The Archive · 1938

Manage Baseball Club

New York, Feb, 11, Four major league baseball clubs will have "new managers next season but only one of them, Oscar Vitt at Cleveland, will be making his Big circuit managerial debut, Bill McKechnie, who has won pennants with the Cardinals and Pirates, moves from the Boston Bees to the Cincinnati Reds, Casey Stengel, who was paid his regular salary not to manage the Brooklyn Dodgers last season, succeeds McKechnie at the helm of the Bees,, Gabby Street, "Old Sarge" who has a world championship to his credit with the 1931 Cardinals, takes over the St. Louis Browns, Perhaps the toughest job in baseball goes to Vitt, who moves up the majors after a phenomenal year with the Newark Bears, a Yankee farm, His club won the international pennant by 25% games, then swept through the playoffs by taking four straight each from Syracuse and Baltimore, In the "little world series" Columbus, American Association champions, won the first three games from Newark and went west to polish off the Bears, But Vit's club came roaring back to win four straight at Columbus, One of Vitt's outstanding gifts is his ability to handle pitchers, At Newark he developed the finest staff in the minors from inexperienced men, With Allen, Feller, Harder and Galeshouse to build around Vitt may 142 Museum Road. Tel. 17100

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