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	Chris von der Ahe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With his bushy mustache, showmanship and exaggerated German accent, Von der Ahe was the first baseball owner with an significant public persona, the predecessor of Bill Veeck and Charlie Finley in this regard.
		Von der Ahe noticed that a number of his patrons visited the saloon after a baseball game, so in 1882, he bought the bankrupt and scandal-ridden St. Louis baseball franchise for $1,800 and joined the American Association baseball league.
		Louis Browns from 1902-1954 had no connection to von der Ahe's team aside from the name, which was designed to invoke the memory of the 1885-1889 era.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chris_von_der_Ahe (650 words)

	Chris von der Ahe -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Von der Ahe noticed that a number of his patrons visited the saloon after a baseball game, so in 1882, he bought the bankrupt and scandal-ridden St. Louis baseball franchise for $1,800 and joined the (Click link for more info and facts about American Association) American Association baseball league.
		Although eccentric, von der Ahe made a number of innovations, operating a farm club called the St. Louis Whites, and inventing the (Series that constitutes the playoff for the baseball championship) World Series, initially just to raise more money at the end of the season.
		Also, tradition holds that von der Ahe was the first to sell (A frankfurter served hot on a bun) hot dogs at the ballpark, although some historians dispute this.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chris_von_der_ahe.htm (743 words)

	Chris von der Ahe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Chris von der Ahe was the first of the eccentric baseball owners, the George Steinbrenner and Charlie Finley of his day.
		Von der Ahe dubbed himself "der boss president." The Browns were successful, winning four straight league championships starting in 1885, and the baseball, beer, and other investments made von der Ahe wealthy.
		Also, tradition holds that von der Ahe was the first to sell hot dog s at the ballpark, although some historians dispute this.
	www.randomnugget.com /resource-Chris_von_der_Ahe.html (643 words)

	Encyclopedia: Chris von der Ahe
		Von der Ahe noticed that a number of his patrons visited the saloon after a baseball game, so in 1882, he bought the bankrupt and scandal-ridden St. Louis baseball franchise for $1,800 and joined the The American Association was a major league of professional baseball which existed from 1882 to 1891.
		In 1885, von der Ahe erected a larger-than-life statue outside of Sportsmans Park was the name of a former Major League Baseball park in St. Louis, Missouri.
		Also, tradition holds that von der Ahe was the first to sell A large hot dog with ketchup A hot dog is classified as a type of sausage or, alternatively, a sandwich on a suitably shaped bun with the sausage and condiments on it.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chris-von-der-Ahe (2146 words)

	CHRIS VON DER AHE FACTS AND INFORMATION
		In 1885, von der Ahe erected a larger-than-life statue outside of Sportsman's_Park, not of any of his star players, but of himself.
		Although eccentric, von der Ahe made a number of innovations, operating a farm club called the St. Louis Whites, and inventing the World_Series, initially just to raise more money at the end of the season.
		Also, tradition holds that von der Ahe was the first to sell hot_dogs at the ballpark, although some historians dispute this.
	www.witwib.com /Chris_von_der_Ahe (607 words)

	Von der Ahe and the Browns - BR Bullpen
		Von der Ahe and the Browns - BR Bullpen
		Chris von der Ahe, a German immigrant, ran a saloon out of the back of his grocery, until he bought the bankrupt St. Louis franchise in 1882 for $1800.
		“Der Boss President”, as he called himself, was Bill Veeck with a handlebar moustache, and pretty much did anything to increase both his and his team’s exposure.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Von_der_Ahe_and_the_Browns (1354 words)

	Chirs Von der Ahe & The St. Louis Browns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Chris Von der Ahe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1867, and settled in St. Louis, Missouri.
		Although Von der Ahe had no special interest in sports, he did notice that fans liked to drop by after a ball game and have a beer.
		Bearing uncanny similarity to the iron-willed personas of contemporary baseball owners, Von der Ahe was embroiled in legal battles and baseball disputes for nearly a decade that culminated in his own kidnapping and his stadium being burned to the ground.
	www.booksonstlouis.com /chirvonderah.html (391 words)

	Chris von der ahe - The Commonspace > August 2002 > A Day's Work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Von der Ahe noticed that a number of his patrons visited the saloon after a baseball In 1885, von der Ahe erected a larger-than-life statue outside of
		Chris Von der Ahe managerial record for each season and his career, and a list of any post-season awards he has won and his rank on various season and
		Chris Von der Ahe and the St. Louis Browns.
	infoseeknow.com /ifsn/chris-von-der-ahe.htm (528 words)

	History of St. Louis Neighborhoods - Fairgrounds
		Von der Ahe sponsored his club in the American Association, then a major league, with the assistance of Al Spink, co-founder of the Sporting News.
		Under "der Poss President", as Von her Ahe was known, and Comiskey, the Browns won four pennants in a row from 1885 to 1888.
		The nineties proved to be declining years for Von der Ahe's fortune as fire destroyed part of the ball park and in 1898 he was forced out as president of the ball club.
	stlouis.missouri.org /neighborhoods/history/fairgrounds/baseball11.htm (780 words)

	The Official Home of Baseball Historian Dr. Harold Seymour and the SABR Seymour Medal Award
		Von der Ahe knew nothing about the game, but his curiosity about those large crowds convinced him to purchase a controlling interest in the Browns and to turn the Grand Avenue park into a virtual extension of his saloon business, complete with a beer garden actually located in the field of play.
		With the National League having banned the sale of alcohol in all its parks in 1879, Von der Ahe's differing philosophy helped provide the impetus for the formation in 1882 of the American Association (which critics derisively dubbed "The Beer and Whiskey League"), and thus the first two-league major league system was born.
		Although Cash undoubtedly presses his case too much when he states that, if not for Von der Ahe, major league baseball "might indeed have come to an end throughout the nation," he is correct in highlighting Von der Ahe's instrumental role in helping the sport navigate the turbulent waters of its coming of age.
	www.haroldseymour.com /article.asp?articleid=51274 (813 words)

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		Operator of a Greman beer garden, Von der Ahe was a self-caricature: Boastful, boistrous, fun-loving and entirely full of himself and his club.
		He spent liberally, became known as "Der Boss President," and was fond of remarking that "nothing is too goot for my poys." He once bragged to visitors that he had the biggest baseball diamond in the world.
		Informed by his captain, Charles Comiskey, that all diamonds were the same size, Von der Ahe told the visitors he meant to say he had the biggest infield.
	www.mrbaseball.com /1886.php (352 words)

	Chris Von der Ahe and the St. Louis Browns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But after reading "Chris Von der Ahe and the St. Louis Browns," I never thought I could meet a gent who could build a ballclub to prominence like Ted Turner, then break the team up quicker than Wayne Huzienga did with the Marlins.
		Von der Ahe also possessed the innovative streak of Charles O. Finley (what other owner, besides Chris, had a ball park with both a horse-race track and a "Shoot-the-Chutes" ride?), could fire a manager quicker than you can say "Steinbrenner," and may have known even less about the game than Marge Schott.
		Mardin, vot der American beable like to readt is aboudt me, Chris Von der Ahe." To this reader, "Der Poss Bresident" seems to have enough hot air to inflate a Zeppelin.
	www.baseball-fanatics.com /books/product.php/0810834731 (441 words)

	Cardinal Timeline
		With Dutchman Chris Von der Ahe as corporate president and chief stockholder, professional baseball was back in St. Louis.
		Von der Ahe was offered a larger property at Vandeventer and Natural Bridge Avenues, so Chris and his corporation moved Sportsman's Park to the new location.
		After several years of second-division baseball and a disastrous fire, Chris Von der Ahe and his corporation were bankrupt.
	www.cardinalshistory.com /cardinal_timeline.htm (9350 words)

	Chris Wright - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Chris Wright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Chris Wright - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Chris Wright.
		Chris Wright (born September 27, 1986 in Colchester, England) is an English footballer and goalkeeper for Arsenal F.C..
		A member of the youth program at Arsenal, his first call-up was in the Carling Cup quarter-final against Manchester United, for which he was named as one of the substitutes, but didn't play during the match.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Chris-Wright.html (130 words)

	Welcome to Lelands.com - Lot 756 . 1888 St. Louis Browns Champion Pocket Watch with Presentation Fob
		A magnum find with huge historical significance, this championship pocket watch was presented in 1888 to St. Louis Browns pitcher Jim Devlin and engraved with his name, for the team winning the American Association for the 4th straight season, though they lost a "World Series" to the NL's New York Giants.
		Presenting these gold pocket watches was the least St. Louis' tightwad owner Chris Von Der Ahe could do after pocketing the Browns' $1,200 pennant purse and calling his own players "chumps" in the papers after dropping the series to the Giants.
		Von Der Ahe, in fact, played the whole league for suckers, his sole aim being to force his team into the NL, which he did when the money-strapped AA went belly up in 1891 (they become the Cardinals in 1900).
	www.lelands.com /bid.aspx?lot=756&auction=505 (430 words)

	Oakie's Heart to Heart - In Search of the Browns, St. Louis Journey
		The NL (National League) team that Chris Von Der Ahe brought to town in or around 1875; and the AL (American League) team that Ban Johnson brought to town in 1902.
		The owner of the NL Browns was Chris Von Der Ahe (an affluent grocer & saloon keeper) who saw a need and was wise enough to recognize better use of nearby Grand & Dodier ball park (the original Sportsmans Park).
		In 1898 Von Der Ahe was going through his money and a divorce at the time with creditors lining up behind him.
	okielegacy.org /journal/Vol2/searchbrowns.html (1340 words)

	St Louis Cardinal Trivia, Quizzes, Quiz Questions, Fun Facts, Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		With Dutchman Chris Von der Ahe as corporate president and chief stockholder, professional baseball was back in St Louis for the 1882 season.
		Von der Ahe entered his St. Louis Browns into the American Association, and the team won four consecutive pennants from 1885 to 1888.
		Chris Von der Ahe and his corporation were bankrupt by 1898, and the Robison Brothers stepped in to purchase the Browns.
	www.funtrivia.com /dir/1366.html (640 words)

	Ahe - Staff and Contacts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		AHE Officers and Board Members AHE is a Judeo-Christian-based, not-for-profit, educational organization striving for the alliance of all home educators
		The atoll of Ahe in the Tuamotos is a place of many contrasts.
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	www.infoseeknow.com /ifsn/ahe.htm (371 words)

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		My only quibble is the lack of any photographs except for the one of Von der Ahe's life-sized monument at the cemetery where he is buried.
		In fact, Von der Ahe could be called the first showman owner in baseball, and perhaps in all of sports.
		Thomas Hetrick, Chris Von der Ahe and the St. Louis Browns.
	www.haroldseymour.com /article_print.asp?articleid=47491 (815 words)

	Dave Farquhar's Silicon Underground - Dave's formula for winning a pennant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Christian Frederick Wilhelm von der Ahe was the George Steinbrenner of the 1880s.
		The eccentric von der Ahe was the clown plince of baseball, and if you called him that to his face, his English was so bad, he'd probably take it as a compliment.
		Von der Ahe's team got sold to two brothers named Robison, the owners of a really bad team called the Cleveland Spiders.
	dfarq.homeip.net /article/1300 (1232 words)

	Don't Even Try It (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Back when it was a national pastime, baseball had owners who talked about going broke and had the good grace to actually do it.
		For example, there was Chris von der Ahe, the manic German saloonkeeper who ran the St. Louis Browns at the end of the 19th century.
		Von der Ahe failed so spectacularly that his stadium was burned to the ground and his creditors kidnapped him, spiriting him away to a hoosegow in Pennsylvania.
	sksmith.diaryland.com /020812_17.html (537 words)

	St. Louis' First Undisputed World Championship
		Comiskey stated in his biography, Commy, that he didn't expect Von der Ahe would like this arrangement and was very surprised when he jovially accepted.
		Chicago was so upset by this game that rumors circulated that the White Stockings' players had been drinking late into the night before the game, and also that the players "laid down" to ensure the series would go more than four games, thereby increasing the gate receipts for the champions.
		Bob Caruthers was so enthused by his performance that he convinced Von der Ahe and Charles Comiskey, the on-field captain, to let him pitch the next game.
	www.collectsportsonline.com /firstwc.htm (1533 words)

	Chris Woodward - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Chris Woodward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Chris Woodward - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Chris Woodward.
		Here you will find more informations about Chris Woodward.
		The orginal Chris Woodward article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Chris-Woodward.html (202 words)

	NetShrine Discussion Forum - old school suggestions?
		There's a biography on Chris von der Ahe that I recommend.
		Most of the 19th century stuff has a lot of stories, but these guys didn't have much of a media base back then.
		Smed is right about the lack of anecdotal information contained in a lot of the books on early baseball.
	www.netshrine.com /vbulletin2/printthread.php?t=2946 (347 words)

	sports
		The team was formed as part of the American Association in 1882 where they enjoyed a four-year dynasty under flamboyant owner Chris von der Ahe.
		Still, defenseman Chris Pronger (acquired from the Hartford Whalers in 1995), Pavol Demitra, Pierre Turgeon, and goalie Roman Turek, continued to make the Blues a contender.
		In 1999-2000 they had the best record in the NHL during the regular season, but were stunned by the San Jose Sharks in the first round.
	shrike.depaul.edu /~bchrist/HCI/sportspage.htm (2669 words)

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		On February 11, 1897, he married Anna K. Von der Ahe, the daughter of Christian Friedrich Von der Ahe and Eliza Steitz.
		Natives of Hille, Westphalia, Germany, the Von der Ahe family was distantly related to Chris Von der Ahe of St. Louis Browns fame.
		She was a dominant woman of sturdy build and spent her days as a housewife.
	www.geocities.com /selchkidd/johnson.html (366 words)

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