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. ' I I I j· John 'M~Hale·, to l)araphrase a.' .·certatn :presld~ntlal s'a ytng,· .ta.Ikd' .

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a· big ' I stlck -- he's the guiding voice behind the power- . ' ' f'ul bats of the .Mllwa:ukee ,Braves. ·· . A ·nattve of Detroit; he Jotned the :,.' 1 . Braves . orga.nlzatlon . 25, 1959. as Vice President and . General Manager' In September of 1961; he became President of on .January : : , the Milwaukee club. · . ·.q .,. I i ' ' Stnce hls high. school days, . J_ohn has rarely been far from a field ' I ·I of sports action of some sort • . After an outstanding athletic career l ( I. i t· at Cathollc Central High School tn Detroit, he continued hls sehooltng . /.Y,/o 'I . at Notre Dame. In...1-960-; he was a monogram winner at South Bend, I playing center for the 11 Irlsh" on the football team. World War II . neccessltated movtng hts field to other areas, and he chose the Navy . McHale could undoubtedly write a book about basebali --lf he could . take that much 11 tlme out" from baseball. Hls complete dedication to the game dates back some 23 years• beglnnlng when he joined the Detroit · Tigers as a player 1n their sy-stem 1n 1941. He played with the Club 1n the World Serles 1n 1945, and continued as a member . ot the team throUgh 1948. Tlgertown, 1n Lakeland, · Florida, owes lts origin to McHale'a efforts when ·he became Farm Director ln 1953. The Florida camp ls . ! I (more) ·- -··- -"----- -

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"'\,•1-- • ., · - - -- - - - ·D iI �I i _.,. ?~"eiC4em;,, -~-<'® 1 M. i i.-;.f.:tial.$, t the ' tralnlng ground for prospects' , • • on to' l:le_a d • , I • . u.p the ' B~ave~ • . John \--ias of'f1e1at1ng as • .'

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~ ·, /' Personnel and -~enera.1 Manager for 'the . Tigers. ·i , .. , .. .Mrs • . McHale~ · the former l?atrlcta Cameron of . Detroit, and John I I ·- Pl.ayer · ·. . · : . ' the are P':oducts: o_f thls · _s yste~~ - · Itnmeldately prlor _t~·;movlng ·· Detroit_-~·o,s ;_~ r ..•· to Mllwawcee an:d ' most ot ~the players now • • • • • • • • • • • ' , • . ," • • ·· ' I

, '• . now ...realde in. Elm Grove, "Wlscons1n. · Their six sons and d~ughters, ' .. neatly aesort~d Into three of each, range . from 17 years old to 7. If the proverbial throe wi::ihoo wore E;Te.."'lt o d h!m • ho'd p r ob~b ly d!_vld~ thom between a.."'lothor pennant ~or the Bra.vos, c~pactty- crowd o ~or Mll w a uk oe • CoWlty Stadium, and more, time to spend wlth his tnterestil\g -f amily. I I McHale ls a. Joiner, a member of Klwan1a Club, ~e Eagles• '! the , • I

, . .·· . · Elka I I and the Wlsconsln Club. .An · articulate and · energetic guest-speaker, · he ~anages to fill most of the- dem_ands for personal appearances• .,. :- : 1 Hobbles? . "Well, he llkes to play handball at least once a. week", says · j I ·: ·. hls of'flce secretary., 11 but he hasn't been getting around to It much; la.telyt 11 CDorn Ootrolc , ~:tchtca.n , So;,toobc-r 15, 1921) ' :I .I "! -~ f J ~Q_ _ _ _ _ ___ C} �