Show Red Sox Name I Q ONeill as 1951 Manager BOSTON Sept 22 UP Man UP-Man- Man Manager ager Steve ONeill O'Neill completed his Horatio Alger rise to fame with the Red Sox Friday as he stuffed a 1951 contract into his pocket Less than a year ago ONeill O'Neill was out in the bushes as a scout for forthe forthe forthe the Sox having been dropped as manager of Detroit and then as coach of the Cle Cleeland eland Indians His first step up the ladder came March 1 when Hazen Kiki Miki Cuyler died and ONeill O'Neill was as promoted from scout to coach Then in June manager Joe McCarthy l quit and ONeill O'Neill was boosted into the top lop spot The Red Sox were 8 Sis 84 f games behind the leaders when ONeill O'Neill took over and had an average of Under ONeill O'Neill to Sox have been playing at a clip and are pennant contenders ONeill O'Neill accomplished this despite the fact that Ted Williams was out of the lineup for two months with a broken elbow and that apparently apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap was taken into consideration tion when general manager Toe Joe Cronin produced the new contract Cronin made no reference to salary salary salary sal sal- ary arrangements but it was as certain certain tam tain that thaL a man who took over and Improved on Joe McCarthy would never be short of cash while on the pay par roll of of- President Tom Yawkey |