While the Washington Senators were defeating the Cleveland Indians 9-1 in Robert F. Kennedy Stadium last week, the home-town team was losing a far more significant battle in Boston by the score of 10-2. That was the vote by which the American League team owners agreed to let Senator Owner Bob Short move his club to the Dallas-Fort Worth area next season. The Senators' need to move was underscored by the fact that the Cleveland game drew only 1,072 fans, the smallest turnout in the league this season.
Short, who bought the Senators in 1968 for $9,400,000, says that he lost $3,000,000...
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