929 I Iand Iand and second in 1930 1930Rogers 1930Rogers , Rogers Hornsby took over In the thefall thefall thetall fall of 1930 The team finished third thirdIn thirdin thirdIn In 1931 and was six games out of oftint offirst offirst tint first place on August 1 1932 when whenI whenCharley whenCharley whenCharley I Charley Grimm replaced HornsbyGrimm Hornsby HornsbyGrimm Grimm s record stands out HornsbyI as the thebest thebest thebest I best of the lot Under UDder him blm & the &lie lie Caba Cubs Cabawon Cubswon Cubswon won the Bag Oac flag In 1932 finished Onlsh.ed Onlshed . thirdin & third &bIrd bIrd I IIn In 1933 and 34 won the 1935 pen pen- penoant pennant pennant - - nant oant with a string of 21 conseco consecDo consecu consecDoUve conseculive . live Uve victories by September and aDd was wassecond wassecond wassecond second In 1934 1936 and 37Gabby 37 37Gabby Gabby Hartnett replaced Grimm Grimmin In July 1938 and the team won the theflag theflag theflag flag that fall with a last minute minutedrive minutedrive minutedrive drive The Cubs finished fourth in in1939 1939 and fifth In 40In 40 40In inI I In November 1940 Wllson Wilson was wasnamed wasnamed wasnamed named manager to succeed Hart Hart- Hartnett Hartnett Hartnett - - nett The team was sixth In 1941 1941and 1941and 1941and and 42 and Htth fifth last year It was In Inthe inthe Inthe the National league cellar when Wl1 Wil Wl1son Wilson Wllson son resigneddin resigned resignedAn Wl1I I An din Explanation Explanatwn ExplanationCub Cub executives didn dldn t blame WI1 Wil WI1son Wilson Wilson son Vice President Jim Gallagher Gallaghermerely Gallaghermerely Gallaghermerely merely asked What can Wilson do doabout doabout doabout about it IP ? ' He i.an ian Lan . t get out there and andba andbat andbat ba bat t for every guy in the lineup hneup can canhe canhe9 canhe7 he he9 ? All of us know that the Cubs Cubsare Cubsare Cubsare are a better team than a last place placeone placeone placeone one But we re certainly not hold holding holding holding ing Manager Wllson Wilson responsibleWilson responsible responsibleWllson Wllson Wilson did everything a ma'1ager ma1ager ma'iager maiager ma'1agercould ma'iagercould maiagercould ' could to shake the Cubs out of their theirIIlump theirslump theirslump IIlump slump He had 19 players ( exclu exclu8ive exclulive exclusive 8ive live of pitchers ) on his 1944 squadand squad squadand squadand and he used every one of them ex cept ailing Lou NovikofT NovlkotT Novikoti In the line-up line up line-- line line- lineup lineup - - up at one time or another He lug jug lugled juggled jugBled gled Bled led the batting order and movedplayers moved movedplayers movedplayers players from one field eld to anotherHe another anotherHe anotherHe He did about everything but getowner get getowner getowner owner Phil Wrigley Into the lineupBut lineup lineupBut lineupBut But when he left the club was hitting hit hittlng hitting tlng ting a pallid 188 and that Isn ian tchampionship t tchampionship tchampionship championship hitting hittingWllson hittingWilson philosophyBe philosophyDe philosophylie Wllson W11aoD Wilson has baa a saving savin . philosophy De lie knows that tbat the manager of 01 a . awinning awinntog w1nnlnl winning ' ball club gets eets & the &lie lie credit creditThe creditThe creditThe The winner Is . , always alway . keen shrewd ahrewd.wbip-xmart ahrewd.wbipxmart ahrewd.wbip ahrewdwbip xmart . , whlp-smart whlp smart whip-amart whip amart - - - " " etc eia , , etc eia So It Is Wll WII- WII Wit- Wit WIISOD Witson Wllson - - son SOD s . view new that the manager manal'er manaler ' of a aloslne alosing losing loslne club clab must mast shoulder the blame blameIt It Isn't Isnt Im't Imt ' fair bat but It does average averal'e averale ' oat out oatIn outin outIn In the &be be & long 10UI con rma ran ranI conaHe aHe I I He didn dido t have bove any trouble withbI withhis with bI his . players and laughed at sugges sugee suggest suggestlions suggestions . tions tlons lions givinghim that the boy boys . weren t gIving him everything they could- could couldIf . . - Ifany If any anything anything thine thing anythine He be e said they were trying too toohard toohard toobard hard hopethe bopethe . . And Ill I U 11 say . this th.1s th1s I bope hope the boys get eet going I wish wtah them themevery themevery themevery every success They deserve It It . . 1didn I 1 Idido Ididn dido didn RoyJohnson t have much mucb luck . . . Maybe Roy Johnson wtU will , I bope.o bopeo hope . so Fm rm Pm leav leav- leavin leavlag leaving - in ing lag , with no hard feelings toward towardanybody towardanybody towardanybody complaintsFve anybody I ( have no complaint . . rve I've Ive ' been treated fine line ' . Chicago would like to believe he hewas hewas hewas was treated One line tine but the facta facts ( acts .eem eem seem seemto . seemto .eemto to prove otherwise |