Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:33:09 -0500
From: Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: early times in Washington
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

thaughey wrote:
>  I remember O. Roy Chalk and Capital Transit.  I believe Bob Short
>  owned D.C. Transit for a time.  He's t he one who leveraged
>  everything to buy the Washington Senators and then left town for
>  Arlington, TX when the notes came due (after selling off a bunch of
>  players).  I imagine the Trolleys provided some of the capital for
>  his Senators deal.

I wouldn't swear to it, but I think the trolleys were gotten rid of on
Chalk's watch -- not Short's.  (As you note, Short has other things to
his (dis)credit.)

--Ted White