On March 28, 1913, the St. Louis Browns make an unusual “trade,” sending infielder Clyde “Buzzy” Wares to the Montgomery Rebels a minor league team in exchange for the rental of a stadium. The Montgomery Rebels will allow the Browns to use their stadium during spring training-rent free. he Southern Association Class-A team will return the 26 year-old infielder to St. Louis later in the season. He will debut on September 15, 1913 vs. BOS and he goes 0-1. Wares will play part of the 1913 and 1914 season in St Louis and hang around in the minors until 1920.
The Browns didn’t tell Wares about the deal until the last minute. When the manager called Buzzy into his office on the last day of spring training, Wares thought it was to tell him he had made the team with his strong play. However, skipper, George Stovall informed Wares that he was staying in Montgomery, telling him “You’re the payment for our grounds rental.” He played over 250 games of Montgomery, here are his stats – https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wares-001cly
Just two years later, a young Browns exec named Branch Rickey would try to purchase the Montgomery team in an effort to establish the first affiliated minor league system. The takeover attempt would fail and cost Branch Rickey his job with the Browns. The crosstown Cardinals quickly scooped him up and used Rickey’s creation of the affiliation system to build the dominant Gas House Gang. Coaching the Gas House Gang to three consecutive pennants was Buzzy Wares.
A found a good sources: http://drmiraculous.blogspot.com/2017/03/word-on-street-new-food-hendu-history.html
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