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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The lt;The Bisons have not finishedBuffalo Bisons, plagued by poor I in the first division in five attendance and lack of a suit-1 years. They are presently in the able stadium, lost their fran-1 leagues’ cellar of with a 9-29 chise Thursday after 82 consee-1 record.utive seasons in the Internation-1 The Bisons had reached an in-al Baseball League. I formal agreement WednesdayThe members of the Tniple-A I with the Board of Education forloop, at a league meeting in I the use of All High stadium.New York City, ordered the John C. Stiglemeier, a formerMontreal Expos to find a new!Bisons’ president noted, haw city for their farm team within ever, that Ail - High Stadium 10 days. The Expos, of the Na-1 was too. small, tional League, hold the rights ts' “The big ^ league teams want the team’s players and coaches, U^develflp players in the mi-“We prefer to go to a CanadTHnors, and every' ball hit there an city as our first choice if we I would have been a homer,’’ he can find adequate f acilities,” I said.an Expos spokesman said. ( The Bisons attempted during He said the club was consider-1 the winter to lease Lackawanna ing several cities, but would not [Stadium, in the steel city south identify the ones under consid- of Buffalo. Lackawanna restoration. dents rejected a proposed bondThe league rejected by a 6-21 issue to renovate the stadium, vote an offer by the Bisons to land the city turned Awn the Biswitch the team’s home games Isons’ offer, to a different stadium. I The team next requested toThe Bisons and the Syracuse use All-High Stadium, but the Chiefs cast the two dissenting [Board of Education rejected the votes. [request last March.The team had been averaging Niagara Falls had sinceonly 708 fans a game in War gained a New York-Pennsylva-Memorial Stadium, an ancient nia League team, and War Me-structure in a depressed area of morial Stadium was the onlythe city. available site remaining.The team had not drawn more 1 The Bisons led all minor than 126,000 fans a season since [league teams in attendance in 1964, and last year, playing its 1957 through 1961. Attendance games in Niagara Falls, attend-[fell after 1960 when the team a nee hit an all-time kw of 71,- [was forced out of Offer man Sfca-000. Idium and into War Memorial.
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Saranac Lake Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Saranac Lake, New York, US
Fri, Jun 05, 1970
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