Parichy hires former big-leaguer McManus
This Feb. 7, 1946 Parichy Roofing and Shingle ad announces a new employee, Marty McManus, who would be working for the roofing and shingle company. Emery Parichy, who owned the roofing company, also was the owner of Parichy Stadium at the corner of Harrison and Harlem where the Parichy Bloomer Girls played.
Marty McManus was a major league baseball player from 1920-1934 with the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, and the Boston Braves. He had over 1,900 hits and 1,000 runs scored over his 15-year career. He then managed and player-managed for several teams and also served as a manager in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League for the Kenosha Comets and South Bend Blue Sox. In 1951 he led an effort to unionize professional baseball, football and basketball with the American Federation of Labor.
Jill Wagner
