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Bill Stewart
1895-1964WS 4
Two incidents stand out in Stewart's umpiring career. He was the plate umpire at
Brooklyn the night Johnny Vander Meer of Cincinnati pitched his second consecutive
no-hitter on June 15, 1938. And as the second base umpire in the first game of the
1948 WS, Stewart made a controversial safe call on the Braves' Phil Masi when Bob
Feller and Lou Boudreau tried a pickoff play; Masi later scored the only run of the
game.
In addition to his work as a baseball umpire, Stewart served nine years as
a referee in the NHL. During the 1937-38 hockey season, he coached the Chicago Black
Hawks to a Stanley Cup championship. He also coached the hockey team at M.I.T. for
seven years.
(RTM)
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