Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-15
By Froncis Stonn
Star Stoff Correspondent

CLEARWATER, Fla, Mar. IA.
and Milwaukee are
expected to join the major
leagues next week, while Boston
and St. Louis each will lose a
team.
Unless strong, unforeseen OBJ
jections arise, Bill Veeck, presi-
dent of the Browns, Monday will
get the approval of other Ameri-
can League club owners to move
to Baltimore, which lost it's big
league status 81 years ago. The
American League will hold a
meeting to vote on the transfer
at the Tampa Terrace Hotel in
Tampa Monday. -
Lou Perrin, president of the
Boston Braves, wants to move
to Milwaukee and is expected to
get approval from the National
League at a meeting Wednesday
in st. Petersburg.
N. L. Meeting Wednesday.
Approval in the American
League means obtaining consent
from six of the eight club own
ers. In the National League, the
vote must be unanimous, but
Perrin has said he is sure of
the backing of six of the other
seven owners. And the seventh,
Phil Wrigley of the Cubs, says
he has no objection. Milwaukee
is only about 80 miles from Chi
cago.
Veeck is reasonably sure OF
getting the needed affirmative
votes in the American League.
The only indication that Veeck
might have any opposition was
a statement made by Arthur
Ehlers, general manager of the
Philadelphia Athletics, in Or
lando and Ehlers didn't voice
any strong objections. He merely
termed it as mot an assured
thing"
I'VE haven't talked with Veeck
nor has he talked with u.s." Ehlers
said. "All we know is what we've
read in the papers, so every
thing must wait until we get to
the meeting Monday"
Prick Calls Meeting.
Commissioner Ford Prick, who
earlier had indicated a hands
off" policy. has called for a
meeting tomorrow at his winter
headquarters in nearby Belleair
Invited to this meeting are
George Trautman, head of the
minor leagues: Frank Shaugh-
messy. president of the Interna-
tional League; Bruce Dudley
president of the American AS
ISOLATION: Will Harridge, presi-
dent of the American League:
Warren Giles, president of the
National League; Veeck and Pc
RIM. Baltimore is in the In
ternational League and Milwau-
kee is in the American Associa-
ton.
Prick said he called tomorrow's
meeting to familiarize himself
with the transfer plans and that
he doubted that any announce
ment would result.
The moves would involve con-
s1deration of territorial rights
Perrin, who owns the Milwaukee
franchise, repeatedly will ask
that his Brewers be transferred
to Toledo in order to make room
Tor the Braves. The Orioles are
expected to move either to Hart
ford. Conn, or Quebec, Canada
II Veeck receives permission to
put the Browns in Baltimore
and if his terms of restitution
are satisfactory to Jack Dunn
III, president of the Orioles.
Poor Second in Boston.
The Braves have been running
poor second to the Red Sox in
Boston during recent years. In
1948, when they won the pen
nant, the Braves drew 1.455 .439
paid customers. But attendance
since has declined steadily and
rapidly. When a low of 281 ZOO
patrons was reached last year
two OF wealthy Contractor Per-
lnis original partners sold out
to Lou and his brothers, Charles
and Joseph.
The geographic problems re.
Sulting from the transfers pro.
badly will be dissolved by retain
ing the Browns in the Western
Division of the American League
and shifting Pittsburgh to the
Eastern Division of the National
League.
Our problem is relatively
simple" Giles said, referring tt
the Boston-to Milwaukee move
milwaukee would be a Western
city and Pittsburgh would become
a part of the Eastern Division
Thls involves only the swapping
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