Sport: Month of Decision

Happy Chandler is sure that fans everywhere want him to carry on in his $65,000-a-year job as baseball commissioner. Last week he made a major speech in his campaign for reelection. At a dinner of the New York Baseball Writers' Association, attended by most of the club owners who oppose him, Happy pleaded for unity under Chandler leadership. Said he: "The American fan will have his way. We must not let him down."

The club owners acted as if they had not heard a word. They set March as the month of decision, made a...

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