Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
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Of money! Sweat poured down his face His cropped
knky yelowwhe hair gsened with His expression
the daZed OF fighter who had just been knocked out
THE SCENE WAS REMINISCENT in some respects of
that March day in 1851 when of both major
leagues met to determine the fate of Albert Benjamin Chan
dler their controversial commissioner At that time the tide
raced and ebbed with equal rapidy and again, nearly
everybody was making wrong guesSeS.
The night before that unprecedented impeachment
Beach, Chandler teephoned one of his faithful sup
porterS, Clark Griffith of the Mats Wan and weak from
long automobile journey and longer fight in support of
Chandler, Grif asked, "ow do you think you stand?"
give got it made Mr.. Griffith" replied the ex-senator
from Kentucky jubany 1--WE got the promises of enough
owners to guarantee my retention"
you're sure?" Grif pressed.
Positive" Chandler said
The next afternoon Happy Chandler thrown out
Of office
so vEEcK MUST HAVE FELT something like Chandler
he sat in the hot broodng reporters fired ques
tionS, such
"Are you going to sell the Browns?"
NO. I'm not going sell the club But two days from
now may change my mind"
"Are going to dark glasses and beard funny
when you back ST. you going your
speechmakng to civic clubs and that sort of thing?"
"No dark glasses" Veeck sad softly "As for making
speeches. I'll be willing but doubt if I'll be much in demand
veteran St. Louis baseball writer who had been taking
Weeks threat to pull out pretty seriously asked won't
feel moving back to the city abandoned
Il haven't abandoned anybody I've been abandoned"
the reply. =. Sc. -.
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IF 1T DID NOT CROSS Weeks mind it occurred to
others that perhaps the American League club might
have been thinking of forcing the normally hamboyani
young out of the league at cost in to
themselves. The exMarne has been too popular,
especially with the Old Guard ~
People like Griffth and Connie Mack and few others
regarded him promoter, not solid clubowner type
whatever that is unless it reactionary At
date "a hours before the big rundown may
said to themselves:
Weeks hurting He's losing money than he can
afford. If vote him into Baltimore he may be with
long time. If we don't maybe he'll sell out" =
Could be, too that pup out of that green-eyed
ster is the premises Veeck made lot of money in Mil
waukee and in the process proved that pennants @ could
be won. Ditto in Cleveland where he produced winner
after % fruesS years Only in st Louis has he been smd
VEECK BROUGHT WITH HIM the Mayor of Baltimore
Thomas DAesandro robust gentleman of 81 years
of public service and all hoped the subject having
big league ball in Baltimore His honor facts fig
and promises. The Maryland metropolis going
sink second $2.5 million into the stadium etc.
General Manager Frank Lane of the Chicago White Sox
drove to Tampa with DAlesandro After the verdict
refused to reveal how he had voted but sad IT sorry
for the Mayor He confident, hopeful.
For instance DAleSandro has been Yankee rooter for
long time, gathered intended to have his pic
tue taken with Casey Stengel in ST. Petersburg
going to say something like this:
"Casey I'm going to have to leave you now MY heart
Is with the Baltimore Orioles
"And I'll say this much for Week. Lane added Nobody
could have worked any harder project It's kind
pity at that, to see an That work 90 Tor nothing"