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...that Charley Dressen wanted to leave Brooklyn-or even, said President O'Malley, that Brooklyn wanted to lose Dressen. Charley's irremediable error had been one of timing...
...baseball season was over, and the baseball writers who straggled into the front office of the Brooklyn Dodgers last week expected only routine fare: a freeloading lunch, and the news that Manager Charley Dressen had signed his 1954 contract. Instead, Brooklyn President Walter O'Malley sent them scurrying to the telephones with an announcement: "Brooklyn will have a new manager next year...
Back in late September, flushed with the achievement of leading the Dodgers to their second National League pennant in a row, Charley Dressen had sat him down to compose a letter to O'Malley & Co. In forceful phrases, the letter pointed out that the managers of several also-rans had got three-year contracts: Charley Grimm of the second-place Milwaukee Braves, Eddie Stanky of the fourth-place St. Louis Cardinals. Even Leo Durocher-especially Leo Durocher-of the fifth-place New-York Giants, had been given a two-year contract. Charley Dressen demanded a raise-(from...
...very good grasp of the game," said O'Malley, with an effort, afterward. "He was quick to see the difference between cricket and baseball." Said the King, "At cricket they only clap. They do not cheer." As time passed, all sorts of bizarre things befell Feisal. He rode to City Hall in an open car while noontime crowds craned at him curiously. He took a regular $1.40 tour of Radio City. In the midst of it a news photographer, afraid of being barred by cops, handed the King his camera and said: "Here-you take the pictures." Feisal complied...
...befitted an admirer of the glorious Bums, he quickly made a pilgrimage to Ebbets Field. "Who are those persons over there?" he asked curiously, as the teams warmed up. "Those," said Dodgers' President Walter O'Malley heartily, "are the hated Giants." The King smiled. He was duly introduced to Jackie Robinson and Dodgers' Manager Charlie Dressen and shook hands heartily-although Robinson, for one, displayed a certain air of suspicion when he was summoned to meet "the King." Feisal betrayed only polite interest as Leo Durocher screamed at the umpire and rooters filled the air with horrid...