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OLD OFFICIALS AT FAIRM0UNT REVERSE POSITIONS ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 18. R. E. Costello, East St. Louis attorney, who is handling the affairs of the new owners of Fairmount . Park, said that he had conferred with the out-of-town owners and the local men who are interested in the track and that they asked him to appoint D. C. Burnett general manager and Robert S. Eddy, Jr., assistant general manager. Under the old Fairmount organization, which recently filed dissolution papers, Eddy was general manager and Burnett his assistant The new group is undecided about keeping the old Fairmount name, Coster o said. However, purses for the meeting scheduled to open September 4, providing the Illinois Racing Commission approves, will not be less than 00, according to Costello.
