October 19, 2020

This Date in 1920

There is more posturing between the Ban Johnson and John Heydler factions of the majors league teams on October 19, 1920. The only new news on this front, however, is the suggestion that the minor leagues have a say in who wins:

Some baseball men professed to see the solution of the problem in the meeting of minor league officials at Kansas City, November 9, saying that whichever side the minors sided with would win, bor the other side would be unable to obtain ballplayers and would be “starved out.”

New York Tribune

The is other news, as Charles Ebbets, president of the Dodgers, announced he wanted to retire:

“I have been in baseball for thirty-eight years,” said Mr. Ebbets, “and as I am sixty-one now I think it is about time to quit.”

New York Tribune

It was bluster, as Ebbets dies in 1925, still president of the Dodgers.

1 thought on “This Date in 1920

  1. Jeff A

    “It was bluster, as Ebbets dies in 1925, still president of the Dodgers.”

    So we could say he was Charles In Charge?

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