ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: JUNE 5

Posted by Ron on Jun 4, 2012 | 0 comments

Chris Von der Ahe

       June 5, 1913:  Chris Von der Ahe,  the former “Der Boss President” of  Brooklyn’s American Association rival,  the four-time champs St. Louis Browns,  dies penniless in St. Louis of cirrhosis of the liver at age  62. The Browns later become the St. Louis Cardinals.