The principal and interest on these notes would come due January 5, 1919. By the end of the 1891 season, it was apparent the American Associations days were numbered.49 The National League, which had paid higher salaries to keep players from jumping to the Players League was pushing hard for a settlement which would allow it to bring salaries down. 345 An Excel Spreadsheet was used to create a table of Breadons percentage of ownership and his portion of the dividends declared during his ownership, using additional spreadsheets and information from the resources below: Articles of Association. 199 Long Baseball War is Settled, New York Times, December 23 1915. The Cardinals, though then just one year removed from their ninth National League pennant and sixth World Series championship since 1926, had begun to decay as an organization. A brand new stadium was built for the Terriers, called Handlans Park, located at Grand and Laclede Avenues.187 Curiosity was so high that when the City Series game was rained out, St. Louis fans flocked to the new ballpark for an open house.188, The Terriers opened their season on April 16, 1914 in front of 20,000 fans at Handlans Park. Hall of Fame inductees who have served as GM for the Cardinals include Herzog, Musial and Rickey. B. C. Lucas. 395 Charles J. Brill,Tulsa Oilers Will Deal More Misery During This Season, The Daily Oklahoman, April 8, 1926. Cubs general manager John Holland said: Baseball does not fit the normal business structure. 424 Cardinals Sell Former Stadium Site for Terminal, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, December 31, 1950. In early 1941, St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports editor J. Roy Stockton reported talk of a divorce between Breadon and Rickey. 20 Sporting Notes: LaCrosse Game To-Morrow, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 7, 1883. Although Anheuser-Busch's offer was far less ($3.75 million) than what out-of-town suitors had on the table, Anheuser-Busch president Gussie Busch persuaded Saigh that civic pride was more important than money. 602 Edward H. Kohn, Busch Gets Bigger, Better Replay Screen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 15, 1993. 624 ONeil, New Card Owners: We Want To Win. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 23, 1995. Although the 1876 season didnt end with a pennant, the Brown Stockings finished second, percentage points ahead of Hartford. For new players, they arent used to it. That money would be put towards the $350,000 purchase price of the ballclub and provide working capital to operate the Cardinals.222, Interested parties could solicit information from Jones by filling out a form that ran in the newspaper. He decided to obey his doctors orders and step down as Cardinal president. The Cardinals confirmed Shannon's death in a tweet on Sunday. Despite being busy with plans for new breweries, Gussie was in Philadelphia to celebrate with Cardinal players after they clinched the second pennant under the Anheuser-Busch ownership.534 Almost two months after celebrating a World Series win over the Boston Red Sox, Musial stepped down as general manager.535 A winner in his only season, Musial said, I was looking out for my own interests, as well as the clubs and to look out for my health.536 Musial stated he was putting in a lot of hours in running his personal business as well as the Cardinals. 90 Browns are Finally Sold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 13, 1898. Those connections began when Saigh represented Texas businessmen in an unsuccessful bid to buy the Cardinals. Playoff wins count twice as much as regular season wins. Commissioner Ford Frick told Gussie to set up an intermediate corporation to keep the Cardinals operations separate from the brewery.467 That entity, modestly titled August A. Busch Inc., was created to own the St. 588 Kevin Horrigan, Busch Wins In Extra Innings, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 23 1981. The deal proposed by Giants manager John McGraw would have sent four players plus $200,000 for the Cardinals star. [14] Saigh would have almost certainly been thrown out of baseball if he hadn't sold the team. Hedges Makes Bid for Cardinals Ball Club, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 14, 1916. Rickey won the most with four. Winning the last game at home on an extra-inning wild pitch touched off the fans: The wildest celebration prevailed, the crest multitude hanging around the scene of battle and making demi-gods of the brown-legged heroes. 322, With Hornsby traded, he had to sell his shares as baseball rules stipulated a person couldnt own stock in more than one team or while playing for another. 577 Neal Russo, Pressure Now Is On Hrabosky, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 22, 1977. Register now to join us on July 5-9, 2023, in Chicago. Going into the board of directors meeting in January 1919, the Cardinals faced foreclosure. In a radio interview, Cardinals president Mark Lamping said that even with the attendance records the Cardinals incurred a 1998 loss of around $3 million for the season as taxes, interest on debt, revenue sharing payments and officers salaries turned an operating profit into a loss. Her petition alleged that her husband was an alcoholic and when drunk would verbally abuse her, that he promoted a toxic environment at the house inviting friends that she considered uncivilized who were loud and vulgar and that he provided no financial support for the family, and instead wasted her family fortune.208 Her divorce from Schuyler was settled, February 12, 1917.209, On that day, Britton was elected president of the Cardinals, quashing the rumor that Browns executive Branch Rickey would be the next president and business manager of the club.210 She disparaged Schuyler Brittons operation of the Cardinals, saying he prevented progress of the club, but didnt elaborate.211 For her part, she said she would be taking a very active interest in running the ball club. The rule was the visiting team, employees and umpires are guaranteed their monies if a game is called. In 1916, William Sr. joined Branch Rickey and the Browns working as Rickeys assistant. This all but assured that the Cardinals would stay in St. Louis. There were new concession stands and upgrades of existing stands, a new lighting system and additional deluxe suites.600 The number of deluxe suites in the stadium totaled 67 and brought in $50,000 a year each.601 The crown jewel of the renovations, was the bigger better replay screen called Diamond Vision costing $5 million.602, In addition to these renovations, the playing area saw changes also. St. Louisans have been loyal to the club in its adversity in the hope that the man who downed the League would show some of his former energy and liberality in building up the team.71 In conclusion Von der Ahe had been more interested in 25-cent admissions, Sunday games and beer than in protecting the playing quality of his team. Britton received the $40,000 remaining on the second payment.256, The Cardinals limped to the 1918 season finish line in last place. the fans of St. Louis wont pay for what they dont see.33. 375 Bob Broeg, Breadon, Frick Pacified Feeling Toward Negro, New York Story Says. 203 Britton Denies Deal Is Pending, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 14, 1916. Fourteen MSGs rotated working games over the nine years it was operating. Louis Cardinals Not for Sale, New York Times, April 7, 1911. 187 W.J. On May 8, 1922, Breadon announced he owned 8,366 shares, 72.2 percent of the total.273, St. Louis Cardinals (National League), 1920-1947. 332 Hyde Park True Lager Beer Brings You the Newest Thing in Baseball Broadcasting, Play-by-Play on KXOK, 1250 on Your Dial, St. Louis Star and Times, October 17, 1940. Fans were shocked but not surprised at the news and they hoped that the team would not leave.608, The sale would include the ballclub, the stadium, garages next to the stadium, two garages in downtown St. Louis, and land owned by CCRC. Chandler took the stance that this matter had to be resolved by the two clubs.420 Feeling that he was in the right, DeWitt Sr. sued the Cardinals on April 18, 1949. He got his building permit. To avoid heavy tax penalties, $60,000 worth of shares had to be held by individuals with no connections to the brewery, and that could be William Walsingham Jr., and/or Conzelman.469 Meyer would be the franchises first general manager.470, According to the Secretary of the State of Missouris website, Anheuser-Busch voluntarily dissolved August A. Busch Inc. in 1956, after William Walsingham left and Frank Lane became general manager. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed Hannegan Commissioner of Internal Revenue where he served from 1943-45. They were David R. Calhoun Jr., president of St. Louis Union Trust; William C. Connett, vice president of First National Bank; Gwynne Evans, former president of Evans Coffee Co.; Sidney Salomon Jr., insurance executive and former executive with Hannegan in the Post Office Department; and George W. Simpkins, attorney who represented Hannegan in purchasing the Cardinals.409. 228 Dr. Late that same year, along with other owners and financiers, Von der Ahe formed the American Association of Base Ball Clubs with the Brown Stockings. 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. Despite the off-field issues, fan attendance was strong for Von der Ahes club, with 135,000 in 1882, 243,000 the following year and 212,000 in 1884, all higher than the National League average those three years. Lamping said the owners wanted to open the ballpark in April 2006. 585 Louis J. His first wife had been Marie Christy Church, whom he had married in 1918. The Browns also dominated exhibition series with the Maroons in those years. The backbone of nine pennant-winning teams and six World Series titles was assembled during Breadons ownership elevating the Cardinals to the penthouse after years in the outhouse. 382 Broeg,His Cardinal Teams Won Nine N.L., St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 11, 1949. Louis Cardinals 1992 Media Guide, (St. Louis:St. Louis National Baseball Club Inc, 1992), 244. Anheuser-Busch was a publicly traded company with 4,475,000 shares outstanding. 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. 29 Bracing Up, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 5, 1884. He died three months after his former teammate, Tim McCarver, who enjoyed a Hall of Fame broadcasting career. 593 Gussie Busch Dies At 90, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 30, 1989. 324 Stoneham, Head of Giants, Seeking Plan to Dispose of Rogers Cardinal Stock, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 5, 1927. He married Sarah Carver Hathaway, of Philadelphia in 1875 and they had a daughter with the given name Helene Hathaway. KMOX wanted to lower fees to the Cardinals from $6.7 million to $4.7 million with the difference made up by revenue sharing. It would take a substantial offer by Wentz for him to sell the franchise.340, Three weeks later it was reported Rickey sold his 1,133 shares in the Cardinals to Clarence Howard Jr., a venture capitalist, for between $66,000 and $86,000. 413 J. Roy Stockton, Hannegan Sells Cards, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 27, 1949. The city additionally had agreed to a tax on sports ticket sales to fund a practice facility for the Rams. Just like its predecessor, Busch Stadium III has hosted many non-baseball events. When asked if the partnership would be moving the Cardinals to the West Coast, Hannegan made it clear that the Cardinals will definitely remain in St. Louis.403, The partnership, National Sports Inc., financed the deal with a $3 million loan from First National Bank of St. Louis, $410,800 in deferred notes issued to principal shareholders, and $650,000 in cash assets.404 Saigh was registered agent for the incorporated partnership and in anticipation of the sale going through it was created a month prior to the sales completion.405, Four days after the announcement, Hannegan and Saighs financing was coming under scrutiny. The Chicago Cardinals original owner Chris O'Brien sold the franchise to physician Dr. David Jones for $12,000 in 1929. [27], On September 19, 2015, the Cardinals became the first team in MLB to clinch a playoff spot that season. When he hired the fans choice, former Cardinal second baseman Red Schoendienst as the new Cardinal manager, he did just that.531. Articles of Association: The St. Louis National Baseball Club, (charter No. Branch Rickey was the Cardinals first official GM however, his role initially called for him to function more as a business manager as he pioneered certain functions attributed to the contemporary GM, such as developing the forerunner of the minor league farm system that all Major League Baseball franchises use today. He would continue to sing in barbershop quartets and got tagged with the nickname Singing Sam.275, Not satisfied with his life working in a $125 a month white-collar job, he headed west to St. Louis in 1900, and worked as a mechanic for $75 a month.276 Breadon had three characteristics to succeed confidence in himself, knowing when to take risks, and the ability to make tough decisions, which were needed after he lost his job working on cars.277 With his source of income gone, he had only 15 cents a day.278 He took a chance by renting a popcorn stand during the 1904 Worlds Fair. [6] In 1925, he moved Branch Rickey from the dugout to the front office and promoted second baseman Rogers Hornsby to player-manager. 168 Bresnahan Signs 5-Year Contract to Manage Cards, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 13, 1911; W.J. 336 Television on KSD-TV, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 18, 1947. Saigh could have sold the Cardinals to outside interests, (and he) made several important concessions to keep them here and deserves sincere appreciation.448, Over time that appreciation was forgotten primarily due to the publicity machine of Anheuser-Busch, which Saigh felt regularly proclaimed Gussie (August A. Busch Jr.) as the savior of the franchise. Von der Ahe dismissed the idea the Players League could damage the American Association, and he had especially strong words for Comiskey. Although the Cardinals had the best overall record in their division, they had been edged out in each half.583. Accessed February 23, 2019, 1-12. 341 Martin J. Haley, Browns Pass Up Action on Night Game Preparation, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, December 23, 1934. The AstroTurf field was replaced, the outfield walls brought in and padded. However, Rickey was getting ready to take a leave of absence to serve as a Major in the Chemical Warfare Division.258. Two Cardinals minor league teams, the Memphis Redbirds and Springfield Cardinals, played the first baseball game in the new park. Establishing roots in Ohio, Bill became involved in an investment company, Reynolds, DeWitt and Company in Cincinnati. The franchise made $40,000, in 1909 and $60,000 in 1910 despite finishing seventh both years.149, Things took a tragic turn for the Cardinals franchise when on March 24, 1911, at his sister-in-laws house in Cleveland, Stanley Robison passed away. That vote was taken on March 12, 1951, at a meeting in Miami Beach. He had been ill for months with pneumonia.593, On October 31, 1989, August A. Busch III was named to succeed his father as the Cardinals chairman of the board. The Cardinals took first place for good on September 17, and a week later clinched their first National League pennant and first championship in 38 years. [3], DeWitt joined Cincinnati investment firm Gradison & Co. in 1974. She witnessed Steininger cast her vote which reelected incumbent National League president Thomas Lynch.170, She wasnt intimidated in the owners presence and she brought order and manners to the meeting, something that had never occurred, the New York Times reported. He installed new seats, a state of the art sound system and a closed-circuit television system so fans could watch the game while standing line at concession stands. Seeing how owning a baseball team could increase profits as well as his prestige, Von der Ahe bought out the other partners for $1,800. 649 Bernie Miklasz, Face It Folks; The Better Team Is Series Bound, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 21, 2005. Accessed June 8, 2020. Louis Globe-Democrat, November 22, 1959. The Cardinals success on the field helped create a financial windfall for Cardinal shareholders, especially Sam Breadon. It took only 28 minutes for the grandstand, pavilion, and the 300-foot bleachers.86 The losses were $60,000 but the ballpark was insured for only $34,600.87 Von der Ahe lost valuables and personal papers totaling about $30,000. During the game at Sportsmans Park between the Cardinals and Pittsburgh, KMOXs programming focused on music and talk. 557 Bob Broeg, Busch Leads With Chin And Millers Swing Finds It, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 23, 1972. The ballclub lost $2.9 million in 1980, almost wiping away the profits accumulated in the brewerys first 22 years.584 August III and the brewerys board of directors were weighing a possible sale of the team if it continued to lose money. His purchase caused rumors that he would buy out Breadon, but he, too, decided the $1 million price tag was too high.341, Branch Rickeys baseball acumen and his ability to make deals netted him the top spot in compensation paid to baseball executives and players in 1934, according to Congressional reports. Two days later, a new strategy was developed at a meeting with board members Rickey, Jones, Ben G. Brinkman, and George H. Williams. Instead of keeping Comiskey as player-manager, Von der Ahe brought in Jimmy Williams, the secretary of the American Association. Although there were other factors that resulted in the Cardinals falling far short of the pennant, it was the contentious dealings with McGraw that stuck in Robisons craw. 328 Frank Absher, St. https://bsd.sos.mo.gov. They owe it to the men, their sons and husbands, to encourage them in a diversion so healthy, so clean, so stimulating to the heroic in their natures. She could at her discretion foreclose on the team and sell it to the highest bidder. 496 Land Clearance Body OKs 3-Way Agreement, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, February 17, 1961. 218 W.J. 215 R.L. 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%. Regardless of the nickname Robisons 1899 team had a successful season at the gate 373,909 fans setting a franchise record. 280 Sam Breadon Associated Press Sketch, St, Louis Globe-Democrat, April 1, 1949. 7, No. It has never held a respectable position after the second month of play. The Browns owner took full advantage by throwing nightly parties at his saloon which bugged the eyes out of North St. Louis according to the St. Louis Star-Times. 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. It was regarded as the first known case of corporate espionage involving computer network hacking in professional sports. Seed money came from Cardinal owners ($100,000) and other sponsors ($70,000). Bresnahan said he would not make any more deals to improve the club, since they wouldnt get approved anyway.177, Bresnahans profit-sharing clause hamstrung Brittons operation of the Cardinals office staff. Ownership would pick the location that would yield the necessary revenues to keep the franchise operating and be profitable, although downtown was the easiest place to put the stadium because of highway access for out-of-town fans and for its central location. You have to make yourself heard. after earning $90,000 in 1971.560 Charles Finley, the tight-fisted Oakland As owner, gave Vida Blue, who had won the Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player award in 1971, a raise from $14,750 to $50,000 plus a $5,000 bonus and $8,000 towards college.561, But Gussie did not budge as he held the line on the Cardinals 1972 payroll giving no increase to Bob Gibson, and little or no increases to Lou Brock and Dal Maxvill in order to give Joe Torre an increase to $130,000 from $110,000 for his National League batting title and National League MVP season in 1971.562 Sticking tight to his pennywise approach turned out to be pound foolish. All ladies with a male escort would be admitted to the grandstand free. The grocery business was very successful, serving the German residents and quarry workers. Bill DeWitt Jr. has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Cardinals since 1996, when he led the purchase of the team from Anheuser Busch, and he and his immediate family acquired controlling interest in the team. The Maroons had signed some of Von der Ahes players and ran away with the associations 1884 pennant. The catcher was made the player-manager and centerpiece of the team as Stanley signed him to a three year $25,000 contract.144 Eventually, he insured him for $50,000.145 With Stanleys declining health, Bresnahan was given total responsibility for the operation of the Cardinals.146 One of Bresnahans first decisions was to cancel the City Series to better prepare his players for the full season. Mr. Bresnahan thinks its best to give all the time in preparing the team for the opening of the regular season. But he was very happy when players and fans came to his saloon for post-game drinks. 495 Stadium Drive Huge Success; C.K. When Britton asked Bresnahan why he had switched camps, he was so disgusted with her demands for an explanation that he didnt tell her it was for the players benefit.175, Things got worse when Britton told Bresnahan that any trade had to be cleared first with the new president James C. Jones, an insurance attorney who replaced Steininger.
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