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    The 1937 Newark Bears
    A Baseball Legend

    Ronald A. Mayer (Author)

    9780813521534

    Paperback / softback, published 1 July 1994

    326 pages, 29 B&W Illus
    21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.426 kg

    Thoroughly engaging . . . a fine baseball book.
    (Sports Collector's Digest)

    Here is the fascinating account, rich in nostalgia, of the greatest minor league team in the history of baseball. Ronald Mayer recounts the wonderful early years of the Newark Bears when millionaire beer baron Jacob Ruppert, owner of the New York Yankees, purchased the team from the newspaper publisher Paul Block in 1931. Mayer traces the Bears' exciting first five seasons under Ruppert and the building of a farm system that eventually produced the great Yankee dynasty. These colorful early seasons were sprinkled with some of the great names of the American pastime: Ed Barrow, Paul Kritchell, Al Mamaux, Red Rolfe, Babe Ruth, Shag Shaughnessey, Bob Shawkey, and George Weiss.

    The Bears' finest hour, however, came in 1937 with a team that many experts consider the greatest in the history of the minor leagues. This book captures all the thrilling moments of that memorable season--action-packed Spring training at Sebring, Florida, the day-to-day excitement of the pennant race, the vivid play-by-play action of the semifinal playoff against the Syracuse Chiefs, the final playoof against the Baltimore Orioles, and finally, the spellbinding, unforgettable Little World Series against the powerful Columbus Red Birds.

    This book is packed with photos and colorful profiles of Babe Dahlgren, Atley Donald, Joe Gordon, Charley Keller, George McQuinn, manager Oscar Vitt, and the rest of the great Newark players. It's all here, in the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched book every published about the Newark Bears.

    Acknowledgments
    Preface
    Team Roster
    1 A Year to Remember - 1937
    2 Ruppert Buys the Bears
    3 Weiss Joins the Team
    4 The Championship - 1932 
    5 The Frustrating Years - 1933 and 1934
    6 The Downhill Years - 1935 and 1936
    7 Spring Training - 1937
    8 Opening Day - 1937
    9 On the Road
    10 Out in Front by Eight
    11 Twelve Days at Home
    12 Atley Donald Sets Record
    13 The Big Road Slump
    14 Home Sweet Home
    15 Clinched!
    16 Batting Title Comes to Newark
    17 Semifinal Play-Offs - Syracuse Chiefs
    18 Final Play-Offs - Baltimore Orioles
    19 Little World Series
    20 On to Columbus
    21 The Parade
    Postscript
    Bibliography
    Index
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