Posted By:
Ted Zanidakis My read on Huggins is that, more so than Ruth, it was Col. Til Houston that "stressed him out".
Houston never agreed with Col. Jacob Ruppert's choice of Huggins to be Manager. Col. Houston
wanted the popular Brooklyn Mgr.....Wilbert Robinson.
Perhaps it was his lawyer background, or what, but Huggins was somewhat impervious to Ruth's
antics (or other party animals on the Yankees)....as, Huggins never held a grudge. Much of the
so-called tension between Huggins and Ruth was "NY media hype".
To illustrate what I'm saying regarding Houston's dislike for Huggins, when Houston left the team
in 1922, Huggins said, as he was greatly relieved...."it was the longest five years of my life".
And, in the Fall of 1929 when Huggins was seriously ill, it was Babe Ruth, who publicly asked the
country to pray for Miller's recovery.
TED Z