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'''William Harrison Southworth''' ([[March 9]], [[1893]] - [[November 15]], [[1969]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[right fielder]], [[center fielder]] and [[manager (baseball)|manager]] in [[Major League Baseball]]. Playing in [[1913 in sports|1913]] and [[1915 in sports|1915]] and from [[1918 in sports|1918]] to [[1929 in sports|1929]], he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Southworth managed in [[1929 in sports|1929]] and from [[1940 in sports|1940]] through [[1951 in sports|1951]].

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Born in [[Harvard, Nebraska]], Southworth decided to play baseball despite his father's wishes. He batted .300 three times in his career, not counting shortened seasons.

'''Jeanne Hébuterne''' ([[April 6]], [[1898]] – [[January 26]], [[1920]]) was a French artist, best known as the frequent subject and [[Common-law marriage|common-law]] wife of the artist [[Amedeo Modigliani]].

In a 13-season career, he [[batting average|batted]] .297 with 52 [[home run]]s with 561 [[run batted in|RBIs]]. He [[stolen base|stole 138 bases]] in his career. He had 1296 [[hit (baseball)|hits]] in 4359 [[at bat]]s.

[[Image:JeanneHebuterne.jpg|thumb|Jeanne Hébuterne]]

Born in [[Paris, France]] to a [[Roman Catholic]] family, her father, Achille Hébuterne, worked at [[Le Bon Marché]] department store. A beautiful girl, she was introduced to the artistic community in [[Montparnasse]] by her brother [[André Hébuterne]] who wanted to become a painter. She met several of the then starving artists and modeled for [[Tsuguharu Foujita]]. However, wanting to pursue a career in the arts, and with a talent for drawing, she chose to study at the [[Académie Colarossi]]. It was there in the spring of 1917 that Jeanne Hébuterne was introduced to Amedeo Modigliani by the sculptor [[Chana Orloff]] (1888-1968) who came with many other artists to take advantage of the Academy's live models. Although Modigliani was fourteen years older than Hébuterne, he was a very handsome and, when sober, charming man. They began seeing each other immediately and fell deeply in love. By this time, Modigliani's reputation as an alcoholic and drug addict was well known and to the consternation of her family, the young Jeanne Hébuterne moved in with him.

As a manager, he was very successful, almost accumulating a .600 winning percentage (.597). He was 1770-1044 all-time with four first-place finishes, and two [[World Series]] titles ([[1942 World Series|1942]], [[1944 World Series|1944]]). Southworth also won one World Series as a player ([[1926 World Series|1926]]).

[[Image:HebuterneModigliani.jpg|thumb|left| Hébuterne by Modigliani]]

Described by the writer [[Charles-Albert Cingria]] (1883-1954) as gentle, shy, quiet, and delicate, Jeanne Hébuterne became a principal subject for Modigliani’s art. In the fall of 1918, the couple moved to the warmer climate of [[Nice]] on the [[French Riviera]] where Modigliani’s agent hoped he might raise his profile by selling some of his works to the wealthy art connoisseurs who wintered there. While in Nice, a daughter was born on November 29th. The following spring, they returned to Paris and Jeanne became pregnant again. By this time, Modigliani was suffering from tubercular [[meningitis]] and his health, made worse by complications brought on by substance abuse, was deteriorating badly.

Southworth began his managing career in 1928 with the [[Rochester Red Wings]] of the AA [[International League]], the top farm in the Cardinals' leading-edge [[farm system]]. After winning the IL pennant, he was promoted to St. Louis as manager for 1929. But the Redbirds, defending league champions, did not respond to Southworth's attempts at discipline and he was replaced at mid-season by [[Bill McKechnie]]. Although Southworth resumed his successful minor league managerial career that season, the firing began a downward spiral. Beset by struggles with [[alcoholism]], he even left baseball for two seasons. Finally, after a recovery, he rejoined the Cardinals' minor league system in 1935 and by 1939 he was again enjoying success as Rochester's manager.

On January 24, 1920 Amedeo Modigliani died. Jeanne Hébuterne's family brought her to their home but the totally distraught woman threw herself out of the fifth-floor apartment window two days after Modigliani's death, killing herself and her unborn child. Her family, who blamed her demise on Modigliani, interred her in the [[Cimetière de Bagneux]]. Nearly ten years later, the Hébuterne family finally relented and allowed her remains to be transferred to [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]] to rest beside Modigliani.

In June [[1940 in sports|1940]], he received a second chance with the struggling Cardinals when owner [[Sam Breadon]] fired manager [[Ray Blades]] and promoted Southworth. This time, the Cards flourished under Southworth. They won 69 of 109 games and jumped from seventh to third place in 1940. The following season they won 97 games and finished second. Then, from 1942-44, the Cardinals won 106, 105 and 105 games, three pennants and two World Series titles. Southworth had presided over one of the most dominant three-year stretches in [[National League]] history. But in [[1945 in sports|1945]], his son, [[Major William Brooks Southworth]], died in a plane crash during military flight training. The Cards' manager rushed to the scene of the crash and was overcome with sadness, but began managing at the beginning of the season despite the tragedy. The Cardinals finished second that season, three games behind the [[Chicago Cubs]].

Their orphaned daughter, Jeanne Modigliani (1918-1984), was adopted by her father's sister in [[Florence, Italy]]. She grew up knowing virtually nothing of her parents and as an adult began researching their lives. In 1958, she wrote a biography of her father that was published in the English language in the United States as ''[[Modigliani: Man and Myth]]''.

Southworth then moved to the [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Braves]] in 1946, signing a then-lucrative managing contract for a reported $50,000 per season, and immediately led the Braves into the first division. In [[1948 in sports|1948]], spearheaded by the National League's best one-two pitching combination, lefthander [[Warren Spahn]] and righty [[Johnny Sain]], the Braves won their second NL pennant of the 20th century but were defeated in six games by the [[Cleveland Indians]] in the [[1948 World Series]].

It took more than thirty years before an art scholar convinced the Hébuterne heirs to allow public access to Jeanne Hébuterne's artwork. In October of 2000, her works were featured at a major Modigliani exhibition in [[Venice, Italy]] by the [[Fondazione Giorgio Cini]].

The following season saw Boston struggle on the field and in chaos off the diamond, with numerous players rebelling against Southworth's rules and regulations. The manager was rumored to be drinking heavily and near nervous collapse. With Boston at 55-54 in August, Southworth turned the Braves over to [[coach (baseball)|coach]] [[Johnny Cooney]] for the remainder of [[1949 in sports|1949]]. Southworth returned to his post in [[1950 in sports|1950]] - the rebellious players had been traded - and led the Braves back into the first division, but an aging team and declining attendance bode poorly for both Southworth's career and the Braves' future in [[New England]]. In [[1951 in sports|1951]], Southworth's club was only 28-31 on June 19 when he was fired and replaced by his former standout [[center fielder]], [[Tommy Holmes]]. He never managed again in the major leagues and the Braves abandoned Boston for [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]] in March [[1953 in sports|1953]].

==External links==

*[http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/exhibitions/?id=140&i=4&year=2003&pic=4 Marevna, "Homage to Friends from Montparnasse" (1962)] Top left to right: [[Diego Rivera]], [[Ilya Ehrenburg]], [[Chaim Soutine]], [[Amedeo Modigliani]], his wife Jeanne Hébuterne, [[Max Jacob]], gallery owner Leopold Zborowski[http://www.imageartsetc.com/stock-images/detail.asp?pid=1406][http://www.imageartsetc.com/stock-images/detail.asp?pid=1428]. Bottom left to right: [[Marevna]], her's and Diego Rivera's daughter Marika, (Amedeo Modigliani), [[Moise Kisling]].

Billy Southworth died of [[emphysema]] at age 76 in [[Columbus, Ohio]].

==External linkslink==

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/southbi01.shtml Baseball-Reference.com] - career managing record and playing statistics

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