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MARCH
1949

Tuesday, March 1st

IN THE NEWS: The Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Cardinals in order to gain a rental increase.

Wednesday, March 2nd

IN THE NEWS: Joe DiMaggio leaves the Yankee camp to have an ailing right heel examined at Johns Hopkins hospital. He is told that no surgery is needed and he returns to Florida, but the heel will continue to bother him. The star is hitting just 7-for-31 in the Grapefruit League.

Tuesday, March 8th

IN THE NEWS: Max Lanier and Fred Martin, late of the Mexican League, file a $2.5 million suit against baseball. A federal judge on April one will deny their right to be reinstated.