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Show I' "WILD BILL" DONOVAN, YANKS' MANAGER. I Ed Curley. the baseball sharp, .sav? "It was our privilege and pleasure to spend a few interesting minutes on the "bench'1 with "Wild Bill" Donovan Don-ovan as chief companion and instructor. instruct-or. We don't understand why thev persist in calling him "Wild" Bill." for he appears to be one or the gentlest gen-tlest creatures on this mundane sphere; always smiling, ready to engage en-gage in a game erf El Toro and one of the best losers In any game. "Wild Bill," we asked him as soon as seated. "How do you account for the upheaval of the Yankee baseball club since you took charge?" "My deah fellow," he responded, "the reason for the team .being where It is can be ascribed to the fats tha the boys are playing real baseball land out there on the lot fighting" I William v. us correct In his answer for at that very moment Daniel 1 Boone was looking the umpire t-traight into his ees and saying a few strong words and Danny is one of the mildest boys In the country. Playing real baseball and out there fjghting. There's one thing about "Wild Bill" that s'ands him in good stead with bit players. He treats tlicm as he desires to be treated He never bawls a man out publich for committing commit-ting a bonphead plav. He will take him to task later on, but will never "ride ' him to his discomfiture. 'Ball players, like everybody else, make mistakes," is Donovan's motto, and "it la hotter to have a man that wlll take c hanges and make mistakes than a fellow that -will play a tin soldier" sol-dier" is another ot h's proverbs Another An-other move, that pleases the players Is that Donovan doesn I play the policeman, po-liceman, but puts everything up 10 them on their honor, and they don't dec( h e him "Playing real baseball and out there fighting." That tells the whole story of the Yankees. The new and to-date manager of the Yankees is here shown displaying different dif-ferent emotions during a game. At the left he is on the bench smiling his famous smile as his team takes the lead; at right. "Wild Bill" is m serous demeanor on the coaching lines. |