Books and articles about Tom Meany

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Meany started with the Brooklyn Daily Times in 1923, beginning a stream of bubbly, fact-laden prose that ceased only when he died as the publicist of the Mets in 1964. The largest part of his sports writing career was spent covering the Brooklyn Dodgers for the New York World-Telegram. He also wrote numerous baseball articles for Colliers and was their sports editor at his death. Possessed of a fabulous memory and a quick wit, he assessed clumsy slugger Rudy York, who boasted of Cherokee ancestors, as "part Indian and part first baseman." (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » December 11, 1945: The Giants obtain a genuine "phenom," pitcher/outfielder Clint Hartung, from Minneapolis for $20,000 and three players. Much ballyhooed, Hartung hit .358 in 66 games in 1942 for Eau Claire (Northern) while winning three games. He was in the military for the next three years, and will be for the 1946 season. The New York World Telegram's Tom Meany writes, "Hartung's a sucker if he reports to the Giants. All he has to do is sit at home, wait till he's eligible, and he's a cinch to make the Hall of Fame."