Bill Veeck says that he will accept an offer of $2.475 million for his 80 percent of the St. Louis Browns stock
Rogers Hornsby, out of baseball since being fired as Cubs manager last August, joins the St. Louis Cardinals
Via a transatlantic telegraph from Paris, France, American Association 40-game winner Bob Caruthers agrees to terms with St. Louis Browns owner Chris von der Ahe. Caruthers’ well-publicized holdout will earn him the nickname “Parisian Bob.”