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...question-"For what?"-was one that a lot of other people were asking. Supposedly Happy Chandler had ruled on a spring-training squabble between Rickey and the Yankees' garrulous Boss Larry MacPhail, who had gone to Chandler with it. But since Durocher had been only a sideliner (if a noisy one) in that fight, Chandler had to convict him of more. So he dragged up the "accumulated unpleasant incidents" Durocher had been involved in (TIME, April 14). All of these had happened before the spring season began. Said the New York Times's Columnist Arthur Daley...
Once in the dining hall, Vag's momentary Plympton Street apprehensions were allayed. Above the chatter about Chem A, exam schedules, and the end of the Wellesley spring vacation, could be heard the magic words Durocher, MacPhail and Williams. Even Cambridge was a part of America. Hastily digesting his chipped beef on toast, Vag raced into the House courtyard, scooped up an imaginary ground ball, and made a perfect throw to first base. He made a mental note to cut his Tuesday lab, and maybe his 10 o'clock class as well. After all, it was opening...
...teams will be televised. The Dodgers granted television rights to CBS last month. Last week the Yankees signed with DuMont Television, the Giants with NBC. Televisers were paying "a nice figure" for their privileges, and rates would jump if sponsors were found. Would park attendance slump? Yankee Skipper Larry MacPhail thought not. "We'll gain two fans for every one we lose," said he. He might not be far wrong. There are only 7,000 television receivers in the New York area...
...Angeles, the Brooklyn Dodgers' Manager Leo ("Lippy") Durocher, fresh from signing a new contract (and telling the world that the Yankees' Larry MacPhail had tried to hire him away from the Dodgers, which MacPhail denied), got a friendly welcome at the airport from Cinemactress Laraine Day, who i) bussed him fondly, 2) announced to the panting press that they were just friends. Promptly another old friend, Powers Model Edna Ryan, now a little confused, rose and pinned a label on him: the Artful Dodger...
...most fans, sportswriters, and perhaps to Bucky himself, he hardly seemed MacPhail's type of manager (the Boss is an old admirer of blustery Leo Durocher). The answer may be that the 1947 Yankees will be run by a triumvirate: MacPhail handing down orders from his ivory tower; Harris passing them on in the dugout. The man on the coaching lines (at third base) will be Coach Chuck Dressen, recently hired away from the Dodgers, and one of the best detail men in baseball...