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HIE MINNEAPOLIS STAR April 24, 1939 fl.V WIZARD OF BASEBALL Pair With Gun Threaten Motorist They Almost Hit "I -DID IT!" Rickey Branched Into Many Fields ly avoided colliding with Nassem's car. An argument ensued, Nassem said. The Other car pursued him and curbed him at 24th St. and Cedar Av. One of the pair emerged with a .22 caliber pistol and shouted, "I By BOB MURPHY Minneapolis Star Staff Writer I I Richard Nassem, 20, 1530 LaSalle told police he was threatened with a gun by a youth after a near-collision of their cars Thursday Nassem said he was driving south on Lyndale about 4:30 p.m.

and was about to make a left turn onto Franklin when he had to stop suddenly to avoid striking blind persons crossing the street. Two youths in a car traveling north on Lyndale narrow Yes, you can buy a new 1959 Buick, too. You can say with pride that you are now a proud new Buick owner. With these low prices in sight you could never be more right. Don't just dream about it, come in drive save up to $1000 on a new Buick.

into Ohio Wesleyan, where he played semi-pro ball one summer for Le Mars, Iowa until he began collecting de- ees. He lost one major league won't have to use my fists to knock your head off this will do the job," Nassem told police. Then they drove away. Nassem described the two as between 19 and 20, short and stocky. Wesley Branch Rickey, the 77-year-old baseball wizard who will be one of the speakers at the Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame dinner Monday night at Radisson hotel, has been called one of the few authentic geniuses produced by America.

This was for his wizardry in inventing the baseball farm system, devising train job because he wouldn't play Sundays he has been in a ball park on Sunday on only BRANCH RICKEY Man of many talents two or three occasions dm joined the St. Louis Browns because they wouldn require him to. hower's committee on em-1 ployment practices, in which he is very active. He broke ing techniques and spotting Between jobs he coached the color line in baseball, and talent, both new and tried, with an unerring eye. The truth is that Rickey is THE YEAR'S LOWEST BUICK PRICES vmehduse is an active worker and baseball and taught at Allegheny college, then at Ohio Wesleyan while studying law at Ohio State.

He coached speaker for racial equality. He attends many confer a man of parts much wider than baseball. He is a man ences, and the regular meet with a genuine passion for winning, uncanny powers of again at Michigan while taking 21 hours of law courses. After getting his degree, he persuasion, magnificent facil ity in a business deal and an IN MEMORY OF OUR PRESIDENT RALSTON JERRARD WE WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAY inspirational flair, joined a law firm in Koise, Idaho, won one case and quit the law, returning to Michigan, then getting into the ex He has been credited with quoting scripture, Shake ings of the committee. He regards shaving as an annoyance, and is apt to take care of the chore while taking a bath or riding in his car.

And he is constitutionally unable to use nicknames: Babe Ruth would be to him just George Ruth. He's a Methodist and still a Sunday observer. If the Hall of Fame dinner were one day earlier, Rickey wouldn't 28 Second St. S.E. SOME BUICKS AS LOW AS 52495 OPEN TO 9 P.M.

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speare and legal profundi ties in speakfng. All with rea son. Without ever winning i His career as a baseball magnate is well known. high school diploma, he won At Lucasville, as a boy, he bachelor of literature and met Jane (Jenny) Moulton, who later became his wife. be here.

arts degrees at Ohio Wes leyan university, and a doc tor of jurisprudence degree at University of Michigan He was born in Stockdale, 111.. Dec. 20, 1881, and as a SWANBERG SCHEEFE CO. Makers of Better Buick Deals for S4 Years UNIVERSITY AVENUE AT EAST HENNEPIN Only a fw blocks, but lots of dollars, from ih downtown loop GET AROUND BONN, Germany (Special) Last year for the first time in their history West Germans spent more on foreign travel than they received from foreign visitors. I 814 NICOLLET MINNEAPOLIS child moved to Duck Run, Ohio.

From his religious fam ily he learned scripture be fore he learned to read. His family sang hymns on its way to Sunday church, and as a farm boy he milked, churned and slopped the They had five daughters and one boy, and now have 19 grandchildren, and another on the way. He operates a 110-acre farm at Fox Chapel, where on holidays the whole tribe gathers. Rickey has never drunk nor uttered a swear word; he was at one time a 24-cigar-a-day man, but of a sudden quit for a year and half and now may use a cigar as a conversational baton, lighting it once in a while. He now possesses 12 other degrees, all honorary.

He is a trustee of Ohio Wesleyan, on the board of governors of the Pittsburgh, YMCA and Salvation Army, and a hogs. BE This was baseball country, Here is Style by the Ounce Ptm I and his older brother, Orlo, used him as a warm-up catcher. He caught in his first game for Duck Run against Dry Run, and when ON 6TH ST. NEAR NICOLLET 9:30 to 5:30 Mon. Thurs.

the family moved to Lucas ville, Ohio, was catcher for the Lucasville high school Southdah 46TH FRANCE Fri. team. 1 1 7 ine scnooi was not ac member of the city human relations committee. As chairman of the board of Pittsburgh Pirates, he still credited to grant a diploma, however, and at 17 Rickey took the county exams and sits at his desk, but has many became a teacher at Turkey I other affairs. Scuthdale Open Tonight Creek for $35 a month.

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