Baseball biggies converged in Los Angeles today to investigate the bid of the Coast League for major rating. Shown, bottom row, left to right: Frank McKinney, president of Pittsburg Pirates; Will Harridge, president American League; A. B. "Happy" Chandler, Commissioner of Baseball; Ford Frick, president National League; Leslie O'Connor, general manager Chicago White Sox; Walter Mulbry, secretary-treasurer Baseball Commission. Top row, left to right: Charles Graham, president San Francisco Seals; Paul I. Fagin, vice president of the Seals; "Brick" Laws, president Oakland; Victor Ford Collins, president Hollywood; Clarence Rowland, president Coast League; Bill Mulligan, general manager Portland; Bob Cobb, vice president Hollywood; Don Stewart, president Los Angeles; Oscar Reichow, business manager Hollywood. Photo dated: August 28, 1947.
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