293 J. Roy Stockton, Sportsmans Park Improvements Held Up by Cardinals Failure to Consent to Rent Raise. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 13,1922. Si vous ne souhaitez pas que nos partenaires et nousmmes utilisions des cookies et vos donnes personnelles pour ces motifs supplmentaires, cliquez sur Refuser tout. [1] The Cardinals have won two World Series in 2006 and 2011 during DeWitt's time as owner. To get the money to sign these players, Frank Robison borrowed $18,500 from his brother Stanley to be paid back in 60 days.123 The loan was secured with 185 shares of Cardinals stock. The baseball diamond was laid out by Augustus Solari and the infield contained Kentucky bluegrass, with the players locker rooms located on the first base side of the field. Breadon kept his total payroll in compliance by giving increases to certain players at the expense of others. As a result, the opening game was delayed. Saigh would not reveal the location for his new park.425, Saigh cut ties with the Spring and Chouteau acreage when he sold the 11.5-acre site in two parcels on Christmas Eve 1950. Nineteen other shareholders held only 410 shares outstanding or an average of 22 shares each.243 The inability of all the shareholders to step up to the plate led the Board of Directors to issue notes for the remainder of the $175,000 owed to Britton.244 The final payment was due in May 1920.245, The first season for The Cardinal Idea owners and Rickey as president, resulted in the best season since 1914. In addition, first baseman Dan McGann jumped to Baltimore. But attorneys fees alone exceeded $10,000.178 Knowing that Bresnahans contract was hurting the team, Britton fired Bresnahan and hired Huggins.179 The move was expected to save Britton $8,000 a season with Huggins getting paid $6,000.180 The remaining years of Bresnahans contract were settled for $11,500 each, and the Cardinals paid that in January 1913.181, Britton had a somewhat troubled marriage but reconciled with her husband in August 1911.182 A year and a half later she felt that it was necessary to get Schuyler involved in running the Cardinals, and in February 1913 she announced that Schuyler was the new Cardinals president. But he was very happy when players and fans came to his saloon for post-game drinks. In one instance, Aetna Iron Works, a company that manufactured architectural, ornamental and structural iron, won a court judgment.80 The sheriff set an auction for some of the Sportsmans Park and Club property.81, Von der Ahe knew creditors would get virtually all the assets if he sold the club, so he decided to restructure the Sportsmans Park Club and Association (SPCA), making himself a preferred creditor.82 On January 12, 1898, through a deed of trust, Muckenfuss was named president and J.W. The Cardinals confirmed Shannon's death in a tweet on Sunday. Phone: 602.496.1460 665 Opening Events, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 23, 2014; Nathan Ruebblke,Ballpark Village Tower Nears Completion As Cardinals Mull Districts Reopening Plan, Bizjournals, May 11, 2020. Tate Brady, Star Fullback, Is Ill and Unable to Play Against Innisfails at Cardinal Field This Afternoon, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, January 9, 1921; Charles J. Bartley, Bobby Byrne Will Lead Miami Club in Southwestern, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, January 9, 1921. On February 21, 1897, the New Sportsmans Parks roof caught fire and spread to the stables, where 150 horses were kept. Huggins would continue as manager but the roster would be upgraded. 596 New Sports Channel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 1, 1984; Caesar, New TV Deals Yields Cards A Bonanza.. 638 Victor Volland, Fans Should Make Smooth Progress to Kiel, Busch, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 4, 1998. 648 Jim Salter, Cards, brewery keep Busch Stadium alive, Springfield News-Leader, August 5, 2004. Accessed June 8, 2020; Difference Between a Limited Partnership and a Limited Liability Company. Hosbeg.com. 213 Mrs. In addition to having financial interests in the Reds, he had stakes at various times with the Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles. The good feelings between Bresnahan and Britton began evaporating in 1912. In October 1943, Clarence Howard, the Cardinals second largest shareholder died in a freak accident.361 His stock was purchased by minority shareholders Mark C. Steinberg and Adolph M. Diez. He was in Cleveland to take care of his ill wife. Garry Herrmann, chairman of the National Commission, baseballs ruling body, quickly made the announcement that despite the will, the team would not be owned or controlled by a woman. https://www.forbes.com/profile/jim-davis-1/#69d83dbec462; St. Louis Cardinals 2019 Media Guide, 6. Being owned by a publicly traded company was unchartered waters for major league baseball. 14 A Baseball Divorce, Missouri Republican, October 3, 1881. In his written comment, the judge did not describe the suit as an extortion attempt by the Browns even though there had been testimony which established it. In 1899, von der Ahe, once the most successful owner in the AA, was forced to sell the Browns due to bankruptcy.[2]. Robison sought an injunction to keep the players from jumping to the Browns. 584 Anheuser-Busch Threatens to Sell Cardinals Ball Club, St. Joseph Gazette, June 25, 1981; Malone,Team Sale Called A Step to Aid Brewery.. 432 Chandler Concedes Defeat, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, March 13, 1951. The family tree Founded by Joseph Pulitzer in 1878, the Post-Dispatch was still owned by the media company Pulitzer Inc. until 2005. It was to change the perception of the nickname, from the color to the birds.311 The logo came from an idea Rickey got from table decorations at a monthly dinner held by the Fellowship Club of the Presbyterian Church in Ferguson, Missouri, where he was keynote speaker.312 What greeted him at the table was a decoration of cardboard cardinals on a twig and he noticed that all the tables had the same decoration. Ball bought the Browns from Hedges, leaving the Cardinals in Helene Brittons hands and still playing at Robison Field. Pioneer automobile dealer Gus Halsey used the garage, was impressed with Breadons work and honesty, and offered him a job with the dealership.280 Breadon worked his way up and eventually bought the dealership. Martin Stanford Robison, and named after his father, was born March 30, 1854 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In a St. Louis Post-Dispatch interview, Saigh commented that he never received an invitation from Anheuser-Busch or Gussie to see a game at Busch Stadium I or II. 146 Bresnahan Will Get $25,000 for 3-Year Contract, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 17, 1908. 109 An Immense Crowd, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 17, 1899. OConnor, Threat of Strike Spoils Chance to Dispose of Cards, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 29, 1917. 3 Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. 581 Whiteys Week, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 14, 1980. If Brittons going to sell we hope he will not long delay. As a result he feared there would be trouble collecting insurance for the fire damage. 371 Just Curious Why They Go Says Breadon, The Windsor Star, June 21, 1946. Von der Ahe knew nothing about the game and was confounded by the enthusiasm of the fans. Lane said the Birds on the Bat had been taken off because the amount of embroidery made the uniform heavier.487. A majority of the owners supported Chandler, but not the necessary 12 and Saigh remained a vocal opponent.431, Still full of bravado Chandler asked the owners to vote again on a new contract. 525 Ed Wilks, Busch Unsure On Keane, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 22, 1964. Bryan, The High School Seventy Years Ago and Now, The Caduceus 1922. Instead of keeping Comiskey as player-manager, Von der Ahe brought in Jimmy Williams, the secretary of the American Association. Since Gussie wanted the park to be a top-flight venue, he was willing to spend $400,000 on the first step of many renovations, but not as a tenant. 170 W.J. Moore, the Cardinals player representative, team captain and Alabama native, acknowledged some of the Southern players were uncomfortable playing on the same field as Robinson, but said the players focus was on winning games, not striking because of Robinson. The players who missed those games argued that they had regular jobs and couldnt risk losing them to play ball during the week. Fred Saigh, the largest non-family shareholder of Anheuser-Busch stock, said that the sale price should be based on an arms-length transaction. Without Comiskey to help him find talented players and keep them in line, Browns fans were the ones to suffer as they watched their team finish in 11th place. 166 W.J. Von der Ahe offered Comiskey his old salary for one year which Comiskey refused.54, In the February 5, 1892 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, statistician Clarence Dow, predicted that the Browns would finish last in the National League. It had a pre-game show with Harry Caray and Street.336. 248 Cardinals Make $10,000 Payment on Price of Club, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 12, 1918. Lamping said an agreement with Litchfield (IL) radio station WSMI would provide the broadcast reach for those Cardinal fans in outlying Illinois. 647 Cardinals to Break Ground On New Baseball Stadium, St. Joseph News-Press, January 16, 2004. Four years later, Robison merged his company with Marcus A. Hannas Woodland and West Side Railway to form Cleveland City Railway.103 However Robison lost one million dollars in the merger when his broker fraudulently sold the stock to Hanna and kept the proceeds. It wont do women any harm, either, to cultivate in their own ideas of masculinity, all those really manly qualities which are brought to the fore in baseball. Helene Hathaway Robison Britton, shown here at the old Robison Field, owned the St. Louis Cardinals from 1911-1918. Meyer was Buschs representative on the ballclub. Growing up he followed baseball and the Chicago Cubs as a casual fan. 456, In 1952, Gussie married Gertrude (Trudy) Buholzer, who he had met in Switzerland.457 It was his third marriage. Heyday of Chris Von der Ahe and Comiskey, St.Louis Globe-Democrat, October 12, 1952. She could at her discretion foreclose on the team and sell it to the highest bidder. 609 Charlene Prost, What Are The Stadium, Garages Worth?, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 26, 1995. [27], On September 19, 2015, the Cardinals became the first team in MLB to clinch a playoff spot that season. Herman D. Seekamp, secretary and treasurer under Stanley Robison and treasurer under Helene Britton, held 284 shares or 3.8 percent. Branch Rickey, Professor of Baseball, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 5, 1914. 464 Anheuser-Busch Sets Record in Shipping Barrels of Beer, The Daily Standard, January 3, 1953; Schlitz Sets Record, Kenosha News, January 26, 1953. With three consecutive American Association pennants and a World Series title, Browns players wanted to be compensated. Mark Sauer took over Kuhlmanns responsibilities as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the ballclub. 139 Robisons Win $175,000 Suit, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 9, 1903. Baseball coverage started with a recap of the Cardinals and Browns games at 5:45 PM. Even before acquiring the RedBirds, Freund had some experience owning Minor League Baseball teams. His plans were for a 47,000-seat stadium costing $4 million but not at the Spring and Chouteau site that had been bought from Breadon.423 According to Saigh, it was not large enough for the stadium and parking he envisioned.424 He said he had purchased 18 acres of land with nine more still to be purchased. 320 McGraw Thinks Rogers Will Help Giants, The Standard Union, December 21, 1926. Endeavor purchased the Triple-A affiliate from the team's majority ownership group, led by Peter Freund, and the St. Louis Cardinals, which held a minority interest. Gussies interest in being the owner was to stay in the public eye. 12 Amusements: Base Ball: St. Louis Browns vs. Eclipse of Louisville, at Sportsmans Park, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, October 23,1881. The brewery paid a heavy price for the lack of pennants from 1969-1980. Smiling, Curt Flood said, Comment? The Cardinal players reaped the benefits of their successful season as Gussie Busch made the clubs payroll the highest in the Major Leagues for the 1968 season. Respecting the grieving process, Herrmann stated that the decision would not be made immediately.151 Herrmann would be proven wrong on several counts, mostly because the niece, Helene Robison Britton, wanted to be involved. To allow their purchase of the Reds in 2005, the rest of the group bought out Castellini's and the Williams brothers' shares, totaling an estimated 13%. Career Leaders. Robert Castellini, Joseph and Thomas Williams sold their shares to other investors when they bought the Cincinnati Reds.625 The widow of Richard Sutphin (Caroline) and families of Nick Kladis and Andrew Baur inherited shares in the Cardinals after the deaths of original investors in 2005, 2009 and 2011 respectively.626, In 2009, Craig R. Stapleton , who co-owned the Texas Rangers with DeWitt Jr. bought an investment stake in the Cardinals.627 James C. Davis of Allegis Group bought a minority stake and is mentioned in the 2019 Cardinals Media Guide.628 Other than the members who sold their shares to DeWitt Jr. and Robert Castellinis (10 percent) to the other investors, no information is available regarding the percentages of ownership in the Cardinals held by investors. He graduated from St. Louis University Law School in 1925, and then took a fling at professional baseball, attending spring training with the Tulsa Oilers (Western League) as an outfielder for the 1926 season.394 Failing to make the roster, he resumed his career as a lawyer.395 He joined the Democratic Party and became involved in Democratic Party politics during the New Deal. Arranging that deal gave Saigh a national reputation as an astute businessman having the vision to make wise deals.399 Saigh was married to Elizabeth Lewis of St. Louis and they lived at the Sheraton-Coronado Hotel.400. With Anheuser-Buschs International beer company (ABII) making $50 million in 1994, August III saw this as a perfect time to shed the low and non-profit makers and return the companys business focus to being the Worlds Largest Producer of Beer, while holding on to their theme parks, (Busch Gardens and Sea World) which were profitable and a vehicle to market their beers at family-friendly venues.607, On October 26, 1995, after 43 seasons of ownership, Anheuser-Busch announced that the St. Louis National Baseball Club Inc. was for sale. The annual value increases each year, with a final payment of $86 million. 171 National League Makes No Answer, New York Times, December 14, 1911. Hedges challenged Robison to a postseason City Series, with the winner receiving a trophy worth $2,500. Von der Ahe would be repaid from profits of the games.8 Near the end of the season, Von der Ahe obtained a new lease on the ballpark, promising to make improvements to it with the hope of getting membership in the National League.9. Brewery spokesman John Jacob said the brewery would do all it can to find an owner that would keep the team in St. Louis but would offer no guarantee. If not, we hope hell get a team which winning ball can play.207. By mid-March, Cardinal fans had already purchased 1.8 million tickets which surpassed 1995s total attendance. 508 Buschs Civic Investment. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 15, 1962; Bob Broeg, Birds to Miss Beer-and-Popcorn Concert of Coins, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 24, 1965. His father was John P. Hannegan and mother was Anna T. (Holden) Hannegan.392 John Hannegan was a captain in the St. Louis Police Department and later Chief of Detectives.393 Robert attended St. Louis University, playing varsity football and baseball. Accessed September 4, 2020. Sixth and Locust was jammed with revelers numbering between 150,000 and 200,000. 148 Overall Will Face Cardinals, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 21, 1909. Herzog, sensing the direction that August III was taking the team was one he did not like, and with his advocate Gussie Busch gone, resigned.599 It was the end of an era that had reenergized the Cardinal franchise and its fan base. In addition, shareholders were required to accept additional stock in exchange for any notes they held on the Cardinals. The $20,000 that was received did not cover the damage.128 The last game of the homestand was played the next day at Athletic Park, despite having a bicycle course and not being suited for baseball.129, Since the ballpark at Vandeventer and Natural Bridge had suffered three fires in five years, the City of St. Louis building commissioner wanted it rebuilt with concrete and steel and denied the Robisons a building permit to use wood. https://bsd.sos.mo.gov. The interest in baseball among women is growing steadily. 118 MGraw and Robby, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 13, 1900. St. Louis could not win a second consecutive World Championship, though losing, to the Detroit Wolverines 10 games to 5. The Cardinals maintained their administrative offices at Cardinal Field, but didnt announce any long-term plans for the venue.289 The park was still used for amateur soccer matches and baseball tryouts.290 In 1922, the St. Louis Board of Education, which wanted the site for a high school, began negotiations with Breadon and eventually bought the land for $212,000.291. [2] Bill DeWitt III is the president of the Cardinals. Steininger had a contracting business that did most of the work at League Park. All the Association clubs had to put their players in a pool, with the National League teams getting first choice at signing them. Robinsons teammates supported him because they thought that no punishment should have occurred and they refused to board the train as well. Accessed September 4, 2020. His desire to keep Herzog in charge was usurped. in Economics from Yale University in 1963. Negotiations between Robison and McGraw were contentious. Accessed February 23, 2019. Brooklyn and Baltimore had had a joint ownership arrangement like the Cleveland-St. Louis combination. He was generally known as Stanley. Upon creation, the new entity was capitalized by Anheuser-Busch when it issued $1 million of its stock, $900,000 in common stock and $100,000 in preferred stock to be purchased and held by individuals. This level of success has been the catalyst for the franchise to be identified as a major asset to the city of St. Louis and the surrounding metro area. Lamping and the Cardinals wanted the broadcast rights guaranteed.654, Fans angered by the rumors voiced their displeasure in letters to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2, Spring, 1999. 9 Sporting News: Base Ball, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 9, 1880. He then counteroffered an increase to $50,000 for the last year of the current contract. It was the last wooden stadium in major league baseball and replacing rotten boards in the grandstand was never-ending. He had given the bad news two months earlier that the brewery was selling the team, but on this day with a broad smile, he had this announcement: On this holiday weekend, we think we have a great Christmas present for St. Louis.610 That present was a deal to sell the Cardinals to a group led by William O. DeWitt Jr. as principal owner. League magnates have a growing understanding that St. Louis fans are hoping that the baseball team can be taken from Von der Ahe or it will soon become a part of St. Louis baseball history. The paper predicted that if the League took the franchise from Von der Ahe, it would have the hearty good will and cooperation of the better element in the city. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/torrejo01.shtml. He knew what it took to make the fans come to the ballpark. 408 Articles of Merger, Missouri Business Filings. https://hosbeg.com/difference-between-a-partnership-and-a-limited-liability-company. The deal is an insult to the fans of St. Louis and board of directors of the club, said Mark C. Steinberg, one of the directors. After buying additional blocs of shares to own CCRC outright, the total price tag for August III and ABC was $62 million, which included $8 million in interest payments.588. 335 Television on KSD-TV, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 11, 1947. 162 Cardinals New President Who Will Represent Woman Owner, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 7, 1911. In appreciation for the teams finish and optimistic prospects for the future, Britton gave Roger Bresnahan a five-year contract extension which also gave the Cardinal manager a percentage of the profits.168, On December 12, 1911, at the Waldorf Hotel in New York, Britton became the first woman to attend a National League meeting.169 She was accompanied by Steininger, who was her proxy. 585 Louis J. 223 Help Buy the Cardinals, The St. Louis Star and Times, March 6, 1917. That decision saved their lives as the cars that replaced them endured the brunt of the wreck, which killed 12, including the engineer, and injured 47. Shortly afterward, the Cardinals bought Sportsman's Park from the Browns. In the beginning, the player earned about $3.75 per game. In 1916, William Sr. joined Branch Rickey and the Browns working as Rickeys assistant. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported one hundred ten members of the business community contributed an average of $227.27 each to raise that money. 132 St. Regardless of the nickname Robisons 1899 team had a successful season at the gate 373,909 fans setting a franchise record. The project had an estimated price tag $51 million.494 Financing obtained by the Civic Center Redevelopment Corporation (CCRC), a private entity which would oversee and own the project, was $20 million in equity raised through corporate pledges and a 6 percent, 30-year loan of $31 million from Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.495, The project would be built through a cooperative effort involving the St. Louis City Redevelopment and Land Clearance Committee (STLCRLCC) and CCRC. The paper estimated Von der Ahe could get no more than $50,000 for the team.77 It reported rumors he had approached the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co. to take the Browns off his hands for $65,000, but had been turned down.78, Despite the cash influx, Von der Ahe was facing further debt woes. 342 Wrays Column, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 15, 1936. Accessed February 23, 2019, 1-4. 143 Dead Arms All That J. McGraw Has To Trade, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 8, 1908. McGwire hit 24 homers for the Cardinals for the rest of the season to give him 58. Why shouldnt the superiority of our national game over the sports peculiar to other nations be recognized and encouraged by women? She felt that it would be a safer venue to buy tickets instead of venturing into a saloon.164 The second was instituting Ladies Day on April 15, 1912. And, Saigh said, the Houston group were sore losers. [1] The Cardinals have won two World Series in 2006 and 2011 during DeWitt's time as owner. Despite Las Vegas odds being 5-1 on winning the 1964 pennant, Cardinal players were confident they could win based on their second-place finish the prior season.524 But the team got off to a slow start, and at the trade deadline June 15, the Cardinals were in a seventh-place tie with a 28-30 record, six and one-half games behind. St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster and World Series champ Mike Shannon dies at 83. Si vous souhaitez personnaliser vos choix, cliquez sur Grer les paramtres de confidentialit. 43 Ball Players Strike, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 3, 1889. He put the teams payroll on a tight budget. He started talking with Phil Ball, owner of the Browns and Dodier Realty Company, which operated the park. Breadon was noted for a very conservative nature with his finances, highly demanding nature of his teams' success on the field, and bold moves otherwise. . 321 What Breadon and Hornsby Have to Say About Sensational Baseball Trade, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, December 21, 1926. He did not worry about their feelings and was willing to interrupt play to call them out during games. 378 Broeg, Breadon, Frick Pacified Feeling, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 9, 1947. Looking to increase paid attendance and continue the Knot-Hole Gang program, Breadon knew that the park at Natural Bridge and Vandeventer Avenues, now called Cardinal Field, was not suitable. They would be responsible to the August A. Busch Inc.s board of directors: Eberhard Anheuser, Gussie, Wilson, Walsingham, Morris Love, David R. Calhoun, Anthony A. Buford, Anheuser-Buschs legal counsel, and former Washington University and Chicago Cardinals football coach Jimmy Conzelman, now an advertising executive. B. C. Lucas. Linck summed up that frustration with a rhyme in the February 15, 1916 St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Wed like to see the Cardinals change hands or else an end (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS), The fans were not as forgiving as Comiskey. But free broadcasts proved to have minimal effect on attendance, with the Cardinals still drawing fans vacationing in St. Louis and the young urban professionals attending games.595 Earlier in the 1980s, the brewery had tried to increase the Cardinals television broadcast revenues through paid-cable providers. This weekend's games mark the 12th and 13th regular-season games to be played in . Brittons gesture saved Jones and the syndicate close to $17,000. New York City: Workman Publishing. Wilbert Robinson received a salary of $3,500 and a $2,500 bonus and also would not be reserved. Robinson had cursed a gatekeeper who wouldnt permit delivery of a pair of padded pants Robinson had ordered for that days game. He entered the Army as a Major in the Ordnance Department. 591 Rick Hummel, Impatience Motivated Clark, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 7, 1988. 486 Cards Decked Out in New Uniforms, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, February 26, 1956. August III said the desire of the company was to concentrate its resources on the beer business, saying it was the best interests of the brewery, the ballclub and Cardinal fans to find a new owner. Saigh inherited a team in transition. He also offered additional shares in the Cardinals to Hornsby. He said a fair market price would be between $11 million and $13 million based on recent sales of the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees.571. The Cardinals also signed Bob Gibson as an amateur free agent. Dies Suddenly, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 27, 1930. In 1998, DeWitt purchased the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Florida State League (minor league A-ball) and, in 2005, the Springfield Cardinals of the Texas League (AA). 60 Base Ball, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 28, 1893. Amid later allegations that the Cardinals owed the city profit shares, DeWitt revealed that their profitability had not reached the threshold to trigger that obligation.[21]. (2013: Market $291 mil., Stadium $182 mil., Sport $151 mil., Brand Management $91 mil.) 288 Martin J. Haley, Birds Still Have One Season to Play Under Terms Drawn in 1920, President Breadon Says, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, December 1, 1929. 246 John E. Wray, Huggins Signs to Manage Jinx Champions; Refused $10,000 Offer Made by Cardinals, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 26, 1917. But there have been departures and additions. . 296 Browns Trying to Turn Cardinals Out Into Street, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 13, 1924. This possibility allowed Von der Ahe to win an additional six-month delay in the sheriffs sale.92, The axe fell on Chris Von der Ahe on January 5, 1899 when the Mississippi Valley Trust Company foreclosed on Von der Ahe and the Sportsmans Park and Club Associations mortgage.93 Von der Ahe tried to argue that the Browns franchise was not secured by the mortgage.94 On January 23, the judge ruled against Von der Ahe and reinstated the Sheriffs auction.95 An appeal was overruled on February 6.96, Before the auction, the National League owners took steps to give Frank De Hass Robison clear title to the Browns National League membership. 224 OConnor, 10,000 Local Fans to Buy Cardinals: J.C. Jones Scheme, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 28, 1917. [5], In 1984, one of DeWitt's business ventures, the oil company Spectrum 7, bought George W. Bush's Arbusto Energy, and in turn merged with Harken Energy in 1986. Britton Eager to Make Trades, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 27, 1916. In 2016, Peter B. Freund purchased the majority share of the RedBirds from the St. Louis Cardinals, the RedBirds' Major League Baseball affiliate. Their own George Bradley pitched the Leagues first ever no-hitter in St. Louis beating that Hartford squad 2-0 on July 15.6 For the 1877 season, the team fell below .500 and Lucas thought a house-cleaning was in order. A crowd of 2,000 was treated to the franchises first win, 9-7.
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