"It was clear that he [George Preston Marshall] needed to try a different approach in his second season, though, and, always unafraid of making big changes, he moved his home field to Fenway Park. That ended his association with the [Boston] Braves, so he also needed to change the team name. Keeping with the native American theme, he selected Redskins....
July 6, 1933, Marshall said, 'The fact that we have in our head coach Lone Star Dietz, an Indian, together with several Indian players, has not, as many suspected, not inspired me to choose the name Redskins.' He just wanted to avoid any confusion with baseball's Braves, he said. He may also have selected Redskins to achieve a connection with the Red Sox, who also played at Fenway Park." John Eisenberg's The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire.
Had a sneaking suspicion that the Washington based Marshall was creating the origin of the Washington Redskins. In comparison Marshall's views on race and segregation make later Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey look positively progressive.
