Branch Rickey Visits Parents Hurt In Crash

Article taken from The Lima News, June 8, 1934

Columbus, O., June 8---(AP)--- Injured in an auto collision south of here, Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Rickey, of Portsmouth, parents of Branch Rickey, vice president and general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, were recovering today.

The elder Rickey, 79, is being treated for chest injuries and his wife, 73, for chest injuries and scalp lacerations.

Branch Rickey, his wife and two children, Branch, Jr., and Mary, came to Columbus last night in a chartered plane, A few hours after the accident.