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Show ...........................................() Oldest Among Owners j Barney Dreyfuss of Tltts- j burgh and Charles II. Ebbets of i Brooklyn are the oldest club f " owners In the majors. Dreyfuss lias controlled the Pirates since 1900 and Ebbets was elected i, 1 president of the Brooklyn club J j In 1S0S. The Giants passed Into I . the hands of Charles A. Stone- i t ham In 1019, the Cincinnati J Reds have been handled by Au- j " gust Herrmann for twenty years. William F. Baker and others j took hold of the Thlllies in 1913. j " George W. Grant bought the f Braves four years ago. William ; Wrlgley and partners purchased j n the Chicago Cubs' franchise In 1916, and Samuel Breadon be- f " came the principal owner of the Cardinals in 1920. j |