Show released by western Diews newspaper PaPer union L LEO EO DUROCHER not so genial boss man of the brooklyn dodgers muffed one recently when in a fit of temper at stories written about him he barred all except two baseball writers from the dodgers dressing room leos vituperative feud with brooklyn and new york baseball writers started late in june when the lip heaved a wet towel into umpire tom dunns face at ebbets fi field e id the local press gave leo a very thorough going over for his actions this angered mr duto duro cher who retaliated with the decree that none of the offending writers should enter the dressing room it might well be explained that one of the writers who may enter the sacred portals was off the day after the towel throwing and so failed to get a chance to crack down on leo the other writer represents a newspaper which does docs not permit its reporters to editorialize in their presentation of the news little difference being barred from the dressing room really make a great deal of difference to the authors in their work it means merely that they are unable to sit around with A V LEO DUROCHER the boys after the game and get a bit of inside dope which may or may not be truthful however it is the easiest way a manager may snub the writers and its sure to rankle sports writers usually are an am amiable bable lot prone to overlook most human weaknesses but it p pay ay to discriminate against them rival reporters in line of duty will try their best to beat each other on stories but they become exceedingly cee clannish when a person v other wan than a newspaper man starts making trouble and now with a war on every club in baseball needs the solid support of the press they have been getting it but its obvious that such support would be lacking should a few similar occasions arise time to come leo would do well to remember that writers have good memories right now hes at the top of the heap he piloted the dodgers to the national league penn pennant ant last year and has a fairly camf comfortable lead in the 1942 race but there probably will come a time when durochers I 1 lamp amp burn so brightly like all managers manager s he will make his share of errors if they come too close together and if the scribes feel unkindly toward him then leos life will not be such a 3 rambunctious ly happy affair the diamond boswells boswelll Bo swells of new bew york have faced such a S situation more times than those of other nia ina jor league cities about the t turn U rn ol of the century when andrew freedman owned the giants he not only kept slightly antagonistic r reporters ep ed out of the c clubhouse lub house but barren dar them from the park for many years john J I 1 ma but ia allowed the writers free run then came came a time in which chic h bobil w to failed to persuade a reporter arter vvhs ch the hold back on an interview in 2 giant manager had bad given hin him ile burst of anger from tale then 11 on oil i graw like reporters rs in c clubhouse lub house but mac aw always and available after every gamet game nee of the greatest possible olt assistance about bill terry affo fron froin bill terry barred reporters broke cm the clubhouse and thereby 16 relation lations sol of down the public re 11 hora orace club it was last winter that wv to apro stoneham and terry agreed I 1 with mote ott to the j otts regime came a renews friendly relations with the press pres |