Oh...somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children clown;
That somewhere, friend, is Baltimore...the Browns have come to town!
From this exuberant paraphrase of Casey at the Bat, spread across a whole page of The Sun one morning last week, Baltimore baseball fans joyfully learned that their city's 51-year-exile from the major leagues was ended. After twice vetoing the transfer since last spring, the American League Club owners suddenly and solidly (8-0) voted to switch the St. Louis Browns' franchise to Baltimore. What changed their minds was the flying-wedge persistence of Baltimore's Mayor Tommy W. D'Alesandro and Attorney Clarence W. Miles, head of a...
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