1953 – St. Louis Cardinals owner Fred Saigh is found guilty of income tax evasion and is sentenced to a fifteen-month jail term. He plans to sell the club. Cardinals Vice President William Walsingham, Jr., is the acting president until Saigh can divest himself of his stock.

 

On January 28 1953 — 1953 – St. Louis Cardinals owner Fred Saigh is found guilty of income tax evasion and is sentenced to a fifteen-month jail term. He plans to sell the club. Cardinals Vice President William Walsingham, Jr., is the acting president until Saigh can divest himself of his stock.

 

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