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William Louis Veeck Jr. (February 9, 1914 – January 2, 1986) was a Major League Baseball franchise owner and promoter. Veeck was at various times the owner of the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox. As owner and team president of the Indians in 1947, Veeck signed… Continue reading →

Egbert Anson Van Alstyne (1878–1951) was an American songwriter and pianist known for popular and ragtime-era hits of the early 1900s. He was elected to The Lambs in 1910 as a Non-Resident Member. Egbert Anson Van Alstyne was born on March 5, 1878, in Marengo, Illinois (often incorrectly attributed as… Continue reading →