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Yankee Stadium and the Politics of New York
The Diamond in the Bronx: Yankee Stadium and The Politics of New York NEIL J. SULLIVAN OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS THE DIAMOND IN THE BRONX This page intentionally left blank THE DIAMOND IN THE BRONX yankee stadium and the politics of new york N EIL J. SULLIVAN 1 3 Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris São Paolo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Copyright © 2001 by Oxford University Press Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available. ISBN 0-19-512360-3 135798642 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper For Carol Murray and In loving memory of Tom Murray This page intentionally left blank Contents acknowledgments ix introduction xi 1 opening day 1 2 tammany baseball 11 3 the crowd 35 4 the ruppert era 57 5 selling the stadium 77 6 the race factor 97 7 cbs and the stadium deal 117 8 the city and its stadium 145 9 the stadium game in new york 163 10 stadium welfare, politics, 179 and the public interest notes 199 index 213 This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments This idea for this book was the product of countless conversations about baseball and politics with many friends over many years. -
On Arrest of Sit-Ins
Fair, cold tonight. Low !• to 24. Increasing ^oudiaess Tnssdajr, Highest temperatare In 40s. Manchester— A City of Village Charm -------------- ■ VDL. LXXX, NO. 143 TOURTEEN PAGES— PLUS TWELVE PAGE TABLOID MANCHESTER, CONN., MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1961 (ClMiUied Advertltlng on Page IS) PRICE FIVE CENTS Blacks, Whites Riot State News Kennedy Seeks Roundup $500 Million In Johannesburg as Budget Bpifet I Autopsy Shows Washington, March 20 (/P) Voerwoerd Returns —President Kennedy, askeci Driver, 60, Died Congress today to boost ne.xt Johannesburer, South Afri-t At the same time, security po Of Lung Injury year’s budget by nearly $500 ca, March 20 (/P)— Fighting lice in nationwide raids arrested million. broke out between blacks and 10 African NationaUst leaders to He sought', among other things, On Arrest of Sit-ins head off possible demonstrations Groton, March 20 (^)—The additional, funds to step up State whites outside Johannesburg tomorrow, first anniversary of the death of a motorist who was Department activities in Africa, City Hall today as Prime Min day white police killed 60 Africans being held in a cell at the strengthen the U.S. Information ister Hendrik F. Verwoerd re and wounded 180 others at Sharpe- Agency’s program in Africa and vllle. State Police Troop here has Latin America and expand the Louisiana’s turned from a conference in Verwoerd was met at Jan Smuts been attribnted to a build-up U.S. staff at the United Nations. London during which he an Airport, 15 miles outside Johanes- of fluid in his lungs as a re Kennedy also proposed increases nounced South Africa is leav burg, by lieveral thousand whites. -
Hrizonhhighways February • 1951
HRIZONHHIGHWAYS FEBRUARY • 1951 . THIRTY-FIVE CENTS , l /jJI I\fj Spring has a good press. The poets make much ado about birds, bees, flowers and the sprightliness of the season. They neglect such mundane subjects as spring house cleaning and overlook the melancholy fact that armies with evil intentions march when the snow melts. We hope our only concern is with flowers, bees and birds and things like that. As for spring house cleaning, just open the doors and let the house air out. Why joust with vacuum cleaners and mops when spring beckons? Spring does a good job of beckoning in the desert land. It is our pleasure to show you some panoramas of the desert and desert plateau country when nature's fashion calls for spring dress. We wish we could promise the most colorful spring ever but the effiorescence of spring depends on the rainfall. We have had a darned dry "dry spell" hereabouts, broken only by a good rain in late January. If the rains keep on, then we can predict a real pretty March, April and May, but who the heck is going to be silly enough to try to tell whether it'll rain. Anyway, we'll promise you grand weather. An Arizona spring can't be beat. The weather had better be perfect! Sometime this month a group of wonderfully agile and extremely well paid young men who answer to the roll call of the Cleveland Indians, and another group of even more agile and even better paid young men who form the New York Yankees baseball team arrive in Tucson and Phoenix for spring training, the latter to get ready to defend the World's Championship, the former to try to bring it to Cleveland. -
Information to Users
INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Oversize materials (e.g., maps, drawings, charts) are reproduced by sectioning the original, beginning at the upper left-hand comer and continuing from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. Each original is also photographed in one exposure and is included in reduced form at the back of the book. Photographs included in the original manuscript have been reproduced xerographically in this copy. IDgher quality 6” x 9” black and white photographic prints are available for any photographs or illustrations appearing in this copy for an additional charge. Contact UMI directly to order. UMI A Bell & HoweU Information Compaiy 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 USA 313/761-4700 800/521-0600 OUTSIDE THE LINES: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STRUGGLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, 1904-1962 DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State U niversity By Charles Kenyatta Ross, B.A., M.A. -
How to Get from Dayton to Indianapolis by Way of Brooklyn, Boston, New York, Dallas, Hershey and Baltimore
THE COFFIN CORNER: Vol. 17, No. 5 (1995) HOW TO GET FROM DAYTON TO INDIANAPOLIS BY WAY OF BROOKLYN, BOSTON, NEW YORK, DALLAS, HERSHEY AND BALTIMORE By Bob Carroll Originally published in Ragtyme Sports Once upon a time -- well, in March of 1995, to be exact -- Ragtyme Sports published Rick Hines' story on Y.A. Tittle, one of my all-time favorite bald quarterbacks. Maybe I enjoyed reminiscing about Y.A. too much because I read right past an error in the article without noticing it, an error that has since given rise to a series of letter-to-the-editor corrections that may have simply confused the issue further. To remind everybody, what Rick wrote was "... the [Baltimore] Colts were one of four AAFC teams taken in by the NFL. The other teams from the defunct AAFC to merge with the NFL were the [Cleveland] Browns, New York Yankees and San Francisco 49ers." The question seems simple enough: which teams and how many of them from the old All-America Football Conference (1946-1949) were taken into the the National Football League in 1950? What Rick wrote was wrong. But also it was sort of right, as I will explain later. Eric Minde, a reader who knows his AAFC potatoes (as my sainted grandpa used to say}, jumped all over Rick. In Issue 4, Eric said: "... the article about Y.A. Tittle identifies the New York Yankees as an AAFC team that transferred to the NFL -- this is also wrong! The New York Yankees folded with the AAFC -- it was the Boston Yanks already in the NFL before the AAFC came into existence that became the New York Bulldogs, then later renamed the New York Yanks." This is right as far as it goes. -
INSIDE THIS ISSUE the More We Learn, the Less We Know
A publication of the Society for American Baseball Research Business of Baseball Committee July 20, 2008 Summer 2008 The Commissioners and “Smart Power” The Return of Syndicate Baseball By Robert F. Lewis, II By Jeff Katz Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, has developed a A scourge of the National League during the 1890’s, geopolitical “smart power” model, used in this essay syndicate baseball, which allowed intertwined owner- to characterize the nine Major League Baseball (MLB) ship of franchises, was a serious detriment to true commissioners. Particular focus is on Judge Kenesaw competition. At the turn of the century, New York Gi- Mountain Landis, the first, and Allan H. “Bud” Selig, ants’ owner Andrew Freedman, along with John the current one. While intended to assess America’s Brush, owner of the Reds and shareholder in the Gi- use of power in global politics, Nye’s model is gener- ants, and two other National League owners attempted ally applicable in any leadership evaluation. Nye first to form the National League Base Ball Trust. With the describes “power” as “the ability to influence the be- support of Frank Robison of the Cardinals and Arthur havior of others to get the outcomes one wants.”1 In Soden of the Braves, the trust would foster common his model, Nye simply divides power into two con- ownership of all league clubs and assign players from trasting subcategories: hard and soft. For Nye, “hard one club to another, thereby influencing competition. power” is typically military or economic in the form Needing merely one more vote for passage, a vote to of threats (“sticks”) or inducements (“carrots”). -
Rassj Ica Football of Became So Much a Part of Bell’S Kind to the Bell, but Was to the And, Naturally, the Browns, Who History Would List Two Champions
(Hectic Scramble Starts as Pro Grid Leagues Merge Player _■___♦ -- Bell Thumbs Down Bell Is on Spot in Disposition j totting J&te J&p0fIs Of Out Details D. as Talent, Ironing Washington, C., Saturday, December 10,1949—A—12 *» On '49 Playoff Marshall Wants Share of Biggest Jackpot Rooney Plugs It In Sports History; Draftees Are Pooled , or Draw ly th« Auociatad Pratt By Francis Stann Lose; NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—Wistful Peace has come at long last to professional football, but it may FRANCIS STANN Art Rooney would like to see the By not be for long as club owners in the new 13-team Natlonal-Ameri- All-America Conference and Na- Matter Who It Was can League today eyed probably the biggest player jackpot in the No Won, Costly tional Football League champions history of sports in this country. And the man on the spot is Now that peace has descended upon the bloody factions in meet this year for the United Commsisioner Bert Bell. professional football, who won the four-year war—the National States title. It will require the wisdom of a Solomon and the patience League or the All-America Conference? So would a few million other of Job to settle the disposition of more than 100 jobless players, "Don’t forget the 10 original National League teams are still fans. college stars who had been in business,’’ says President George Marshall of But the official nix is on today. plus drafted, but who now will be the Redskins, "and only three clubs from the Commissioner Bert Bell of the a Hart Less dumped into a gigantic pool along Having Conference are left, if you want to know who NFL says the league constitution with pros. -
The Brooklyn Dodgers
THE COFFIN CORNER: Vol. 12, No. 3 (1990) THE BROOKLYN DODGERS by Stan Grosshandler A recent article mentioning the Brooklyn Dodgers Veterans Hec Garvey, Al Jolley, and Swede Hagberg resulted in a call from the editor asking if indeed there anchored the line. had ever been a football team by this name. To 1930 RECORD paraphrase the famous Christmas poem, "Yes Virginia, S-21 A Chicago Bears 0- 0 T there once was a Brooklyn Dodger team in the NFL. In S-24 A Portsmouth 0-12 L fact it was the most successful of all extinct NFL O- 5 A Stapletons 20- 0 W franchises." O-12 H Newark 32- 0 W O-18 A Frankford 14- 7 W In the years around World War I, the Harway A.C. O-19 A Newark 14- 0 W fielded a semi-pro team of sandlotters in Brooklyn, but N- 2 A Providence 0- 3 L the first pro squad of note came in 1922. Charlie N- 9 H Minneapolis 34- 0 W Brickley's "New York" Giants, an NFL team in 1921, N-23 H Stapletons 0- 6 L played most of their games in '22 against eastern N-27 H Providence 33-12 W independents on Brooklyn gridirons. N-30 A New York 7- 6 W D- 7 H New York 0-13 L Brooklyn was first represented in the NFL in 1926 by the Lions, a franchise purchased by Eddie Butler. This The team finished fourth in the league with a was the year that Red Grange operated his American respectable 7-4-1 record. -
National Football League Franchise Transactions
THE COFFIN CORNER: Vol. 18, No. 3 (1996) The following article was originally published in PFRA's 1982 Annual and has long been out of print. Because of numerous requests, we reprint it here. Some small changes in wording have been made to reflect new information discovered since this article's original publication. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE FRANCHISE TRANSACTIONS By Joe Horrigan The following is a chronological presentation of the franchise transactions of the National Football League from 1920 until 1949. The study begins with the first league organizational meeting held on August 20, 1920 and ends at the January 21, 1949 league meeting. The purpose of the study is to present the date when each N.F.L. franchise was granted, the various transactions that took place during its membership years, and the date at which it was no longer considered a league member. The study is presented in a yearly format with three sections for each year. The sections are: the Franchise and Team lists section, the Transaction Date section, and the Transaction Notes section. The Franchise and Team lists section lists the franchises and teams that were at some point during that year operating as league members. A comparison of the two lists will show that not all N.F.L. franchises fielded N.F.L. teams at all times. The Transaction Dates section provides the appropriate date at which a franchise transaction took place. Only those transactions that can be date-verified will be listed in this section. An asterisk preceding a franchise name in the Franchise list refers the reader to the Transaction Dates section for the appropriate information. -
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INFORMATION TO USERS This maauscript has been reproduced from the microSlm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in ^ew riter face, while others may be from aity type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction Is dependent upon the quali^ of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely afreet reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Oversize materials (e.g., maps, drawings, charts) are reproduced by sectioning the original, beginning at the upper left-hand comer and continuing from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. Each original is also photographed in one exposure and is included in reduced form at the back of the book. Fhotogr^hs included in the orignal manuscript have been reproduced xerographically in this copy. Higher quality 6" x 9" black and white photographic prints are available for any photographs or illustrations appearing in this copy for an additional charge. Contact UMI directly to order. UMI A Bell & Howell information Com pany 300 North Zeeb Road. Ann Arbor. Ml 48106-1346 USA 3l3.'761-4700 800/521-0600 Order Number 9516979 The modernization of professional football in England and the United States: A comparative analysis Dawson, Steven Charles, Ph.D. The Ohio State University, 1994 UMI 300 N. -
Queens Daily Eagle
VolumeVol.Volume 66, No. 65,65, 80 No.No. 207207 MONDAY,MONDAY,THURSDAY, FEBRUARYFEBRUARY JULY 30, 10, 2020 2020 50¢ Small businesses VolumeQUEENSQUEENS 65, No. 207 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2020 demand relief 50¢ QueensQueens Queens mom-and-pops TODAYTODAY urge intervention with TODAY rent due once again FebruaryFebruaryJULY 30, 10,10, 2020 20202020 commitmentscommitments By David Brand Queens Daily Eagle COUNCILMEMBERADDISLEIGHADDISLEIGH PARK PARK WAS WASDONOVAN DESIGNATED DESIGNATED RICH- For 95 days, Shawn Dixon’s Long Island ards committed to formally recognizing the City barbershop sat empty, generating zero aa NewNew YorkYork CityCity historichistoric districtdistrict duringduring BlackBlack QueensHistory Solid Month Waste in 2011. Advisory The BoardNew Yorkif he winsCity revenue while staring down monthly payments HistoryHistory MonthMonth inin 2011.2011. TheThe NewNew YorkYork CityCity theHistoric November Districts general Council election is celebrating for Queens the during the pandemic’s peak. HistoricHistoric DistrictsDistricts CouncilCouncil isis celebratingcelebrating thethe boroughneighborhood’s president, rich he and and distinctive Councilmember history When Dixon’s Otis & Finn Barbershop neighborhood’sneighborhood’s richrich andand distinctivedistinctive historyhistory Antoniothisthis month.month. Reynoso said. QSWAB works to lim- reopened, he and his partner sunk another itthis waste month. and promote sustainable composting $6,000 into the business to pay for partitions and recycling. and other COVID prevention supplies without MayorMayor BillBill dede BlasioBlasio delivereddelivered hishis seventhseventh StateState ofof thethe City address at the American Museum of Natural History on Thursday. Many of ASAS RACIALRACIAL COVENANTSCOVENANTS SEGRE-SEGRE- VicMayor Champagne, Bill de Blasio the deliveredowner of his1976 seventh Burgers State & Wingsof the Cityin St. address Albans, at speaks the American at a rally Museum for any of supportNatural from History the city on orThursday. -
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,/-;. ?h .', -,•;' \, DUtnbution : • '-}** ' . Low tonight la U» y, pertly cltedy, cooler. J3.SZS DIAL 741-0010 VOL, 86, NO. 65 I»»ft «*V. Monaw thNafh TrUUjr. Mend CUM RED BANK, N. J., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1963 7c PER COPY PAGE 9 Clocks Go Back %ift Big Success, But Raises Question "Spring forward; fall back." That's one way to re- member to torn clocks back at 2 a.m. Sunday, the end of Day- FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) for the transatlantic airlift. It close to East Germany'* Iron pected to try to reassure the Ger- if the depots filled with the di- •where the great probability is mans. vision's tanks, artillery and oth- that the equipment would not be light Saving Time throughout New Jersey. —The massive airlift of 15,000 was designed to impress NATO Curtain border. U<S. soldiers across the Atlantic countries — aod the Russians — Next week, the 2d Armored The issue could become a er heavy gear were overrun be- overrun." ' Two agencies have announcements concerning the time hat ended in resounding success. with growing U.S. ability to send will try to repel a mock lnv* grave one in U.S.-German rela- fore U.S. troops could land? Dunn suggested a surprise con* change. The New Jersey Highway Authority, operator of But a' nagging question remains large reinforcements overseas sion from the Communist east ons. Lt. Gen. Thomas Dunn, ar- ventional attack was unlikely .-• the .Garden State Parkway, notes that dusk will fall for the unanswered; quickly. But there were many skeptics, Critics raise a number of mored corps commander at Fort that political developments and points in challenging the realism Hood, answered that one tills a heating up of the cold war next few weeks during the hour of heavy homebound com- Except for a handful of plane particularly among the West How would Operation Big Lift of the Big Lift exercise.