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By PAUL DIX United Press Sports Writer + 8ST. LOUIS, June 22—Bustling Bill Veeck was confident today that he can buy enough of the minority stock

in the St. Louis Browns to enable him to take ownership of

: present by saying, “I don’t own

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the last-place team by July 4.

Not only that, but the spectacular showman who skippered the Cleveland Indians through four successful sea-

sons, was confident he could make the Browns a winning

ball club that would draw big crowds “right here in St. Louis.” The deal for Veeck to take control of the club is well underway, with only the purchase of a small percentage of the minority stock holding up its completion. And vigorous Veeck made it clear he will keep the Browns in St. Louis if he becomés owner.

No Transfer Seen

“I have absolutely no thought of transferring the club elsewhere,” he said today. “It stays here. I think we can build up interest in the team. I want to put this as stroBg as possible— the best way I can put it is to say that there is as much chance of transferring the Yankees out of New York as there is of moving this club elsewhere.” Veeck made it just as clear that he thinks St. Louis is big enough to support two good major-league teams--the Browns and the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League, who would become his tenants at Sportsmans Park if he becomes owner of the ~ Browns. “We're not going to leave and| we don’t want any other club to : leave St. Louis,” Veeck emphasized. “This city is large enough to support two ball clubs if they both do so well that it will attract the crowd that I know

would like to see a successful Browns team, Ducks Question

Hos is he going to go about making the Browns strong? Veeck ducked that one for the

vision helps to “sell the product.” Here's the status of the deal to buy the team now: There are a grand total of 275,000 shares in the Browns, Of .this, brothers Bill and Charley DeWitt own 5000 shares outright and another 156,000 shares that is mortgaged. Veserk has acquired a 12-day option to purchase this block of 161,000 shares.

Enough for Control

That would be enough to run the team—the DeWitts have been running it with that amount. But Veeck insists that he must have even more of the stock if he is to operate with a completely free hand. If he can’t buy that

"Poughkeepsie Fights to Get Regatta Again

IRA Officials Seem

To Prefer Syracuse ls By United Press POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y,, June 22—Poughkeepsie, site of the Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta for 50 years, will make a last-ditch fight to get the classic back in 1952, it

was indicated today. Chairman Edwin Knauss of the Poughkeepsie Regatta Associa-

tion said he has asked for a conference with Intercollegiate Rowing Association officials before they hold their final site-selec-tion meeting. / Knauss would not reveal any, further details of a letter he wrote the IRA except to say that| he asked for a meeting before the association’s scheduled ses-| sion in New York, July 16. | Hopes were growing that the race might be returned to the| Hudson River despite a statement]

whole deal.

additional stock, he’ll call off the!

|that it was a “good guess” the

by IRA Secretary Asa Bushnell

How much of the club does event would be moved next year Veeck want to own? He just savs|to Onondaga Lake, at Syracuse, “gs much as possible” but an/N. Y. attorney for the DeWitts said the, Another site for the race beamount was 75 per cent—which|came likely after IRA officials would be 206,250 shares. That were dissatisfied with their choice means Veeck must purchase be-|of the Ohio River at Marietta, O., fore July 4 45,025 shares out of ‘where the race was held last year the 114,000 shares owned by per- 'and this. sons other than the DeWitts.

Deadline ‘Arbitrary’ “It sounds arbitrary oe ye al Vinnie lic ar g

deadline,” sald Veeck

we didn’t, the thing Re na on and on and we wouldn't get Sentimental Pick it over before Christmas. We are offéring practically everyone profit. Much of this stock purchased for $5 a share, and n 0 et p some for considerably lower. Only a few shares, I understand, went at any time for more than the $7) a share we're offering.” “If we obtain enough stock to- paigner of the grass courts, was

By United Press NEW YORK, June 22—-Vinnie

the ball club yet. Until I do I have morrow or the next day or any- the sentimental choice today as

or anything of the sort.” But it was anhounced that none |

"of the leading Brownie players comes owner, Bill DeWitt will re-| would be sold or traded while the| main as a vice president becaus : sale of the club is going on. And|’

no comment to make on personnel|time up to the deadline, that's the seeded players swung into ac- ' {when we'll take over,” Veeck sald. tion in the National Professional|

if he be- Tennis Championships. Richards, e mer champion, flashed some of] ‘he 1s one of the smartest base-|his old form yesterday at Forest Hills as he swamped Henry Quinn |

He also said that,

H Veeck also sald he planned to/ball men I know. He knows the) Ardsley, N. Y., 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.

televise as many of the Browns’ {ball club and the players and he's + games as, possible because tele-' made some excellent deals.”

Today's Sportrait—

| By winning, Richards and sey-| "len other unseeded survivors of {the opening round moved up to] contest eight seeded players in {the qualifying competition for the round-robin. None of the seeded,

Holmes’ Competitive Snark ie was in action yesterday.

‘Began | With Punching Bag

double header against the House of David and came home with his

SCOTT BALLIE United Press Sports Writer

Veteran Elwood Cooke of New

round, along with Bob Rogers of | |{Hollywood, Cal., George Seewag-| en of Greenwich, Conn., Joe Fish-|

NEW YORK, June 22—Hustling salary in his pocket—three dol- (of White Plains, N. Y., John No

{ Tommy Holmes carried more onilars,

: his sturdy shoulders today than

n Braves into the pennant race. .. Holmes, ever a “regular guy”| { with his teammates, now is faced | with the chore of bossing the club

#4 from the still-sizzling seat va-

pated for a second tinre in midseason by Billy Southworth.

: On top of this, Holmes, who no|

| longer could make the regular { lineup, has announced his intention to do some playing once in a

while if he finds it necessary. But 1042 and Casey Stengel, then the|¥

that’s just indicative of the conipetitive spark that always ‘has been a part of the Brooklyn Trish- | man, a = » 8 TOMMY, a would-be péacemaker when the Braves revolted! against Soutaworth in 1949, got

his first dose of the way-of-life record in 1945 by hitting safely|,

when he was three years old. His father gave him a punching bag and no matter how hard Tommy socked it, it came back at him, Some kids might have shied away from it at such a tender age but Tommy kept punching until he actually was giving exhibitions around New York two years later, AFTER getting out of high school, Holmes began playing

with the Bay Parkways, one of the faster semi-pro clubs around town. He went five-for-five In a

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of Westb N. The Yankees became tre Ys. of Broaxivn, Toa 2nd He

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But he never got closer to New Major League Leaders

{York than Newark. It was the LEADING | a ridin late '30's and the Yanks Were piyer and tiiICAN

and heavy beard.

H earning their new name of | Minoso, Chicago .. 69 .368 “Bronx Bombers” with such Fo Pox cbniisdelbhie & i 8 47 8 3% {power as Joe DiMaggio, Tommy Biking Boston 8 30: 34 8 337 Henrich and Charlie Keller in the AT 1 TONAL League : outfield. Holmes was not a pull|Musial St. Lows ... Ey 3 an hitter and that let him out. |Robison, Brooklyn. 3 im #8 = = Elliott, Boston ...... 8 71 THE BRAVES bought him in| > wiper 1 Be #8 gers Ske, Weatiake. & {Boston manager, resumed futile) Kiner, Birsies © 18 a 1 fis Cards

{efforts to make Holmes into a'wiliams, Red Sox 80] Stents Red real pull hitter by meking him, osinson. Whites 38 { der, I ay Rat ox 4

ake, Card hook fouls down the right field | REL Pui as ES fe h es 8511 : line, Dark, Gan 83 Musia eG 5 »

The experiment petered out and “°% white Sox

Rows 54! Hodees, Dodgers 40

left to himself, Holmes wert on | Williams, Red 8 to set a modern National League |Dark. ciants: © oi Cv "ve Sox 47

PITC 10-0 Lo in 37 straight games. (Feller, el 19- 3 Lopat. Yankees 10-2

He played nine seasons with Gumpert. W Sox 7-0i Branca, Dodgers 3-1 the Braves, five of which saw| him hitting over 300. But he/Fight Results skidded to .266 in 1949, ! AKRON, 0. Ronse Detunsy. Before the season of 1950 even Qutvointed os Moors, 151, started, Southworth announced 1 NB RAPIDS, Mich.—Chuck Davey, | a vuidelg that lent Sioimes on Tommy Ge QGarro h, ub 130. iin Ait "Mich. Pon Braves Field's “jury box” made awison. Oh nas: the mild rebuttal, “I still have, NTS the bat.” But he hit .208 in 105 san, 137, St. Paul, og games and last March the Braves

Baltimore, |

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sent him off to manage their Hartford club in the Eastern Solunar Tables

lricharas, an aged but agile cam-|

{Johnson, Hendersonville,

the 49-year-old for- Cal.

York also survived the opening shortstop in the 18th annual All-

bach of New York, Jerry or

{tions and robbed the Giants of {their only pace setter in the na-|

Rosen, Indi ! Ts dians 4

158, Akron, |

Layne, 107, HY outpoinied Henry Hill, |

omnty my’ Campbell, 107 i

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SAFE STEALING—Sam Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is safe at home after stealing from third base on a wild pitch by Red Sox Pitcher Maury McDermott in the first inning. Both Catcher Lee Moss and Chapman watch the course of the ball behind the

plate. Cleveland won, 8-4.

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Times Special

22 -- Seven fishermen grade” have been named mem{bers of the team which will repre-|

{8cotia Sept. 12-15. Anton (Tony) Hulman, India- | napolis Speedway owner sports enthusiast, has been selected as on€ of the team members, Last year Hulman also was a member of the American team beaten oy Argentina. Other members of the team are Robert Beesch, West Palm | Beech, Fla.; Major Ben Crownin-| |shield, Ipswich, Mass.; Joseph ‘Gale, New York City; Alfred C.| | Glassell, Houston, Tex.; C. F.' N.. C,} and John Manning, Beverly Hills,

The team will select a captain

Reese Displaces Dark in Voting

CHICAGO, June 22 (UP) —| Brooklyn's Pee Wee Reese displaced Alvin Dark of the New| York Giants today in the race’ [for starting National League

{Star game July 10. Reese has 203906 votes to iDark’'s 194,752. The extra ballots gave the Dodgers the lead in races for four starting posi-

{tion-wide voting. | Stan Musial of the St. Louls, [Cardinals retained his lead as the;

top vote-getter with 232,976. He|

‘was trailed by Nelson Fox of the|

Chicago White Sox, Ted Williams! of the Boston Red Sox and Jackie]

Robinson of the Dodgers.

“one of the boys” who is liked by player and managers alike. Bob Coleman, who. piloted the Braves in 1945, summed up Holmes like this one day: “Look at Tommy sitting there nice and quiet over there in the corner. If all the players were like him, a manager would have a lot fewer headaches.”

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Denies He'll Seek Public Office

By United Press CINCINNATI, June 22—A. B. (Happy) Chandler will officially bring his six-year reign as baseball commissioner to an end on July 15 and it appeared today that it would be some time after that before he breaks back into the news. Mr. Chandler gave no hint of his future yesterday when he inserted the date of his resignation into his severance contract. He took the action in a meeting with Warren Giles, president of the Cincinnati Reds and a member of the four-man executive council which will formally inherit Mr. Chandler's administrative duties on July 15. “I'm goin’ fishin’ where they're] bitin’,” Mr. Chandler said. Then, he denied that he was a candi-| date for any public office “at the|

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