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Detroit Becomes Eighth United League Team
DETROIT, MI. March 5, 1912 - After Frederick Holland and his Cincinnati ball club left the United League three days ago, William Witman and other league owners began weighing the pros and cons of nine franchise applications submitted by potential owners.
Detroit, New York, Jersey City, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Providence, Louisville, and Rochester all had owners lined up, but Witman's final say was Detroit.
A.W. Hussey, a real-estate developer in Michigan's largest city, is the league's newest owner. Hussey, 36, was born in San Francisco, California. His grandparents, part of the 1849 California gold rush, sailed from New York to Panama, rode canoes and mules through the jungle, and then sailed the Pacific Ocean up to San Francisco.
Hussey used the inheritance is grandparents left him to invest in real-estate, and his business boomed. Now, he'll have the new challenge of owning a baseball club and bringing them to success.
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