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The lease also required the public agencies keep updating stadium amenities to keep it within the top quarter of NFL stadiums. The baseball team was one subsidiary still losing money, incurring losses in 1994 with the strike-shortened season and $12 million in 1995 as the season started using replacement players. DeWitt Jr., optimistic with these numbers, bought a 30 percent stake in FSM.660 He commented This (deal) does give us a great deal of stability (after it starts) for the next 15 years and does so in a market that has been shifting.661, Having a stable front office was a staple of the success the Cardinals had under DeWitt Jr.s ownership from 1996 through 2019. The pinnacle moment for Von der Ahe and the Browns was winning the 1886 World Series. 215 R.L. Mark Sauer took over Kuhlmanns responsibilities as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the ballclub. His first wife, Frances Josephine (Christian) Breadon gave birth to a daughter. "The School of Engineering salutes its newest endowed professors and the donors who made the professorships possible" (pdf), Engineering News, School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, Spring 2005. Louis Globe-Democrat, November 22, 1959. 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. 329 With Garnett Marks (aka Rhino Bill), the games were on radio for good except in 1934 when Breadon forbade broadcasts because of the perceived negative effect on attendance in 1932 and 1933.330 KMOX wasnt the only station showcasing the Cardinals. When Cardinals lead owner and Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. needed new investors for the ball club, he turned to familiar faces. The National League took in the Association teams from Baltimore, Washington, Louisville and Von der Ahes St. Louis Browns.51 St. Louis was given membership in the new League because the NL owners felt it was a far better baseball city probably more supportive of their team than Pittsburg or Cleveland and for baseball owners money counts for more than friendship or sentiment, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch said.52, Von der Ahe, who had wanted into the National League since he bought the Browns, pushed for Sunday baseball, 25-cent admissions and beer sales in St. Louis, Cincinnati and Louisville. 167 12 Die in Wreck, New York Times, July 12, 1911; Bresnahan Tells About the Horrors of the Wreck. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 11, 1911. 411 Martin J. Haley, Cardinal Notes, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, October 4, 1948; Martin J. Haley Turned Away by Chicago 4-3,St. 490 Bob Broeg, New G.M. The owners remained split and Chandler finally conceded defeat.432 He negotiated a severance package which gave him a years salary and legal immunity from being a defendant in suits against baseball. 203 Britton Denies Deal Is Pending, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 14, 1916. He let everyone know how impatient he was for a winner at the Knights of the Cauliflower Ear dinner at the Park Plaza Hotel on February 12, 1957. 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. Britton nixed the deal because she liked Huggins and thought he had the makeup of a good on-the-field leader. Von der Ahe fined second baseman Yank Robinson $25 for using foul language while in uniform. 510 Redbird Tickets, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 9, 1966. 425 The Proposed New Park for the Cardinals, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 29, 1949. 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. Yankees minority owner buys Memphis Redbirds - Memphis Business Journal 76 Chris Driven to Extremities, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 21, 1896. He found such an owner in Denny McKnight of Pittsburgh and on November 2, 1881, they and owners in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Louisville and Philadelphia created the American Association. The dividend payments of the Breadon years ranged from a low of $20,304 to a high of $121,920, with Breadon reaping the majority each time.345, Breadon and Rickey became caught in Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landiss crosshairs when the farm system came under investigation during 1938 spring training. OConnor, Brittons Price Too High for Mysterious Buyer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 26, 1916. 261 634 Stockholers in Cardinals May Lose All Rights, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 19, 1919. He served as a board member of the NFLs Cincinnati Bengals and the World Hockey Association s (WHA) Cincinnati Stingers.615, Bill is married and his wife Katherine (Cramer) DeWitt also of St. Louis have four grown children, Katie, Bill III, Andrew and Margot.616, On the day that the purchase of the Cardinals by his group was announced, DeWitt Jr. was joined by other investors Frederick O. Hanser and Andrew N. Baur. It would be well to bear in mind that paper teams seldom win pennants.56. Von de Ahe started buying real estate in the neighborhood. On January 3, 1985, the committee decided to fire general manager Joe McDonald. By mid-March, Cardinal fans had already purchased 1.8 million tickets which surpassed 1995s total attendance. In 1995, DeWitt, with Stephen F. Brauer, purchased the St. Louis Cardinals from Anheuser-Busch for $150 million. In prior years, Anheuser-Busch had been reluctant to broadcast games over free television because of the perceived negative impact it would have on fans going to games. The offer matched Apexs and gave the brewery 62.5 percent of CCRCs shares. 70 News in the World of Sports, The North American (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), August 14, 1894. 354 J. Roy Stockton, Extra Innings: This and That in Sports World, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 14, 1941. He said Wallace and Heidrick were in the second year of multi-year contracts, and Harper had signed a contract for 1902 in August of 1901.135 On May 6, 1902, St. Louis Circuit Court Judge John Talty rendered a permanent denial of Robisons injunction request against Harper and Wallace saying that Robison failed to prove that Harper had a set of unique talents versus other ballplayers, and that Harpers and Wallaces contracts were written to favor Robison, restricted their personal liberty and violated the current anti-trust laws. Correa was fired, then banned from baseball for life, along with serving a prison sentence of 46 months. There had been no takers for the team other than Becker, who was Von der Ahes last hope as he pressed against the deadline of the Sheriffs auction. Combining the marketing campaign with intriguing player acquisitions and bringing back fan favorite Willie McGee, the new ownership received wide support from Cardinal fans. 289 Cards Close Deal for Browns Park, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 24, 1920. Though the Cardinals retained minority ownership of the team, Freund became the primary owner. It was a donation made by Anheuser-Busch to facilitate the clubs goal of a new building.507, Gussie was so determined to make the stadium project work that the brewery signed the football team to a 30-year lease at the new stadium and turned over their share of the concessions estimated at a minimum of $400,000 per season to CCRC to be used for the loan payment to Equitable Life Assurance.508, The Cardinals new home was named Busch Memorial Stadium because of Gussies efforts to get the $5 million pledge made by the brewery.509 The Cardinals were scheduled to open the new stadium for the first home game April 13, 1966 against the Phillies. Two years later, the team moved to the National League and was renamed the Cleveland Spiders. 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. Veeck--As in Wreck. In 1889, Robison personally undertook the formation of the Cleveland Railway Co. and constructed 26 miles of lines. 293 J. Roy Stockton, Sportsmans Park Improvements Held Up by Cardinals Failure to Consent to Rent Raise. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 13,1922. Cardinals Minority Owner in Serious Financial Trouble December 18, 2008 Brian Walton The St. Louis Post-Dispatch? August III said Anheuser-Busch would still own the Cardinals and that his father was still chairman of the board of the brewery, president of the Cardinals, and active in the management of the ballclub. [29][30], DeWitt and his wife, Katharine "Kathy" Cramer DeWitt, live in Indian Hill, Ohio. The Browns got a bump in attendance from the World Championship as 244,000 fans, a 17 plus percent increase over 1886, turned the turnstiles to watch the Browns win a third consecutive American Association pennant.