The Indians would appear in a film the following year titled The Kid From Cleveland, in which Veeck had an interest.

Veeck would sell his shares in the White Sox in, and Greenberg stepped down as general manager on August 26 of that season.

In 1947, Veeck gave a speech in an Ohio town and afterward was asked a question regarding Jackie Robinson's chances of making it as a major leaguer, to which Veeck responded he did not believe Robinson would fare well.

When Veeck returned to Cleveland, he was asked by reporter Cleveland Jackson with the Call and Post when the Indians would have a black player on its roster.

Veeck told Jackson he would integrate the Indians ' roster if he could find a black player with the necessary talent level, to which Jackson mentioned Doby.

Veeck was aware of Doby when Doby played at the Great Lakes Naval Training School and later promised to a Navy friend of Doby's, Arthur Grant, he would scout Doby.

But unlike the Dodgers ' Branch Rickey, who signed Robinson one full season before bringing him to the National League, or as Jackson of the Call and Post wrote, " planned Robinson's entrance as carefully as a man would plan building a house matchsticks ," Veeck used a different strategy.

By letting Doby remain with the Eagles, rather than bringing him through the Indians ' farm system or joining the team during spring training, Veeck hoped a quick arrival to Cleveland would keep the pressure Doby would feel to a minimum.

Veeck paid her a total of $ 15, 000 for her second basemen —$ 10, 000 for taking him from the Eagles and another $ 5, 000 once it was determined he would stay with the Indians for at least 30 days.

" Word of Doby being signed by the Indians was not released to the press, as Veeck wanted to also heavily manage how fans in Cleveland would be introduced to Doby.

Bill Veeck predicted in 1963 that Major League Baseball would someday have interleague play.

At some point he started " conducting " Take Me Out to the Ball Game during the seventh-inning stretch, egged on by Veeck, who ( according to Harry himself ) said that the fans would sing along when they realized that none of them sang any worse than Harry did.

During the major league baseball winter meetings in December 1925, it was rumored that Hartnett might be traded to the New York Giants for catcher Frank Snyder and Irish Meusel however, Cubs president Bill Veeck, Sr., squelched the rumors saying that Hartnett would not be traded for anybody.

Veeck Sr. was a local sports writer who wrote several columns about how he would have run the Cubs differently, and the team's owner, William Wrigley Jr., took him up on it.

Veeck miscalculated thinking that Landis would not dare say black players were unwelcome while blacks were fighting in World War II.

Veeck, in response, said he would listen to the fans, and re-signed Boudreau to a new two-year contract.

Most of the bids came from out-of-town interests, and it appeared that Veeck would succeed in driving the Cardinals out of town.

Veeck would have probably had to sell it in any event ; the 44-year old park was in a poor state of repair, and even with the rent from the Cardinals he did not have the money to bring it up to code.

However Los Angeles Dodgers owner Walter O ' Malley was not willing to compete with a team owned by Veeck, even if he would only be a minority partner.

Veeck replied that he already had a recording, and he would be heard either way.

According to his own autobiography, Veeck-As in Wreck, Indians owner Bill Veeck would move the fence in or out, varying by as much as 15 feet, depending on how it would favor the Indians, a practice that ended when the American League specifically legislated against moving fences during the course of a given season.

DeWitt's last official post in baseball was as chairman of the Chicago White Sox from 1975 to 1981, working with the flamboyant Veeck once again.

The Veeck case has had the effect of placing the text of the adopted model codes into the public domain, although the model codes themselves, until they are adopted into law, are not in the public domain.

The girl was left alone in the abandoned apartment and fell into the water tank, which Veeck had left open.

He quickly became one of the sport's most popular players, and 21-year-old team employee Bill Veeck ( William's son ) staged a 1935 promotion in which fans were given mirrors labeled " Smile with Stan ", with Hack's face on the reverse side ; but the fans used the mirrors to reflect sunlight into the eyes of opposing batters, and the umpires threatened to forfeit the game if they didn't stop.

In Bill Veeck formed an investment group that purchased the Cleveland Indians from Bradley's group for a reported $ 1. 6 million.

A former owner of a minor league franchise in Milwaukee, Veeck brought to Cleveland a gift for promotion.

At one point, Veeck hired rubber-faced Max Patkin, the " Clown Prince of Baseball " as a coach.

Recognizing that he had acquired a solid team, Veeck soon abandoned the aging, small and lightless League Park to take up full-time residence in massive Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

Making the most of the cavernous stadium, Veeck had a portable center field fence installed, which he could move in or out depending on how the distance favored the Indians against their opponents in a given series.

In 1948, needing pitching for the stretch run of the pennant race, Veeck turned to the Negro League again and signed pitching great Satchel Paige amid much controversy.

On September 23, 1949, Bill Veeck and the Indians buried their 1948 pennant in center field the day after they were mathematically eliminated from the pennant race.

With most of his money tied up in the Indians, Veeck was forced to sell the team to a syndicate headed by insurance magnate Ellis Ryan.

Meanwhile, the year 1919 saw the start of the tenure of Bill Veeck, Sr. as team president.

The management team of Wrigley and Veeck came to be known as the " double-Bills.

After the " double-Bills " ( Wrigley and Veeck ) died in 1932 and 1933 respectively, P. K.

Rock station DJs Steve Dahl and Garry Meier, along with Michael Veeck, son of Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck, staged the promotional event for disgruntled rock fans between the games of a White Sox doubleheader.

* 1914 – Bill Veeck, American baseball executive ( d. 1986 )

After the 1947 season, Greenberg retired from the field to become the Cleveland Indians ' farm system director and two years later, their general manager and part-owner along with Bill Veeck.

" When Veeck sold his interest, Greenberg remained as general manager and part-owner until 1957.

In, Greenberg and Veeck teamed up for a second time when their syndicate purchased the Chicago White Sox ; Veeck served as team president with Greenberg as vice president and general manager.

During Veeck and Greenberg's first season, the White Sox won their first AL pennant since 1919.