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That was how things stood when Stoneham and Rickey met last week and Stoneham popped the question: Would Rickey let him have Durocher? The boss of the Dodgers consented graciously...
Lucky Leo. Only a few insiders knew how extremely available Leo was. His trouble dated from the Fourth of July too. That was the day the Dodger road secretary took Leo aside at Ebbets Field and said: "I hate to tell you this, Leo, but the boss [Branch Rickey] wants you to resign." What had he done this time, Leo wanted to know. "Oh, nothing at all," said the boss's emissary, retreating...
...Rickey simply wanted to get rid of Durocher; it was a way for Rickey to take some of the heat off himself. The fans were staying away from Ebbets Field; Rickey had cut down the number of cheaper seats, and sold down the river such Flatbush heroes as Dixie Walker and Eddie Stanky. And the Dodgers were wallowing in next to last place. Rickey couldn't help remembering the calm, sure way Burt Shotton had run the team (and won a pennant) when Durocher was kicked out of baseball last season (TIME, April 21, 1947). But Leo wasn...
Brooklyn Dodgers Boss Branch Rickey* ('04) and the 41 other trustees knew what they were getting. Able Administrator Flemming, an Ohio Wesleyan man himself ('27), has been a trustee for six years. He is a leader in the Federal Council of Churches, a Sunday-school superintendent, the father of five...
...more personal news of Mr. Rickey, see PEOPLE...