Word: veeck
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...traded to the Chicago Cubs. When Manager Joe McCarthy left the Cubs to manage the New York Yankees, Hornsby took his place. The Cubs finished third last year. Last week they were in second place when there occurred the customary culmination of a Hornsby managerial regime. President William Veeck of the Chicago Cubs, entrusted with running the team by Philip K. Wrigley who last winter inherited it from his father, announced that he had discharged Hornsby for "the best interests of the club...
Baseball observers thought that the most likely reason lay in the personal relations of President Veeck and Manager Hornsby. Revered by most of his underlings for his baseball knowledge and ability, his scrupulous fairness, Hornsby has never made any effort to endear himself to his employers. President Sam Breadon of the St. Louis Cardinals said that he would rather fight Jack Dempsey than have an argument with Hornsby. First Baseman Charley Grimm was appointed to replace Manager Hornsby whose $8,000 a month contract expires...