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...gave him his first big chance in 1944 simply because he looked big enough (6 ft. 4 in., 225 lbs.) to throw hard. By 1946 he was throwing hard enough to make his way to a Dodger farm club in Nashua. N.H. There, a mild-mannered manager named Walter Alston learned his first lessons in handling the moody pitcher. And an up-and-coming catcher named Roy Campanella learned how to needle him into game-winning pitch...
Arnold M. Soloway, assistant professor of Economics, has resigned as Alston Burr Senior Tutor of Leverett House, Dean Leighton announced last night...
...hope this brings me luck," mumbled Alston politely, "but I didn't know I was in a pickle to start with...
Even in stolid Milwaukee Smokey Alston found himself managing a teamful of unexpected trouble. Jackie Robinson, his uninhibited veteran third baseman who had barely stopped popping off about how seldom he was playing, came forth with a new idea: he thought he ought to sit out a few games. Milwaukee, however, was no place for Robinson to rest. His visit had already been disturbed by a process server. Last season, in a fit of pique, he had slung a bat into the Milwaukee stands. A couple of local customers, who said they had been hit, were suing...
Back in the locker room, the Dodgers had an easy explanation for their success: Walter Alston. At first, Captain Peewee Reese saw it all in terms of baseball tactics: "A manager's biggest problem is selecting pitchers, knowing them, knowing when to bring in another. Alston's brought in the right pitchers at the right time." Just as important" is Alston's other talent, the patience and ability to get the most out of all his men. All season, by winning for such a nice guy as Smokey, the Dodgers had been refuting Giant Manager Leo Durocher...