Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Yankee Pipp, Lou Gehrig's slugging predecessor at first base, is off base. Farley never quite brought himself to back his ambition with cash...
When the Yankee empire was first thrown on the market for $6 million, Jim Farley told me that he would rather be president of the Yanks than President of the U.S. Jim failed in his attempt to buy the property, but it was not because of any halfhearted effort on his part...
...Farley's Ambition...
...your story on the sale of the New York Yankees (Feb. 5), you number Jim Farley among the bidders who "halfheartedly" tried to buy the club...
Ever since the death of Owner Jacob Ruppert six years ago, the New York Yankees had been on the auction block. Many a would-be buyer (Jim Farley was the most notable), had nibbled halfheartedly, but none ever made a solid bid. Last week it finally happened: the Yankees changed hands-and personality...