Harry Von der Horst

Harry Von der Horst was an executive in Major League Baseball and a former owner of the Baltimore Orioles and Brooklyn Superbas. He was one of the principal founders and owners of the old 19th century Baltimore Orioles ballclub and when the team was running out of steam he managed to engineer a merger with the Brooklyn team. This move enabled him to get a significant share of the team and exert enough influence to convince the Brooklyn ownership group to hire his manager Ned Hanlon. He eventually sold his interest in the team, but remained as the club secretary until his death in 1905.

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E00E1DF143DE433A2575AC2A9619C946497D6CF&oref=slogin Obituary]
*cite book
title=The Baltimore Orioles
author=Fred Lieb, Frederick G. Lieb
year=2005
publisher=Southern Illinois University Press
isbn=0809326191
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LGv7vxDTL80C&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=harry+von+der+horst&source=web&ots=PPrLFidhNt&sig=CTvPL-3eMI4xPBzu1OU0Dwxq_HI#PPA13,M1
* [http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&pid=5784&bid=923 Ned Hanlon biography mentioning Von der Horst]
* [http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/timeline02.jsp Dodgers historical essay]
*cite book
title=Where They Ain't
author=Burt Solomon
year=2000
publisher=Simon and Schuster
isbn=0684859173
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ooF5NtRmJbwC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=harry+von+der+horst&source=web&ots=283-BjsE09&sig=Q8FargWZLYV5prdCgk3Zkzddnc8#PPA50,M1