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...Billy Southworth had done a good job of pulling himself up by his bootstraps. He first took over the Cards in 1929, and Degan by putting his foot in his mouth. The first day he read a highhanded riot act to the club, and Veteran Chick Hafey whispered to tobacco-chewing Jim Bot-tomley, "Don't look now, but there's a hell on the job." Southworth got fired in midseason...
Eleven years and many aspirin tablets later, Southworth again took over the Cards. By then he had won a personal battle with the bottle, and had learned to handle men-partly through teaching his son, Billy, to play ball...
Baseball fans were startled, but it was an easy decision for Billy ("The Kid") Southworth. Last week the soft-spoken little manager, who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three National League pennants in the last four years, quit to become boss of the Boston Braves...
...once, passing up a red-hot favorite for a lonesome long shot made good sense. The $30,000-plus that Billy the Kid would receive for his annual Boston labors was $12-15,000 more than he got from the penny-pinching Cards. Nor could Southworth overlook the possibilities for gaining new prestige (and perhaps more money): picking the lowly Braves up off the floor would require a lot more skill than keeping the player-rich Cardinals...
...National League, the St. Louis Cardinals (quoted at odds-on 4-to-5) should keep their class if they can keep 1-A Catcher Walker Cooper. Manager Billy Southworth, who must replace Stan Musial (the league's No. 2 hitter last year with a .347 average), Johnny Hopp (.336) and Danny Litwhiler (.264), still has the best pitching staff (Mort Cooper, Max Lanier, Ted Wilks, Harry Brecheen, Blix Donnelly) in either league, and Shortstop Marty ("Most Valuable Player") Marion. Apparently capable of giving the three-time league champs a run for their money are two western rivals...