| Show CAREER OF MANAGER ODAY new leader of chicago cubs cub go got hit HIS first job with toledo club played with new york hank oday old time pitcher and umpire and new manager of the cubs Is a native nativo Chicagoan no was born about SO 60 years ago on a farm way out on the west tilde oldo located at what ft would now be the intersection of jackson boulevard and campbell avenue dan oday father of rank hank was waa employed by bi the city as plumber and later became engineer of the hayes school at walnut street and 0 oakley kley avenue first lob job was with a club in toledo 0 0 in 1888 oday got into the big leagues as a member of the washing ton club climb fiCon connan nItz mack present man ager at af the athletics was his bis battery partner the following year 0 ay joined the new york giants where he N k 4 manager hank oday made hla his reputation new york won the pennant in 1889 and played a four game postseason post season series against drook brook lyn oday pitched and won the first game new york lost the second hank was called upon to pitch the third and fourth gams gam s in the series now new york won them both later oday drifted west went and spent a year or two in nebraska and lown iowa after which he returned return td to the tha r rational game as an umpire in ili the early ile ho filled tho tha role of national leabu leagui arbitrator for about 20 years awl was waa considered one ona of the best beat in the business ile he resigned his position as an umpire to become manager of 0 the cincinnati reds keds in 1912 |
