Word: southworth
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ball clubs eyed each other for size and vulnerability. Both were suffering similar symptoms: the New York Giants had some stars who did not speak Manager Leo Durocher's roughneck language and the Boston Braves had a long list of players who were incompatible with easygoing Manager Billy Southworth. A swap might keep both from repeating their indifferent 1949 showings...
...Southworth's trouble in Boston was deeper and more recent. It began last winter after Southworth had masterminded a mediocre collection of misfits and castoffs to the 1948 National League pennant. When his ballplayers wanted more money, they heard from the front office that "Southworth doesn't think you're worth any more than you're getting." As the 1949 season wore on, the Braves split into three or four camps-some for Southworth, some against him, and some just against each other...
Haunted House. The most outspoken of the malcontents was Ed Stanky, who made no secret of what he thought about Southworth's managing. Stanky's roommate, Alvin Dark, said "Me, too." By August, Southworth was like a man in a haunted house, shying at every whisper, He was sent home on the verge of a breakdown. The crowning insult came when his players voted him only half a share of their series money (for finishing fourth...
...obvious that if Southworth stayed-and his $50,000-a-year contract had three years to run-the Braves would have a reshuffled team. By last week, 13 Braves who had been on Southworth's varsity in May had been traded or sold and half a dozen more were on the block...
Last week, at the suggestion of Braves President Lou Perini, 56-year-old Billy Southworth, who still has three years to go on a five-year contract (at $50,000 a season), took a leave of absence for the rest of the season. Said the owners: they wanted "a healthy Bill Southworth managing the Braves in the spring." Coach Johnny Cooney took over the club for the rest of 1949. Billy Southworth flew home to Sunbury, Ohio for a long rest...