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...would replace Happy Chandler as baseball's ruling commissioner? Since firing Chandler as commissioner last March, the club owners had ranged far afield in search of the right man for the job. Last week the owners found the right man right in their own backyard: Ford Christopher Frick, National League president...
...commissioner owed his new job to one owner in particular, Warren Giles of the Cincinnati Reds. The field had narrowed down to Giles and Frick, but neither could get the necessary majority (twelve votes). After 17 ballots and nine hours of hassling and wrangling, the meeting was hopelessly deadlocked. Then Giles stalked in and declared dramatically: "My first interest in baseball is for the welfare of baseball itself. My second ... is the Cincinnati Reds, and my third is Warren Giles. In the best interests of baseball, I wish to withdraw my name." Frick was elected unanimously on the 19th ballot...
Warren C. Giles will become President of the National League October 16 and will establish headquarters in Cincinnati. That was determined yesterday when Giles, president and general manager of the Cincinnati Reds, accepted the invitation of other clubs to take Ford Frick's place...
Dodgers: Second Baseman Robinson, who is currently smacking the ball at a .415 cleanup clip (and last week drew a sharp rebuke from League President Ford Frick for "popping off" to umpires); Fire-bailer Don Newcombe, ace of the Dodger pitching staff, who won 19 games last year; Catcher Roy Campanella, best in the National League (he caught all 14 innings of 1950's All-Star game); Pitcher Dan Bankhead...
...Stanky's distracting wigwagging tactics around second base last season prompted a special ruling from National League President Ford Frick: "Umpires have been instructed to eject any player who engages in antics . . . designed or intended to annoy or disturb opposing batsmen...