| Show I 1 Sea hUi H I 1 g iia S I 1 by ROBERT mcshane E loosed by western Ns kopor union 5 HE business of analyzing the THE TChi chicago cago white sox is one of the most popular sports of the current season and it limited to baseball fans many experts are busy explaining pla ining the james J dykes method during the early part of each season the do pesters announce their findings during the past few years the yankees have been heavy favorites to win the american league pennant gon contenders tenders generally included cleveland boston and detroit the four remaining clubs of the league mentioned in the same breath but the white sox running true to form refused to give up op without a struggle they refused to become alarmed about the situation and somehow the white sox managed to beat at least one of the four favorites of the league in the last five years even more important they have wound up in the second division only twice since manager dykes took command of the club six years ago and when he took over the a JIMMY DYKES sox were not unfamiliar with last place in the second division dykes has put his club in its present place without any spending splurge he has taken players that tha t other clubs want and fashioned together a smart hardworking hard working and winning combination no big names the sox have no consist consistently antly long hitter like joe dimaggio rudy york or ted williams running through the lineup line up you see the names of tresh kuhel knickerbocker appling lodigiani wright and hoag appling the 36 year old shortstop is the lone standout the rest are good ballplayers baU players at least for jimmy dykes how are they staying at or near the top two big reasons for the sox consistent showing dont get the publicity they deserve one is manager dykes himself the other is dykes first lieutenant coach muddy ruel dykes is a fighter a sizzling scrapper with a never give up spirit he manages to impart that spirit to his players every player on his team is a hustler hustler though he is dykes has infinite patience with his men he will let a pitcher stay on the mound however rough the route until every chance of his regaining command of the situation is gone it take a P pitcher atcher long to learn leam that quick help forthcoming and that he will be given every chance that means that the sox hurlers can keep their minds on immediate business not on a possible relief pitcher not far from last place in club batting the sox must rely on their pitchers to win games in their first 36 games the sox pounded out runs they made hits and the team earned a batting average of so far the dykes method has proved extremely successful his pitchers have saved the day back to the second reason for the sox place in the baseball sun muddy ruel along with dykes he deserves much of the credit for a pitching staff which did start to finish jobs in 27 of the clubs first 36 games the scholarly pipe smoking ruel can be found at just about any time jawing cawing with the sox pitchers analyzing their weaknesses and their strong points he knows the opposition and knows what strategy should be employed he is one of the shrewdest operators in the game and is invaluable to his boss whether et er or not the sox will come close to the 1941 pennant depends on any number of things including saven seven other american league teams but if they do and stranger things have happened manager jimmy dykes will deserve all the credit that can be b given him |
