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American League (owners?), 2/11/14 (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
    NYT of Feb 6, 1914 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C04E3DE113FE633A... reported, "AMERICAN LEAGUE TO PLAN WAR ON RIVALS; Secret Conference to be Held in New York Next Week -- Rules Changes."
  • Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks for the link to the article, swanq. At the very least we learn who attended the conference. In the photo, I think that Ben Minor is standing second from left, and that Joe Lannin is seated at right. See: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ggb2005017518. I welcome confirmation or denial, so please keep the conversation going.
  • swanq said:
    I'm certainly not an expert, but I found www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?40306-Historical-Ar... useful in my attempts to identify men without identification notes attached.
  • Richard Norton said:
    I think I figured out the people in the image: Standing from left to right are: *Clark Calvin Griffith (1869-1955) of the Washington Senators. *Joseph John Lannin (1866-1928) of the Boston Red Sox *Unknown man *Robert Lee Hedges (1869-1932) of the St. Louis Browns *Frank J. Navin (1875-1935) of the Detroit Tigers *William Harridge (1883-1973), secretary of the American League Sitting from left to right are: *Connie Mack (1862-1956) of the Philadelphia Athletics *Frank J. Farrell (1866-1926) of the New York Yankees *Charles W. Somers (1868-1934) of the Cleveland Indians *Ban Johnson (1864-1931), president of the American League *Ben Shibe (1838-1922) of the Philadelphia Athletics *Benjamin Saunders Minor (1865-1946) of the Washington Senators

J.J. Lannin (LOC)

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  • aware health said:
    President and briefly owner of the Red Sox.
  • Wystan said:
    Joseph John Lannin, a native of Canada, came up from poverty to own several hotels in the U. S. He acquired the Boston Red Sox in 1914, for $200,000 (a princely sum at the time) and owned the team for only three years. He is remembered for hiring Babe Ruth, but a later team owner let Ruth go. In 1928, Lannin died under peculiar circumstances, falling from a high window of his Brooklyn (N.Y.) hotel.
  • Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks Wystan, we'll fill in the name and the date of the photo the next time we update the record.
  • Richard Norton said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_John_Lannin

[AL club presidents: Frank Navin, Detroit; Benjamin S. Minor, Washington; Frank Farrell, N.Y.; Charles Comiskey, Chicago; Ban Johnson AL President; Joseph Lannin, Boston (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • promise Designer said:
    Wow!