THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES ENTER THE AMERICAN LEAGUE

ST. LOUIS BROWNS SOLD TO BALTIMORE!

The New York Times
September 30, 1953

The St. Louis Browns are purchased by Clarence Miles who brings the team to Baltimore. Front page story is headed: “Baltimore Gets St. Louis Browns As Syndicate Buys Veeck Interest.” The story begins, “The major league baseball map, unchanged for fifty years, underwent its second revision in a little more than six months last night when the American League unanimously approved the transfer of the St. Louis Browns to Baltimore.” (The Boston Braves moving to Milwaukee was the other change) A Sports Page banner headline and lengthy story includes full details of the deal. 

In other baseball news, the New York Yankees are 6 to 5 favorites over the Brooklyn Dodgers as the 50th World Series opens today. Large ad for the NBC network, which will televise the series.

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