H. Gabriel Murphy’s option of first-refusal to buy the Senators from current owner Calvin Griffith expires. The chief minority stockholder, in an effort to stop the club from moving to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area to become the Twins, will lose two court decisions, preventing him from keeping the team in Washington, D.C.

On July 1, 1960 — H. Gabriel Murphy’s option of first-refusal to buy the Senators from current owner Calvin Griffith expires. The chief minority stockholder, in an effort to stop the club from moving to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area to become the Twins, will lose two court decisions, preventing him from keeping the team in Washington, D.C.

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