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Chandler blamed one man above all others for his undoing: St. Louis Lawyer Fred Saigh (rhymes with high), owner since 1949 of the St. Louis Cardinals. "I understand Saigh is going around telling people he put it over," an unhappy Happy told reporters. Owner Saigh had indeed led the fight against Happy ("vindictive" and "hypocritical" were among Saigh's words for him), but Saigh had obviously had allies among the other clubs.* Moreover, the anti-Chandler owners had had an unintentional ally in Happy himself. Four days before the voting, Happy had blabbed to reporters that he thought...
Shortshop Marty Marion was named player-manager of the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday. He immediately predicted the club would cause trouble for the other National League teams in 1951. Marion's appointment was announced at an afternoon press conference yesterday by owner Fred Saigh, who said he settled on Marty at 9 a.m. this morning...
...Louis, ex-Postmaster General Bob Hannegan stepped down last week after little more than a year as president of the Cardinals, and sold out to his partner for a rumored $1,000,000. The new president and majority stockholder (90%): Fred M. Saigh Jr., 43, St. Louis lawyer and big-time real-estate operator. Said Saigh: "I have decided there is no mystery about baseball. It's just like any other business; you have to have experts in all departments...