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	Stoneham was also involved in the aborted move of the [[New York Yankees]] to [[Boston]] in 1920. The Yankees, the city's second team, had leased the [[Polo Grounds]] from the Giants since {{baseball year\|1913}}. At the time, the American League was riven by an internecine war, with the Yankees, [[Boston Red Sox]] and [[Chicago White Sox]] on one side and [[American League]] president [[Ban Johnson]] and the other five clubs on the other. With the acquisition of [[Babe Ruth]] in 1920, the once-moribund Yankees suddenly became competitive and outdrew the Giants.		Stoneham was also involved in the aborted move of the [[New York Yankees]] to [[Boston]] in 1920. The Yankees, the city's second team, had leased the [[Polo Grounds]] from the Giants since {{baseball year\|1913}}. At the time, the American League was riven by an internecine war, with the Yankees, [[Boston Red Sox]] and [[Chicago White Sox]] on one side and [[American League]] president [[Ban Johnson]] and the other five clubs on the other. With the acquisition of [[Babe Ruth]] in 1920, the once-moribund Yankees suddenly became competitive and outdrew the Giants.

	To destroy one of the three teams that opposed him, Johnson persuaded Stoneham to evict the Yankees. This would give Johnson an excuse to force Yankees' owners [[Jacob Ruppert]] and [[Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston\|Cap Huston]] to sell the Yankees to a more pliable owner; Johnson even went as far as to promise Stoneham that he could choose Ruppert and Huston's replacement. The move backfired when Ruppert and Huston announced that if Stoneham evicted the Yankees from the Polo Grounds, the Yankees would move to Boston's [[Fenway Park]] as tenants of the Red Sox. They would have been well within their rights to do so, since Red Sox owner [[Harry Frazee]] had pledged Fenway Park as collateral for a loan from Ruppert. Stoneham realized that if the Yankees left town, he'd lose revenue from a valuable tenant. He also didn't want to be held responsible for forcing Ruth, the biggest star in the game, out of town. With these factors in mind, he renewed the Yankees' lease for one more year. The incident led the Yankees to construct their own park, [[Yankee Stadium (1923)\|Yankee Stadium]], to ensure that no other team would have the power to deny them a place to play.<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~://espn~~.go~~.com/mlb/s/2002/0718/1407265.html \|title=When the Yankees nearly moved to Boston\|date=July 18, 2002\|last=Stout\|first=Glenn\|~~accessdate~~=2009-07-13\|publisher=[[ESPN.com]] \|~~archiveurl~~ = https://web.archive.org/web/20070306104308/http://espn.go.com/mlb/s/2002/0718/1407265.html \|~~archivedate~~ = 2007-03-06}}</ref>		To destroy one of the three teams that opposed him, Johnson persuaded Stoneham to evict the Yankees. This would give Johnson an excuse to force Yankees' owners [[Jacob Ruppert]] and [[Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston\|Cap Huston]] to sell the Yankees to a more pliable owner; Johnson even went as far as to promise Stoneham that he could choose Ruppert and Huston's replacement. The move backfired when Ruppert and Huston announced that if Stoneham evicted the Yankees from the Polo Grounds, the Yankees would move to Boston's [[Fenway Park]] as tenants of the Red Sox. They would have been well within their rights to do so, since Red Sox owner [[Harry Frazee]] had pledged Fenway Park as collateral for a loan from Ruppert. Stoneham realized that if the Yankees left town, he'd lose revenue from a valuable tenant. He also didn't want to be held responsible for forcing Ruth, the biggest star in the game, out of town. With these factors in mind, he renewed the Yankees' lease for one more year. The incident led the Yankees to construct their own park, [[Yankee Stadium (1923)\|Yankee Stadium]], to ensure that no other team would have the power to deny them a place to play.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/s/2002/0718/1407265.html \|title=When the Yankees nearly moved to Boston\|date=July 18, 2002\|last=Stout\|first=Glenn\|access-date=2009-07-13\|publisher=[[ESPN.com]] \|url-status=live \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070306104308/http://espn.go.com/mlb/s/2002/0718/1407265.html \|archive-date = 2007-03-06}}</ref>

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	Stoneham began his career as a board boy, updating stock transactions, in a New York City brokerage office. He quickly rose through the ranks, becoming a stock salesman in the company. In 1913, he established his own brokerage, Charles A. Stoneham & Company. In 1917, he also purchased the Sierra Nevada mine in [[Jefferson, Nevada]]. In 1921, Stoneham dissolved his brokerage house, convincing his investors to transfer their accounts to various other New York brokerage firms. In July 1922, [[Edward M. Fuller & Company\|E.M. Fuller & Company]], one of the brokerages which accepted Stoneham's clients, collapsed, resulting in the [[Fuller bankruptcy case]] implicating Stoneham.		Stoneham began his career as a board boy, updating stock transactions, in a New York City brokerage office. He quickly rose through the ranks, becoming a stock salesman in the company. In 1913, he established his own brokerage, Charles A. Stoneham & Company. In 1917, he also purchased the Sierra Nevada mine in [[Jefferson, Nevada]]. In 1921, Stoneham dissolved his brokerage house, convincing his investors to transfer their accounts to various other New York brokerage firms. In July 1922, [[Edward M. Fuller & Company\|E.M. Fuller & Company]], one of the brokerages which accepted Stoneham's clients, collapsed, resulting in the [[Fuller case\|Fuller bankruptcy case]] implicating Stoneham.

	Allegations arose that Stoneham was a silent partner in the firm and had provided false testimony in the investigation of the collapse. He was indicted on August 31, 1923, by a Federal grand jury for perjury. While this case was building, another of the brokerage firms associated with the dissolution of Stoneham's, E.D. Dier & Company, also collapsed. Once again, allegations of criminal activity began to swirl around him and in September 1923, he was indicted by the Federal government for mail fraud related to defrauding the Dier company's clients. He was acquitted of these charges on February 6, 1925. Although he was cleared of most charges in each case, the taint of scandal never fully left him.		Allegations arose that Stoneham was a silent partner in the firm and had provided false testimony in the investigation of the collapse. He was indicted on August 31, 1923, by a Federal grand jury for perjury. While this case was building, another of the brokerage firms associated with the dissolution of Stoneham's, E.D. Dier & Company, also collapsed. Once again, allegations of criminal activity began to swirl around him and in September 1923, he was indicted by the Federal government for mail fraud related to defrauding the Dier company's clients. He was acquitted of these charges on February 6, 1925. Although he was cleared of most charges in each case, the taint of scandal never fully left him.

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	==Business ventures==		==Business ventures==
	Stoneham began his career as a board boy, updating stock transactions, in a New York City brokerage office. He quickly rose through the ranks, becoming a stock salesman in the company. In 1913, he established his own brokerage, Charles A. Stoneham & Company. In 1917, he also purchased the Sierra Nevada mine in [[Jefferson, Nevada]]. In 1921, Stoneham dissolved his brokerage house, convincing his investors to transfer their accounts to various other New York brokerage firms. In July 1922, [[E.M. Fuller & Company]], one of the brokerages which accepted Stoneham's clients, collapsed, resulting in the [[Fuller bankruptcy case]] implicating Stoneham.		Stoneham began his career as a board boy, updating stock transactions, in a New York City brokerage office. He quickly rose through the ranks, becoming a stock salesman in the company. In 1913, he established his own brokerage, Charles A. Stoneham & Company. In 1917, he also purchased the Sierra Nevada mine in [[Jefferson, Nevada]]. In 1921, Stoneham dissolved his brokerage house, convincing his investors to transfer their accounts to various other New York brokerage firms. In July 1922, [[Edward M. Fuller & Company\|E.M. Fuller & Company]], one of the brokerages which accepted Stoneham's clients, collapsed, resulting in the [[Fuller bankruptcy case]] implicating Stoneham.

	Allegations arose that Stoneham was a silent partner in the firm and had provided false testimony in the investigation of the collapse. He was indicted on August 31, 1923, by a Federal grand jury for perjury. While this case was building, another of the brokerage firms associated with the dissolution of Stoneham's, E.D. Dier & Company, also collapsed. Once again, allegations of criminal activity began to swirl around him and in September 1923, he was indicted by the Federal government for mail fraud related to defrauding the Dier company's clients. He was acquitted of these charges on February 6, 1925. Although he was cleared of most charges in each case, the taint of scandal never fully left him.		Allegations arose that Stoneham was a silent partner in the firm and had provided false testimony in the investigation of the collapse. He was indicted on August 31, 1923, by a Federal grand jury for perjury. While this case was building, another of the brokerage firms associated with the dissolution of Stoneham's, E.D. Dier & Company, also collapsed. Once again, allegations of criminal activity began to swirl around him and in September 1923, he was indicted by the Federal government for mail fraud related to defrauding the Dier company's clients. He was acquitted of these charges on February 6, 1925. Although he was cleared of most charges in each case, the taint of scandal never fully left him.

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	'''Charles Abraham Stoneham''' (July 5, 1876 – January 6, 1936) was the owner of the [[New York Giants (NL)\|New York Giants]] baseball team, [[New York Nationals (ASL)\|New York Nationals]] soccer team, the center of numerous corruption scandals, and the instigator of the "Soccer Wars" which destroyed the [[American Soccer League (1921–1933)\|American Soccer League]].		'''Charles Abraham Stoneham''' (July 5, 1876 – January 6, 1936) was the owner of the [[New York Giants (NL)\|New York Giants]] baseball team and [[New York Nationals (ASL)\|New York Nationals]] soccer team. He was at the center of numerous corruption scandals and was also the instigator of the "Soccer Wars" which destroyed the [[American Soccer League (1921–1933)\|American Soccer League]].

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	'''Charles Abraham Stoneham''' (July 5, 1876 – January 6, 1936) was the owner of the [[New York Giants (NL)\|New York Giants]] baseball team, [[New York Nationals (ASL)\|New York Nationals]] soccer team, the center of numerous corruption scandals and the instigator of the "Soccer Wars" which destroyed the [[American Soccer League (1921–1933)\|American Soccer League]].		'''Charles Abraham Stoneham''' (July 5, 1876 – January 6, 1936) was the owner of the [[New York Giants (NL)\|New York Giants]] baseball team, [[New York Nationals (ASL)\|New York Nationals]] soccer team, the center of numerous corruption scandals, and the instigator of the "Soccer Wars" which destroyed the [[American Soccer League (1921–1933)\|American Soccer League]].

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