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DAILY CAPITAL' NEWS, JEFFERSON CITY, MO., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1943io Swaps His Bat for a GunNational League Sells Phils To Unidentified PartyFrick Announces Sole But Declines to Nome Purchasers of ClubBy TED MEIERPHILADELPHIA, Feb. 18— (AP)—The National League bar sold the last place Phils—presumably to William D. Cox, New York lumberman. The identity of the new owner will be disclosed officially within a week.This information came today from Ford Frick, president of the league, who presided nt a stockholders meeting at which the league took over temporary ownership of the Phils by purchasing 4,690 of the club’s 5,000 outstanding shares of stock at a reported price of $10 per share. The action ended, the 10-year reign of Gerry Nugent and Mrs. Nugent as president and vice president, respectively, of thePhilsRoblnson-Wllson Battle TonightNEW YORK, Feb. 13—(AP) — Ray Robinson hits the comeback trail tomorrow night in Madison Square Garden’s ring.It will be a unique “comeback” because the skinny Harlem negro who meets California Jackie Wilson, now a sergeant at nearby Mitchei Field, in the ten round feature, has been beaten only once in his entire career.But th “Sugar” boy with theBut the “Sugar” boy with the trigger right took what amounted to a real slide downward three weeks ago when he dropped a decision to middleweight Jake Lamotta in Detroit alter piling up 129 successive victories, 40 of them in professional circles. True, Ray gave away around 16 pounds but, previously, he had whipped other mid-dleweights, including Lamotta last fall.Professional Girls Softball Set Up By Big League LeadersWrigley, Rickey and Harper Incorporate Small Town LoopMalch-Maker ForU!l.lifeCHICAGO, Feb. 18—(AP)— Girls softball was set up today on a recognized professional basis with the formation of a league financed by Philip K. Wrigley, president of the Chicago Cubs, and headed by three trustees—Wrigley, Branch Rickey, president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, i and Paul V. Harper, attorney for the Cubs,A statement issued by the trustees declare “the aim of the i All American girls softball j leaguo would be to follow the I recognized professional sports principle of getting the very best * obtainable players throughout the country and to stage the game in the best possible man-tee!Dwit! tha* for hon not T lonj of 1 l.hei The gro mei indilt; Iballonsaic fere or ;s: -0 ster for 16 ] of t T witl er i to tS'
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Jefferson City Daily Capital News
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Fri, Feb 19, 1943
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