Word: yawkey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rising enterpreneurs sought pledges of $20, and hoped to attract 900,000 buyers to meet the then $18 million asking price of the Yawkey estate. "There are a lot of fanatics around," Campbell explained, "and that is only one dollar from every man, woman and child in New England...
...time Yaz refused to greet the interlopers, but, heeding the Riot Commission Report, rebuffed them only gently. It was too late. As the Park and City police and the dwindling crowd watched in disbelief, the lawlessness, the disregard for property which has convulsed the nation at large, came to Yawkey's Yard. Perhaps a hundred grade-schoolers, led by a spindly-legged eight-year-old girl, spilled onto the field from all directions and advanced on their general like a children's crusade. Yaz backed warily against the Wall, but the worshippers rolled on. Two groundskeepers were dispatched to protect...
Secondly owner Tem Yawkey must trade for right-handed power--even if it means giving up Monbouquetts. With the strong right-hander from Medford, Yawkey could exact a big price from either the Yankees or the Twins...
...Yawkey took over in Boston in 1933, and spared no expense in converting the team into a permanent contender for twenty-five years. As the Williamses, the Peskys, the Parnells and the Doerrs have disappeared, however, Yawkey has been unwilling to replenish the stock of fine players...
...last-place Boston Red Sox. Jurges' successor: Pinky Higgins, the old Detroit Tiger third baseman, who managed the Red Sox from 1955 until last July, when he was yanked off the job with the club wallowing in last place and made a special assistant to Owner Tom Yawkey...