1894 by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview
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original pro baseball patron, reorganized the circuit into a new Eastern League, Duffy and his Portland club followed. The 81-37
Duffs finished the 1916 season a close second to the New Loudon Planters of Connecticut. But following Murnane’s unexpected death in February 1917, Duffy sold the Portland club. Shortly thereafter, he was engaged to fill a baseball coach vacancy at Harvard. But between the exigencies of World War I and differences with the university administration, his time with the Crimson was brief and unsuccessful.
Duffy returned to the professional ranks in 1920, guiding the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Class AA International League to a fine 108-46 season. He then got the call from the Boston Red Sox, becoming manager of a once dominant American League club then being divested of playing talent by its cash strapped owner, Harry Frazee. The Red Sox were a non-contending 75-79
fifth place finisher for Duffy in 1921. The next year, the club went a dismal 61-93, .396, and plummeted to the cellar, beginning a decades long occupation of the AL nether regions.
Duffy was relieved of duty at season’s end, and did not manage again. But he remained on hand in Boston for years, serving the Red Sox as a scout, front office functionary, spring training instructor, occasional first base and batting coach, tryout camp supervisor, and good will ambassador. In time, Hugh made the