¶Despite Manager Eddie ("The Brat") Stanky's earnest efforts to mind his manners, his hard-hitting, pitcher-poor St. Louis Cardinals have been limping along in sixth place. It was all too mild and mellow for Cardinal President August Anheuser Busch Jr. Last week he fired Stanky, gave his job to Harry ("The Hat") Walker, onetime National League batting champion (in 1947 with .363), who has spent the past three seasons managing the Cardinals' Rochester Red Wings of the Triple-A International League.
¶Still airsick from his flight to England, Laszlo Tabori, 24, ex-private in the Hungarian...
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