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VOLUiVl E I 18. NUMBER 25

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ST. LOUIS. JANUARY 13, 1960

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New Swaps Spark Gleam Team of Stars You Can't Tell a Player Without a Score Card* BOOWW SCORECARD SAVES— NOT OWW Witt, m s S E E NEW BLOOD ON TEAMS IN M AJORS AS A RESULT OF NUMEROUS O FF-SEA SON DEALS, BUT SPIC E M LV HE­ ADD E D TD WATCH IAXS SUCCESS OR FLORS OF P LAVERS

Top Play ers Swept UjJ in Winter Deals I’fiw tfiil MIT-Star* Lineup* Im m r*! From List of SO t Yr former* IMI New Chili* tty BOTI BU R N ES ST. LO UI S. Mo. f l a w w o u l d y o u like. o n o p e n i n g clay in LMT. to tee the wattage!* of a m a j o r l e a g u e b a l l c l u b ? If y o u w e r e in this spot. y o u p r o b a b l y would r e l i s h h a v ­ ing th is o u t s t a n d i n g b a l l c l u b going f or you a s "be s e a s o n o p e n e d : F ra n k House, catching, Dick C o r ­ ner! ai f i r s t , J o h n n y T e m p l e a t s e c ­ ond, D a r y l S p e n c e r a t s h o r t , G e n e F r e e s e at t h i r d , M in n i e M in os o in left, J a c k i e B r a n d i " in c e n t e r , H a n k B a u e r in r i g h t a n d C a l M c L i s h pitchfll • O r p e r h a p s you w o u l d p r e f e r » ball c l u b m a d e u p c f t r a d e d p l a y e r s c o m p r i s i n g ai No. 2 u n i t ? lf sn, y o u co ul d h a v e C a r l S a w a t s k i o r John R o m a n o catching, Gordon C o l e m a n a l firs t, D o n B l a s i n g a m e at second. Chico F e r n a n d e z a t short.

F r a n k T h o m a s at th i r d , J o h n Callison rn left field, B o g e r M a r i s in c e n t e r a n d N o r m S i e b e r n o r G i n o Cirnoli in r i g h t , w i t h Billy O ’Dell p i t c h i n g .

O r y o u could h a v e a m i x t u r e of the t w o b a b c l u b s a t y o u r d i s p o s a l if all ol t h e p l a y e r s i n v o l v e d in t r a d e s o v e r th e w i n t e r w e r e m a d e a v a i l a b l e to you.

In all. s o m e 50 p l a y e r s w i th solid m a j o r league e x p e rie n c e o r potential m o v e d f r o m o n e c l u b to a n o t h e r d u r ­ ing the w i n t e r .

Cotcnuin Top Prospect T h i s i n c l u d e s the m i n o r l e a g u e p l a y ­ e r # w h o w e r e i nv olved in s e v e r a l of t h e d e a l s . A m o n g t h e se is th e t a l e n t e d G o rd o n C o lem an , who w e n t from C l e v e l a n d to C i n c i n n a t i in the d e a l for Johnny T em ple. C o lem an had an o u t­ s t a n d i n g s e a s o n in t h e S o u t h e r n A s s o ­ c i a t i o n i n 1951) a n d b r i n g s a “ c a n ’t m i s s ” t a g with h i m to th e m a j o r s .

Most i n t e r e s t i n g is the f a c t t h a t o u t ­ s t a n d i n g p l a y e r s w e r e in vo lve d in the v a r i o u s ’d e a l s . As the s u g g e s t e d li n e ­ ups n o t e d a b o v e p l a i n l y i n d i c a t e , at least two c a p a b l e t e a m s w h ic h n eed ap o lo gi ze rn no o n e would be c o n ­ structed.

Actu all y, at m ost p o s it io n s t h e r e is a n ev en w i d e r ’choi ce of s e l e c ti o n s .

H e r e , b y positions, is the list of top tal en t. P u t y o u r s e l f in the r o le of a m a n ag er. Envision having these play­ e r s in s p r i n g t r a i n i n g in F l o r i d a or A r iz o n a ne x t M a r c h . See w h i c h o n e s you think y o u would s e l e c t a s y o u r . s t a r t i n g c r e w . It m a y not a g r e e with • e i t h e r of t h e li n eu p s s u g g e s t e d ab o v e .

C A T C H E R S —C a r l S a w a t s k i , F r a n k i Hous e. P e t e D a l e y , Mal S m i t h (of the r A t h l e t i c s to t h e P i r a t e s ) , J o h n R o ­ m a n o a n d Dick Br ow n.

F IR S T B A S E M E N — K en t Hadley, M a r v T h r o n e b e r r y * R o n J a c k s o n , Dick G e r n c r t , J i m M a r s h a l l , G o r d o n Cole-' man.

S E C O N D B A S E M E N —D o n B l a s i n ­ g a m e . J o h n n y T e m p l e , Billy M a r t i n .

T H I R D B A S E M E N —G e n e F r e e s e .

F r a n k T h o m a s, Bubba Phillips.

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a------------------------- s 4U*'«i«t*in, D rie r# im 20-Vea# SG**U»r elf I ’ litrear Fliin • *.*h W ** * N E W YO RK , N. Y .—Candidate* for the Hall of Fame, who re­ ceived 23 or more votes in the 1958 balloting of the baseball Writers’ Association, include eight player* who Were stars at least 20 years.

Charlie Grimm, who is return­ ing ti) uniform as manager of th* Cubs, and Jim m ie Dykes, man­ ager «f the Tigers, are among the 20-y«*r veterans on the eligible, list. Grimm, in two decades as «t first baseman, batted .290. Dykes, un infiefdtSr for 22 yews, princi­ pally at. third base, hit .280.

Luke Appling wa* a standout shortstop for 20 reasons With a career tnark#of .310. Sam Rice, outfielder for 20 years, compiled ■a.batting overage of .322.

There are four pitchers on the list a* folio'##: Yrs. W.—T-. Ret. T I 2*73-225 .54S Red Ruffing Waite Hoyt 21 237-182 .566 Eppa Rixev .21 266*251 .515 Red Faber ..

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There also have been many varia­ tions in the writer poll, although one constant, regulation has been the re­ quirement that 75 per cent of the vote is necessary for election. * * »«

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1957—Writers: Nap Lajoic*Tris Speaker. Cy Yoking.

Committee: George Wright. Mgrgan Bulkeley, ‘Ban Johnson. John McGraw. Connie Mack.

IMS — Writers: (drover Alexander. Committee: Alexander Cartwright. Henry Chadwick.

1939—Waiters: Lou Gehrig (special election). Eddie Collins. Willie Keeler, .George Sisler. Committee: Cap Alison. I loss Radbourne? A. G. Spalding, Candy Cummings. Buck lawing. Charles Comiskey.

1942—Writers: Rogers Hornsby.

1944—Committee: Kenesaw M. Landis.

1945—Committee:* Roger B°resnahan, Dan Breath­ ers. Wilbert Robinson. Ed Dclahanty, .Fred Clarke.

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N EW YORK. N. Y .—The rules governing the Hall of l ame elec­ tions bv O ' the Baseball Writers’ Associal ion include these provisions: “ To bv eligible as a candidate, a baseball player must have been active as ;* player in the major leagues in each of ten different championship seasons at some Additions Encouraged After 'la time during a period beginning 30 After the first four annual elections. years before and ending five years the scribes decided to v o l e every prior to the election. He shall third year, starting with 1942. How­ have been retired as an active ever, .after the BBW AA poll of 1945 player during the five years pre­ failed to elect anyone, the Permanent ceding the election, but he may be Committee requested a restoration of otherwise connected • • with baseball. the annual general balloting, with a “ Eligibility shall he based upon .nominating system lo encourage ad­ the playing record of each candi­ ditions to the Cooperstown gallery, lf date and not on what he may have none was named on the first ballot, according to this plan, the top 20! done otherwise in baseball. No automatic elections based on per­ names were resubmitted. In '46.

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•1 writers on the job ten or more years ; formances such as a halting aver­ were authorized to vote. In 1950. the ! age of .400 or more, pitching a nominating plan was junked, as it '• perfect game or similar achieve­ had produced only one name, that of; ment shall be permitted. “ Candidates shall be chosen on Charlie Gehringer. the year before. \ Then, in ’56, the two-year ballot was ; the basis of playing ability, integ­ rity. sportsmanship, character. adopted. their contribution to the team or Of the SI in the Hall of Fame, only teams on which they played and 36 were named directly by the writ­ to baseball in general.'M ers, who have held a very high stand­ ard of appraisal.

■ ' D I he BBW A A polls produced Pitch- one for Cooperstown since. 1956. when eis Chiisty Mathewson, Walter John- (ircenborg and Cronin drew the reson. Cy Young, Cl rover Alexander, quired 75 per cent. T heir ’58 pol) was Lefty Grove, Carl Hubbell. Herb Pen*. negative, but it is interesting to name nock, led Lyons, Dazzy Vance and here tho players who then received Dizzy Dean; Catchers Mickey Coch-; 25 or more votes. rnne, Bill Dickey • and Gabby. Hartnett. 'rile rundown: Max Carey 136. Edd First Basemen Loll Gehrig. Gt-nrgc Roush 112. Red Ruffin” <)«) H ack Sisler, Jimmie Fox.':'. Bill Terry and Wilson Si I. Kiki Cuyler and Sam Rice, H a n k Greenberg; Second Basemen SIO, Tony buzzer I kb. Luke Appling 77, Nap La joie, Eddie Collins. Rogers Lefty Come/. 70, Burleigh Crimes 7]’ Hornsby, Frank Frisch and Cehring- Red l-aber OS. Loo Boudreau 04.'.lim or; Shortstops Conus Wagner.' Rabbit Bottomry 57. Ducky Medwick 50 PepMaranville ant! Joe Conin; Third per Martin 40. Hank (lo w ly 45

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Wheat Only Recent Entrant Only one player, '/.ack Wheat, ?ia» been selected in the past two years.

Previously, after the' first rush into the Hall, there was a five-year span, 1940-44, in which only two were honor­ ed with busts. However, amends were? made in 1945-46. when special •oom-i H ------_ mittees named 2! notables.

This feast-famine theme h a s te n e r -1 retired a# player# for five yea if; was* ated considerable thinking a b o u t begun rn 1953.

In the past, many means* w e r e Cooperstown by many old-timers. At limes, the purists who dream in Ruth- adopted to create the pantheon of the Malhewson-Cobb terms take the up­ game. The (Baseball Centennial Com­ per hand and insist that the standards! mittee m a d e appointments at the for election should be maintained on . star?, and C o m m is s io n e r Kenesaw the most lofty level. # ! 'Mountain Landis and League Presi­ Then the realist school will gain the dent# WM» Harridge and Ford Frick ascendency. Its disciples point out took charge in ’38. In ‘39, Landis that it is too late to theorize, because named a new committee of Ed Bar­ standards for Cooperstown are deter­ row. Bob ‘Quinn, Connie Mack and mined automatically by all those who Sid Mercer.

Landis added others and termed have been named to the shrine, and not merely by Rut Iv Wagner, Cobb, the group a Permanent Committee in 19*1*C Later that year this body as­ Mathewson and such.

One side may even aver at times sumed sole jurisdiction over old-time ‘that it “ cheapens” the Hall to elect candidates, who previously .were in “ too many,” and the other side has the genera! poll. This ruling restrict­ tho ready retort that it is only simple ed writers to players since 1900. In justice to admit any who match or 1953. an entirely new committee was surpass tho records and achievements chosen, authorized to pick f r o m (T manv • of those already »- honored. .So among managers and umpires as well it goes. 'r V W V W Code Adopted in *56 At this time there is a firm policy against the old-timer petition in par­ ticular, and the membership is almost frozen excepting* for possible positive action by tile writers in their current poll.

However, there is nothihg stable or inviolable about the rules. The code in force dates only from 1956. when the Hall of Fame % Board of Directors adopted writer erecoin in end at ions that a general poll he taken every second year, with the Committee on Veterans convening in alternate years to name no more than two old-timers.

In ’56, it was also decided to bar as candidates players who has not served ten years in tile majors. The present arrangement of not passing judgment on recent stars until they had been

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Another ballot for the H alol of Fa int? i* upon us, with no hint as yet that the present 'balloting—the nineteenth by the Baseball Writers’ Association a)f America since* Cooperstown w a # founded in 1936—will be broadened* in answer to the plea of five* old-timers beaded by Ty ‘Cobb. 'rite general poll «of ten-year mem­ bers of the BBW A A, being held this month, therefore will he tho o n l y vehicle for*adding to the present com­ pany of 84.at the shrine in New York State until the Veterans* Committee meets in 1961.

It is interesting to note that three of the stars of former years most heart­ ily espoused.by C o b b and others-*Eppa Rixcy, E d d Roush and Sam Rice—are still eligible for election by the writers, who .are limited to play­ ers who were •active within the last 30 years. Roush completed his career in ‘31, Rixey in ’33 and Rico iii ’3#. i> * £

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Johnny -.vers. Jack Chesbro. Rube Waddell, Ed 5\alsh. Eddie Plank. Joe McGinnitv, Tom Me­ ta l my. -Iesse Burkett. Clark Griffith.'

19L—\\ i Hers: Mickey Cochrane, Frank I:r«scIi Lefty Grove. Carl Hubbell.

BUS—W.i hers: Herb Pcnnork. Pie Traynor.

1949 — W niers: Charlie Gehringer.

Committee: Mordecai Brown. Kid Nichols.

PG I—Writers: Jimmie Enxx. Mel Of!. llarry l!(ri,n™»». Paul Wailer.

Di//y D(an’ Al Simons. Commit.

Bender. Bobby Wallace. Ed Barrow, Jfar-

tee. Unef i> w light, loin ( onnoliy. Bill Klem.

I!);,-I—Writers: Bill Dickey, Rabbit Maranville. Bill J errv.

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P)5(i- Writers: Hank Greenberg. .Toe Cronin.

J.I, f ommittee: Sam Crawford, Joe McCarthy, l.i.i't (.omnnttee: '/.ack Wheat.

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Charlie Grimm 2$, amt ITobhy Doe rf 2S. It i« Too Tate this year to vote again for Carey anet Covclcski because they have been retired more than 30 years.

Roush, Bancroft and Gowdy come up for their last chance in the poll. ♦ ♦ «

Itouslt F a r Front Needed loud Roush, one of Cobb’s recommenda­ tions, drew a heavy vote in ’58. but was far below the total of 190 needed for election. Rice was prominent at 90, bnf T y ’s third nominee. Rixcy, was far down at 3?.

It is, of course, impossible to hazard* a guess whether the writers will elect any or several in their biennial poll.

Their standards are high, as is indi­ cated in the ’58 results. Possibly • they** will wait on Bob Feller, Stan MusiaL Ted Williams, and perhaps Warren Spahn, E a rly Wynn, Pee Wee Reese and others.

However, many of the ’58 leader* come to the polls well documehted.

Roush is hailed as one of the great center fielders, with a batting average of .323 for 18 years. Ruffing* wa* without question «ive of baseball’* premier pitchers with 273 wins*(22*1 lost), a victory * total surpassed by only eight men of all eras who already are in the pantheon.

Rixey’s win column -exceeds that of 12 liall of Famers. Hack Wilson i* the N. L. homer leader for a season, with 56 in ’30 with the Cubs. a fact which no doubt impressed voters in ’58. * * Rice Posted .322 Life Mark Rice is one of the most prolific hitsmiths, just 13 shy of 3,000. with a .322 average over 20 years, as Cobb has stressed.

Cuyler, although not a power hitter, averaged .321 over 18 years, and Lazzeri was a •heavy-hit­ ting second baseman at ,292 tor Et years.

Appling was an outstanding hitter and shortstop, with 2,749 hits for .310 over 20 years. Then then* is a group of famous pitchers, with the colorful Gomez low with 189 wins, hut also quite low in losses at only 102; the doughty fighter, Grimes, who is just a peg behind Ruffing at 270-212. and lite famous spitballer, Faber, at 253-211.

But that was the way it stood in ‘ftf, and possibly not a true signpost to­ ward writer opinion in the current election which is awaited with keen interest by dozens of hopeful candi­ dates through the nation.

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A s a p l a y e r in t h e A m e r i c a n L e a g u e , J o e C ro n in w a s k n o w n a s a confident, mute-handed shortstop.

In his new role a s p resid en t of the A m erican L e a g u e , C r o n i n h a s h a d to field m a n y n e w anc! u n a c c u s t o m e d p r o b l e m s in liis f r e s h m a n y e a r in o f f i c e , n o w c o m ­ ing to a close, b u t he h a s h andled •hose c h a lle n g e s with th e s a m e kind «>f s k il l anc! a s s u r a n c e t h a t h e d i s ­ p la y ed as a s ta r player.

Q uestions of m a jo r leag u e expan* Ilion, i n t e r - l e a g u e d e a l s , ti rn p • r e s, schedule q u irk s . . . these and m a n y o t h e r p r o b l e m s p i l e d h i g h o n C r o n i n ’s d e s k d u r i n g t h e p a s t y e a r , anc! h e k n o w s t h e y will c o n t i n u e t o d o s o . I l e h a s t a c k l e d t h e m .all w i t h t h e s a m e d r iv e an d finesse th a t m a d e h im a •rem endous d ia m o n d com petitor.

C r o n i n c a n look b a c k w i t h s a t i s f a c ­ tio n on th e r e s u lt s o f his f ir s t y e a r a s h e a d of th e A m e r ic a n L eag ue.

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JOE CRONIN, IN HIS FIRST SEASON AS HEAP OF AMERICAN LE A G U E , H A N D LED S T O R M Y SIT U A T IO N S W E L L AND GAYE ENCOURAGE*

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F o r e c a s t s C l o s e '60 K n e e B ut Cronin, w ho sta rts his second y e a r in o f f i c e o n F e b r u a r y !, is c o n ­ fident th a t the resu lts of the p a s t y e a r w e r e only the b egin ning of b ig g e r a n d b e t t e r t h i n g s to c o m e f o r h i s o w n c i r ­ c u i t a n d all o f b a s e b a l l .

• ‘The. I960 race should be ev en c l o s e r , ’* h e p o i n t e d o u t . “ I ’m c o n ­ v in c e d s c v e r a I of o u r club s h a v e stren g th en ed them selves o v e r last s e a s o n b y r e c e n t m o v e s . T h e r e will b e a m u c h b e tte r b alance by opening d a y f r o m top to b o tto m t h a n w a s d ie c a s e last s e a s o n .”

M u c h of this i m p r o v e m e n t h a s b e e n b ro u g h t about, C ronin a g reed , by the s p r e e o f i n t e r - l e a g u e t r a d i n g in D e ­ c e m b e r , j u s t o n e of m a n y i n n o v a t i o n s t h a t ’m a r k e d h i s f i r s t y e a r in o f f i c e .

W hile Cronin w a s h a rd ly n u m b e re d a m o n g t h e e n t h u s i a s t i c s u p p o r t e r s of th e w aiver-free deals w hen first p ro ­ posed, he feels they su rv iv e d the first trial period and rate a n o th e r try. “ C ertainly, nothing d e trim e n ta l to e i t h e r l e a g u e e m e r g e d f r o m t h e 195ft . tra d in g period,” said. * h

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T h e outcom e presented a clear anal­ y s is of the situ atio n c o n c e rn in g the p ro p o s e d third m a j o r league.

J o e s p e n d s long h o u r s a t his office arnd t r a v e l s e x t e n s i v e l y t o k e e p in f i r s t - h a n d t o u c h w i t h all p h a s e s of le a g u e a c tiv ity and to im p ro v e public r e l a t i o n s , w h i c h h e r e c o g n i z e s to b e of p rim e im portance. “ Being a league president # might s e e m l i k e a s o f t p o s i t i o n to s o m e , ” J o e said, chuckling. “ Why, even w hen M ildred (M rs. Cronin) and I w e re d is­ c u s s i n g nay i m p e n d i n g p r o m o t i o n , we

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In h i s l u x u r i o u s o f f i c e , b i g l e a g u e in e v e r y d e t a i l , in t h e b r a n d n e w I B M B u i l d i n g in tile h e a r t o f B o s t o n ’s C o p ­ ley S q u a r e . C ro n in not o n ly looked boldly to the fu tu re but also reflected o n t h e b r i e f p a s t of h i s p r e s i d e n c y . “ T his position, of co u rse, h a s been different, m u c h different, fro m a n y ­ thing I e x p e rie n c e d as a player, m a n ­ a g e r o r g en eral m a n a g e r ,” he r e ­ m arked. “ Before, w as concerned with one te a m , a n d b e a tin g th e seven o t h e r c l u b s , if p o s s i b l e . N o w o n e h a s to h a v e t h e i n t e r e s t s o f a1! e i g h t c l u b s at h e a rt. c an u n d e rs ta n d so m uch b e t t e r n o w the p r o b l e m s o t h e r t e a m s have.”

J o e o u t l i n e d s o m e o f #t h e l e s s t a s t e f u l j o b s t h a t g o w i t h h i s n e w of f ic e , l o o . “ I ’ll n e v e r g e t a n y e n j o y m e n t o u t of fining, b a l i p l a y e r s , ’"1 explained.

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C ronin ra te s the u m p ires as a very im p o rta n t d e p a rtm e n t am o n g the sev­ e r a l h e o v e r s e e s a s a p a r t of t h e r o u ­ t i n e f u n c t i o n s o f of f ic e . “ O u r c l u b o w n e rs a p p re c ia te the umpires* posi­ ti o n a n d w a n t ' t h e m all to d o w e l l , ” he p o in te d out.

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D u r i n g t h e 1941 s e a s o n in B o s t o n , C r o n i n w a s e j e c t e d J*r o m t h e f i r s t g a m e of a d o u b l e - h e a d e r a g a i n s t t h e Y a n k e e s a t F e n w a y P a r k .

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C r o n i n ’s b e e f ' / a m e in t h e f i r s t inning and P a s s a r e l l a ousted him . A nd the resu lt w a s th ai P a s s a r e M a r e c e i v e d a c a l l - d o w n f r o m t h e l e a g u e p r e s i d e n t f o r g i v i n g t h e he av e- f eo to a key m a n during such an im p o rta n t series.

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•‘It w asn’t so Tong ag® th a t Jo e Tucci #oTi! his holdings for $215 a share.

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M u r p h y , e m b a t t l e d m i n o r i t y it o c k Iio ld e r, w o u l d Tx? in a p o s it i o n t o p a y a p r e m i u m prier? f o r s t o c k if it w o u l d e n a b l e h im t o w r e s t c o n t r o l f r o m t h e G r i f f i t h s , w h o o w n 5J p e r c e n t . M u r ­ p h y c w n s s li g h t l y m o m t h a n 40 p er c e n t of t h o MI,921 s h a r e * w h i c h a r e f iu ts t a n d m g : M urphy, p ro m in e n t In su ra n c e m a n h e r e , d i s c l a i m e d a n y k n o w le d g e c f t h e r e p o r t e d $400 b id s . #T h a v e n ’t e v e r h e a r d e< t h e m b e f o r e , ” M u r p h y tiefla red .

M u r p h y s a i d I e t1i<ln#t f e e l t h e r e w a s a n y c o e d t o r e h a s h hi# m o v e * t o t r y to* s e e k c o n t r o l c f t h e c lu b . One? • e s u l t w a s t h a t h e w a s f o r c e d c fi t h e h o a r d c f d i r e c t o r s a n d Tost a n o m i n a l t r e a s u r e r s p o s t I b a t p a i d $*5,00CJ y early.

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D e O r s e y Rcsfgnocf f r o n t H o a r d D eO rsey h a d been a m e m b e r c f the (board, b u t r e s i g n e d a f t e r b e i n g c r i t i ­ c a l of C o m m i s s i o n e r f o r d t . P r i c k a n d s o m e toll O r g a n i z e d S a i l ’# o p e r a ­ tions. “ T h e re '4# soc* c h a n c e ®‘? C a lv i n G r i f ­ f ith o r hi* s i s t e r , T h e l m a , in d iv id u a lly s e llin g a n y p a r t o f th e 52 p e r c e n t th e y o w n j o i n t l y , ” D e O r s e y sa id , “ i n f a c t , t h e y ’ve j u s t -signed a n e w t e n - y e a r •Toting t r u s t p l e d g i n g th e y will sell t h e i r h o ld in g s t o g e t h e r o r no t af a ll. “ Q a M n G riffith h a s a pro b lem f a c ­ e d b y few club* o w n e r s .

With a d i s ­ g r u n t l e d m i n o r i t y s to c k h o ld e r , he h a s b e e n f o r c e d f r e q u e n t l y t o d e f e n d his a c t i o n s in c o u r t .

“J th in k th e w o n -lo st s t a n d i n g s a r e i n t e r e s t i n g . O n le g a l a c tio n s, t h e y ’d look th is w a y : IV. C a lv in G r iff ith ........................ & B o b R o d e n b u r g ........................■€ M. G a b r i e l M u r p h y ............0

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M u r p h y c u r r e n t l y is s u in g to p r e ­ v e n t G riffith JY om d is p o s in g of G r i f ­ fith .Stadium a n d m i n o r le a g u e h o l d ­ in gs.

S e r v e s a s R e d s k in Aid D e O r s e y a ls o h a s b o u n c e d , in a n d ou t of th e W a s h i n g to n R e d s k in p i c ­ t u r e . a n d c u r r e n t l y is s e r v i n g a s a s ­ s i s t a n t lo P r e s i d e n t G e o r g e P r e s t o n M arshall. “ Lots of e x o r b i t a n t n e w s p a p e r fig-* H ies a r e b a n d i e d a b o u t o v e r s p o r t s h o ld in g s ,” D e O r s e y d e c l a r e d . “ Re­ m e m b e r fo rm e r Senator G eorge B en­ d e r ’s $7,000,000 o f fe r to b u y th e ball c lu b ?

• “ Well, h e n e v e r m a d e it to the G r i f ­ fith s. l i e n e v e r .made* it to m e , e ith e r.

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I n t h e first p la c e , o n l y 7 o r ^ p e r c e n t is h e ld o u ts id e th e G riffithM u r p h y blocs. s/4 p e s s i m i s t i c v ie w is th ai th e S e n a ­ tors m a y not m a k e as m uch revenue in th e n e w s t a d i u m . C a u tio u s C alvin G r i f f i t h w o r r i e s a b o u t losing m o r e t h a n $100,000 a n n u a l r e n t a l r e v e n u e f ro m th e R e d s k i n s , w ho a l r e a d y a r e c o m m i t t e d to a 3 0-year le a s e to p l a y all t h e i r g a m e s in the- p r o p o s e d n e w s ta d i u m . . G r i f f i t h :<s c o n c e r n e d , too, o v e r th e r e n t a l h e wil* h a v e to p a y an d the c o n c e s s i o n s a g r e e m e n t , he will h a v e to n e g o t i a t e w ith th e D i s t r i c t o f ’Co­ lu m b i a A r m o r y B o a r d , w h ic h will o p ­ e r a t e th e s t a d i u m .

In his R e d s k i n post, D e O r s e y h a d m u c h to do w it h b r e a k i n g a l o g j a m .

H e a r r a n g e d th e s ig n in g of a n a g r e e ­ m e n t t h a t is g iv in g p r in c ip a l i m p e t u s to th e b u ild in g of th e n e w W a s h i n g ­ ton s t a d i u m .

W hile i f s t r u e t h a t G riffith w ill b e e x c h a n g i n g a la n d l o r d ro le fo r t h a t of t e n a n t if he follows a lo n g , i f s also t r u e th e c l u b will b e a b l e to d is p o s e of th e G riffith S t a d i u m p r o p e r t y , v a l ­ ued a n y w h e r e f r o m $1,500,000 to $2,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 .

T h e i n c r e a s e d a t t e n d a n c e in a b i g ­ g e r a n d b e t t e r fa c ility w ith a d e q u a t e p a r k i n g , «and r e s u l t i n g i n c r e a s e d c o n ­ c e s s io n s r e v e n u e , f ig u re lo i m p r o v e th e f in a n c ia l p o sitio n of th e clu b, w h ich, G riffith r e c e n t l y said, “ is n ’t m a k i n g e n o u g h m o n e y to d e c l a r e d i v i ­ d en d s.”

S t a d i u m C h a in m a n G e o r g e P . S h e a "has in d i c a t e d c o n s tr u c ti o n of th e n e w a r e n a will b e g in th is s p r i n g . A H e e x ­ p e c t s to h a v e a c o m p l e t e d s t a d i u m by ’th e s t a r t o f »lhe ’Cl s e a s o n .

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D a n b a iii rn I. N ew Y ork co rre­ spondent of T h e S p o rtin g N ew s, h a s d r a w n th e f ire of € a J v i ti G riffith , p r e s i * d e n t of th e Sena* tors, for w h a t G r i f f i t h scalls “ g r a t u i t o u s corn­ in e n t s o n t h e W a s h i n g t o n * Morton Killcbre* c l u b ’s p a y r o l l b y t h a t Y a n k e e w r i t e r . ’* G r i f f i t h ’s h a c k l e s w e r e ra is e d b v• D ani e l ’s p u b lis h e d o b s e r v a t i o n t h a t H a r ­ m o n K ille b re w , r e c e n t ly given a $20,000 c o n t r a c t b y th e S e n a to r s , “ would b e m a k i n g $40,000 if h e 'd hit tin;se 42 h o m e r u n s f o r th e Y a n k e e s . ’* “ I t is a n o t h e r c a s e of Y a n k e e w r i t ­ e r s o v e r r a t i n g th e Yankees* g e n e r o s ­ ity a n d u n d e r r a t i n g th e o t h e r c lu b s ,” G riffith sa id . “ J h a p p e n to know s o m e of th e Y a n k e e s ’ p ay ro ll h a b its b e t t e r th a n t h e i r w r i t e r s do. Daniel is g u e s s in g , a n d b adly , if he thinks t h e y w o u ld b e p a y in g K ille b re w m o r e in I960 t h a n w e a r e p a y in g h i m . ” G riffith d e c l a r e d the W ash ing ton c lu b n o t o n ly h a d no need to a p o lo ­ g ize f o r th e $20,000 s a l a r y b e in g paid K ille b r e w , b u t said h e d o u b te d if a n y o t h e r s e c o n d - y e a r p l a y e r in th e le a g u e w a s b ein g p a id t h a t m u c h . “ L a s t y e a r w a s K ille b re w ’s first full s e a s o n as a r e g u l a r , ” Griffith s a id . “ I ’ll a g r e e h e ’s a w onderful p l a y e r , b u t w e ju m p e d bis s a l a r y 120 p e r c e n t in r e c o g n itio n of it. I’d like to a s k h ow long i f s b e e n s in c e th e Y a n k e e s d o u b led a n y b o d y ’s s a l a r y . ” R e c a ll s W eiss’ Y a m m e r G riffith s a id th e Y a n k e e w r i te r s m a y n o t h a v e r e s p e c t for W ash in g to n s a l a r i e s , in t h e i r ig n o ra n c e of th e m , b u t t h e Y a n k e e officials do.

"Let D a n ie l a s k G e o r g e -Weiss w h a t h a p ­ p e n e d a f t e r w e t r a d e d lr v N o r c n to th e Y a n k e e s a few y e a r s ago. W eiss ^ s c r e a m e d w h e n h e le a r n e d t h a t N o re n ‘w a s g e t t i n g .a b ig g e r s a l a r y than J a c k i e J e n s e n , th e p la y e r th e y tr a d e d to us. “ In t h a t s a m e deal, w e got P i t c h e r F r a n k S h ea f ro m th e Y a n k e e s . Only a c o u p le of y e a r s b efo re, S hea had w on tw o W o r ld ’s S erie s g a m e s for t h e m a n d w a s s u p p o s e d to be o n e bf t h e i r big .h e r o e s .

Btu th e Y a n k e e s h a d c u t h im b a c k to a m e r e $7,500 a y e a r . M y u ncle, C lark Griffith, .im ­ m e d i a t e l y r a i s e d S h e a ’s s a l a r y to $ 12 ,000 .”

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C r o n i n r e p l i e d , ’A * f r e s h m a n p r e s i d e n t otf th e A m e r i c a n League, I m u s t (re m a in n e u t r a l r e g a r d i n g t h e p e n n a n t w i n n e r . As a forme.* f l a y e r o f th e A m erican League i i ncf a s a f o r m e r m a n a g e r , w h a t tin y o u s a y w e k n o c k off tiiose N e w Y o r k Y a n k e e s ? ' Y o n k n o w , not p u s h t h e m t o o b a r r! , b u t w h a t ♦!«» y o u s a y w e t n o e k t h e n ; J o w ii t o t h i r d ? ’" I” . S.: T h e N e w Y o r k Y a n k ee* f i n i s h e d t h i r 4 . HO ft H O L B R O O K ,

A s * r e s u lt. C o o m * b a n a u c c e e d e il in b e t t e r i n g t h e Jot o f h is u m p i r i n g staff in s e v e r a l w i p e d * , a 1! .t h e w a y f r o m a s s i s t i n g t h e m in m a t t e r * of t r a n s p o r t a t i o n .and b a g g a g e t r a n s f e r t o a r e c e n t in q u iry w ith i n s u r a n c e r e p ­ resentatives aim ed to w a rd in creasin g t h e i r p e n s io n b e n e fits.

C r o n i n ’s s u p e r v i s o r e t u m p ire * , C a l H u b b a r d , is k e p t c o n tin u a lly o n th e s e a r c h fo r u m p i r i n g t a l e n t , And hi# s c o u t i n g e f fo r ts d u r i n g l a s t s e a s o n led t o the p u r c h a s e o f f o u r n e w m e n in b l u e —toil! {Cinnamon a n d AT S m ith f r o m th e A m e r i c a n A s s o c ia tio n a n d C a l D r u m m o n d And H a r r y S c h w a r t s fro m th e International Teague.

C r o n in w o r k s v e r y closely w ith H u b ­ b a r d And w i th J o e M c K e n n e y in p u b ­ lic re la tio n s tm d Hill C u t l e t in o ffic e ©id J f n u f u a lly - a g r e e a b l© solution t o lh© s q u a b b le . m anagem ent.

H e u n d e r w e n t m o r e Hum this d o r m y * « • s e s s i o n d u r i n g hi s f ir s t y e a r in office, F e w C h a n c e * ic* C h e e t b u l A l w a y s c a m e o u t w ith colors fly­ The one over-all th in g t h a t c a u s e d ing h i g h e r t h a n b e f o r e . b i m his g r e a t e s t c o n c e n t d u r i n g his H e w a s t o u c h i m p r e s s e d with th e f i r s t s e a s o n At t h e le a g u e h e l m w a s W h il e Sox t r i u m p h in w in n in g the Hrs: t h e n e c e s s ity of b ein g im p a r t i a l a f t e r p e n n a n t ©f h is p r e s i d e n c y . T h e ©merg­ j o m a n y y e a r s a s a v e r y p a r t i a l r o o t ­ e n c e o f so m a n y flew y o u n g s lu r s in e r -during a g a m e . E x c e p t fo r t h e All- t o e A m e r i c a n L e a g u e w a s p l e a s a n t for S t a r G a m e anet t h e W o r ld ’* .Series, h i m t o b e h o l d Ami a d d s lo his coafi* C r o n in g o lo n g e r g e t s a c h a n c e to ro o t alone© i a th© b r i l l i a n t f u tu r e o f th e ai all. league.

A n d An o l d s t e r like E a r l y • ‘I wa* in C le v e la n d f o r a Vital W y n n w i n n i n g so f ii a n y h o n o rs, includ­ g a m ? b e tw e e n th e I n d ia n s a n d th e ing T h e S p o rtin g N ew s F l a y e r nit W hite Sox l a s t R u m m e r ,” J o e sm ile d . t h e Y e a r . a w a r d * w a# An ©specially “ I s a t in th e g r a n d s t a n d a n d it w a s p l e a s i n g f a c t o r . q u ite a g a m e . T h e C le v e la n d .f a n s A f t e r a l l , W y n n w a s b r e a k i n g in with w e r e going m a d , b ut all J did w a s W a s h i n g t o n w h e n C r o n i n w a s active a # s it th e re . p l a y e r - m a n a g g r of The F e d Sox. Wynu “ F in a lly , a fan s ittin g n e a r m e l e a n ­ is still w i n n i n g ’e m , w h ile J o ? is e n ­ ed o v e r and said, ’How c a n you s la y s c o n c e d in th e chair, of th e A m erican so c o o l?

Y o u ’r e e n t ir e l y d if f e r e n t L e a g u e p r e s i d e n t . th a n you. w e r e a s a p l a y e r . ’ T h a t ’*, B a s e b a l l is a .strange a n d w ond er­ the w a y it h a s to lie now. B u t I g ot ful g a m e , b u t m o r e s t r a n g e a n d won* q u ite a kick out of th e f a n ’s r e m a r k s . ” d e r f u l h a s b e e n t h e . s to r y of this fab­ T h e in c id en t w h ic h c a u s e d h im u lo u s, j u t - j a w e d I r i s h m a n who fought g r e a t e s t c o n c e r n d u r in g th e past, s e a ­ h i s w a y f r o m The s a n d lo ts of San son w a s th e m i x u p in r e s c h e d u lin g F r a n c i s c ® to to e p r e s i d e n c y o f The t h a t o c c u r r e d , b e t w e e n th e W hile Sox A m e r i c a n L e a g u e * a n d th e Y a n k e e s , w ith th e C h icag o I t ’s r e a d i l y ©violent t h o s e s a m e fight­ c lu b w a n t i n g to p la y a n ig h t g a m e and ing q u a l i t i e s a r e still p r e s e n t behind the N ew Y ork m a n a g e m e n t re fu s in g t h e s e r e n e d i g n i t y of Cronin,* and th a t t o a g r e e to Bill V e e c k ’s a r r a n g e m e n t . th e d e s t i n i e s o f t h e A m e r ic a n League C r o n in w o r k e d d ilig en tly , in te rv ie w in g a r c i n d e e d w e ll e n t r u s t e d in hit all c o n c e r n e d , in a n a t t e m p t to w o r k c h a r g e .

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h a b i t u a l l y h a d one of th e h ig h e s t p a y r o l ls in the le a g u e . ’.‘D aniel a n d s o m e of the o t h e r w r i t ­ e r s c o n v e n ie n tly f o rg e t this w h e n th e y .w an t to ta k e a r a p at to e S e n a t o r s , ” h e said.

The S en ato rs’ president adm itted t h a t K illeb rew , if th e Y a n k e e s w e r e .l u c k y e n o u g h to h a v e h im , could c o m m a n d a b e t t e r s a l a r y f ro m th a t t e a m th a n f ro m th e Senator's, if he co n tin u e d to hit h o m e r u n s in big figures. “ Bul th e y w ou ld c u t h im back q u ic k e r th a n w e would,, too, if he h ad a poo r y e a r , ” h e a d d e d .

Signed for 30-Gee B o nu s G riffith v e n t u r e d a lso t h a t K ille ­ b r e w would still b e in th e m i n o r s if he w e r e Y a n k e e p r o p e r t y . “ They w o u ld n 't h a v e g iv en h im th e .good shot a t g e ttin g a r e g u l a r job, off h is m in o r le a g u e r e c o r d . ” G riffith sa id . “ H a r m o n k n o w s t h a t it w a s th e W a s h ­ ington c lu b t h a t g a v e birn th e o p p o r ­ tu n ity to p la y r e g u l a r l y , a f t e r g iv in g h im a $30,000 b o n u s for s ig n in g a co n tract.”

T h e r e is no r e c o r d of a n y W a s h i n g ­ ton p l a y e r b e in g d is s a tis f ie d w ith his s a l a r y t r e a t m e n t b y th e S e n a to r s , G riffith sa id . “ M y u ncle, C la rk G r if ­ fith, a lw a y s p a id his p l a y e r s \vell a n d d r u m m e d t h a t policy into m y h e a d a s long a s h e lived. I c h a l l e n g e D a n ie l o r a n y o t h e r w r i t e r to p r o d u c e th e W ash in g to n p la y e r , p a s t o r p r e s e n t , v. ho w a s u n h a p p y a b o u t h is s a l a r y . ”

C a p i t a l C l o s e - U p s ; T h e r e a r e tw o c e r t a i n t i e s a s th e a n n u a l m e e t i n g cf the S e n a t o r s ’ b o a r d of d i r e c t o r s on G riffith r e c a lle d t h a t th e C o n g r e s ­ • J a n u a r y 29 n e a r s . I. C a lv in G riffith s io n a l h e a r i n g s on b ase b a ll by (he will be u n a n i m o u s l y e le c te d p r e s i d e n t .

C eile r c o m m i t t e e a few y e a r s a * o 2. K o d iv id e n d s will b e d e c l a r e d . d is c lo s e d t h a t the W ash in g to n c lu b P i t c h e r C h u c k S tu b b s is a l r e a d y in

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A lth o u g h a p r o p o s a l which w o u ld h a v e b a r r e d clubs from s ig n i n g c o l l e g e p l a y e r s before the e n d of t h e i r s o p h o m o r e y e a r was d e f e a t e d a t t h e m i n o r le a g u e con­ v e n t i o n in St. P e t e r s b u r g , Ma., * D e d e a u x d e c l a r e d , “ We c a rn e c lo s e to r e a c h i n g a n a c c o r d with th em .”

B e c a u s e th e “ c o lle g e ru le ” was t u r n e d d o w n b y t h e m i n o r s , it was n o t c o n s i d e r e d a t th e m a j o r league m e e t i n g s w h ic h followed. “ I e x p e c t t h e m a j o r s to take up the proposal a l t h e i r sum m er m e e t i n g s , ” D e d e a u x said. " I t h i n k t h e y w a n t to wftrk out an c q a11a bl e a i r a n g e m c u t . ” H ------------------------------------------9 * # F l o r i d a , t u n i n g u p a s a n i n s t r u c t o r ii th e J o e E n g e l b a s e b a l l school. . .

T h e .S en ato rs, w h o p r o v id e d the tberat f o r th e p l a y “ D a m y a n k e e s , ” a r e b a d on B r o a d w a y . Afctor M y ro n McCoi* m i c k , w i t h a l e a d p a r t in the jh'N p l a y “ M o t e l , ” W e a rs a Senators* jack­ e t o n s t a g e in t o k e n of his background a s a f o r m e r W a s h i n g t o n p itc h e r .

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C huck Dresser), GI year# c f geT-up-and-go, is admittedly o n e o f the basc*fcatt successes <-f tile p a s t q u a r t e r c e n t u r y . When yow visit him in his $70,000 m a n s i o n rn th e exclusive Bel-Air section of Los Angeles, you know he? aliso liars been well r e w a r d e d and h a s invested wisely.

And while t h e new m a h a g e r of the Milwaukee B ra v e s h a s innum era ble g r e a t m e m o r i e s a n d experiences behind him, he is e a g e rly looking ahead.

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•‘They said 3 was tired a couple of y e a r s a g o / 4 explained Dressen as we walked around a king-sized s w im m in g pool t h a t overlooks all of Los Angeles. “ I w as tired, all right. Tired of*:* s s ----------------------------------------g| (losing. Why. 3 c a n ’t wait for spring 1 D re ss e n , its O a k l a n d Pilot, draining lo start. This is going to be » g r e a t y e a r a t Milwaukee, as well a s T r i e d to Sigil lid IMa I hew* abc e nti re National League. Yes, and LOS ANGELES., C a l i f . - W h e n hi the American, to o . ” C huck Dressen m a n a g e d the O ak ­ T h a t ’s Charley Dressen, one of the land club in 1949, one of the p lay ­ o u ts t a n d i n g figures the g a m e has p r o ­ ers he tried to sign w as a young duced, en m a n who was a m e m b e r of fellow from. Santa B a r b a r a n a m e d c h a m p io n sh ip clubs w i t l r all three E dd ie Mathews.

N ew York t e a m s —with the Giants as Now, a n u m b e r of y e a r s later, a p l a y e r in *33, with the Yan kees as they finally get to gether on the ai coach in '47 and with the Dodgers Milwaukee Braves. a s coach in 10*11 and as m a n a g e r in D ressen had Whit W yatt when 1952-53.

C huck w as a coach at Brooklyn, * -J* <w and along with B u z z i e Bavasi Recalls Biggest Thrill swung the deal for Andy Pafko, E x a c t l y why Charley is re g a rd e d who helped the Dodgers tie for as a s h a rp student of baseball, with first place in ’51 and win in ’52. an ability to im p a rt knowledge, is Both Wyatt and Pafk o will be a p p a r e n t when you*ask him to n a m e on D r e s s e r s Milwaukee staff. his fore m ost .thrill in alm o st half a c e n tu r y of baseball.

9 “ It c a m e in a g a m e in w h i c h I think we should play the infield b a c k , " n e ith e r hit no r c a u g h t the ball, n e v e r •continued Dressen. “ Why d o n ’t you tell ’e m ? " c h a l­ even touched it. was ne ither coach n o r m a n a g e r , and did not even p l a y / ' lenged the t e a m m a t e .

D ressen <jid, and the Giants went recalled Dressen. “ It w as in the eleventh inning of a along with his thinking.

S i d e enough, Bolton g ro unded down 1933 W orld’s Series g a m e . I w as on the G ia nt bench, and while we had a the third base line, and th e ball was 2 to L lead, Washington had the bases turned into a double play —Bloody R y a n to Hughie Critz to Bill T e rry . full and there was just one out."

Had the infield been in, two runs T h e decision was lo p l a y . t h e infield in a n d pitch lo the next batter, Cliff m i g h t h a v e scored and it could have been a 3 to 2 Washington v icto ry in­ Bolton, high and away. “ Hey, this Bolton c a n ’t run, and s te a d of a 2 to I win for the Giants.

One of the first things D re sse n will why pitch him outside «so he can lift a fly ball to left and bring in the tell his Milwaukee players this spring tying r u n ? " wondered D ressen aloud is th a t he insists on their full attention to the t e a m m a t e next to h im on the d u ri n g a game. “ Fffty eyes can see more than two," bench. “ H e ’s not going to pull the ball on is this baseball s t r a t e g i s t ’s theory. “ i t ’s possible to ° ste a l signs if you Carl Hubbell, and he c a n ’t0 run, so I

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Chuck Dressen intends to m a i n t a i n Ins statu s a s a p e r m a n e n t r e s i ­ d e nt of exclusive Bel-Air in the Los Angeles fulls, but fo r t h e s u m m e r he will ren t a large a p a r t m e n t in Milwaukee.

While a c a r e t a k e r oversees his California mansion. Chuck anc! his lovely wife, Ruth, will set up t e m p o r a r y housekeeping, it* th e city of his employment.

The Bel-Air h o m e is perch ed on l o p * hill, set off with a ta rg e sw im ming pool, which both use re gularly when a t home.

Im m e d ia te ly below the D ressen residence is a huge city reservoir, but it looks like a gorgeous picture-book lake.

LOS ANGELES, Calif.- O n e of Chuck D r e s s e r s most s p e c ta c u la r successes as a st ra te gist occurred in 1952 at Brooklyn, a f t e r P r e a c h ­ e r Roe and Carl E rs kine c a m e up with sore arm s.

D ressen asked his coaches what t h e y thought about sta rtin g J o e Black, who had been a relie ve r all season, but never had sta rte d . The season was almost over, and D res­ sen was considering Black as a W orld’s Series sta rte r. .As a tuneup, B l a c k s t a r t e d ag a in s t the Bra ves and wen t the route to win. Chuck then pulled a sh o cker by sta rtin g his ace reliev­ e r in the opening g a m e of the World’s Series. Jo e r e s p o n d e d with a I to 2 tr iu m p h o v e r the Yanks.

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Dressen pointed out six m e n who were always ale rt and “ s m a r t ” on the bench, naming Pee Wee Reese, Dixie Walker, F re ddie Fitzsimm ons, Billy H e r m a n . D o l p h Camilli and Cookie Lavagctto in this wide-awake group.

Significantly, all except R eese and Camilli b ecam e big league m a n a g e r s 'a n d R eese turned down the o p p o rtu n­ ity.

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Dressen had drilled the s a m e w a t c h ­ ful f o rm a t into the bench jockeys as Dodger coach.

It paid off against Cincinnati, for in­ stance, in the ’40s. Newt Kimball, the big. blond pitcher for Brooklyn, detected that the Red c a t c h e r widened his stan ce ever so slightly when ex­ pect ijig a curve ba!!.

One season Dressen himself pilfer­ ed so m any signs from the Phil c a t c h ­ e r that the club was changing its signals almost every inning. “ The? c a tc h e r finally b e c a m e so con­ fused that he thought he had signalled for a c u r v e . ” recalled Charley. “ But

THE DEN in th e °D rcssen hom e is a m u s e u m of m a jo r l e a g u e m e m e n to e s . Here C o o lly d i s p l a y s a c o llection of s p e c ia l Louis­ v ille S l u g g e r b a t s a u t o g r a p h e d b y p l a y e r s w h o p a r t i c i p a t e d in A l l - S t a r a n d W o rld 's Series g a m e s in w h ic h h e h a d a cut.

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Jn addition t o til© SI m e n a1* re a d y li ^ e d , C a tc h e r Stan Lopata, re le a s e d a t th e close of th e 1959 c a m p a ig n , lias b e e n invited t o bid f o r i)is oTd jo b if h e d o e s n ’t caTcli o n w ith a n o th e r c lu b in th e in* ncvitiu B o a W Q IF . n ------------------ ------------------------— 2

Dresseii K O m i U U l l U 2'ROM P A G E 55 a c tu a lly it wa* a fa st bal?, aru! it tvent c l e a r b ac k to the screen as our s\'inning run c a m e iii for a I to 5 vie• 0 17 .”

It wa.* su g g ested to D re s s c n th a t ste a lin g signs and p a ssin g th e m on to the b a tt e r w as a good w ay to get a .300 hitler w hacked in th e head. ' ‘I f s no. m o re d an g ero u s fo r a b a t ­ t e r than when h e ’* up th e r e g u e s s ­ i n g / ' replied D ressen. “ A nd r e m e m ­ b e r, a lot of b a lle rs guess. “ Anyway, I n ever pass o n a sign unless I ’m sure. I have yet lo signal th e wrong one.’* He will, of course, g iv o 'a ll Tiis own Bigns with the M ilwaukee club this season, but will do it from the bench, r a t h e r than from the third b ase c o a c h ­ ing box, which will be m a n n e d by G eo rg e Myatt. * A • Mc’ll Flash All Signals Dressen, in fact, a lr e a d y h a s given M yatt a set of signs lo learn b e c a u se he w ants to use nothing th a t the D odg­ e rs employed last y ear.

H e ’ll use hand signals, foot signals, lopation signals, walking signals and looking signals.

L ast season he got the w ord from Walt Alston, with w hom he s a t on the bench, and in turn flashed th e m lo R eese in the third b a s e box.

H e will call ’em all for M ilwaukee, ever) the hit-and-run signals, which so m e m a n a g e rs leave to the discretion of* certain players. “ I perm itted R e e s e and J a c k ie Robinson lo put on their own hit-andju n s with B ro o k ly n /' said Charley, “ bul there a r e n ’t too m a n y p la y e rs t o . whom I would e n tru s t this re sp o n ­ sibility." .Milwaukee m a rk s D re s s e n 's sixth m an a g erial assignm ent, o th e r stops being Nashville and O akland in the minors, and Cincinnati, W ashington snui Brooklyn in the m a jo rs .

Dre.ssen thinks M ilw aukee will win the pennant this season if the club is able to dodge injuries.

"When I took over Brooklyn in 1951, WO thought we would win ( a c tu ­ ally. the team finished in a lie and lost to the Giants in a d r a m a tic play­ off), btu this pitching staff a t Mil­ waukee is better than that o n e ," said Drcs.son.

• “ Actually, this National League to ­ day is just about an even league, e x ­ cept for one club (the Phils), and anv team can beat you."

D r e s s e n surveyed the spraw ling a c re a g e of Los Angeles i)elow him. looking down from the g reen velvet grounds' sui rounding his palatial pool and mansion. .Someh()\v. lie d id n ’t seem overly concerned about tho.se Seven other clubs.

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B y H o lt U'0 :.F M1LW/\UKKK, Vim. Ill dll tl^at b a s ticvn w ritten dtitl *aiil d?K)uJ tfw; Brave*' s*x:«n(l b a s e situdtioii since th e Tamentable ?959 s*eai*oti. tlw r c b a s Been w ily p a ssin g tiwalion o f Mel Koacli. Tho t n a u who a y o d t d g o w as coitsi4ci*ed tho Itcira p p a r e n t to tho job loft v a c a n t by Hod S c liw n d ic n st'* i i l n e s * b a s Iwcti dlm os! oompletoly forgottea.

C huck Cottior, HIO “ goad-fieltj, ti»liit’' txKikio. h a s recoivod m o s t c f tho publicity a n d W a n a g c t Chuck l>resso« h a s ta b b e d him a s tho m a n m o s t like­ ly to s ta r t th e I960 c a m p a ig n ' a t tho jiosition. Bobby Avila h a s been m ealioncd. too. S a h a s fo lijr M antilla.

Anet, o f courso, s o has Schocndicnst. altltough tho fooling i* that tho rcdboad w on’t bo able t a play reg u la rly ag a in . And w hat *bouf R oac h ? J u d g ­ ing fro m tile reg u larity willi w^iiclt Jus i w n e b a s b e en o m itte d from such discussions, it m a y com e as » s u rp ris o l a m a n y r e a d e r s to lo a ra th d t ho is *till with th e club.

T ho a n sw e r, o f courso, lies lo the sovoro k n e e injury t h a t R o a ch sufforoct in, a g a m e with th e G ian ts, Au­ gust 5. 1958. W h at ;\p p e a re d su io to he a successful c a r e e r as » rn a j o r le a g u e r m a y havo been w recked when Dai^T Spencer, now a C ardinal, slid into l^oach in an a tte m p t to b r e a k up J d o u b le play. The young V irginian wa* c a rrie d off t h e field on a s tre tc h ­ e r a n d the next d a y un d erw en t .sur­ g ery fo r an injury t h a t Dr. B ruce B r e w e r d escrib ed as even w o rse than Billy B r u to n ’s of. the y e a r before. At tlw lim e h e w as hurt, R oach w as hit­ ting .309 and w as doing so well g e n e r ­ ally th a t Schoendienst w a s w a rm in g th e bench. fSchocndienst Classy Sub It w as an odd sight lo see Schoend ien st tro ttin g out of the dug out a s a Rubslitute for a fallen reg ular. But it show ed w h a t a g r e a t job R o ac h had been doing th ere and th e r e 's no tell­ ing w h a t m ig h t h a v e happened if m is­ fortune h a d n 't inlervened. To p ut it co n serv ativ ely ; the B ra v e s w ouldn’t hffve sp en t all of last season looking for h second b a s e m a n and chances a r e th a t they would h av e m a d e up the one g a m e n e c e ssa ry tc give them th eir third stra ig h t N. L. pennant.

As it w as, the injury finished R oach for the rest of 1958 and m a d e him next lo useless in 1959. All last w in­ te r and the early p a r t of spring tr a in ­ ing*, the B ra v e s kept hoping th a t the fo rm e r bonus baby would rec o v e r in tim e to ta k e over the position. But he got into only 19 g a m e s all y ear, including ju s t eight a t second base, and a t no tim e looked like anything a p p ro x im a tin g his fo rm e r self. His season b atting a v e r a g e w as .097— th ree hits in 31 tim es a t bat.

Mel R e tu rn e d to His H om e T hings re a c h e d the point, a fte r one ill-starred a tt e m p t lo play third ba.se. th a t R oach w ent back on the disabled list and retu rn ed to his Richm ond hom e. H e rejoined the B ra v e s in Sep­ te m b e r, but saw no m o re action and th e re w e r e m u r m u rin g s th a t he w as considering calling it^ quits.

T he front office is* u n d e rsta n d a b ly r e t i c e n t to sp eculate on R o a c h ’s ch a n c e s of a com eback, b ut it is ob­ vious th a t anything he contrib utes to the M ilw aukee cause in 19C0 will be g rav y . He definitely is not b e i n g counted upon.

J o h n McHale. who b e c a m e genera! m a n a g e r of the (Graves only a* y e a r ago, finds him self in the position of w ondering w hat the R oach of preinjury d a y s looked like. He prcfcM*s to be shown before m ak in g a n y posi­ tive sta te m e n ts. N evertheless, he e m ­ phasizes (hat he has not given up on Roach and that, by th e snnje token, Roach h a s not given up on himself.

Asked about the clu b ’s “ forgotten m a n ." McMalc .said, “ I w ouldn’t dis­ m iss him. Often a p la y e r with -iin ii^jury .such as his is milch b e tte r the second y e a r.

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Wall#, tlw'Ti oblaiiH'd I'r.nnii 1'lioni* a,: u, till ;it lea*? o/w of tho spot#.

The Athletic# pave vip tw o catcbrf#, Hrjl .Smith atid f'rwah Mouse. ii. uatolatcd deals, lait ofitiiin«4 t\M. Other fcooivor#, I ’cte Dalvy a w i liutiJi I'oik#. to re|)l:»ce tlictti.

M e l flo a c li Be c a n coni# Back. I talked to him o n th e telephone two w'ccks ago and fie sounded confident that his ktice will h e all right. "'If we h a d realized a t this tim e last y e a r how seriou* R oach’s injury was, we would h av e felt then That he h a d a b e tt e r c h a n c e l a j)kay kl 1969 than in 1959. I think we were all looI;ing far too m u c h fro m him niter too .short a ti m e since fie got hurt. On top of that, being a n infielder e x a g g e ra te d his difficulty. Ile w as called upon t a make' s ta r ts a n d stops th a t lie wouldn’t havo h a d to m ak e as an outfielder. We kept c o m p a rin g his progress to B ru­ t o n ’s and that misled us.

R oach D enied H e'd Qui! G am e •‘You h e a r d talk toward the end of the y e a r th a t lie was about to give up baseball, but he assured mc when lie left. for h o m e that it w as n ’t true. He had a fru stra tin g y e a r and it might have got him down to the point wliere h e said he was ready t a quit, but I'm su re he n e v e r thought seriously about it."

R oach has ■dev'Oted m uch of his time this w inter to learning the brokerage business, on w h i c h he h as .set his sights for th e future, hut he has con­ tinued ‘lo take e.xercises designed ta strengthen his ailing knee, T e p e e 7'«Hc: Roland Hemond, the w orthy a s s i s t a n t lo F a rm D irector Jo h n Mullen, becam e a father for the first time, J a n u a r y 3, when his wife, the fo rm er M argo Quinn, gave birth to an eight-pound dauglnor. .Susan Michele. T he b a b y ’s m aternal g r a n d ­ fath er is Jo h n Quinn, form er Braves* genera! m a n a g e r who left Milwaukee a y e a r ago to take a sim ilar position with the l^hillics. . . . Pitcher Don McMahon, who wintered in Milwau­ kee last year, has deserted the city for L ancaster, 0 .. the home town of his wife. With Henry Aaron another off-season defector, having gone back to his native Mobile, Ala., only five B rav es a r e .spending the winter here.

T hey a r e Billy Bruton, Wes Covington, Jo h n n y Logan, Eddie Mathews and F r a n k T orre. . , . Del Crandall, who m a d e a one-man job out of the Braves' catching assignm ent last season, has been released from a Milwaukee hos­ pital a fte r being confined with a back ailm ent. D octors found nothing se ri­ ously wrong.

Bl-------------------------------B ra iu lt, Sper'cer, 'riuiiuas Return lo Favorite Posts ST, LOUIS, Mo. — One reason .several players were traded d u r­ ing the w inter was that they were out of position and there was no ch ance for them to move back to th eir norm al spot. With their new clubs, they will get that chance.

This applie.s, for instance, to J a c k ie B randt, a center fielder by tra d e who had to face the competflion of Willie Mays with the Giants but now will patrol the middle garden for Baltimore. It al.so applies to Daryl Spencer, a second basem an v/iih the Giants who prefers sliortstop and will play that position with the Cardi­ nals.

F ra n k Thom as often was callecf* uj>on lo play third base with the P ira te s and Reds, although the outfield is hi.s norm al habitat a-id he prefers the outer garden. The Cubs say they will accom m odate him. '

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0UT»T1I!.»FH.S—Rob Nieniitii, B. C. Smith, l.eon Wapner, C ia o Citnoli, R oper Mnris. Hank Bauer. Norru Siebcrn. Hob Ihom soa. I-oc Vi'alls. l-ovt .lacksoa. ,tohn Cwllison. .tackio Hrwadl and Minnie Minoso.

STARTING i n rC M F .R S -R o a n i o Kline. Don J.arsei*, Tom Sturdivant.

I'rank Hanmnnfi, Dave JFIItnan, Al Schroll, Cal MtT.ish, Ray Scmproeh, Don F e r r a r e s e and Billv OT>elT. R F I .I E F PITCH ERS-15 i I ♦ U cnry.

Tom Acker, Hilly t-oes .aiwf Gordot) Jones.

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The ball club woukl iiave a |)Otcnt iUtack. $aw3t*lii .292 S w atter Among those suggested in th e t w a lineups. Sawatski batted .293, C e r n e r t ■2<;2 with ii homers, T em ple (a lcridoff m a n ) .31! with eiglit hom er* a n d €7 ru n s ballet! in. Spencer .265 and *52 runs batted in. Thoma.s hat! an off­ season after bi.s greatest o n e in T958, hitting only -225 with -T7 bu t Ik: has a 100-plus RDI potential based on hi.s record. Freese, with 23 h o m ­ ers and 70 RBls, hqd a g reat season.

Minoso. aging but still dangerous, batted .302 .smashed 21 h o m e r s ' and drove in 92 runs. Maris had a good season going until he w as struck down by appendicitis. He wound up with a .273 average. IO ho m ers and 72 runs batted in.

Cimoii and .Sichcrn wound up the 1959 cam paign with virtually identical records.

The iefthanded-hilting Siebcrn b a t­ ted .271 with ll hom ers and .53 runs batted in for the Yankce.s. Cimoii. batling righthanded for the Cardinals, had a .279 average with eight h o m e rs and 72 runs batted in. Cimoii, a fter leading the league in doubles for a good p a rt of the season, wound up with ‘IO. well up on (he list.

Only in the pitching d e p a rtm e n t docs this mythical squad suffer, an indica­ tion that general m a n a g e rs a r e m o re reluctant to part with good hu rlers than any other commodity.

McLish Leading H urler The list of pitchers is long. hut not altogether impressive. The only one with an outstanding record in 1959 was McLish. who v.’on 19 and lost 8 for the Indians. O’Dell of th’e Orioles won ten gam es and finished up the sca.son with a flourish, blanking the Red Sox on the final d a y of tile s e a ­ son.

Slurdivani, Larsen and Kline all have had good records in o th er y e a r s and conceivably could blo.ssom out in new .surroundings. Slurdivani, for in­ stance, twice w as a 16-game w inner for the Yankees.

In any event, there is the nucleus for a sound ball club am ong the Irarled players. .So m ake your own choice of those you’d like to see in a startin g lineup.

After finishing thai. how about pickin« g a batling order?

H ere a r e ours; N u m b er One learn— Temple. 2b; Bauer, rf; Minoso, lf; F reese, 3b; Brandt, cf; Spencer, ss; G e r n e n , lb; House, c. and the pitch­ er. No. 2 team —Blasinganic, 2b; Maris, cf; Sicbern, r f ; ' T hom as. 3b; Cs:)leman. lh; Romano, c: Calli.son, lf; l e i n a n d c z , ss, and the ipiicbeir^

nswers Protests Over Ump Dismissal U c tm u rr ll* A h i l i t 4V

C|N€JNNATI, O. iwily tim e fan* love a n um ju re T.* w h e n he g e t « tfire<l/* N a ­ tio n a l D e A g u e Hresi^Ient W a r r e n G I! e N rem arked w h i I e BefeiMiing I; i # <?isniis€a! of V i e l>clmore l«rc a u s c o f “ m y |H?r.*ona! o p in io n th a t tie *li(i not h a v e sufficient ability t o tenTinue a* 4 m a j o r le a g u e u m p i r e .’* G iles s p o k e ©ut a f t e r reeciving Tell’* g r a m s a m t l e t te r s pi'o^csting his fail­ u r e t a re n e w D e lm o re 's contrac! for t h e TOGO seaso n . M any of the protests w ere f r o m DeTmore’s friends and itcq u a in ta n c c * in Scranton. Pa., near his h o m e in Duntnorci Pa. Some c ritic iz e d G iles fo r <lismissing IX*1m o r e “ ju s t Before C h ristm as." while o th e rs c h a r g e d th e a r b i te r lost hi* joh iHjcause o f his m a r r ia g e last Novcmtier Ta M iss Sonja Bochmann. an em* ploy© in tile N ational League officeii here. T h ey s a i d th e ir ficlicvcd Deb m o r e w a s f i r e d txjcausc his wife might h a v e ha(f a h a n d in th e assignmrtit of th e N. L. u m p irin g team s.

C la rifie s RcTcaie D ale G iles d e c lin e d to reveal the number of p ro te s ts h e h a d received but indi­ c a t e d it w as f a r less th a n the "between 2,000 a n d 3,000’* w hich were tepoited to h a v e b e e n sen t fro m Scranton.

• T h e le a g u e p resid e n t w as upset by The r e p o r t h e notified !>cImore of his r e le a s e “ ju s t before C h ristm as." ■ “ As a m a t t e r of f a c t ," he said, “ I w ro te D e lm o re o n N ovem ber T2, ask­ ing h im t a c o m e se c m e sometime th a t w a s co n v en ien t for him before the m a j o r Teague fneetings iii Miami in D ecem b e r. " H e c a m e to sec m e on November 27 a n d I told him a1 thai lime lie would not b e re ta in e d ."

G iles said he told tho '?2-ycaroId a r b i t e r he w as being telensccl because of “ th re e o r four incidents which b ro k e dow n m y confidence in you,'* a d d in g t h a t D e lm o re ’s “ mistakes on the play in g field had been widely publicized a n d reflected on the entire u m p irin g s ta ff."

Giles d e c la re d (hat at Delmore’s re q u e s t he a g re e d to withhold an­ n o u n c e m e n t of the u m p ir e ’s dismissal until a f t e r J a n u a r y I. bul that he con­ firm e d his action on December 30 a f t e r it h a d becom e known in .Scran­ ton.

D enies M a r r ia g e Was Factor H e also denied D elm ore's marriage to M iss B ochniann w as the reason for his dism issal. “ Miss B ochniann w as a secretary for D a v e G ro te (the league’s service d ire c to r) and had nothing to do with the a s s ig n m e n t of u m p ire s.” In* said. “ T h e re w as absolutely no reason for the action o th e r than my personal opinion th a i D clm o re <lid not have sufficient ability lo continue as a m a j o r lea g u e um pire. “ I t ’s m y jo b ' to field tlic 16 best u m p ire s who a r e available. Ibis of­ fe rs o p p o rtu n ity to .some and disap­ p o in tm e n t lo o th e r s .”

D clm o re w a s involved in the game in Chicago last season in which t'^o balls \vcre in play at the same time.

While he w as um piring behind the plate, S tan M usial of the Cardinals w alked on a pitch which struck Cub C a tc h e r Sam* T a y lo r and bounced to the b ack sto p . D eim ore iianded a new ball as Cub Third Baseman A D a r k d a sh e d lo the backstop and g r a b b e d the original ball from the batboy. M usial had reached second and took off for third when he saw T a y l o r ’s peg to second go into ceniei field.

H ow ever, Musial was callet out w hen he w a s lagged by Lrme B anks, w ho had taken D ark.s IIuoin from close to lionic plate.

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A p p a rc u tty l h # D o d g e m a r # g oing l o co m p lo t# th e ir sen ten ce in th e C oliseum w ithout Jiving tip t o all th o s e wild predictions t h a t B abe R u th 's r e m a r k a b l e tioiv.e-hm r e c o r d would b e to p p led in a pop-fly fare#.

S om e w rite r* e v e n suggested, w h e n lh # D o d g e m m o v e d into t h e big bow l w ith its 251-foot left field foul line, th a t any m a r k s th a t w e r e e s ta b lis h e d tiler# sh o u ld not foe recognized. *.

M any re p o rte rs , esp ecially c h a g r i n e d Mew Y o rk c ts, d e ­ rid e d th e p la c e a s a fa rc e , c a lle d it t h e C h in e se V a il a n d th # Shoji S creen. T h e y a p p e a le d to C o m m issio n er F o rd F ric k to see t o it t h a t R u th ’s r e c o r d c f hom e Wally Moo* ru n s b e p e r m it te d To s ta n d a s cflicia! im c a s e 4 r a s h ol |>0|>gun h o m e fit11* should sail o v e r * br t h e wall.

H o d g e* W ill H e r d e r T h e ir w orrying w as all fo r ca u g h t.

E v e n h a d V ice-President Buzzle BaA w ard F r o m Fill D elta T h e ta Vasi been able t o m a k e th e deal for COLUMBUS, O .—-First B a s e m a n W ashington’s R oy Stovers, th e homeCif H odges o f The D odger* will run reco rd w ouldn’t tiav# b e e n in rece iv e th e Lou G e h r ig m e m o rial je o p a rd y . a w a rd , p r e s e n t e d a n n u a l l y .b y th # Ba vast p la n s to t a k e C u t Zerniat Phi D elta T h e ta social f r a te r n ity l o training c a m p as a fre e a g e n t to to The m a j o r le a g u e p la y e r b e s t ace if h e c a n pull the bali enough to typifying t h e spirit c f th # N ew #cki som e spot- punch to th e c h a m ­ York Y a n k e e H all of F a m er. pions. Rut O zark Ike is n ’t going lo H odges is th e fir s t p l a y e r To b e th r e a te n the B a b e ’s m ark, e ith e r. se le c te d f o r th # a w a r d as a first In fact, sin c e moving, into the " c a p b a s e m a n , G e h r i g ’s c i d position. p is to l” p a r k , the D odgers h a v e n 't even T he 35-ycar-old in d ia n a native, b ro k en a c lu b record. T h e m o s t ever like G eh rig c h e o f the g a m e 's a lb b it by a D o d g er in his h o m e p a r k was ti m e g r e a t sluggers w ith a life­ 25 b y Gil H odges am t D u k e Snider tim e to ta l o f 3-15 h o m e r s , is No. l l —and th e y d id t h a t in '51 a n d '56, back e n the m a j o r league list behind in E b b cls Field. his te a m m a t e , D uke Surfier, sri I IT T h e C oliseum b o m # c l u b re c o rd is 254.

• h a r e d by C h a rle y Meal and Wally A n nouncem ent c f th # a w a r d f n Moon. N eal hit l l in 1958 a n d Moon Hodges was m a d e b y P r e s id e n t d u p lic a te d t h a t total in 1959.

G eo rg e M, T r o u tm a n c f the m in o r D u k e ’* 12 H R s Club Mart: leagues, th e c h a i r m a n c f lh # p h i The D o d g er season p e a k sta n d s at D elta c o m m it te e .

43. Snider d id t h a t in *50 w hen the : ---------------------------------------------------------- » D odgers called Brooklyn h o m e . The ■ — high since the D od gers moved to Los t h e r e fast s e a s o n w e t # h a n d ily s u r ­ Angeles belongs lo Hodges* with his passed by th e T ig e rs and th e i r o p p o ­ nents in D e tro it <200) as well as in 25 c f 1959.

As a te a m , t h e D odger* walloped C ro sley F ield <185) in th # N ational lift in Kb bets Field in '55, h u t the League.

H e r e ’* th # lo p p e r f o r th o s e tvho b e s t they could do a g a in s t the C hinese Wall in the Coliseum w a s 92 in the fre tte d s o much* about lh # B a m b in o ’s record: *58 c a m p a ig n .

In five seaso n s p r i o r t o t h e W estern The c lu b seaso n h o m e -ru n re c o rd is 208, and the high since the club m oved G old R ush, th e a v e r a g e n u m b e r c f h o m e rs w alloped toy th e D odgers and West is 572, re c o rd e d in 1958.

T he D o dger p a rk rec o rd for b o th th eir o p p o n e n ts a t E b b c ts F ield w as h o m e club anti visito rs is 206, s e t in 190.4, while t h e tw o-year jive rag # a t 5950, while the m ost h it in th e Coli­ the C oliseum is 1S2.5.

It will foe rec alled th a t W a lte r seum by Los Angeles aine! its o p ­ O ’Malley even m o v e d in t h e right po n en ts is 193 in 1958.

A check of ‘‘One for the Book,” p u b ­ field fence last y e a r. Still the Coli­ lished by T h e S p o u t i n g N e w s , shows seu m c ir c u it clouts declined, although the one-season high for a N ational 39 instead c f e ig h t w e r e hit e v e r L eag u e p a r k was established in 1957, the rig h t field se cto r as th# re s u lt c f w hen the Reds a n d th eir visitors a t the c lo s e r t a r g e t rn th a t a re a .

T h e c o m m is s io n e r obviously i» no?

Crowley Field belled 219. T h e A m eri­ can League m a r k is 200, h u n g up last going to b e c o nfro nted with th # p ro b ­ lem of having to rule e n th e validity y e a r in B riggs Stadium . Detroit.

I f s tru e th a t the 193 C oliseum h o m ­ o f a C oliseum ho m e-run re co rd . Ruth e r s in *53 led the N. L.# b u t th e M'l still is th e b o m # -ru n k in g c f baseb all.

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Ed Gilliland and LeTarle Appointed ♦ to Field Promotion Posts in Minors COLUMBUS, O.—V e te ra n executives CL II. < E ddie) G illiland amil W a rre n L eT arle have been n am ed m in o r league field prom otion r e p r e ­ sen tativ es bv G eorge M. T ro u tm a n , p re s id e n t of the N ational Associa­ tion.

T h e p air, '•‘unveiled’* at a p re ss co n feren ce b e r e J a n u a r y will c a r r y on the stepped-up prom otion activities which helped b r i n g -a b o u t a m odest in crease in a tte n d a n c e d u rin g th e ?959 season. T r o u tm a n said.

Gilliland, a s s is ta n t to Bill D e w itt in a d m in is te rin g t h # m in o r Teague e m e r g e n c y fund d u rin g the p a s t th r e e y e a rs , will b e a s s ig n e d ten th# F lo rid a State, A la b a m a -F lo rid a . South Atlantic a n d S o u th ern A ssocia­ tion circuits.

L eT artc, gen e ra l m a n a g e r o f The Winston-SaTcm c l u b lfrom T95fi through 1959, will han dle the C a ro lin a , Mew Y o rk -P e n n sy lv a n ia and E a s t ­ e rn leagues. T hey will w ork with C a rl L undquist. m in o r league pub lic relations d ir e c to r w h o also will b e in the field h a n d lin g th # T h r e e 2, Mid­ w est and N orth ern leagues.

O th e r leagues in the N atio nal’ Association will T># co ntacted in Tater visits and T r o u tm a n indicated th a t a n o th e r ‘field r e p re s e n ta tiv e m a y k # appointed shortly to aid clubs in the w estern sector.

Gilliland has been in th# g a m # sine# S93R when b e w as gimsidcitf of the F lo rid a State League?.

L c T a rte , who led all clubs Class A and below in a t t e n d a n c e in ‘two o'J his four y e a r s at Winsttm-Salem* begar* b is b a s e b a ll c a r e e r a t bristol,, Va.,, in 1953 a n d 1954.

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W A L T E R O M A L L E Y * D o d g e r p r e x y , ticTsn i H o l l y w o o d * * cJti c$ f e s u T f t/f The? f c l u b 's s u e * c e s s , b u t h e d e v e l o p e d a t r u e C a l i f o r n i a n ' s l o v e f o r t h e g r e a t o u t d o o r s i n h i s t w a t y e a r s o n the* W e s t C o a s t . H e r e O ' M a l l e y d i s c u s s e s c l u b b u s i n e s s w i t h V i c e - P r e s i d e n t B u z z ie r B a v a s i b y p o o l * s i d e cit t h e S h e r a t o n - H i l t o n H o t e l , w h e r e O ' M a l l e y m a i n t a i n s o f f i c e s .

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When the Red Sox sw apped Pete D aley to K an sa s City for R ighthanded P itc h e r T o m S turdivant, it left the Boston club with b ut one c a t c h e r -of m a j o r l e a g u e e x p e rie n c e . H e is S a m m y White.

But the Red Sox a r e bringing up a r a t h e r old rookie this spring in Ed Sadowski, the 28-year-old re ceiv er, who has had fo u r full y e a r s of to p ­ flight m in o r league com petition. Ile w as with M inneapolis the p a st T w o tammy whit# ‘y e a rs and for the tw o seaso n s before That Ii# o u g h t fo r San F ra n c is c o in the P acific C o a st L eague.

While White fig u res to be the No. I c a tc h e r , Sadowski shapes u p as a m o s t co m p ete n t re se rv e . One thing about him. Ile h a s been with winning te a m s in p rac tically e v ­ e ry le a g u e foe’* been in since h e broke in w ith the Boston o rg an izatio n in 1950. E d m ight have m a d e the big leagues before this, h u t in 1956, when the Red Sox first bought San Francisco- as a fa r m club, Sadowski sig ned on# of thos# P a c ific C o a s t League no-draft clauses. * • »

$ ;u to w stu G re a se d S k id s f o r D a iry Sadow ski i» o n e r e a s o n w hy the Sox w ere able lo d is ­ pose o f D aley in the S tu rd iv an t tra d e . G en eral Manage!* Bucky H a r r i s w a s im p ressed with Sadow ski w hen he first saw him two* y e a r s ago. At the tim e, H a r r is w as a special a ssistan t To then CL M. J o e Cronin.

Bucky r e p o r t e d then th a t Sadowski w qs definitely a m a j o r league p ro sp ec t. He liked the w ay E d handled p itc h e rs . Threw out ru n n ers and a d m ire d his na tu ra l a b il­ ity ta» pull th# b all. As a b a tte r, E d n e v e r had a lofty a v e r a g e but he w as alw ays respected in the clutch. In F e n w a y P a r k , a pull-hitter of S adow ski’s type could .im-* p ro v e upon his m inor league slugging p e rfo r m a n c e s .

At M inneapolis the p ast two y ea rs, he played for M a n ­ a g e r G e n e M auch. G ene is a good ju d g e of young talent. l i e c la im s th a t Sadowski is strictly big leag u e m a te ria l. “ H e w on't hit for m uch of an a v e r a g e ,” says M auch, ‘“but h e l l h u r t you with the b a t w hen he does hit. We won tw o A m e ric an Association playoffs with Sadowski as our c a tc h e r and w e split even in two Little W orld’s . Series.

Tie s g re a t on defense and we w ere able to do well at M inneapolis b ecau se we had a good defense to which Sadowski c o n trib u ted g re a tly .”

F o r two y e a rs , Sadowski has been the all-star c a tc h e r iii the A m e ric a n Association. He w as an all-star c a tc h e r in the Ohio-Indiana League in 1951 and likewise in the C a ro lin a League in *53. In catching m o re than 400 g a m e s (Juring the p a s t four seasons, h e ’s m a d e only 17 e rro rs .

He m a d e only two boots for the pennant-winning San Francisco* club in 1957. *0 M a n a g e r Billy J u r g e s h as n ever seen Sadowski. but lie is e a g e r to got a glim pse of him. He has been convinced

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T h e Red Sox a n d th e i r fans a r c in si s t a l e . -of c o n ­ fusion. As usual, i t c o n c e rn s T e d W illiam s. Anil There w a s a h in t t h a t Boss T o m Y aw k c y t r i e d to get T e d to h a n g u p his spikes.

T h e Boston A m e ric an r e p o r t e d e a r l y in J a n u a r y That T e d b a d b e e n o ffe re d ai c o n t r a c t t o b r o a d c a s t R e d Sox g a m e s t a 1969. T h e Boston T r a v e l e r r e ­ p o rte d That T ed m a y not J)# ab l# t o p l a y Because a bad leg.

A round F e n w a y Park* tile r# w a s c o n s id e ra te # ig n o ra n c e c f c i t h e r story. G e n e r a l M a n a g e r Bucky H a r r i s said the R e d Sox h a v e noth in g l o d o with aligning b ro a d c a s te rs .

This m a t t e r is h a n d le d by Hie sp o n so rs and t h e n etw o rk . R e d Sox a p p ro v a l . c f th e a r r a n g e m e n ts is p r a c tic a lly a fo rm ality .

T e d ’s rep o rted leg in ju ry w a s d e n ie d by T r a in e r J a c k Faddeir. H e talked with W illiams The firs t w eek th J a n u a r y , and while T e d d is c u sse d 4 co n d itio n in g ' p r o g r a m , ho d id n ’t m ention any keg in ju ry to Faddcii.

E d Rumill of the C h ris tia n Science M on ito r re c e n tly published what he called th e "lo w d o w n ” o n VawkeyM proposition to Williams. H e r e p o r t e d a c o n f e r e n c e b e tw e e n T e d and Y aw k e y la t e la st season. “ V aw kcy m ig h t think th a t Ted is Through as a bat! p la y e r , b u t would n e v e r say so, n o r would he ta k e T e d ’s un ifo rm aw ay fro m bim.** R um ill wrote.

“D u rin g The a fo re m e n tio n e d c o n v e rsa tio n . IVif- ‘ L a m s m e n tio n e d t h a t h e w ould Tik# l o spend m o i # Tim# tr y in g To get his fishing T a c k l e b u sin e ss e s t a b ­ lished; w h ereu pon Y aw key m a d # Thi* a p p r o x i m a l# suggest tort: “ ‘T il p a y yow y o u r full R ed .Sox s a l a r y in I96W," b u t you spend th e entire- y e a r with y o u r fishing ' Tackler business. Then in I96X com e b a c k To Boston anti w o rk on the radio-TV jo b with The 7t e d Sox.’ “ T e d ’s rep ly is not know n.

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Si o x S b o r t s : A c a t c h e r not son The jTcd Sow ro ister ii* ex pected a t Scottsdale f o r sp rin g training. . . . He is H a y ­ wood Sullivan, 4 high-priced bonus p la y e r , w ho th u s fa r has found th e h a n d ic ap $ f a Two-year se rv ice hitch a n d a ru p tu re d spfnaj odisc too m u c h ten (overcome for big league com petition. « « . B u t Sully, who* belongs to* M inne­ apolis, re fu se s tee. toss in the Towel a n d G e n e r a l M a n a g e r H a r r i s , h a s (okayed Sully’s sp rin g Straining drills with (the v a rsity . » • . •Other c a tc h e rs to* hie a t sp rin g t r a i n i n g a r e Don Gile a n d J i m F a g lia ro n i. 9 & T h e l a t t e r is another bonus p la y e r whose d ev elo p m en t has been slow a n d no* too successful. * « ®T h e re will be ten m e m b e r s eof die (Red Sox fam ily Ut» g ra c e The h ea d table a t the annu al B o s t a l w r it e r s ’ d in n e r. . \ * T hey a r e M a n a g e r s Billy J u r g e s , Coaches Billy M erm an and Sal Maglie* IPla y ers S am m y White, F r a n k Malzonc, B o bby T hom son, D a v e Stillman, J e r r y C assie, T om S tu rd iv an t anc! C a r y G e ig e r.

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The Indians may mot do ** w it when th® *easoft sta rts , b u t right new th e y ’re ]editing th® league in on e respect. T h e y ’re a h e a d in th® signing d e p a rtm e n t. The N ew Y e a r w as o n ly a few d a y * o ld when T rib e G en eral M a n a g e r F ra n k Tit rn? rev e a le d h e haft m o re th a n half o f th e 98-man sq u a d unde? c o n tra c t. Tho sig n e d p a c ts a r e ; co m in g iii so fa s t that, within a co u p le of week* m o st <©4 th e R edskin# will h a v e a c c e p te d term # .

ILa ne i# •‘firstest with th e liw s te st’* in th is d e r a i l m e n t e a c h y e a r lo c a lis e , as ho explain# it, *‘J give them w h at th e y w a n t ." He smile#, of couth®, a s h r m a k e s th is sta te m e n t. drank Lqne ^ .R ut it m u s t I*; tr u e fo r th e m o st p a it. F la y e r# g e n ­ e r a lly d o n ’t sig n unless they get a p p ro x im a te ly w hat th e y want. H ie m a in neasort, th o u g h , t h a t L ane le a d s tile p a c k in tho signing d e p a rtm e n t is t h a t <Ivt» w orks a t iA.r Ile beg an n egotiating w ith m a n y p la y e r# b e fo re th® 1959 weapon ended. T hose who d id n ’t junip*> g ----------------- — ----------------------- g a t t h e f ir s t fig u re he offered h e a r d C ritic jiilo M in i, Y r ! R e lie f tfnom hi im via phone a n d m ail shortly I ' i n J l r n , ^ iiy i ir r f Ux I n d i a n * After. Ile e v e n m a d e a t r i p tex P u e r to (Rico t o talk te r m # w ith Vie P ow er C LE V ELA N D , O .—Th® Indian# recently. B e cau se a p e rs o n a l m a t t e r h a v e s ig n e d F r e e Agent E rn ie fo rc ed h im to h u r r y b ac k to the State#, Johnson, 3 5 -y e a r-o ld rig hthand ed Owe d i d n 't get t o .s o c P o w er. Nevcrtiicrelief pitch er, w ho h a d a 4-1 re c ­ 8es* th e effort illustrates b a n e ’# puto rd for B a ltim o re hist season. fee it o f th e signing problem .

P reviously, th e s ix -foot, fourAll th e negotiations a r e n 't smooth. inch right handier spent eight y ear* Du the past,. L a n e h a d sev eral e n j o y with the Brave*.

Able h a s s le s w ith ilia •'so n ,” Minnie ‘Tv® been trying t o stren g th en Minosp. C e rta in ly ,b o th p a r t ie s seeminn* bull p e n fur two y e a r s ,” -said w i to e n jo y the s a l a r y d e b a te s . Last G e n e ra l M a n a g e r E iaa!; L a n e in s e a s o n L an e a n d Rocky C olavito d u e l­ explaining the move. “ This h a d e d fo r a while, with the Rock finally nothing lo din w i t h the tr a d in g signing for ab out $28,00(1. This y e a r a w a y of Cal McLish. I wa# look­ t h e r e a g a in will b e a c e r t a i n am o u n t ing for relief h e lp long b efo re th e e t firew orks b etw een the two.

M e l.ish deal.

• J .ar.® r e tu rn e d fro m P u e rto Rico to “ Johnson is b e tte r th o u a g re e n s e e R o ck y 's re je c te d c o n tr a c t s ta rin g pea. t i e 's a v e te ra n who can get h im in th e face. The In d ia n s’ gen eral the ball over. Last y e a r he a p ­ m a n a g e # im m e d ia te ly announced, “ In p e a re d in 50 inning*, w alked o n ly sp ite c f t h e f a c t th a t Rocky, slipped 19 and sit ruck oui -9.” sw arty 5$ points last season, I o ffered C lev elan d fa n s r e m e m b e r b r rn b i m a sizable raise. I?e w rite s me a* the victim of Rocky C olavito’# th a t' lie' thinks h e 's w orth a Tot m o r e last torn® ru n the night Rocky t h a n I o f f e r e d ."

•Int bis historic to u r in succession.

Rocky W ant* IO G r a n d Rut Lane r e m e m b e r s him b e t t e r It 4* believed t h a t th e hom e-ru n h it­ for Hie d a y he cam e in against l e r is .seeking a ro u n d SMG,0()(h L a n e th e Y a n k e e s last season. Relate* Apparently h a s o ffe red h im a Tittle Lane, “ The b a s e s w ere loaded a n d less th a n $35/GOG. L a n e sa y s he plaits none out. J o h n s o n stru ck o u t th e t o tot. th e unsigned c o n tr a c t “ sit on next rh ice men. m y d e s k for a w hite," bul know big " H i ’s a good m a n to help get us him , we su sp e ct t h e Want; contr act off the g ro u n d lint it o u r kids get w ily w ilt p ro v o k e action. H e'll e ith e r A cclimated. W e’ve got ev e ry th in g g r a b p e a in h a n d a n d send tile Rock tin gain in signing h im .* L ane sa id a pithy note, o r else heT! cult the Jo hnso n hint a couple of o th e r o f­ tuitffclder on the phone ant! m a k e a fers, ad d in g , • i ’m tickled he chose Hew offer. R ut h e ’s slot likely t o sit our#.* idly by just waiting, e v e n th o u g h h e s o y s he will.

T w o o th er* w h o re fu se d t o sign ticiftft? mn of rf. La ne told the pitcher, quickly a r e R u ss N ixon a n d I tab by •‘We d o n ’® w ork th a t wily in thi* Locke. L ane o ffered N ixon the sa m e business. F i r s t 3011 h a v e a good year. terms- a s in *SL This th e c a t c h e r con- T h en y«u get p a id fo r it d u rin g the skleccrl a n insult And the tw o h a v e following s e a s o n .”

The b u r l e r m a d e this ’coun ter-p ro­ Jneen writing b ack a n d forth. Ijocke is Mr wire lie’* going to h a v e a big y e a r posal: “ Y ou give m e w hat 3 w ant And Ilia! he wan!* a la r g e in c r e a s e in an- j! I d o n ’t d e s e r v e ti I ’ll give it b a c k To you at th e e n d of tin* y e a r . ” L ane . r n '---------------------------------------------- rf t h a s b e e n unable t o convince th e pitch­ e r th a t he d o e s n 't intend lo e sta b lish L n n f i d r n t I V i n i n u ^ IV® (ii* s u c h a precedent.

Btfg I m H air U | > r * * • • • £ i i i W I I«oL Look tai R u b e n C o m e # • AC ER DEIEN, S. IX—Tit® FrautWhite in P u e rto Rico, L a n e w as able rnona, C leveland outfield er who to Accomplish p a i l qf his mission. spoilt- the holiday# in th is N o rth ­ Knowing thai Ruben G om ez. the pitch­ e r n L ea g u e city w here h e s t a r te d e r belonging to lh® Phillips, is avail­ ibis ‘Organized Ball c a r e e r , see* a b l e in trad e, th e T r i b e s G. M. w anted lug thing# for th e Indians in 196(1.

AO s*<* if the v e te ran v i g h t h a n d c r V a r m " in ju r ie s a n d an u ntim ely s lu m p >i<* sound. took ti* o u t last y e a r , ” b e saWf, “ 3 found flout it is,” reports L ane. <*‘J •"but we sh o u ld tee o w e fo rtu n a te know JRuben’s reputation—Ire pitches ti ext .reason.” o n ly as good as he wanfs to. TU a d ­ L r Ancon#, who lhit .SGL and m i t i ’m mildly, interested in him, but m is s e d th e b attin g title for tack ITvc got to (decide if the p r ic e isn’t #>f about 20 total a p p e a ra n c e s a l teas high.”# dlit* plate, c re d its special instrucL an e had to eau his visit to (Puerto * lien from M anage? .tat* C ondon Rico short in o r d e r to h u rry to New And & chance to *j}lay regularly fo r Y ork w h ere his daughter. Nadi, 2 0 , his big y e a r with the indians. w as being m a rrie d to Robert Davey, Tito p re d ic ts th e fndians VMI who is en gaged in television sales p r o ­ win the pen n an t a u c u b a s high motion. * •taupes of continuing his slugging. / T r i b e T i d b i t s : N ate Dot in. e x e c u ­ F ra n c o n a m a d e his <off-season tive vice-president, returned to his hom e h e re until this y e a r whew desk following a lengthy convalescent h e was* given a job in the Cleve­ period at S t . L u b e s Hospital. . . . land club's public relations de­ J i m G ra n t has replaced Billy M artin p a rtm e n t. .VZI LL GULLICKSON. on the ticket sales force for the Cleve­ land club. ffi :— «------------ TJ —

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M IJNZH , CHICAGO, Ut. L e w F o n s e c a ’s trem endous co ntrib ution tea baseball, with th e introduction of movie* as the g a m e '* greatest promotion­ a l vehicle, w i l t be formally, highlighted by the Chicago b ase­ b a ll w riter* a t their annual D iam ond Dinner. J a n u a ry IT. F onseca, d irecto r of the m o­ tio n p i c t u r e division of the A m e ric an a n d National league#. will b e p re se n te d with the Chi­ c a g o wT ilers’ highest accolade —th e J. Louis Comiskey Memo­ r i a l A w ard for Long and M er­ itorious Service to Baseball.

Lew is now in bi* twentysixth y e a r as the Cecil if. De* Mille of baseball. He officially b e c a m e an e rn p f o v e of the A m erican League on July I. 1934. w hen fie visited one lunch­ eon a n d evening meeting after a n o th e r w ith a silent film he had put tog ether a n d gave a talk in conjunction with it. * ti S JI

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Film Seen by att,Ufo® About 5*0,4)09 fans saw the film, la rg e ly in th e Chicago a rea, th a t y e a r. L ast y e a r LhflllMioo people view ed the movies dis­ trib u te d out of F o n se c a ’* office a t 211 S. Michigan avenue, in Cb ie agt®.

And th a t figure m a y b t e x ­ p a n d e d tv* I , JKI.OM This year w i t h th e 1959 World’s Se ne* film sp o n so red by the t>ca*Co!a C o m p a n y a n d gaining thereby Added world-wide distribution th r o u g h th e i r ow n bottling c o m ­ panies.

Lew launched his baseball c a ­ r e e r w ith Cincinnati in 1921 and teas a m e m b e r of th e only onecity big league infield in his­ to r y . It w a s An all-San F r a n ­ c is c o c o rd o n of Fonseca at f ir s t base, Sam m y •Hob no ai second, .Jimmy C a w n e y at shun a n d B abe Pinelli at third.

I n 1922, Lew hit* .'Mil to r the Reds. T h at was his tops urn ii 1929, w h e n he fed the American L e a g u e with 0 m a rk fo r Cleveland. # if: fe*

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Warned Sd* Kiwi in ' t j Two y e a r s l a t e r , f o n s c r a m o v e d on I n th e While Sox and in 1932 lo o k aiver Hie reins as Tnanager.

Til a? sa m e y e a r ho approach­ ed P r e s id e r s W i l l I (arridge of the A m erican League with the s w g {><* s i i«> n that the m a jo r leagues m ight do something in is p ro m o tio n al way with motion pictures. When l o w was (I smissed as m a n a g e r of the White Sox ii* May, PKJ*. P r e s i d e n t H arrid g e hired f o n s e e a to fol­ low up on his own ides for pro­ motional movies.

Tho National I -ague jotted forces v. itll’’th e A i n e e i c o n League AS y e a rs la.cr. In the 2G years, a total of .fit movies have been produced by Fonseca.

Tlu* White Sox just keep e n winning awarn!#. In tnt® 7J-lw ur stretch in the first week in J a n u a r y throe m ore fit t h e Sox f r e r e hon o red fin* their part in leading the Comiskeys to their first A m e ric a n L e a g u e jiennanl in 111 years.

First! Bill Veock. the club president, w a * c h o s e n a* Man of the Year by I the Chicago T ress Club. Yceck will b« h o n o re d a t the club.\s Annual Fresi! dent’s dinner on J a n u a r y 'll am! is the firs t sp o rts fig u re t o be selected since R o c k y M arciano retired as the undefeated h eav y w eig h t boxing champain.

No s e in e r had .this news hit the s tre e t than t h e a n n o u n c e m e n t came from the Chicago baseball writer* th a t W hite Sox M a n a g e r Al Lopez bin! .been chosen to receive the Will H arridge A chievem ent of Hie Y e a r Award. This one will be given at the w r ite rs ’* j g ------------------------------- ... g annual D iam ond Dinner on J a n u a r y T7. 1 l k * » t i I j n A N I ' i m c I i Sf.«*|?t?*^| Then. c*ompk‘ting this three-day •rf I’linrr** F Ju fin # sweep, the scribes also announced E a rly Wynn a* the winner of the Wil­ H E W YORK, N. Y.—D ean Look, liam Wrigley. Jr.. Trophy as the C o m e ­ th e M ichigan Stale athlete wlw> back of the Y ear. Wynn, who won«udy Iva* g iv e n di la r g e bonus when be U gam es in 1958. wa# a 2S-game tiigtieri with th e While Sdx, doesn’t winner, tops in tin* m ajors in 1959, Lave m u c h «of a ch a n ce to become *and a m ajor figure in iii® Hose |>ena m a j o r Teuguct i; statistics jncan ; naut triumph. a n y th in g .

Nellie l;ox, the Sot;’ MY?* winner, J o h n H obs, LtfflY# r o a r Ii at . will also he on bund for the D iam ond M ic h ig a n State, is skeptical n t the i Dinner. He and E rn ie Bank* o f th e y o u n g s t e r 's c ti a » ® e ». id though Cubs, as announced earlier, wen? se ­ D ean liattcxj At a .357 clip last ! lected a* th?* Chicago Flayer* uf the se a sot?. j Year. Ordinarily Hilly one p la y e r ?s ' • T ’v e b e e n at Michigan Stat®, ] chosen, but This y e ar the scrilxxs fi;tarnee T92I,” Hobs said, “ and Blur* \ ared ii would be best ti? b reak jweceing t h a t tim e F v e b c d t >2 regular id en t and give twin awards. p la y e r s signee? e lf my clubs by Spi>rl*Tiirl Ilia fi»r Pre*# O rg a n iz e d Ball before the boy* W e e k , of course, was hig.hly please;! b a d c o m p le te d th e ir eligibility.

- with his selektion as Man el' th e Yea? A nd flic* y o u know |io\n# mr.ny ta*I. by the P re ss Club. Indeed, it wa* ram ® m a j o r leaguers? I l l t®lf (quite an honor, hut certainly Veock y o u —just tw o .” j has b e e n 'th e hottest guy in (mwii e v e r Th® t w o w e r e FSI cher Robin I since he purchased cen tre! i»f the R o b e rts Amt, C a tc h e r flobie t anJ Sox last spring.

•irilh. R o b e rts , the Emilies* Net* I Frobablv no o w in local history r e ­ e r a n , s ig n e d with a y ear of eligi­ ceived m ore lineage*, beth on th-e news bility left. L an d rith went to fin* , Ami sperts pages, than the Old BttrrciniiAli Aflea' oornpleting his treshj head. IB- turned Comiskey p a r k inter tn a n y e a r. a veritable carnival kist season a n d "L ook is a fine b o y .’* Robs As­ hi* stunts ami p r e jn e llens 'w e r e &1s e rte d , “ a n d F in *di.g "V en ted that I J way* cove ixxi, Cnih with picture# ^»nd lie w o n 'I b e play in g for m e in hi* J sta r ie*. j u n i o r y e a r . l i e fuobablv has a* L 'urihfnnore. ihe Sex not only n im m u c h n a tu r a l ability as any player th e ir first flag since J.W, but als** I e v e r bai?, blit i f s toiw.h t«# say if .smashed their all-time Attendance r e c ­ I m* cajn m a k e lh® g ra d e in th® ord. alnmst reaching the mill ton 'aih T m a j o r * .’* one-half mark. Now th e r e i*; e v e n talk about the |x>ssibilily i d th e H o se going over tw o million next season. would in rnji w ay Iiiitd^t Ti is pitching IJ he nd’v ancc sale if. i xeellent 4 !n(J, sine® th®* fin g e r rest* o v e r th® hall. with a b reak here and th ere, fw d a n y w a y . mill ton could he within reach* T h e Son aIsxb baa! Wiird from two Ywefo .^S»i3o ■'1 J6 EPaela their y o u n g ste rs, C a tc h e r 4 amiJo i Vccck. who is ion the go I 8 -2 & ftouioj C a r neon and fputfieR’.er J im McAnanv. m day,* cook time off tixjm his .speaking t o t Ii «)f w hom a r c im the service. 4 ar: engagem ents and m ailed cml Ano.st mf reoil is stationed af Fort ‘fb cl. ( alii., tin*. IWift contracts. M any raises h a v e and TvlcAnany p f C a m p Leonard Wood, been offered, particularly to sd)me mf the younger players \Ylw blossom ed M cA n a n y Likely ?«• : last season, such ii* Jim !Landi\ # n d B oth will be d ischarged al about the Bob Shaw. t i m e the W hite Sox pitch their spring \v(*ck also had word fro m Looic train in g cam )# ift S araso ta, Ma., late A par ic ic. his t a i n t e d sh o rtsto p ,whi* in F e b r u a r y . is playing winter b a ll in his native M cAnany, of course, figures to stay Venezuela, dom e said th a t he h a d n ’t w ith the p a r e n t club. He was with beita feeling tf«j) well lately and that the v a r s i t y m o s t of last season and he had lost some weight, bul that his mad® c o n c re te p e n n a n t contributions general condition was still good and as th e , t e a m ’s re g u la r perform er in that there w as nothing to w orry about. right field. , ( Mike G arcia, th e Big diear who wa.4* *&'his y e a r h e figures lo •be without signed as a free agent, w as also heard a s ta r tin g job since AI Smith will be from. G a m a , who lives ii^ cLleve- shifted fro m left alo ri'dit lo^m akc , land, told W e d ; that ti«? bandage t/oom for M innie Mino.;o. v.lio v.as had been taken off his -xnlured fine,cr a c q u ired from the Indians for . n*w and^that everything seem s to be o k a y . R o m a n o a n d Bubba Pkili*|>s.

Ga, 1 ria lost dt> tip tut his ria bt index' "* T h e tra d in g of R om ano c o u l d opt ii fin ger in a c a r m ishap about ii month ii v a r s ity b erth for Carroon. Tho ago.

B rass h a s been quite high on Can«’on J he Bear >uid tli;ii tibout one^cighth for se v e ra l y e a rs . He played at n til an inch of the finger was severed dian ap o lis in the A m erican Assoc m hut that surgeon* have covered the lion last se a so n and m ay mu'H, as tie I open end of the finger with si;’n g ra fts t e a m ’s No. 3 c a tc h e r behind S h e r m a n . that lit .wmfidenl th a t this f o l i a r iuya E a r l B ailey.

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AGGRESSIVE I R G M X S f lW X fi LEAD ER Jo** C ro n in ’s first y e a r an p r e s id e n t of t h e A m e ric a n L e a g u e reflects noth ing b u t c re d it for hi* e x c e lle n t l e a d e rs h ip in a tim * Ira light with difficulties.

The league, of course, wa* aide d b y t h e b est p e n n a n t f a c e t h * A. L. has had in m ore t h a n a decade, since th e t o r r i d 1948 t h r e e - w*y b a ttle , and this helped to pro d u ce a w h o p p in g atten d an c e.

W hat is most in te re s tin g a b o u t th e a t t e n d a n c e ’of b e t t e r t h a n wine million is t h a t it was not aided by the t r a n s f e r r i n g of a franchise.

This has produced an e rsa tz b o o m in o t h e r / e a r s , b u t the fine to ta l ii* 1959 had no such artificial help.

P e r h a p s the best t r i b u t e to C r o n i n ifs t h a t Tie b r o u g h t aggress**** lead e rsh ip to the league, f ie m e t s e v e r a l a g g ra v a tin g p ro b le m s h e a d ­ on, did not shy a w a y from t h e m as conceivably c o u ld be e x p e c t e d from a m a n feeling his w a y in his job. This does n o t m e a n t h a t he b r is tle d his w ay th ro u g h . Actually, on the m a t t e r o f possible e x ­ pansion, C r o n i n steered the leag u e t h r o u g h tro u b led w a t e r s by facing tup to the problem , a t th e sam e tim e e x a m in i n g i t from all side*.

The A m e ric a n Longue c a n well be p r o u d of J o e C ronin, when ha* clim b e d the la d d e r f r o m u n h e r a l d e d rookie to s ta r p lay e r t o m a n a g e r to general m a n a g e r a n d f in a ll y t o league p resid en t. Because he ha* done all of these things, he is ideally eq u ip p e d to h a n d le a n y crisic.

T h e f u t u r e of the league look* b r ig h t in t h e c a p a b l e h a n d s of C ronin.

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IV RIG TU RN O VE R Bettor th a n 50 m a jo r league player* of s o m e 'p r o v e n w o r t h have ke en involved in trade* d u r i n g a busy w i n i e r season. The inter-lcaguo tr a d in g accelerated t h e p r o g r a m a n d m a d e for an active m a r k e t .

T h e re a re several conclusions lo be d r a w n from all this. T h i r ­ te e n of th e m a j o r league c lu b s p a r t i c i p a t e d in t h e tra d in g , a h e a lth y in dic ation t h a t all Teams a r e b e n d in g e v e ry possible e f f o r t t o im prove for 196%.- T w o of th e r e m a i n i n g three, W ashington and M ilw au k e e, t r i e d h a r d lo m a k e a d e a l b u t c o u l d n ’t find tho one th e y w anted.

A n o th e r note is that, a s the article on r a g e O n e in this issue of T h e S p o u t i n g N e w s points o u t, tw o b c t t e r - t h a n - a v e r a g c clubs could be dissembled from this list. T h i s is ait indication t h a t in t h e i r eagerness t o deal, the g e n e r a l m a n a g e r s w ere willing To give up t a l e n t to obtain t h e men they w anted. Since all of these p lay e rs did not f i t ' i n l o th eir o r ig i n a l c l u b ’s plans for th e fu tu r e , they could be t e r m e d e x p e n d a b le , giving credence to the thought t h a t t h e r e a re sufficient p l a y e r s Ut outfit a t least t w o c lu b s in a n e x p a n d e d league.

Bort Bel!, the late c o m m is sio n e r of pro football, said a y e a r ago: •‘lf I w a n ted to s ta r t a n e w team , I'd j u s t a s k for t h r e e o r four player* •ill t h e o t h e r clubs d i d n ’t w a n t — a n d I’d come u p w i t h a good football learn of my o w n .” The same p rin c ip le applies here.

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H I L E S . A S H E A D U M H . D E S T J U D G E D E D I I91 K E S N atio n a l League P r e s i d e n t W a r r e n Giles lias been su b je c te d to r e v e r e criticism by P e n n s y lv a n ia friends a n d neighbors of U m pire Vie I3olmore, w hom G iles dismissed. This criticism, T he Sw iftnxq JVt:\vs feels, is unjustified. i t is a m a t te r o f p u b lic r e c o rd t h a t Gile#, t h r o u g h o u t his t e n u r e b t office, has m a i n t a i n e d a lively interest in the .activities of bis u m p ir e s , w o r k in g c o n s ta n tl y for t h e i r b e t t e r m e n t a n d for b e t t e r offi­ c ia tin g in tho league. In all public d i s p u t e s a n d protests, as e v ery w o r k i n g b aseball w rite r in th e m a j o r s will attest, Giles lias stoutly tic fen dec! his um pires.

W ith o u t d e lv in g into The m a t t e r of U m p ire l>elmore’s t a l e n t s «>r abilities, c e r t a i n l y n o o n e is b e t t e r q u a l i f i e d th a n G iles to pass j u d g ­ m e n t on th e p e r f o r m a n c e o f e ac h m an in blue. lf Giles believes a c o n tr a c t should n o t be r e n e w e d , his j u d g m e n t should be accepted. . More i m p o r ta n t, The p r e s i d e n t of the league c e r ta i n ly should Lave th e rig h t to h ire a n d to fire. Finally, t h e r e too long has been a belief that w h e n a n u m p i r e re a c h es th e m a j o r leagues he has inherited & lifetime position.

T h e fact t h a t a n u m p i r e occasionally ha s To be •dropped because his w o r k d o es not pass m u s t e r should be * w a r n in g to a ll t h e a rb ite r s t h a t t h e y m ust p e rf o rm c a p a b l y a1 all Times* To m erit r e t e n t i o n fro m y e a r t o year, lf shin applies To b a ll players. .ais it does, c e rta in ly it should a ls o apply To umpires. ♦ • » IO O

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It w o u ld be a little sh o rt o f . t ra g ic if a ll t h e e x c e lle n t progress Ilia? San F ra n cisco ba s m a d e in a c h i e v in g m a j o r league statu s w e re te be spoiled by the b i c k e r i n g o v e r the n e w C a n d lestic k P a rk !

W h e n t h e G ia n ts w e r e fig h tin g for The p e n n a n t in 1959, There <tv€i*c promises o n all sides That The n e w sta d iu m w o u ld be r e a d y for t h e World's Series if it c a m e t o San Francisco. It m ig h t n o t be c o m ­ plete. ii was raid, but ii w ould b e r e a d y for action in th e d a s s i e . .. . More t h a n fo u r m o n th s h a v e e la p s e d since t h e p r o m is e w a s made, Aind th re e month* hav e g o n e b y since The W o r l d ’s S eries, y e t t h e #tadiurn *till isn ’t ready. .Since the day. th e G ia nt* d e c id e d To m ove To San Francisco, ►Ihere had been splendid co-operation on all sider: u n t il bickering b r o k e out b etw e e n t h e c o n tr a c to r a n d th e city o n m a t t e r s o f specifi­ c atio n s a n d responsibilities. W hile the h a ted -riv a! D odgers won t h e cham p io n sh ip , the S a n Francisco e n t r y seem ed t o toe building for a b r ig h te r , h a p p ie r a n d m o re p e r m a n e n t future.

‘I f t h e a r g u m e n t s c o u ld h a v e beton fo rg o tten a n d o v e r l o o k e d To g e t the new p a r k r e a d y for a W o r l d ’* Series, th e y sh o u ld still be w a iv e d , as a m a t t e r o f civic p rid e , in o r d e r To finish th * job for Sh* ope n in g o f t h e 1969 reason. # * #

PHYSICAL E X A M S CHEAP 1XSURAXCK The C a rd in als, s in c e ‘Hie t u r n of the N e w T e a r , ha ve beer? fnvft« log some of th e ir n e w ly -a c q u ir e d p la y e rs t o St. Louis to u n d e r g o physical e x a m in a t io n s a t th e c l u b ’? expense. One of th e p l a y e r s has had a weight p r o b le m in t h e p a s t,' a n o t h e r suffered €rom a chronic knot) injury. T h e C a r d i n a l s w a n t to find out for th e m s e lv e s ju st w h a t shape t h e p l a y e r s a r e in now and a ls o w a n t th e ir own physician tto r e c o m m e n d any f u r t h e r t r e a t m e n t .

A t th o risk o f b e i n g c o n s i d e r e d r e p e t i t i o u s , T he S pouting N ews w ish e s to point o u t th a i such e x a m in a tio n s have been re c o m m e n d e d h e r e hi Lie* past. T h e y s h o u l d a p p l y n o t o n ly lo n e w l y - a c q u i r e d p l a y e r s ^ b u l s h o u l d b e vin <annu«U r o u t i n e for e v e r y o n e o n t h e r o s te r . i t s h o u l d not b e n e c e s s a r y to c o m e to t h e c ity of t h e p a r e n t t e a m .

The c l u b co u ld o r d e r leach p l a y e r to u n d e r g o a p h y s i c a l in h is h o m e t o w n a n d f o r w a r d live b i l l to t h e c lu b . I t is t h e c h e a p e s t i n s u r a n c e p o l i c y in J he w o r l d .

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I Ballot* for a n o t h e r b ie n n ia l H a ll o f ' F a m e e l e c t i o n b y m e m b e r s of at least B y HOB BR OMG ■ I te n y e a r * ’ Mantling in th*' B a s e b a l l W r i t e r * A s s o c ia tio n o f A m e ric a have D I l h # Sh. IU>ui« Bosf-Dispatcti ♦wen going out f r o m th*’ office of B y M u rw itfc o f th e B o s to n G lo b e , who is lh* ST. LOUIS, Mo. e x e c u tiv e s e c r e t a r y o f th e scribes* a s s o c i a t io n .

D istribution of th* b a l l o t s will r e a c h c lo s e t o 300 m e n . A minimum of Vie D e lm o r e is nice m a n . p leas- j 75 p e r cent of th* total v o te c a s t w ill b e needed to e l e c t a n y p la y e r who was aint a n d soft-spok­ en, d e v o u t an d \ d e e p l y in t e r e s t e d in c la s s ic a l m u sic .

B u t ho w a s a podi­ u m pi re.

E v e ry o n e knew it ia th e N ational L e a g u e . And w h e n last fall Vie m a r .

Hit Dcimor# r ie d a s e c r e t a r y in Ifi* o ffice o f N a tio n a l L e a g u e P r e s i ­ d e n t W a r r e n G'ile#, a c l u b official m a x e*nr.v JA C K IE R O B IN S O N (Cie H u t * l o o n Roush q u ip p e d : . . top* 'I# fin n oi #1* ♦ • • f u t u r e Co rid id a i* . . C l o n e r J Slim • ‘T h e o n l y w a y D e lm o r e c o u ld h a v e tile* h e r w a s b y b e in g c a l le d in on a c t i v e within the pas? iU) y e a r s — th a t i#, who* lia s b e e n in r e tir e m e n t for at lh * c a r p e t s o o f te n t h a t G iles n e e d s 1le a s t five y e a r s bul p l a y e d iii I he m a j o r s s in c e I93G. a n e w r u g in f r o n t of his d e s k . ' ’ J T h is I Witt writers* poll is g o in g ?(• h o a n o t h e r c r i t i c a l re v ie w o f the system G ile s n e e d s a n e w u m p i r e now be- ' o f election to the Mall o f E a rn * . T h e m e t h o d o f e l e c t i o n b y the Veterans' c a u s * The ruddy, r o u n d b a s e b a ll bo ss. C o m m i t t e r , w hich h a s to d o w ith c a n d i d a t e s w h o . r e t i r e d m o r e th a n 30 years S a n t a C la u s in c iv v ie s, fin a lly jo in ed ag o . last s u m m e r w a s r e p u d i a t e d b y J . G . T a y l o r Spink, p u b li s h e r of Tm; p l a y e r s , m a n a g e r s a n d o t h e r N a tio n a l I S p o rtin g News, whit r e s i g n e d ‘a s c h a i r m a n c f tho c o m m i t t e d .

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T w enty-three y e a r s ago, W. 13. (Bill) M acD onald. J r ., of Chicago and Mi­ a m i Beach scrap ed up $750 to lease the d o o rm an concessions a t the Van­ d e r b i l t Hole! in Miami Beach.

Now, MacDonald, a multi-million­ aire, has purch ased the Miami M a r­ lins of the International League from G e o r g e 13. Storer, television and radio tycoon, to beco m e a two-club baseball m a g n a te .

MacDonald, ard en t g o l f e r ant! y a c h ts m a n , recently so ld -his chain of m o b i l e home m an u factu rin g c o m ­ p a n ie s and plan s to devote m uch of Ins tim e to selling Miami on baseball.

In th re e y e a r s Le raised atten d a n ce f o r his T a m p a (F lo rid a State) club fro m 42,000 to 89,000 and he believes •ie can do e q u a lly well with Ins T riple-A te a m . *T bought th e franchise, 13 M arlin p la y e rs, th e working a g r e e m e n t with th e B altim ore Orioles and a law suit/* M acD onald said in announcing th e p u r c h a s e from Storer, who acquired t h e te a m in D e c e m b e r of 1956 fro m Sid Salomon, J r ., Bill Veeck a n d a s ­ sociates.

M acD onald said that h e would refain G enera! M a n a g e r J o e R y a n and Hill D urncy, who in addition to his ex ecu tiv e duties with the club, b r o a d ­ c a s t s a1) of the M a rlin s’ gam es.

•'I a m happy o v e r h a v in g Al Vin­ c e n t. B altim ore coach, sent h ere by •he Orioles to m a n a g e th e 19.60 t e a m / ' M acD onald said. “ I know th a t M a n ­ a g e r P a u l R ich ard s will give Vincent • h e m a te ria l for a first-class lean*/* Club Cos! $52,500 In #5> T h e p u r c h a s e p ric e w as not re BILL MacDONALD. the g am e'* most co n tented c l u b owner, is %'caled.

H owever, it is Unlikely th a t an a r d e n t golfer. Here . l i e b lasts out of a s a n d t r a p in a g a m e S to re r got back m u ch o f the m o n ey •ic’d lost in baseball. S torer p a id w ith his wife Victoria, whom he affectionately c a lls Snoozie. $260,000 for th e fran ch ise. His loss on Ho h a s a fishing cruiser n a m e d S n o o z e .

•he op eratio n w as $135,000 in 1957. The n e x t y e a r it w as c u t ta $125,000 a n d ex hib itio n g a m e s a n d p a r t o f th e conth i s past season it was cut to $52,500, c e ssio n s retu rn * . P r i o r to p u rc h a sin g M acD o n n tri T h i r d O w n e r I,ut this included th e $22,500 p a id e a c h the M arlins, M acD onald in discussing * i d M ia m i C h ili S in c e 1 9 5 6 T rip le -* team ' fro m lh* majors* tele- »**«. t a m p a t e a m said. I in th e m ost Cie nu fie lits satisfied m a n in baseball. .

MIAMI* F la .^ -T h e M iam i b a s e ­ M a c D o n a ld 's re fe re n c e t o th e law Asked w hy h e h a d n 't tr ie d t o field b a ll club, shifted h e r e in 1956, now s u it w as c o u r t litigation b etw een th e * ‘ earn in th e new m a j o r league, Maclias its t h i r d o w n e r in W. B. <Bill) M it r f i n s a n d S p ortservice { J a c o b s D o n ald re to rte d . " I rn nut a C o n te M acD onald, m illio n aire in o b i i e Home m a n u fa c tu re r.

B ro th e rs ), which has held the conces- n e n ta * fnaft* # . # T h e fra n c h is e wa* b o u g h t and jcions c o n tra c t a t M iam i Stadium , purM b ...... n . .t l t r t c h a s e d b y th e c ity la s t y e a r {rom W o rkin g P a c t WUK P i n t . H elped m o v e d b e r e fro m S yracuse in 1956 J o s e Aleman for $850,000. S p o rtserv ice I M acD onald a ttrib u te s his success in b y Sid Salomon, .lr., o f St. Louis; c o n te n d s th a t it has a n additional con- b a s e b a ll a t T a m p # to h a v in g a helpHill V eeck a n d associates. I t .wa* c e ssio n s l e a s e with t h e fra n ch ise , ful w orking a g r e e m e n t w ith th e Philasold in D ec e m b e r o f t h a t y e a r shifted h e r e in 195G fro m S y racu se b y d e lp h i* Phillies; a c q u irin g C h a rlie lo G e o r g e B. -Storerl television Hie Salom on group.

G a s s a w a y , w ho o n c e p itch ed fo r C asey m id r a d i o magnate* for ai p r i c e of M acD onald found selling hot d o gs, Stengel a t San F ran cisco , as m a n a g e r $260,000. p e a n u ts and soft d r in k s to his T a m p a a n d hiring M arshall Fox, fo rm e rly of T h e M arlin* b o v e b a d as m a n ­ fa n s the m e a n s o f breaking o v en o n the Marlins* e x e c u tiv e staff, his a g e r s , D on O sborn of the P h illis •he baseball op eratio n th e re and he is b u sin ess m a n a g e r . ch a in , 1956-57; K erby F a r r e l l , for­ seeking th e concessions rights a n d a •'F o x is s u p e r ,* w it! M acDonald, m e r C leveland boss, 1958, a n d P e p ­ long-term le a s e fro m th e c it y o f w h ose b aseball ex p en d itu res w ere not p e r M a rtin , f o r m e r G ash o u se G a n g M iam i. * * limited to the $1,800 for th e f r a n c h i s e . 1 *tar* 1950. .

S to re r d u r in g his th r c e -y c a f o w n e r - M acD onald c le a r e d up $18,001* in th e Al Vincent, O riole co a ch , wa* fillip of the Marlins h ad refused to clu b ’s d e b ts —a m o v e w hich m a d e .an n a m e d m a n a g e r for 1960, w hen the sig n m o r e than a one-year ren tal lease im pression upon I a m p a n s .

Orioles shifted th e i r full w orking w ith the city. Officials • a r e pleased " W e lost a total of $32,006 th e first a g r e e m e n t from V an co u v er to Mi­ o v e r M a cD o n a ld ’s long-range plan a n d tw o y e a r s /* M acD onald saki. *‘But last a m i (this p a s! winter* • Slope to w ork o u t a satisfac to ry deal. y e a r w e w ere in the black a n d 2 think -n in the past, Storer had paid $40,000we h a v e re -e d u c a ted flier T a m p a people c a s h annually. He w a s p e rm itte d to to b a s e b a ll/* * th r e e t e a m s finish in t h e first division k e e p c o c c i d s fro m the m a j o r le a g u e T his c la im is hackee! b y Hic attend- e r the FSL. His club won the penan c e figures. T he te a m d re w 42,000 in n a u t in 1957 and w as fourth in 1958.

-H 1957; 44,000 in 1958 a n d last s u m m e r L a s t se aso n T a m p a won the first half the c r o w d s zoom ed l o 80,006, th a n k s ■of the r a c e and finished second .in the M arlin* P l a y H o m e C a m e s b a c k section of th e split-season, only to s p e c i a l ‘nights. in M inors' Fanciest P a rk "‘T a m p a set a F S L ut te n d a n c e 4«ec- So Jose t o St. P e te r s b u r g ira the post. ord last season with a c r o w d tf>f seaso n playoff.

MIAMI. Fla.—The In te rn a tio n a l G a s s a w a y is re tir in g a s the man6,531," M a c D o n a ld o proudly rec alled . l e a g u e M arlins, acquired by W. T h is w as w ith the a id o f ticket* (dis­ * g e r of the club.. » . (Bill) M acDonald, J r . , play “ M y re la tio n s with Bob C a rp e n te r tributed by a g ro c e ry ch ain . t h e i r h o m e -games in M iami Sta­ M acD onald likes big c ro w d s, ‘be­ ((owner of the Phillies) have been exd iu m , known as the m ost luxurious c a u se his club o p e ra te s its o w n c o n ces­ c e d e n t / ' McDonald said. “ Gene Marp a r k in the m in o rs. sions and the sale of hot dogs a n d soft tin, h ead of the Phillies' fa r m system , T h e p a rk w as built b y C u b a a h a s b e e n m o s t co-operative." drinks boom s with m o r e people.

J o s e A le m a n ’s fa th e r with ti ca n ti­ I o n c e d escribed M acDonald as the All M acD onald w ant* fro m h is t w o le v e r roof and a seating cap a city baseball v e n tu re * financially i* to type of fellow who m ak es you feel of 9,500.

It w as com pleted fo r b re a k even. Twice he h a s • sponsored t h a t you belong, no m a t t e r w h a t type themas! six p a n i c s of the 1954 s e a ­ big golf to u r n a m e n ts a t M iam i Beach cif people you a re with. He is the m ost son in the old Class B F lo rid a In­ for fun and ch a rity . F o r m couple of u n a ss u m in g millionaire I ’ve e v e r te rn a tio n a l League for $2,000,000. yean* he w as a co-sponsor with the known and, unlike most of them , is T he stadium was bought by the J u n io r “C h a m b e r of C o m m e rc e of the not skittish about recalling his e a rlie r city last y e a r from A lem an for and to u g h e r days.

Los Angeles Open. $850,000 c a s h . .

Jtfa c P o n a l^ liar, e n j o y e d seeing h i s f .^ la c D o n a ld . recalled thag h e cleared rn

f o r New* C hih iii PCC B y F O H ON EYW ELL TACOMA, Wash.

Ben Cheney, T a c o m a lu m b e rm a n and sports fan who had c a rrie d on a personal c a m p a ig n to bring O r ­ ganized Ball back to bis borne town, is m ak in g c e rta in th a t th e r e will be a hom e for the new T a ­ c o m a (P a c ific Coast) G iants.

When th e San F ra n c isc o o r g a n ­ ization decided to move the P h o en ­ ix fra n c h ise to T a c o m a , one of the co n sid eratio n s w as an a g re e m e n t b y th e c i t y and the county to build a p a r k . C h e n e y im m e d ia te ly o f ­ fe re d to d o n a te th e site.

T he a c r e a g e included Cheney Field, w hich s e rv e d as the hom e fo r T a c o m a ’s W estern Internation ­ a l L e a g u e T igers fro m 1946-51. «

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P u r c h a s e Saved P a r k C h en ey p u r c h a s e d the p a rk , fol­ lowing the d e m ise o f W-l b a s e ­ ball here, to sav e it from c o n v e r ­ sion into an o u td o o r t h e a t e r and th e re b y to p re se rv e a place for T a ­ c o m a sa n d lo tte rs to play.

H ow ever, his offer of the loca­ tion w as reje cted , “ with th a n k s /* in fa v o r o f a site ow ned b y th e M etropolitan P a r k D istrict in the c i t y ’s Snake L ake a r e a . It was a rg u e d th a t no real e s ta te would be rem oved from the t a x rolls and t h a t the site c h o se n w as co n tig u ­ o u s to a n o th e r P a r k D istric t field and hen ce c ould b e m o r e easily m a in ta in e d .

C h en ey thus w as te m p o r a r ily r e ­ m o v e d fro m th e picture,* but bis g e n e ro u s o ffer w as recognized by a d e cisio n to n a m e th e new Ala* tliunt “ Ben C h en ey F ield /* 4i * C ity R aised $590,001 .

T h e c ity sc ra p e d up $590,000 for th e project, w ith the c o u n ty a g r e e ­ ing to s h a re in the c o s t o f re tirin g the debt. T hen the c it y tackled* the site p re p a ra tio n , as a p re lim in a ry to letting the c o n tr a c t for the g ra n d s ta n d and o t h e r c o n s tru c ­ tion. About $183,000 w as spent o r c o m m it te d o n th e site w ork a n d e q u ip m en t.

When the co n stru c tio n bids fin al­ ly w ere called, th e lowest one w as fa r in e x c e s s of* th e re m a in in g m o n e y available.

A n ew pet o f specifications w as d r a w n up, e lim ­ inating c e r t a i n “ frills/* and bidders w ere p e r m it te d to subm it a l t e r c a t e

B en C heney plans, b u t it w as a p p a r e n t th a t the total c o s t o f the p a rk would be in the neighborhood o f $800,000, d e ­ spite all possible econom ies.

R esigned to spen ding m o r e m oney, th e c ity a n d c o u n ty a r ­ ra n g e d to d ig u p a n additional $250,000, co incidentally with the opening c f th e n e w bids. Several designs h a d to b e co nsidered b e ­ fo re th e c o n tr a c t c o u ld b e a w a rd ed .

P rc -S tre s s e d C o n crete W ho w a* 4hc low b id d e r ? Ben C heney!

In a sso c ia tio n with the E a r l y C o n stru c tio n Co. and Con­ c r e t e Technology, b e su b m itte d a d e s ig n for a . p r e s t r e s s e d c o n c re te s t r u c t u r e t o c o s t $647,088.

T h e r e a r e m a n y p e o p le in T a ­ c o m a w ho will w a g e r th a t the fin­ ished s ta d iu m will c o n ta in m ost, if not all* of the •‘e x t r a s " disp ensed with sn t h e in te re st of e co n o m y , e v e n ii t h e difference com e* o ut o f Cheney*s pocket.

In hi* abiding lo v e fo r baseball* C h e n e y is not o n e to n u rse nickels.

H e to ld th e c ity council th a t a d e ­ q u a t e . •‘first-class** facilities would b e provid ed, “ e v e n if it la k e s a d o n a tio n /* A nd w ith April 16 a s t h e d ead•Jine for t h e p a r k '* .completion, .Cheney** cre w * w ere a t w ork the d a y a f t e r the a g r e o ’rn e n t was re a c h e d , e v e n b e fo re t h e form al c o n t r a c t w a s signed. H e said his o rg an izatio n would "‘m o v e heaven a n d e a r t h ’’ t o get th e p a r k finished in ti m e fo r t h e s e a s o n opener*

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$3,000 from his venture* a* t h e Vj»nder-<*scniority in th e whole C hicago T ra n sit hilt Hotel d o o r m a t . line to d a y , if t h e y 'd let m e s ta y a s a *T n e a rly fain ted r e c e n tl y When I conductor.** r e a d the d o o rm a n a t the F o n ta in e b le a u B ut Bill w ouldn’t h a v e so m e of the paid $50,000 for hi* d o o r c o n c e s s i o n s / - th i n g s h e h a s today —a beautiful F lo r­ M acD onald said. ida hom e, a nice fishing c r u is e r a n d a Bill had som e o d d jobs b e f o r e b e host o f frie n d s w h o c o n s id e r him ii s ta rte d his [ clim b t o riches, and g r e a t s p o rts m a n . H e a lso h a s a few s tra n g e ly enough th ey w ere sis th e l a c e horse*. * • A field of tra n sp o rta tio n .

M acD onald E x p e r t S h o w m an D u rin g the d epression, M acD onald fo rm e d a re d a n ( l a te r ’b u s ) service M acD onald offers a concise view of from N ew York to Chicago, a d v e rtis ­ bow he has succeeded. jng the trip would be m a d e in 28 “ The luck of the Irish and m y ability hours. T h e fastest tra in s took 20 hours to pick good m en to do the job anc! and the r e g u la r bus schedule w as *40 backing them up to the h ilt," Mac-, h o u rs—to d a y ’s, w ork week.

D onald explained. “ F o r the skeptics who d id n ’t believe M acD onald h a s a flair for s h o w m a n ­ w e'd d e liv e r them on tim e, w c°insyred ship, toq. At his first t r a il e r exhibi­ o u r serv ice for $5 e x t r a ," Bill re- tion, as a n e w c o m e r to the m a n u f a c ­ called. “ If we w ere so m uch as an turing end, he w a s a fra id the m o re hour late, they got all th e ir m oney e x p e rien c e d c o m p a n ie s would wind up back. But no one e v e r collected." with all the business.

M acD onald consid ers J u ly Fourth, Bill re m e m b e r e d hearing th a t if a 1952, the c h an g in g point in his life, g roup k eeps looking a t so m ething He had w orked for six m onths as a long enough, it’ll a t t r a c t a crowd. c o n d u c to r on the Chicago T ra n s it line “ So I hired 35 m odels and two bus. He liked the job anc! enjoyed flashlight-bulb p h o to g r a p h e r s ," Bill talking to the people. He is a b o rn ex- said. “ So m a n y people c a m e th a t I tro v e r!. T he c o m p a n y needed d riv e rs finally h a d to pay the girls $5 e x tra and would not let M acD onald continue to go hom e. A fter the show, I w rote a s a conductor, so he quit, apologies to the d th e r exhibitors, b e­ “ J u s t th in k ," said Bill, “ I ’d p r o b ­ cause I h a d su ch long lines th eir ex­ ably be the con ducto r with the m ost hibitions w e re b lo ck ed ."

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GENE FREESE Phil Fence-Busier G iant P inch-H itters W on l l G am es— T o p s in N. L. BOSTON, M ass.—T he w o rld ’s ch a m p io n D odgers, in th e ir hectic s c ra m b le for the N ational L ea g u e pennant, won a t le a s t ten g a m e s by the use of pinch-hitters. T h e y won one m o re g a m e w ith e m e r ­ gency b a tt e r s than the B ra v e s.

But, the Giants, who finished th ird in the N. L. race, led both leag u es with l l .

W a lter Alston could call. on five pinch-sw atters who b a tte d h ig h e r than .250 in this m a n n e r , th r e e with .333 figures. T hey w ere: N o rm L a rk e r, 26 g a m e s ; Duke Snider, 23 g am es; Chuck E sseg ian , 14 g a m e s , and all a t .333; R ip R e ­ p u l s e , .308 for 30 g a m e s , a n d C arl Furillo, .280 fo r 32 g a m e s .

S. T h e re we re* two ru n n e rs ab o a rd , two out a n d the score tied in th e eleventh inning. In s te a d , B rig h t w as re w a rd e d with a three-ru n h o m e r for his lusty swing and the re su lt w as 12 to 9.

A P i r a t e te a m m a te , B urgess, had the honor of deciding a slugfest, M ay 31, with a seventh-inning, three-run blast off Tom A cker of the R eds fo r a M to ll su ccess. T h a t g a v e B u rg ess the record for c a r e e r pinch-hom ers a t ten, but he w as tied la t e r by Gus Zernial, who th u m p e d one off D ig g er O ’Dell of the Orioles for the T ig ers, .lune 2G, and by Crowe also. ..

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125 10 .471 7 77 f Lopez, IC, C.*N» • • ..•14V 36 11 .468 46 17 54 148 2 Minoso, Cleveland \ A0 •118 12 .465 47 T 2 Held, Cleveland .

4 .464 53 5 3 58 122 Maris, Cleveland :i8 .5 I « .462 43 ..131 Berra, New York 9 .461 91 « 5 ...145 81 Maxwell, Detroit <Atl IMaycrs with 20 or More Runs flailed In—IJste* Alphabetically) GI. Slug.

Tot. Ini. G« BB. BB. HV. « 0 . DP. Pct. Player and Club 22 .482 I 60 92 2 ...150 Allison. Washington 11 .332 40 I 3 52 152 Aparicio, Chicago 54 4 .375 2 1 Bauer, New York ...................

I H 33 .466 12 47 0 6 Baxes, Cleveland ...................... 77 21 17 9 .382 I 8 2 Bccqucr, Washington ....—....... 108 59 9 .367 a I 35 Berberet, .Detroit .......................190 .462 •6 38 .5 . 4 Berra, New York ................

ISI 13 IO .347 I 48 3 Berloia, Washington .........— OO 29 G .403 7 37 45 Bolling. Detroit .... - .................... 127 14 12 .345 I I 29 Boyd. Bal ti mo re 128 35 14 .349 I 30 * •J Bridges, Detroit ........... .— ...IIG 7 ,357 5 99 0 UZ 13iicl^i ll I Boston t St 41 IO .295 I I Carrasquel. Baltimore ...........

114 34 87 13 .479 3 5 35 Ccrv, Kansas City ............

125 26 9 .444 I I 17 C)iitif Koiisos City So 2 BO 13 .5)2 71 8 Colavito. Cleveland ...................ISI 12 .369 65 4 B DoMacsiri, Kansas City ........... 118 28 6 .457 U 20 0 12 Dropo, Baltimore ...................... 62 G .389 13 7 8 71 Fox, Chicago .............................. 158 l l .566 3 3 42 Frnncona, Cleveland ................. 122 35 72 .304 9 I GI Gardner, Baltimore ................... 140 :i8 55 5 .397 0 0 21 C*eigcr. Boston 120 19 ll .426 3 0 52 Gernert, Boston ..........

117 I .321 20 0 2 Bl Goodman. Chicago ..................... 101 .403 .

74 • I 6 0 24 Hadley. Kansas City ................ 1)8 7 .327 G 49 3 AU Harris, Detroit ............................ HI 2 12 .465 I lift 47 lleld, Cleveland ...........- ............ 14.1 •> 23 IO ,303 f> 20 House. Kansas City .....

98 57 12 .476 s 2(1 I Ilownrd, New York ................... 12.> 67 20 .492 3 0 Jensen, Boston ........................... 118 38 .530 12 42 ll 4 i^oliiiCf IDctroit .............

Ittu 72 40 A .418 3 (I 26 Keough Bo.ston .....................

96 ,516 IIG 32 I 7 Killebrew. Washington - ......... 153 90 38 6 .312 I 0 Klaus, Baltijnore ....................... 104 51 ll .3511 3 2 46 24 Kubek, N ew York ..................... 132 .501 37 6 I , I Kuenn, Detroit ...........................189 48 5 .379 5 a 68 78 Landis. Chicago ..................HJJ < » 9 9 .510 0 I •in Lemon, Wa.shington ................... 147 •5 .51 7 .417 0 17 i.cpci.o, Bos.-Dei........................... 70 9 27 .451 6 49 Lollar, Chicago .....................

HO55 IO .471 77 I 7 Lope/., K, C.-N. Y. ................

H 7 36 12 .308 0 3f» 6 47 [..uinpe, N. Y.-K. C...................... 126 15 .437 .1 5 ft 6 42 Malzonc; Boston . ...................... 154 7 .511 2 126 94 6 Mamie, New York .....................HI .464 I 3 53 5 Mari.s, Kan.sa.s City ................. 122 58 2 .401 1 ft 3 5 7 Martin’ Cleveland ....................... 73 91 U .

4G1 5 6 ai Maxwell. Detroit .......................HS 26 2 .310 I 4 McAnany. Chicago ..................... 67 19 .353 3 3 IO ll McDougnld. New York ........... 127 *i5 2 46 ll .468 17 Minoso. Cleveland .......................H 8 54 55 12 .528 * 5 2 42 N ie rnan , Baltimore ................. 118 .314 28 ' 5 1 0 I Ni.xon, Clevcl.and ....................... 82 15 0 41 3 .278 2 16 Osborne, Detroit ....................... 80 8 .380 2 ft 4 4 27 Phillips, Chicago ................. 117 2 2 31 I 338 PicrsalJ, Cleveland ............... IOO 24 2 .412 2 22 19 IO Power. Cleveland .......................H 7 3 .377 3 (” 20 26 ilieharcl.son. New York ........... 134 5 5 .:;83 2 37 17 Kobin.son, R a ltim ore.....................88 1 ft 3 0 .468 23 I nomano. Chicago ..................... 53 18 17 .427 I I funnels. Boston ........................147 95 Bl .312 (I 2 29 ll .Samford Washington .............. OI 2 3 .493 71 2 •41 Siebern. New York ................... 120 2 62 IO 6 .155 Sicvers. Washington .............

115 53 0 A 47 IO .539 Skowron. New York ................... 74 20 0 19 2 .374 I Slattphlcr. New York ................ 74 13 ■J 5 74 1ft .396 .Smith, Chicago ......................... 129 46 0 3 39 4 .380 AA Smith, Kansas City ................... 108 0 29 4 19 ii rn* .420 Stiyder. Kansas City ................ 73 3 .367 A 33 0 Stt»phens, Boston ...................... 92 29 7 .302 0 64 2 Strickland. Cleveland ............... 182 52 BO a (I 6 .378 'fasby, EaUimore ......................142 34 3 61 A 4 .388 'rhron^'bcriy. Washington ....... 117 33 51 (I 18 I 2 .391 ‘I'itionelicrt V New York ......... 80 ( I I 55 7 .;’-57 Toryc'on. Chicago ................... 127 62 6.5 6 A 12 .130 56 Tria’.dos, Baltitnore r 120 2 A 12 .11.3 3ft Tuttle. Kansas City ................... 126 4ft a a 22 2 32 5 .413 Wert/, Bo*1on . ....................... 94 6 23 I 14 39 .347 Wliiic. Boston ........................ 139 ,5 I 60 Kl .436 Williams. Kansas City KIO 2R 6 .103 52 2 I 27 Willi.ams, Boston .419 P*7 2 IO I 23 a .40ft WtU,(in. Detroit ........ f t 4 :'.5 5 .455 Woodling, Baltimore ............... HO 7ft 6 .430 I 77 Yost. Detroit ............. ................. H 8 13.5 12 7 0 3 .417 7 ernial, Detroit ........ ............ . . CO 0 27 f MI Clavers in IO or More CJameN with Fewer Than 20 Huns Iphah etieally) <I Hatted Tot. Int. GI. BB. BB HP. SO. DP. Pl.iver ui'.d Club a 0 Adair.* Baltimore ............ .. 12 I 0 5 0 2 0 Aiias. Chicago .................

(I .. 34 (I 0 0 .A>tu(»ntontt*. Wa.sltington .. 70 26 (I 39 9 f t A Ila, B alii i n<»re - Dost on HI . . 12 IC 8 ft liattcy. Chicago ............ . 26 (I ft (I 13 Ba\im;mn. Boston ............ . 26 2 I) Kl 0 A • 0 Bel), Cicvclmui ........ . . 44 19 (I Bella. Kansas City ..

(I . . 47 U 5 I 14 o Rlanchard. New York 4 (I . . 49 12 0 (I Blaylock. New Yojrk ........... f) . . lo 0 I ft •> Bi*one. Chicago-Kan.sas City . . 70 ft A 34 Brayer. .New York .................

6 .. 47 2 ft 2.3 2 Brcsvcr Boston ......

I 0 »«••••«««■« .. 47 (I IC 2 Hrickell. .New York 0 I 0 .. 18 IO I 4210

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P osting » .530 a v e r a g e , O u tfield er Al K aline of the<*second-pooncs*? J t w a g e rn »Tuggi«g, compiTing a s ta n d a rd ric a n —L eag u e slugging h am p.----------. io n sh ip of only ,36‘L T h a t w as 15 points less than the Senators, wlio T igers won t hhee A m e-------„ ---------«« « c------------ :\r.A by Howe N ew s B u re a u w e r e sixth, k u t i9 p o in ts bette-r than th e Orioles. in 1959, official a v e r a g e s compiled In o th e r individual statistics, E ddie Yost of the Tigers show. Kaline, runne^'.up in the batting ra c e to T e a m m a t e ____ o s t 4>ascs on ban balls, s, 135. Only one of the H a rv e y K uenn. : o u tdistanced H a rm o n Killebrew of th e d re w the m p a s s e s w a s intenlionat. His te a m m a te , Kaline, was given S enators, his n e a r e s t rival, by 14 points.

In addition lo K aline and Killebrew, th e r e w ere only the m o s t in ten tio n al free tickets, 12, F o r the e ig h th y e a r Minnie Minoso, who w as with the four o th e r s in th e c ir c u it who h ad slugging m a r k s above ,509. M ickey M antle of the Y anks had .514, R ocky Cola- In d ia n s la st season, w as hit b y pitched balls the most vito of the In d ian s .512, J i m Lem on of the S en atp rs .510 tim es, 17, ?iv« rrforc th an Yost, th e No. 2 man.

T h r e e p la y e r i w ho t a k e healthy cu ts a t the ball—Mantle, end Kuenn .501.

T he Indians com piled a .408 a v e ra g e to top the Y an k ees Woodie Held of th e In d ian s and Killebrew—w ere the p a ce­ s e tte r s in strikeouts. The Y an k ee slugger* whiffed 126 (.402) and the T ig e rs (.400) in slugging* percentage.

Killebrew Oddly, the White Sox, A, L. p e n n a n t w inners, h a d the times, H eld Xl§ c r v i i l MISCELLANBOUS nECOIlDS GI. Tot. Int, DP. BB. BB. HP. SO. Club 721 120 39 25 ....

433 Clcvclant!

IQI 828 37 30 .

457 New York IQI 44 737 31 __ 580 Detroit ....

780 33 124 32 ,„•» 481 Kansas City 120 810 23 31 620 Boston 881 127 20 26 «... 517 Washington 107 634 45 49 ..... 580 Chicago ..

690 126 20 36 .... 530 Baltimore

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Herzog. K. C . * ...... 34 77 SicviT.s. Wash....... 13 24 Doby. Dot.-Chi...... 2ft 43 Lo|>t*/.. New York 35 62 136 Throncb’ry. Wash .

23 36 Shetroiw. Bait. .

Simpson, Chi......... 12 1ft Ennis. Cliicago . . 25 28 (IVwet '•’ban t e n Pl a.VVI' lS: Club G . PO. Mallctt. Bo.ston . .. 4 14 Hunt, New York .. 5 7 Held. Cleveland . .. 6 .Skizas, Chicago .. . 6 it Killcbrvw. Wasti. .. I 9.

Rcnna, Bo.ston . ..‘ 7 5 Hicks. Chicago .. . I 3 4 Windhorn, K. Y. .. 4 As|)romont^‘..W;i5h. I I t hernial. Bo.<. . t Vale, Clfvcland . 9 I Blanchard. N. Y. .. 8 at Valentine. U»lt. . .. H 7 ♦lerra. N. V. t) . i Osboriw. 'Del. . . I A Ward. K. C.......... t i i Lockman. . . ! 6

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P la yct And Club 4 4 Brodowski, Cl«velnn 4 Bronstad, New Vorb 13 It 4 I .OGG Brown, Baltimore 6 Brown, Clcvclamf 4) I 4) .964 Bunning, Detroit I .963 A 9 Burnside. Detroil f if .960 0 Busby, Boston I .957 7 7 Callison, Chicagoi A 1 .955 t 4 17 Carey, New York .......

0 7 0 •••••• 41 2 .953 7 7 ii 0 I Carroll, Kansne City .

8 0 11 4) .947 2 0 4) a 31 o Casule. Qostoi» S 21 e t i i .947 a 5 9 Cash, Chicago .

3 18 58 O .909 A 2 4i 0 I Chiltum, Boston ..

0 0 21 t Chrisley, Detroit II I IO €5 12 Ga#ne«> a ii Cicone, Cleveland ...............

0 I I 28 A. E. DP, l»ct. ii a 9 Clevenger, Washingtoif .....

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It* 0 0 Coates, W W«wwf W New «w*« Y'ork AV* 44 *•••••*•4««t• •••••a»444»4*44•« 37 1 i i I'.OOO i i 4) 0 4) It 1) 0 32 Coleman, Kansas City*DalTimor« i i 1.000 ii if 3 4) € Consolo, Boston* Wnshinglojk iir 38 59 44a««4*4#»44 «9 a I 6 i) 1.000 Courtney, Washington 44*444444444t»444*4444a4 72 20 1 1 19 « i f a 1.000 I Daley^ Kansas City 0 It ■•4444*444 •a44a44^aaa# 39 2 2 4) ii 4) LOOO Daley, Boston 4*a*a4aa*«a*4*4*4aaaaa«4«a«aarv**4444«> if € 31 «4a4a4«a4vaa«»4**«v4»4aa«*4a «5 13 I ii « 1.000 a A Davie Detroit ...................... .............. l l 0 t ii 2 ii 3 ii a A) 6 0 LOOO Delock, Boston ■ . •••I44a4aaaa4a44«•4a*»444B44aa4aaa4aa4 28 24 if I 4) e I a « 1.000 Demeter, Detroit ...... •4aaaa44aa*aaa44*4*aaaa4a44a4 l l ii 41 I) % ti A) 1.000 Dickson, Kansas City 4aB4»4a4aa444*aa4a4444a444 38 « 6 ii G « a i f Dillard, Cleveland .... ••44•444aaaaaaaaaa****• IO S 0 1.000 ll ll 5 IO Ditmar, Now York ,4a44444444aaaaaa4aaaa44«44444a44 38 ll 0 I) I 0 .8 8 9 ii 41 I 13 *Dobbck. Washington . 4^4*44*4*aa44*4»**»44» 1« 5 t 44 .889 t i i 10 a 2J I Doby, Detroit-Chicago 39 t .8 1 8 t ii Donovan. Chicago 4 »4*4*44444a****4*««44*44a4a 31 ii i) f 9 32 0 I i f ,500 ft 0 I 1 Duren, New York •••44»a44«*4**4»a44i*4***4*4*4 4t 2 ii t ii .OOO •J 1 • 41 0 IO Ennis, Chicago 444*«444*«**4«aa44*4»«a4aa«44a444**a»444 26 a (I a .OOO 4) IG Esposito, Chicago ....•44«44*4*4***4**4**a«*a**4a44«B«4 €9 t f 11 ii Fcrrarese. Clevclnn^l .............................15 .. « 9 4) 0 G Flnigan, Bnllimorc ...............

48 ii 0 10 Fischer, Washington ............................ 34 i i ii 1 13 2 Fisher, Baltimore ...........

27 i i 0 8 4) I G FitzGerald, Wash.-Clcvr. ♦**■**44•«*aaa*444Bf f 8 IG I 22 Playcr-Club G. A. t:. DP.PB. Pct. Ford. New York aaaa*********aa»a4a«aaa*••aaaaaaaa**«* 35 12 G « 4 1 11 Fornieles, Boston •aaBa*44*vata**•»aaaa•• •••4a**4 48 7 0 ii 4) 0 Berra. N. Y. 116 Gtm 6 t 3 9 3 .097 Foylnck, Detroit a*aa*a*iaa444a»aaaa4a4aa4«*Ba*a***a4 39 5 a I 20 ■ I Daley, Bos. . . 58 2 48 28 !

5 « .990 Garcia, Cleveland ................4*44*4««a*a»444aa 29 4) Brown. Clcv#. 48 215 20 4) ii 4) 5 I » I .996 Carver. Kansas City ......... *4a*aa44*44«*»a 32 0 ii 1 3 2 Naragon.

Ginsberg, Baltimore ■••a***44*4444a•4*•*44*■■•4 «5 2 !

3 fl 13 « Clev.Wash. GA 3 13 ]« a t 7 .994 Gorman, Kansas City.

•«aa4B44*4*a4«*44a««»44 17 0 i i G i i Lollar. Chi. .. 122 623 51 5 tA 4 .993 a G IG i i Ginsberg. Ba). 62 241 2!)

Grant, Cleveland ..... ••*4444***4a«a4M4*4a4a*4 42 9 A VI .5)93 a •> Grba, New York ii a44«*aa4*a«*a*44a«»»4a*4a«aa4*4 19 t ii 3 Porter, Wash. 34 129 18 t 3 .9513 Green, Boston ............................ «a»»aa«*«««»a*4a4*4*»4*44«4 SO 29 0 22 t Howard. N. Y. 43 221 ;^3 2 9 4 .992 Green, Baltimorc-Washington ........Tl.^ 21 0 I 18 White. Bos. ... AKI 557 56 9i a 3 .990 Griggs, Washington •«•••**•««■44*aaaa«a44*4a«a 33 « I) ii ll Hatley. Chi. •. 20 92 IO t I ! .5190 2 Grim. Kansas City 40 4) 17 ii Bcrbcrcl. I V t . 95 511 351 9 4 a .‘•89 Groth, Detroit .......

55 4) •4*«r*44»a4»BB*«*«a* 2 0 ll Wilson.

D e l . .. 64 374 ^5 5 8 ft .908 Hale, Baliimoit! ...... •4«4«44«4aa4*»4«*««B444*a4aa» 40 I ii • 0 2 Chili.

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17 228 «’5 3 5 5 .988 Hamner. Cleveland • •**4**4a•4a4»a«4444a4#a«4 23 I ii a a CourlMcy, Hardy. Cleveland ...................

32 3 ii ii *J Wa.sh.* . .53 213 It 3 .5 .5)87 9 Hasshman. Bait.-Bos.-Cleve.

45 i i f* ii 8 Nixon. ( ; i e \ * .

7 4 374 :it 9 8 4 .905 Herbert. Kansas City ........... ••••••••av 37 3 0 ii 9 ♦ I Fit/.

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38 ;i4 ii 0 23 W.i.vh.-Clrv. 61 2 60 ,3't. 5 5 I) .984 Hoeft, Dei.-Bos.-Bait.............. % a4*«4«***a4»* 2« (I ii 41 u M<iusc. Ii. C*. ‘65 447 •13 !• 3 3 .982 Hyde, Washington .................

37 0 41 ii 3 Tr*iandos, Jablon.ski, Kan.‘?as City ........

25 3 ii 0 lf Bait. i :>.5 r»‘l7 63 13 .5 v a .981 Jackson, Chicago ......*............

IO 1 *0 1 4) Romano. C’hi. 38 169 16 -I 5 5 .9714 Johnson. Baltimoie ............... a i i) 4) . 41 0 Korchcck, Jonc.s, Cleveland ............... lf . I ii 41 3 Wash.

22 103 8 A 3 Kemmerer. Wa.shingtoo ......

I .974 4i 33 ii 4) Siniih.

K. C 22 Kiely, Boston ........................... a»aa44aa**4 A l 125 IO 5 5 ii 3 .964 4) 41 3 l.Hanchard.

Klimchock. Kansas City .

13 T I) i) G N. V, . 12 2.5 t Klus/.ewski. Chicago ................ t 31 3 0 I < .5)63 10 Korcheck. Wa.shington ...........

22 % ii 0 13 Kucks, New York-liansa.s City •va***• 42 A • 0 ii 24 <*> WTT I'han T m lKiin4 s^ Larsen. New York .................... *■•*■•4*4 rn (I ii 1.5 Lary. Detroit ...............................

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32 A 4) ii 26 Clio.

B(»s. . A' 17 Lalinan. Chicago ........................

37 4 41 I (I 0 0 1.000 4 Leek, Cleveland ............................

Lau, Bet 2 13 ll (I 0 I 2 I 0 I .OOO 7 .Sluiop, Bfi. n Locke. Cleveland ........................

24 I 0 0 8 (I 5 (I 0 0 I .(HIO Lockman. Dallimore .................. :ift Sullivan, lins . 2 4 8 ii (I 0 4 (I (J 0 1.000 Loos. Baliimore ..........................

Carrecm. CIV, . I 3 37 ii 0 ii 1 8 0 0 . 0 1.000 Lo^'n, Chicago ........................... i;o f (• ii A Mans. New York ........................

3 30 0 ii 1.5 Mahoney. Bostoik ........................

3T 3 a O’ 7 McBride. Chicago ........................ 4444*444 lf •> I 41 ii 0 McLish. Cleveland ........................

35 1 0 0 25 Meyer. Kan.sas City ..................... i) 2 18 ii 0 Player X- Club G. ^ O . A . K. D P . Pct. Miranda. Baltimme ....................... tI5 7 ii 0 IG Paicual, Was)!...... 3 2 18 55 Monbouquottc. Bolton ..............

35 U a 2 0 4 I . OOO 2ft Hamos.

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37 2ft 29 I ii 32 0 (I 8 I . OIK) I! Wilhelm. Bait. ... 32 Kl 3 2 Moran. Cleveland • .......... ll (I 0 4) U I 1 .0 0 0 t Walkcj.

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•> 1 .0 0 0 20 3 30 (I T) 0 32 U 7 Morgan. Detroit ............................

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Bos.-Clcve.A2 0 Ii n 3.5 8 2.5 4 ft 2 I .OOO O’Dell. Baltimore ......................... ...... in Slobb.s, Wash.' . l l I ii (I 1ft ii ll ft I L o u t) Pappas Baltimore .......................

33 Kiely. BosloiK ‘I ll I ii 0 :;5 7 12 0 .1 1 .0 0 0 Pa.*«cual, Wa.shington .................. ; 32 Morgan. Detroit 5 a (I 46 ll I 15 0 2 I .OOO Pear.-ion. Wa.5hington-Balti‘moi«e 305 Loos. Bait.

27 Ti ii H .37 A 15 ft 3 1 .00ft Perry. Cleveland -•-aaa*4••ai 14 0 •0 Ferrare.se, Clcv. ! 15 0 15 (I A ft 2 I .OOO Pierce. Chicago 7 0 Cl Burnside. Del.' K l 3 0 A ft H .

I I .OOO Pilarcik. BaltimoVe ......................... 130 3 0 T I 2.5 Da\ )c, Del roil , ll A I) u 0 1 .0 0 0 Pi.‘-oni, New York ...............

17 I 0 Arias. Chi. ' 0 ii 34 A IO I) ft 1 .0 0 0 Plows, Wa.sbington-Bostfm 10 3 ‘J 0 U Cicottc.

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26 A 8 0 0 LOOO Porter, Washington .......

37 ll I I 16 Chillum.

Boston 21 I 9 f t 0 LOOO Portocnrrero. Baltimore .

27 1 0 0 13 Durcn. N. Y. 1 1 I 9 5) 2 M.ftOO Kamos. Washington ..........

45 4 0 (I Ii Bronstad.

N. Y Hi 3 6 ft Rennn, Bo.ston .................... ft 1.01)0 14 5 I) 0 U Sisler. Bos.-Del .. 3 5 I 7 Rivera. Chicago ................ ft 0 I .OOO •4*4a«aai RO ll 3 I Kl Riauonoy. Wa>;h. 12 I 6 Romono.sky. Wa.shington .

0 I Loon 20 0 0 0 3 Smirti. Cleve.

12 I .5 Schaive, Washington ........ •••••4aaaa» ft 2 I OOO IG 0 0 I 3’omanek. K. C .* IG Scil roll. Bo.ston ...................

0 6 0 0 1.000 11 2 0 0 1 Blaylock. N. Y. 15 2 Schiill/.. Detroit . .. •■a4«*«a*a4a4a 2 u 0 I .OOO 13 0 0 (I (I Moyer.

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2 ft *>•2 0 I .OOO 30 2 0 0 Fi.schcr. Wa.^-h Shantz, New York 31 21 18 •4«#4« •a•a*4**4* 40 2 .980 3 I 0 0 6 Ford.

New York Shaw. Chicago . • 35 15 19 47 J 5 5 .985 ii •0 19 Mo.vi.i. Detroit’ Shetronc, Bnltimfire 31 12 38 33 I 5 5 .980 I (I 9 Kuck.v.

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42 Simpson. Kansas Cily-Chicago ;!.!!!!! 16 ll 36 I 6 4 0 .5)751 I 18 Carver. K. C. . . 3 2 IO 35 Si.slcr, Boston-Detroii 35 (I I 3 (I .5)78 .5 Fo.vtack.

Del. Smith. Cleveland . . .

3 9 ‘J 12 3 (i (I I 0 0 .978 f, 5 Staley. Chicago ............................. 67 Clevenger.

W a.«*h! .50 IO 3 35 0 I 3 .5)78 0• 5 McLisl). Cleve.

Stobbs.* V/ashington ........... ............. 41 35 25 0 49 0 2 4 .971 (I 2 Brewer.

Bn.ston Sturdivant. New York-Kansas City 11 • } 3<i 23 19 0 I .973 (I IO Sullivan. Bo.ston ............

Berhert.

K. C. 30 37 •?

13 0 23 (I I I 1.5 .5)73 Tanner. Cleveland ...

Brown. Bait. .

14 31 5) 25 2 0 (I I . 2 .971 < 1 Taylor. Baltimore ............. ;.............. 14 ll Maas. N. Y. .38 5 28 ii (I I .5 2 .971 Terry. Kansas Citv-New York Shaw. Chicago 33 I 47 ii 17 IG 0 2 3 •* 10 . 5■)*■ 6■ ‘ •) Terwilliger. Kan.sa.s City .

Turley, N. Y ’ 74 19 3.3 ii JI 0 *)8 I 31 I .907 Tomanek. Kansas City* P<»rloea’n>. i h d ! ... 27 IG 0 ii ti (I 20 0 I f t T.sitouri.s. Kansas City ...

Pierce. Chii*ago* .. .34 l l IO 2 I .5)63 24 I ii 0 7 . .5)62 Turley New York .........

AU ,5 Bell. Clcvel.'iiul ii 41 I 18 19 27 2 A .950 Valdiviel.so. Washington 24 Deloek. Boston . 2 8 I I 0 a 3 15 I I .958 Valentine. Baltimore ....

12 3 Lown, Chicago ....

2 0 f) 60 I 21 I (J .cm Vale. Cleveland ...........

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L os A ngeles. ' ‘You c a n im a g in e how much the c o n s ta n t tr a v e l of IG men affects a b u d g e t,” Giles told the Posl-Dispaich, “ b u t T m try in g ‘lo g e t m ore .money for m y u m p i r e s all the time.

I w a n t the m o s t c o m p e te n t men I can g e t a n d th e w ay to get them is lo pay m o r e . T v e g o t 't h e pension up lo a point w h e r e a m a n g e ts the equiva­ lent of SISO for e v e r y season he puts in. A 20-year m a n like Al Barlick al­ r e a d y is a s s u r e d of $3,000 a year re-, tire m e n t. and I w a n t to. belier it. “ In e x c h a n g e fo r w anting the best for m y u m p ire s. I ’ve got the right to e x p e c t th e b e s t from them. .Some g e t the v iew th a t once they reach the m a j o r s , t h e y ’ve got a lifetime jol).

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R o n n ie K lin e hope* th a t his d e ­ but in * Cardinal uniform a t Busch S tadium i s n ’t as jin xed a s his first trip t a St. Louis s i n c e be w a s traded just before C h ristm a s.

F ir s t o f all, the p i t c h e r ’s p l a n e R o n n ie Klin* reservation f r o m P ittsb u rgh t a St. Louis, J a n u a ry 3, w a s fo u led up. Mc had asked for an ea rly afternoon flight so that he could g e t t o the M om .‘I C ity in tim e to catch tile H a w k s-K n ick erb o ck ers basketball g a m e . Kline is a hot pro c a g e fan.

When R on n ie Teamed o f the mixup. b e d e cid ed to stick witli t h e assign ed flight flight.

When the four - e n g in e d p la n e w a s about h alf a n hour o u t of Pittsburgh, one en g in e conked out.

W alk ed Into Cold When th e craft touched d ow n in St. Louis—o n th ree e n g in e s, Kline found that he had left w h at he called p le a s ­ ant P e n n s y lv a n ia w e a th e r and walked right into a cold w a v e . T h e m ercu ry dipped to 1€.

As for the trade, K line recalled that he should h a v e followed a Ii u n c Ii about a m onth before be w as sw apped.

A ppearing at a Little L e a g u e r s ’ af­ fa ir a t A liq u ip p a , P a ., R on n ie w a s r e a d y for a trip to th e sh o w e r s when oho o f the little sons rose and e x ­ plained to him: “ W e’ve had s ix Pi­ rates as sp ea k ers at o u r affairs and five of them h a v e been traded—Walls, Long, Lynch, P u r k e y a n d T h om a s.

N o w , -m aybe y o u ’ll be the next o n e .”

Kline sign ed for a “ m o d e s t ” raise, putting him c lo se to the $20,000 brack­ et, during his tw o -d a y St. Louis stop.

Ron un derw ent a physical e x a m by D r. I. C. M iddlem an, Card p h ysician , w hile in town and w eig h ed in at 198 pounds, con sid era b ly under h is 2IS of last s e a so n , w hen h e s a w o n ly limited m ound du ty,

N o w • t !>on R la s iq g a m e L a s b e e n p e d d le d l o San F r a n c is c o , t h e C a r d i­ nals h a v e a second b a s e p roblem of their o w n and the com p etition for the job should be th e liveliest a t t h e R e d b ir d s ’ S t. P e te r s b u r g , Cia., b a s e ** ext spring.

On th e b a sis o f e x p e r i e n c e anet ba ck gro u n d , v e t e r a n A lex C r a m in a* w ould rate as top-dog at second, but W ally S h an n o n ’s c h a n c e s d e fin ite ly arc im p roved with The M a z e r gone. F o r c u e thing, Shannon is s ix y e a r s y o u n g ­ e r thai? Ct ram m as.

And another is that Shannon is about the majors* m o st d ed ica ted p layer.

If h e does outbatllc T h e G reek , it will be a tribute t o Shannon’s determi* nation and a victory for C h arles A tla s * , m eth o d s. Shannon is a devout disciple* of weight-lifting or what he ca lls “ st.a t ic tension,** a technique based on r e ­ s is t iv e ex ercises. “ I’m far from being a m u s c le m a n ,” c l a i m s Shannon, the C ardinals’ . first big-bonus baby, back in 1951. “ I just tr y to do the things that will help m c — im p r o v e m y o v e r - a l l strength and p la y in g ab ility.”

T h e pleasant, black-haircd six-foot­ er had two strikes on him at the start.

H is father runs the R ed bird s’ farm op erations. “ To m ak e it.” Shannon junior sa y s. “ I couldn’t hit .270 or .280.

I had to hit .300 to con v in ce everyb od y.”

'Hie weight-lifting, he c o m m e n te d . w a s responsible for his prom otion lo the Cardinals last su m m er. He had s lu g g e d 13 h om ers and driven in 50 W ally S hannon t u n s for R o ch e ster in one-half s e a so n .

C o m p a r e that home-run total with his for all p a r t s o f t h e b o d y,’* .Shannon c o m m e n t s , “ in that w ay I d o n ’t feel s ix - y e a r figure o f only 20. i ’m stren gthen in g o n e m u scle a t tile Splinter Also Weight-Lifter . •'I ’m not doing anything different-' e x p e n s e o f a n y e t h e r . ” With th e C ards last y e a r — m o stly Ty.” Shannon nbtcd. “ Ralph Killer lifted w eigh ts. So did Hank G r e e n ­ a s a pinch-hittcr—.Shannon batted .2S7. berg. J a c k ie J en sen still d o cs and, if G r a m m a s en jo yed his best c o m p le te I ’m not m istaken, Ted W illiam s did, s e a s o n , , JOO, a .268 record w ith -38 too. lf i f s good enough for them , RBIs. “ Shan n on ’* ability to c o m e o ff the i f s c e r ta in ly good enough e x e r c i s e bench and d e liv e r , as well a s the f o r t n c , t o o .’* T h r e e or four nights a w eek , w h en fact that lie ’s lefthanded, is in 'his not m a k in g public a p p e a r a n c e s ‘for f a v o r .” s a y s G en eral M a n a g er Ring t h e club or selling stocks and bonds D e v in e.

At ISG pounds. Shannon is strong for R. f.L Mills Investm ent Co., S h a n ­ non c a n be founil a t homer m a k in g en ough to reach the cozy* pavilion sc r e e n o r roof al Busch Stadium. If like Superm an.

'Hie m a x im u m amount c f w e ig h t be lie c a n c o m e clo se t o hitting th e S3 p a rticu larly Tough at B u sch Stadium lifts is 125 pounds. “ I use e x e r c i s e s ' h o m e r s b e belted for R o ch ester, not for lefthanded sw in g ers, h e will have found h im s e lf a h o m e as a regu lar . perform er.

Shannon d o e s not restrict his prep­ aration m e r e ly to lifting w eig h ts. He sto k es up o n m e a ts , fruits and v e g e ­ tables and m in im iz e s Ins in tak e of bread and d e sse r ts.

H e also Takes J teaspoonful o f I w h e a l g e r m oil a s * supp lem en t lo yr. l o u t s , Mo. his regular diet.

• Slowed by P u lled M uscle A tax a llow an ce and the s a le o f fa rm c l u b property enabled The B efore he w en t into s e r v ic e , the 25C ardinals last y e a r t o o f f s e t “ e n tir e ly ” a $281,000 loss the organization year-old Shannon w a s one of*the s w if ­ suffered. t e s t p la y e r s in the C a r d s ’ s y s t e m .

O n ce upon a tim e, tile R edbirds o w n ed b a s e b a ll’s b iggest anc!

After h is r e le a s e he pulled the h a m ­ m o s t e x te n siv e m inor league holdings, a trend that sin c e has been put . string m u s c l e in his left leg art D a y ­ in rev erse. But now. B u s in e ss M a n a g e r Art Routzong reported. J a n u ­ tona Beach, F la ., s n injury which a r y 6. “ Our chain is down to eight clu b s foi: ’Oft—m a y b e nine, if Billings robbed him of s o m e of his sp eed . H e ’s ( P io n e e r ) o p e r a t e s .’* n e v e r f u lly reg a in ed ii, but h e hopes In 195S, the Cards* m inor .league lo s s e s cost them $211,OM, an item s o m e of the e x e r c is e s will strengthen that fits into what the club d e s c r ib e s as “ team r e p la c e m e n t.” O m aha, his leg —and co n seq u e n tly im p ro ve his no longer part of the organization, proved to be a.$115,000 drain in ’59 sp eed . and that, coupled with a slum p at the g ate, led to the Cards* biggest As D e v in e adm itted, now that Blasd eficit since 1951. in ga in e has been m e a su re d for a G i­ T h e Cards lost $500,000 the. first y e a r under th e Anheuser-Busch ant playsuit, Shannon’s e c h a n c e s a s a reg im e , then $700,000 the n ex t y e a r . a y e a r in. which they shelled out 0 reg u lar have im proved, but G r a m m a s $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 each for A lex G r a m m a s , T om Alston and M em o Luna. has e x p e r ie n c e going for him.

After virtually breaking e v e n in *55—a sevfcnth-place sea so n as in Alex has put in s ix full “s e a s o n s in *59 | he Redbirds en joyed m o n ey -m a k in g y e a r s iii each of two s e a so n s the m ajors, breaking in with the Car­ of the Frank L a n e adm inistration. ? dinals in 1954 after t h e y shelled out a * * V reported 300 g r a n d t o the* R ed s for Cist ti* Drop* 2 5 4 , 0 0 0 iii T w o YVam his s e r v ic e s .

T h ey raked in $250,000 in *56 and a w hopping $1,085,000 profit (before H i e only other p o s s ib le contenders t a x e s ) iii '57 a s Bing D ev in e, then L ane's righthand man and now for B l a s y i g a m c ’s old j o b aye the for­ g e n e r a l m a n a g er, en gin eered the s a le of the R o ch ester property. m e r D odger, Dick G r a y , w ho hit .314 'The St. Louis N a t io n a ls ,‘w ith back-to-back second-division finishes, in limited c h a n c e s with the Cards, h a v e dropped off 254,000 paid a d m is s io n s al the g a te since 1957, the and Rookie J im M cKnight. a one-tim e y e a r they m ad e a strong p a s s at the pennant. third b a s e m a n w ho m igh t g e t a shot Jn 1959, according to the c lu b ’s announced .fis c a l report, the Car­ a t the k ey sto n e position. d i n a l s ' fell off 134,000 at Busch S tadium and m o re resoundingly o n ‘the McKnight, from the c u te ly -n a m e d road, from, 1.468,124 to 1,134.046 for an over-all loss of 468,000. town of B e e Branch, Ark., m ight be ‘‘This operating l o s s ,’* D ev in e said, “ w a s offset b y the sale off the a sle e p e r . H e ’s a tall, hard-hitting Houston franchise and property at A lb a n y and a Lax se ttle m e n t and y o u n g ste r of 23, but lim ited e x p e r ie n c e m ay € work a g a in st -his m ounting a • a d j u s t m e n t .”

T h e cost o f working a g r e e m e n t s alone, Routzong added, a m o u n te d seriou s ch a llen g e for the job. to $320,050, a figure the Cards e x p e c t to> reduce with the elim ination of M cK night batted .332 at Tulsa after O m aha from the organization. hitting only J 9 3 v$ £ Agrief s ta y at Stochefetcr* *

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One? of b a s e b a ll’ll o ld est a x io m s re q u ir e s th a t f o r a m a jo r league club to be su c cessfu l, it m u st h a v e adequate lefthanded pitching. M ost m an a ger* p r e fe r to h a v e a southpaw as a r eg u la r.sta rter and at least one m o re c a p a ­ ble of pitching in relief, A few clubs h a v e done well with a lm o s t e x c lu s iv e ly righthanded-hurling staffs, but they h a v e been excep tion s.

H ie Phillies, with only tw o pennant* iii m o d e r n ’tim es, h a v e been unusually shy of southpaws.

In a city that has seen such g r e a t lefthanders as R u b e Waddell, E ddie Plank and L efty G rove, all o f w h o m performed for the Athletics, the P h ils h a v e co n sist­ en tly lacked southpaw hurlers. The only lefty to win 2d Curt Simmon* g a m e s in a Phils* uniform since 1900 w a s Epps* R ixcy . who hurled' for the P hils from 1912 through 1920. The tall Virginian, w ho w a s in s e r v ic e o n e o f th ose y ea rs, did his best pitching, h ow ever, after being traded to the R ed s.

Curt Sim m ons, whose best season.;, c a m e in 1950 w h en he won 17 g a m es, Piitif W i m e r N a m e d H a i l i n g . is the top lefthanded winner in a P h ils ’ uniform with 115 triumphs to T u to r for Phil Organization his credit. Since World War II, on ly PHILADELPHIA, P a. — P a u l S im m o n s and K enny Heintzclman, W a n c r , a m e m b e r of t h e H a l l of a m o n g the P h ils ’ southpaws, t have F a m e , h as signed as a batting provided significant contributions. i n s t r u c t o r for t h e e n t i r e P h i l ­ G en era l M an ager John Quinn r e ­ lies’ organization. c e n tly said the Phils* b iggest need for W a i l e r , ' now a resident of S a r ­ 19G0 w a s a quality lefthanded pitcher. asota, Flu., will begin h is . d u ties T he current roster lists 17 hurlers, • * bul when the P h i ls ’ batterym an r e ­ o n ly four arc southpaws. p o r t 'for spring training at C lea r­ S im m o n s is a m e m b e r of this q uar­ water, Fla., F ebruary 25. Later tet, but his recent arm troubles, and on he will instruct at the m in or the elbow operation he underwent last le a g u e ca m p s in the P h ils ’ fa r m April m ak e him an e x tr e m e ly doubt­ system .

During the s e a so n he ful quantity. Curt has indicated that will divide his time b etw een the if his arm docs not .show considerable parent club and the m in o r le a g u e im p r o v e m e n t during spring training. affiliates. he will serio usly consider hanging up Big Poison, w h o collected 3,152 his spikes for good. hits in his c a r e e r with the P i­ .Chris Short P ro m isin g Lefty rates, B raves, D o d g ers and Y a n ­ T h e other lefties on the roster are kees, w as a batting instructor T a y lo r Phillips, who had a 1-6 record for the Cardinals last s e a s o n , la st season; young Chris Short, who f i e served the B ra v e s from 1951 s h o w e d prom ise last spring before until illness forced him lo quit, being sen t down to Buffalo in May, the g a m e fol* a w hile in 1958. and Al N eig er, a form er U n iv ersity of D e la w a r e a c e who will undoubtedly be H ------------------------------------ : ■ s e n t out for m ore s e a so n in g , sin c e 1959 runs, w hile M ays hit four four-bag­ w a s his first y e a r in 0 . B. T h e P h ils ’ lack of so u th p aw s last g e r s and knocked in 14 tallies.

'The club-by-club rundown: Season enabled m a n y of the National D o d g e rs—Snider, .393, 5, 26; Larker, L e a g u e ’s lefthanded hitters to enjoy t h e m s e lv e s w h e n e v e r the P hils provid­ .389, 2, fl: Moon, .311. 2. 9; Gil H odges, ed (he opposition. Of the 20 pla yers .310, 5, 19; J im Gilliam, .304, I, 4; w h o m a c e d P h ils ’ pitching for a v e r ­ Don D e m ete r, .291, 4, 16; Maury Wills, a g e s o v e r .300, e x a c tly half w e r e left­ .240, 0, I; Charley Neal, .233, J, 5; John Roseboro, .179, 0. 8. handed hitters.

• Leading this group*w a s the D o d g e r s ’ B r a v e s —M athews, .348, 6, IG; Hank D uke Snider, a terror throughout his Aaron. .337, 5, 16; Frank Torre, .293, c a r e e r against P h ils ’ hurling. Snider 0, 2; Johnny Logan, .293, 2, 4; J o e batted *.393 a g a in st the Phils in 1959, Adcock, .286, 2, 9: Wes Covington, led the opposition in runs-batted-in .281, I. 6; Billy Brutbn, .253, I, 5; D el w ith a p h enom enal total of 26, a l­ Crandall, .233, I IO; F elix M antilla, though he c a m e to bat in only 20 of .153, 0, 2. the 22 con tests betw een the tailenders Giants—Orlando C epeda. .342. 5. 15; and ch a m p s.

M cC ovey, .333, 0, C; Willie Kirkland, S nid er’s te a m m a te , N orm Larker, *278, 2, 13; Hobic Landrith, .260, 2, with a .389 averag e; Jhe P i r a t e s ' 7; M ays, .247, 4, 14; Daryl .Spencer, S m o k y B u r g e ss (.375); the C ards’ J o e .238, 2, 7; J im D aven p ort, .235, 0. 2; C unningham (.375), and the B r a v e s ’ Ed B r e s s o u d , .213, 0, 6; J a c k ie E d d ie M athew s (.318) follow ed Snid­ Br*andt, .203, 3, lf. er a s the m ost effe c tiv e a v e r a g e hit­ .375, 4. IG;, Bob ters against the Phils.

T he only ( P ir a te s —B urgess, ~ ---righthanded batter to su rp a ss t h i s ; ^ ™ C.r * * ’ ’ ’ 011 Honk, 0 ^ I , rr i • r»n i r l r S h im !

W A A in * T ™ l Vl*t_ group w as the Cards Ken Boyer,, who a; Dick Stuart. .300, 4, IO; Ted Kluszew sk i, .286, 2, 4; R om an M ejia s, hit .413. against file Phils. .286, 0, 2; R o c k y N elso n , .282, 2, S; M cC ovey P la y e d .333 Tune T he five other lefthanded hitters Bill Vi rd on, .263, 0, 4; D ick G roat. who batted over .300 against the P hils .247,. 2, 9; Roberto C lem en te, .233, 0, w e r e the G i a n t s ’ Willie M cC ovey 6; Bill Mazeroski, .172, I, 7.

R ed s—J oh n n y T e m p le , .312, 0, 8; (.333), the Cards’ Stan MuSial (.324), the R e d s ’ (Jus Bell (,.314). the D o d g ­ Robinson. .338, 6, 18; Bell, .314, 4, 22; e r s ’ Wally Moon (.311) and the C ard s’ Willie J o n e s. .292, 3. 7; Ed B ailey. .283. 2. 9; R oy McMillan, .273, I, 2; Bill White (.303).

F o llo w in g S n i d e r in RBIs, Bell Vada Pinson. .261, 2. 9; J e r r y Lynch, knocked in 22 runs. Snider hit five .237, 2. 13; Eddie Kasko, .ISO, ‘l, 3; Frank T h o m a s, .162, 0, 2. h o m e r s in just GI at-bats.

M athew s and the Cubs’ S a m m y T a y ­ Cubs— Banks, .293. 5, IG; E arl A v ­ lor. who connected for only 13 the erill, .280. 2, 7; S. T aylor, .275. 6. l l ; entice season,, each hit s ix four-b ag­ Tony Taylor, .271, J. 4; J im M arshall, g e r s against the Phils, a s did B oyer .267, 3, 7; Al Dark, .250, 0, 3; I i v and the R e d s ’ top slu gg er, Frank Norcn, .250, I, 3; B obby T h o m so n , Robinson. .230, I. 9; G eorge A ltm an, .214. 0,*3; T he Phils' s te a d y diet of right- Lee Walls, .214, 0, 3; D a le Long, .\%t handed hurlers e ffe c tiv e ly ch eck ed 0, 3; Walt Moryn, .125, I, 3. tw o of the le a g u e ’s p r em ier rightCards—B oyer. .413, 6, IG; C unning­ handed slu gg ers. The G ia n ts’ Willie h a m , .375, 0, 8; Musial, .324, 3, 8; M a y s batted on ly .247 against th : While. .303, 2. ll; Hal Smith, .302. 3, P h ils and the Cubs’ E rn ie B an k s w a s 7; Gino Cimoli. .288, I, IO; Don B ia s held to a .293 iViark. H o w ev er, Banks in g a m e , .261,t 0, 5; A lex G r a m m a s ,* slu gg ed five h o m ers and batted in IG .234, 0, 3; Curt Flood, .233, 0, 4.

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By D AN D A N I E L N E W Y O R K , N. V. With G e o r g e M. W e i s s still in A r i z o n a , the N e w Y e a r o p e n e d q u i e t l y in th e o ffi ces of th e Y a n k e e s . But s h o r t l y G e o r g e will be b a c k ; c o n t r a c t s will go out a n d e f f o r t s to m a k e a d e a l for a p i t c h e r will b e r e n e w e d , c hi ef ly with W ashington.

B e f o r e r e t u r n i n g f r o m t h e S o u t h w e s t , %Weis# m a d e i n q u i r i e s v i a t e l e p h o n e r e g a r d i n g t h e s t a t e of R y n e D u r ­ e n ’s m e n d i n g w r i s t a n d a n n o u n c e d t h a t t h e r e w a s no b a s i s f o r a p p r e h e n s i o n c o n c e r n i n g it.

D u r i n g t h e m e e t i n g s in M i a m i B e a c h , C a s e y Sten ge l t h r e w o u t a few h i n t s t h a t t h e r e h a d b e e n no g lo w in g r e ­ p o r t s f r o m D u r e n ’s w i n t e r b a s e in San Antonio, w h e r e ayne D u r c n h e a p p e a r s to h a v e a b a n d o n e d th e i n s u r a n c e b u s i n e s s a n d is o p e r a t i n g a b a t t i n g r a n g e . I t will b e r e c o l l e c t e d t h a t a s the 1959 s e a s o n c l o s e d , D u r e n s l i p p e d o n t h e S t a d i u m d u g o u t s t e p s a n d fell on his r i g h t w r i s t , w h i c h Was f r a c t u r e d . T h i s m i s h a p followed k n e e tr o u b l e . D r . Sidney G a y n o r , b o n e s p e c i a l i s t f o r the c l u b . * g j ---------------------------------------------------- g h a s k e p t in* t o u c h w it h D u r e n s in c e t h e f i r e b a l l p i t c h e r r e t u r n e d to his . iV. Y . S c r i b e s l o F e t e T i t b i t •us P l i i v e r o f Y e a r — f o r \l I h o m e t h r o u g h p e r i o d i c e x a m i n a t i o n of X -ray pictures ta k e n by a T exas sp e­ N E W Y O R K , N. Y.—T y Cobb, cialist. t h e g r e a t e s t p l a y e r of all time, “ I a m s u r e t h a t t h e r e is no r e a ­ will a t t e n d th e t h i r t y - s e v e n t h a n ­ so n to b e l i e v e t h a t D u r e n will s u f f e r nu al d i n n e r of the N e w Y o r k c h a p ­ a n y s e r i o u s a f t e r - e f f e c t s of his a c c i ­ t e r of the B a s e b a l l W r i t e r s ’ A s s o ­ d e n t,” Dr. G ay n o r fold' T h e S p o r t in g c i a t i o n of A m e r i c a a t th e A s to r N ew s. “ T he latest X-ray pictures H ote l on J a n u a r y 31 to a c c e p t a n indicate that the r e p a ir job h a s p ro ­ a w a r d he w ou ld h a v e r e c e i v e d 48 c e e d e d a l o n g n o r m a l lines.

Duren y e a r s a g o if th e s c r i b e s h a d b een will b e g i n t h r o w i n g s oon a n d s ho uld h o ld in g t h e i r y e a r l y f u n c tio n in e x p e r i e n c e no di ff i cu l ti es a s a result that era. of tile m i s h a p . ” C o b b will be p r e s e n t e d th e p l a y ­ D u r e n w o u n d u p w it h no n e too good e r of th e y e a r a w a r d f o r 1911. At • a r e c o r d l a s t s e a s o n . He w o n only t h a t t i m e t h e r e w e r e no b a s e b a l l t h r e e a n d lost six, a n d g o t into th e w rite rs’ dinners here or anyw here d i s c o n c e r t i n g h a b i t of p i t c h i n g g o p h e r e l s e a n d t h e r e w e r e ii o n e of the balls. n u m e r o u s c i t a t i o n s w h ic h o t h e r R y n e R a t e s P a y Hike s e c t i o n s of th e BB WA A h a v e se t On the b a s i s of p e r f o r m a n c e . D u r ­ up all o v e r t h e m a j o r l e a g u e m a p . en h ard ly can expect a whopping sal­ It is the p l a n of the N e w York a ry increase.

H o w e v e r , it is f a ir ly w r i t e r s to m a k e a w a r d s .similar to c e r t a i n t h a t he will g e t o n e of the th is o n e iii t h e f u t u r e a n d to b r in g few lifts to b e h a n d e d o u t on a thirdb a c k o t h e r h e r o e s of the p a s t p l a c e c l u b w h i c h fell all t h e w a y f r o m w h o m t h e y w o ul d h a v e h o n o r e d if t h e w o r l d ’s c h a m p i o n s h i p p i n n a c l e of t h e y h a d b e e n holding d i n n e r s J 958. p r i o r to 1924. . l u s t h o w well th e D u r e n w r i s t lias C o b b m e r i t s the IDI! p l a y e r of m e n d e d c e r t a i n l y c a n n o t be d e t e r ­ th e y e a r a w a r d ric hly. T h a t y e a r m i n e d f r o m X - r a y p i c t u r e s . It will he he b a t t e d .420, h a d 144 r u n s d r i v e n indicated when Ryne sta rts pitch­ in. 83 s to l e n b a s e s an d 248 hits. ing h a r d at St. P e t e r s b u r g .

■ ■ F e a r lest D u r e n ’s w r i s t w a s not d o i n g a p e r f e c t r e p a i r j o b w a s b e h i n d o u t s a r e d o i n g a lot for t h e firs t C a s e y ’s v i g o r o u s e f f o r t s to t r a d e for ! b a s e m a n . a rel ief p i t c h e r d u r i n g t h e F l o r i d a S k o w r o n is a b o u t to go to K i s s i m ­ meetings.

He t h o u g h t h e h a d Bill m e e . Fl a ., to p l a c e h i m s e l f u n d e r t h e H e n r y f r o m t h e Cubs , b u t soon d i s c o v ­ d i r e c t i o n of C hs M a u c h . t r a i n e r of th e e r e d th a t h e h a d lo st h i m . T h e n c a m e Y a n k e e s , w h o r u n s a school for t r a i n ­ t h e futile e f f o r t to l a n d D o n E l s t o n e r s d o w n t h e r e . f r o m th e B r u i n s .

'I'lie M o o s e will s p e n d a f e w w e e k s T h r e e o t h e r Y a n k e e s ' f i n i s h e d the w i th M a u c h a n d t h e n r e t u r n to his 1959 s e a s o n u n d e r m e d i c a l c a r e . T h e y h o m e in Hi ll sd al e. N.. J ... b e f o r e r e ­ w e r e M o o s e S k o w r o n , a n o t h e r w r i s t p o r t i n g to C a s e y w i th (lie firs t s q u a d p a t i e n t ; A n d y C a r e y , w h o s e h e p a t i t i s o n F e b r u a r y 24. a t t a c k r u i n e d th e e n t i r e c a m p a i g n for Of all t h e f a m i l i e s r e p r e s e n t e d on h i m . an d W h i te y F o r d , w h o h a d b e e n t h e N e w Y o r k r o s t e r , no ne s p e n t (lie s u f f e r i n g f ro m g o u t s y m p t o m s a n d h o l i d a y s in a h a p p i e r s e t t i n g t h a n th e c a l c i u m d e p o s i t s in his a r m which Oil M c D o u g a l d g r o u p in n e a r b y N u t ­ l i m i t e d his e f f e c t i v e n e s s . ley. N. J .

T h e Yogi B e r r a s , in t h e i r m a n s i o n C a r e y S h a k e s Off Illness F o r d h a s b e c o m e a full-fledged c u s ­ at. M o n t c l a i r , N. J . , h a d a g lo r i o u s t o m e r s ’ m a n in Wall S t r e e t w i th F a h ­ t i m e , too. Yogi a n d C a r m e n j u s t h a d n e s t o c k & Co. W h i t e y s a y s t h a t he r e t u r n e d f r o m E u r o p e , But M cDougald had m a n y reasons “ b e a t t h e . r a p ” l a t e la st s u m m e r a n d h a s s u f f e r e d no r e c u r r e n c e of gout f or a j o y o u s h o l i d a y s e a s o n wh ic h did hot e x i s t in t h e B e r r a p i c t u r e . th is off s e a s o n .

C a r e y a l s o h a s p r e s e n t e d to Weiss (iii still w a s w i th th e Y a n k e e s a f t e r a c l e a n bill of h e a l t h .

It is c o n - 1 r e p o r t s h e w o u l d b e s e n t lo Miiwauc c i v a b l e that A n d y ’s h e p a t i t i s ke p t I k e e f o r a p i t c h e r , h i m with the N e w Y o r k c lu b. H a d I W hen th e i n t e r - l e a g u e p e r i o d c lo se d a few o t h e r c l u b s b een s u r e t h a t on D e c e m b e r 15, (iii still w a s with h e h a d e l i m i n a t e d t h e in fe cti on , t h e r e ; t h e B o m b e r s . H e c o n t i n u e s to be with w o ul d h a v e b e e n lively b i d d i n g for • t h e m , a n d u n l e s s t h e r e is a c t i o n with him.

W a s h i n g t o n on P e d r o R a m o s , th e vetS k o w r o n ' s p r o b l e m is not co n f i n e d ; c r a n i n f i e l d e r will go r ig h t on. dou btto die wr ist h e b r o k e last s e a s o n in le s s o p e n i n g t h e s e a s o n at third.

N e w Y o r k f a n s w a n t to s e e S ten gel a collision with D e t r o i t ’s Coot Veal at f o r t i f y his m o u n d pos iti on. But th ey first b a s e . lie At P u r d u e , S k o w r o n p l a y e d foot­ d o n ’t w a n t M c D o u g a l d to ^ o . ball w it ho ut e v e r s u f f e r i n g a " s c r a t c h . is a g e n t l e m a n , a fine a t h l e t e w h o s e In his b a s e b a l l c a r e e r with t h e Y a n ­ b e h a v i o r on a n d off the field h a s b e e n k e e s . T h e M o o s e h a s g o n e f r o m 0 one- p e r f e c t . ° I r u e . M c D o u g a l d did not h a v e <u set of m i s e r i e s to a n o t h e r . H e r i p s leg an d b a c k m u s c l e s as if t h e y w e r e g o o d y e a r in 1959, on top of a s o m e ­ w h a t d i s a p p o i n t i n g 3958.

But Oil m a d e of p a p e r .

I He S p e c ia lf s t s h a v e d e c i d e d t h a t S k o w ­ n o w f a c e s the big c h a l l e n g e . r o n ‘s m u s c l e s a r e loo t a u t a n d a r e m a k e s good, o r h e goes. He k n o w s t r y i n g to loosen t h e m up. .special J t h a t .

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S U M T E R . S. C. Bobby Richardson, s e c o n d b a s e m a n of the N e w York Y a n ­ k e e s , h a s b e e n as b u s y a* the p r o v e r b i a l be e th is w i n t e r on the b a n q u e t c i r c u it , e v e n outdoing the n o r m a l a c t i v i t i e s of most v a l u a b l e p l a y e r s . 20-game win­ n ers and batting cham pions.

In his c a p a c i t y as h o n o r a r y c h a i r m a n of th e South Carolina T B Seal S a l e As so ci at io n. Bobby m a d e s o m e 20 a p p e a r a n c e s at ki c k o f f- d ri v e l u n c h e o n s in a *obb* m o n t h ’s t i m e . He also a n s w e r e d a n untold n u m b e r of s p e a k i n g r e q u e s t s for father-son b a n q u e t s an d for B r o t h e r h o o d a f f a i r s of the Baptist Ch ur ch.

B u t it’s a j o b h e wel com es , p a r t i c u l a r l y the* TB a s s i g n m e n t , s in c e his f a t h e r spent* last y e a r in a s a n i t a r i u m r e c o v e r i n g f r o m the d r e a d discase*.

A n o t h e r r e a s o n this h a s been a p lea sa n t w i n t e r in th e R i c h a r d s o n house hold in S u m t e r is the fact that B o b b y ’s n a m e h a s be en a bs en t from t r a d e talks.

In p a s t y e a r s , h e h a s been No. I on the “ w an t ed li s t” iss ue d by th e W as hing ton S en at or s. But a .301 stick m a r k a f t e r t a k i n g o v e r for inju red (iii Mc­ D o u g a l d in m i d s u m m e r solved that p r o b l e m .

Q u e s t io n e d a b o u t how he feels o v e r not h a v i n g his n a m e m e n t i o n e d in t r a d e sessions, Bobby replied; “ It m a k e s m e feel m o r e a p a r t of the club. F i n glad t h a t I ’m no w c o n s i d e r e d a n e c e s s a r y p a r t of the team .”

T h e Y a n k e e s , in fact, co n s id e r B ubb y Mich v a l u ­ a b l e p r o p e r t y t h a t he is reported to b e the only B o m b e r t i c k e t e d for a substantial p a y r a i s e for Bifid.

No. I q u e s t i o n a s k e d ol Bobby at all hi* public a p p e a r a n c e s was : “ What h a p p e n e d to the Yankee# in 1959?”

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- B v SONNY SMITH pa cli ti m e. • ' B u t, ” lie a d d e d , " m y o w n p e r s o n a l obs e r v a l ions a r c t h e c r i p p l i n g i n j u r i e s s u ff e re d to Bill Skowron . T o n y K u b e k a n d Gil M c D o u g a l d , p | U6 a ]| of t h o s e o n e - r u n v i c t o r i e s Hint t h e W h it e Sox canlured.”

B o b b y h a s b e e n k e e p i n g t i p with t h e tun-..love l e a g u e n e w s t h r o u g h t h e d a i l y n e w s p a p e r s and his nightly r a d i o s p o r t s s h o w o v e r a S u m t e r station.

The n e w s he k e e p s t a l k i n g a b o u t is t h e recent big e x c h a n g e w it h t h e A t h l e t i c s in w h i c h th e Y a n k s land­ ed O u t f ie ld e r R o g e r M a r i s .

•'I d i d n ’t like it,'* h e d e c l a r e * . " I k n o w Ma rh. i», a good p l a y e r , b u t I h a t e d t o s e e N o r m Siebero l e a v e us. He w a s a g o o d p l a y e r , too. who wasn't g i v e n m u c h of a c h a n c e w i t h us . H e h a s th e ability al the p l a t e a n d in th e o u t f i e l d in m y b o o k . ’* • • •

G o e s H u n t i n g W i t h O ’Dell B obb y h a s b e e n d o i n g a lot of qu ai l hu n tin g in his h o m e a r e a a n d h a s m a n a g e d a c o u p l e of shoots with the San F r a n c i s c o G i a n t s ’ n e w s o u t h p a w . Billy O'Dell of N e w b e r r y .

Tt w a s B o b b y ’s t w o h it s off O ’Dell i t the final g a m e of the '59 s e a s o n t h a t lifted h i m o v e r the .300 level for th e c a m p a i g n . . “ My legs a r e in e x c e l l e n t s h a p e , ’* Bobby reports.

•'I hope t o p la y a little c i t y l e a g u e ba sk etb all in J a n u a r y in -between a c p u p l e of m o r e s p e a k in g en­ gagem ents.”

B o b b y i s n ’t l e tti n g hi s a v e r a g e of the past y e a r j:o To his h e a d .

He p l a n s to b e a r d o w n just like the r a w e s t rook ie w h e n s p r i n g t r a i n i n g rolls ar ou nd again. . “ J u s t s u p p o s e , ” h e s a i d , “ t h a t I ’d get off to a bad start.

T’d find m y s e l f o n t h e b e n c h in no time.

A f t e r all, t h a t ’s t h e w a y I g o t m y b r e a k in 1959. We a l w a y * h a v e s o m e o n e o n t h e t e a m w h o can step into y o u r p o s it io n . T h a t ’* t h e a d v a n t a g e of a twoplatoon s y s t e m . ’*

•••is the White Sox. just e i g h t m o n t h s ’** I short of 30. And the t e a m t h a t Man• a g e r Al Lo p e / s t a r t e d in t h e first j g a m e of t h e 1959 W o r l d ’s S er ies a v e r! ag ed o v e r 32. j In the past y e a r . the a v e r a g e a g e of the Orioles has d r o p p e d o n e year., four m o n t h s f ro m the 1959 all-time d u b high of 27-10.

Bird officials also a r e gleeful o v e r the p r o s p e c t of a n a d o l e s c e n t infield and a Big Foul* of pitc hi ng s t a r t e r s .

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By DOUG BROWN' an(l R‘, b ' ns?.n ( - 2 ) - ,hir(lii a i t i M o o r m i M a d m a n High on Estrada s p o n s o r e d b y t h e T e x a s Sports B A L I I M O R E , Md. ^ mj (,n , | ie m o u n ( | ; ,Y|j|t P a p p a s , W r i t e r s ’ A s s o c i a t i o n a n d the Dab S k e p t i c s w h o j J e r r y W a l k e r and J a c k F i s h e r , who l a s S a l e s m a n s h i p Club. Bill Rives, still doubt that the ; h a v e yet to turn 21, plus Chuck Ess p o r t s e d i t o r of t h e Dallas News O r i o l e v o i i t i i Irada : . E s t r a d a . 21-year-old r i g h t ­ a n d c h a i r m a n of t h e Hall of F a m e m o v e m e n t i s a d ­ h a n d e r who pi tched for V a n c o u v e r c o m m i t t e e , w a s t h e m a s t e r of v a n c i n g should be ( ( o a s t ) last se a so n , is still on the cerem onies. muffled when the I riple-A c l u b ' s roMer. but M a c P h a i l In a c c e p t i n g his Hall of F a m e Bird j u v e n i l e s s tr o n g ly believes he will m a k e the p l a q u e , R i c h a r d s , p r i d e of Wax a­ t a k e t h e field in! v a r s i t y in s pr in g tr a in i n g . h a c h i e , T e x . , r e c a l le d that h e r e April.

I In a n y event, on d a y s w h e n 37 - year- • c e i v e d $1,000 a s a b o n u s when he T h e a v e r a g e a g e J old G e n e W o o d i n g is bein g rest ed, .. .s ig ne d a s a s c h o o lb o y catc her of tho 40 men on j the Orioles could s t a r t a lineup o v e r ­ w i t h t h e t h e n B r o o k l y n Dodgers tire v a r s i t y roster . a g i n g 24 y e a r s , p e r h a p s the y o u n g e s t in 1926.

T he Orioles’ manager Milt Poppas is 26 y e a r s, six ! in the m a j o r s . a d d e d w i t h a s o l e m n face. “ Since m o n t h s , which m a k e s the Flock the I With suc h an a c c e n t cm y ou th , it t h e n I ’v e p a i d c o n s i d e r a b l y more s e c o n d y o u n g e s t c l u b in the A m e r i c a n j was not s u r p r i s i n g to l e a r n t h e r e h a s t h a n t h a t f o r u n t r i e d yo ung ste rs . ’ L e a g u e an d f o u r th you nges t in the been a t r e m e n d o u s t u r n o v e r on the T h e s t a t e m e n t b r o u g h t a howl m a j o r s , a c c o r d i n g to a recent stu dy Orioles the past y e a r . f r o m m a n y of t h e fans in tie* m a d e a t the s u g g e s t i o n of Oriole GenT h e oili er d av . the Bivds r e l e a s e d c r o w d w h o r e m e m b e r e d recent e r a I M a n a g e r Lee M a c P h a i l . ; die r o s i e r of 40 n v n W h o will be on b o n u s p a y m e n t s of $50,000 to SIOW,l o be s u r e , t h e r e will be perso nn el the v a r s i t y at the s t a r t ol s p r i n g tra in OOO m a d e b y t h e B a l t i m o r e club. c h a n g e s b e f o r e the s e a s o n s ta r ts , but ing, an d only 18 of (he n a m e s w e r e R i c h a r d s p o i n t e d to photos of o n e fact will r e m a i n : T h e Orioles a r e on it 12 m o n t h s ago.

T r i s S p e a k e r a n d R o g e r s Hornsby, g e t t i n g y o u n g e r (and. it is hoped, Included on the list, which e m b r a c e s a l s o T e x a s Hall of F a m e m e m ­ b e t t e r ) , a c r e d i t to the f a r m s y s t e m .

• • I‘I Pitchers, t h r e e c a t c h e r s , 12 infieldb e r s , a n d . s a i d . “ I ’m glad to he In t e r m s of a g e . the Birds r a n k j ors an d ll o u tf ie ld er s, a r e 19* “ home w i t h t w o o i l i e r g o o d hit te rs. s e c o n d in the A m e r i c a n L ea gue only j grow n ” p r o d u c t s o r i g i n a l l y s ig n e d by P a u l , d u r i n g his m a j o r league to the Indians, who a v e r a g e 26 y e a r s . J the Orioles a n d s u b s e q u e n t l y ' t r a i n e d c a r e e r a s a c a t c h e r , hit like the fo ur m o n t h s .

In the m a j o r s , they j in t h e ir farm system. p i t c h e r s h e t u t o r s s o well— -Us­ tr a i l the C a r d i n a l s (25 y e a r s , seven I r a d e s Bring F o u r N e w c o m e r s # m o n t h s ) . I n d ia n s * a n d Phillies.

OI these, six a r e p i t c h e r s , s e v e n a r e Oddly, the o l d e s t club in the m a j o r s infielders an d six a r e o u t f i e l d e r s . a b l y will b e e m p l o y e d at first base N e w c o m e r s to th e s q u a d since the a s well a s in t h e ou tfield du r in g exhi­ close of last s e a s o n a re "Dean C h a n c e , b i t i o n s . .

D o d g e r s Will Visit S t a d i u m T h e O r i o l e s a n n o u n c e d the results A m e I hor si a nd. M a r y B r e e d i n g , Al f o r C h a r i t y G a m e . J u n e ll Na gel an d J o h n Powell. of t h e i r y o u t h s t u d y , a l o n g with their In addition, s e v e n p l a y e r s h a v e r o s t e r , t h e clay a f t e r they held a rn N E W YOR K. N. Y.— I he second joined the club f r o m o t h e r o r g a n i z a ­ fet l u n c h e o n f o r the p r e s s , radio .nu m e e t i n g of the Y a n k e e s and the tions since S e p t e m b e r , i n c l u d in g fo ur T V a t M e m o r i a l S t a d i u m . Ami who D o d g e r s in t h e ir new t r a n s c o n ­ W h o w e r e a c q u i r e d d u r i n g the in ter - s h o u l d a p p e a r a t t h e g a t h e r in g m ti n e n ta l h o m e - a n d - h o m e exhibition l e a g u e t r a d i n g per iod.

Gus Triandos. . . s e r i e s h a s be en s c h e d u le d for Y a n ­ T h e b u r l y c a t c h e r r e p o r t e d that ms I h ey a r e P i t c h e r s J o h n A n d e r s o n , kee .Stadium for the night of M o n ­ G o rd on J o n e s and Bob Mu be; Ca tch - r i g h t h a n d , i n j u r e d b y a foul tip last d ay . J u n e 27. ^■'■-Oui I i ck ie r G e n e G r e e n . G e n t i l e , A u g u s t , is i m p r o v i n g . . . „ T h e first exhibition in this serif s i n f i e l d e r - 1-1r si B a s e m a n J o h n P o w “ I t h i n k r e s t h a s d o n e the tricK. with N e w Y o r k ’s s h a r e going to VL a t e l y , I h a v e M a l l e t san dlot b a s e b a l l an d Los Angule •s’ :«‘fs a n d (^infielder J a c k i e B r a n d t . h e s a i d . ; loge s. Grcfcn. P o w e r s a n d B r a n d t s w i n g i n g a h a t e a c h clay, but ga net to a Roy C a m p a n e l l a fund, ,w« re o b t a i n e d in t r a d e s . u p s q u e e z i n g c l a y b e c a u s e it hull. w a s p l a y e d in the Coliseum o n “ T h e b o n e b r u i s e s e e m s to be gone.

I b o u ” Ii listed a s a c a t c h e r , G r e e n M a y 7, 1959, b ef or e 93,103. tmdfiiibtdrily v. ill sec c o n s i d e r a b l e d u t y a n d t h a t ’s w h a t w o r r i e d m e rn 1 BS 'n the outfield, w h i l e p o w e r s p ro b- b e g i n n i n g , ” G u s a d d e d .

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A s t h © ii V w flitching c o a c h of the T ig e rs, T o m F e rric !; isn’t p a n ­ icked !>y the fa c t t h a t t h e r e wet© til o re ti ome* in n s hit ii* B rig g s Sta4 ! i u lh last y e a r t h a n a n y A m e ri­ c a n L e a g u e purl; in* history. akiv*Ufics*« “ We h a d t h e m i n e kind of p a rk in C incinnati, and * was (here five y e a r s / * s a id F e rric k .

T e m anc! F i r s t B a se C o a c h L uke A p­ pling m a d e th e ir first d e t r o i t a p p e a r ­ ances, J a n u a r y ti, a s the? new a id s «)f M a n a g e r J i m m ie D ykes. T h e o c c a ­ sion w a s th e ann ual p re s s -ra d io p a r ty {hat als*) b ro u g h t in D yke* f r o m Philadelphia. “ The big thing a b o u t p itch in g iii a final! p a r k is keep in g th e hall d o w n ,” ra id F e rric k . “ I know t h a t e s t a b ­ lished pitcher* like F r a n k L a ry , Don •jess? a n d J i m Bunning c a n do that.** D ykes interp o sed to say. t h a t F c rrick’s No. I job in tra in in g c a m p al Lakeland, Fla., is t o • ‘s t r a ig h t e n ou t •Ray N arle sk i/* “ N arleski stilt ha§ » good a r m , * said Ih r m a n a g e r “ I t ’s y o u r job. Torn, to m ake him Jift th a t rig h t leg o v e r.

I.ast s u m m e r N a r le s k i had so m e sore* ness in the back of his shoulder. ! told him he couldn ’t g e t a w a y from it with the je rk y sty le he now has.

Cel him stra ig h te n e d out a n d w e ’ll hi!vc ourselves a pitcher.

B a y Safe F r o m Sw ap T h r e a t •‘ThcVc w as a lot of talk about t r a d ­ ing N arleski this w inter. I know Al hope/, m ad e a big pitch for him. i Juki (g e n e ra l m a n a g e r ) Rick F e rre ll: ‘Listen, if you h a v e to let N arleski }.•> in * 1 tr a d e , be s u r e th a t you get •lim into the N a tio n a l L e a g u e .’ ” Dykes a d d e d th a t the trading , th r e a t liver. T he m a n a g e r s a id it is u n ­ likely that the T ig ers will make? a n ­ i t h e r ileal before the s t a r t of the G rapefruit L e a g u e sc h e d u le in f l o r i d a .

While in Detroit, D ykes conferred twill F errell to w ork ou t final details for Lakeland.

F e r r i c k a n d Appling will report, F e b r u a r y ?, along with 'J hind Ba se C o ach 'B illy Hitchcock, the holdover from 1959. T h ey will take p in t in the tu itio n sc h o o l# c o n ­ ducted for free agents. * ‘T U w a n d e r in a few d a y s t a t e r / * D y la n p ro m ised . • T i l le a v e m y a f t e r ­ noons u p o n so I c a n spend 4 little time on The p a s j u r e (g o lf).”

Dykes responded hastily w hen ask e d whether ‘he o b je c te d Id his ath le te s f la y in g gulf d u rin g tra in in g season.

•‘Not a t a ll/* he replied.* “ M ore t o w e r to th e m if t h e y h a v e en o u g h length fo r golf ‘a f t e r o u r w orkouts.

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•‘Th©r« alw ay * is Tots c f tuftfiiug in •ny c a m p , 4 # Appling will verify.

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Ida. “ lf the w e a th e r tu rn s b a d . w e ’ll have plenty c l indoor p r a c ­ tice facilities.” lite tieldlwnis© is ;i v a c a te d air* p o rt h a n g a r adjoinin g th o T igerTown m inor league base. The c ity o f Lakeland, closing the a ir s tr ip s a l Tigerton?), h as m ade a v a ila b le th e h a n g a r. The Liger* a re p a y ­ ing Ihe cost of converting the flirt floor into b attin g anti p itc h ­ ing area*’. “ We’ll h a v e a pitching m achine set up inside the building.” t a it!

C am pbell. “ T h e r e ’ll ix* plenty of lighting. It should be a pe rfec t spot for an indoor workout. The h a n g a r is only ;t mile front H en­ ley Field, w here th e T ig e rs tra in .

T he m a jo r league c lu b c a n use it. to o .”

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•‘Al! th e y d id w as c h a n g e p re sid e n ts .”

• • • Lu!ie Appling, w ho m a n a g e d M em ph is (S o u th e rn Association) last season, think* O utfielder E m Lindbeck h a s a good c h a n c e to ©atell on w ith t h e T igers. •‘T h e kid w as w ith Atlanta, w hich w a s going no place/* Appling recalled, •‘p u t he. played © w ry g a m e like ti w a s the World’* S eries/* . . . T o m Ferric!; lives in Philadelphia, b u t tie explains w ith a grin: “ i t ’s by c h a n c e and not bv choice/* . . . G e n e ra l M a n a g e r Rick F e r r e l l ha* d e a lt m a n y p a y cu ts in th e c o n tra c t* now in th e band* of D etroit player*. “ I exp ected a c u t / ’ said o n e p lay er. *'but not an a m p u t a ­ tion.** In a n acc o m p an y in g letter, Ferro!! s a id he personally considered D etro it’# fburth-place finish bi Ifcjtt “ a disappointing se aso n /*

g r e a t rookie seasons, su c h a s th e on© Willi© McCovey wilt get.

T h en There a r e a n u m b e r of “to k e n 1* p a y hikes, reflecting The g e n e ra l p ro s­ p e rity o f The club. These a re the r e ­ sult o f The fine showing in IT) not in the p e n n a n t ' ra ce alone, w here the G iant# silent a Ut o f tim e in first place, a lth o u g h finishing third, b u t a l The box office. The club d r e w m o re th an 1,100,000 hom e custom ers, its best show ing since lf)47. It is safe to say th e r e will b e no 1930 G iant w h o w on’t be paid over the $7,000 m a jo r league m in im u m . * * lo n e # D ue for Big Hike T ick eted for the biggest raise o f all i* Jo n e s , whose 2.S2 e a rn e d -ru n a v e r ­ a g e to p p e d all N ational L eague s t a r t ­ ing regular*.

Sam pitched like an •‘Iron M a n ” M cGiunity 1 © win 21 g a m e s for The G ian ts. His pay with o th e r chil)* before com ing to the G iant* n e v e r re a c h e d $20,000, but his T95ft reco rd puts him in a fine b a r ­ gaining position a* a YiO.OOO-a-year man.

Willie May.#, receiving a purported'! ££0.0(M) last y ear, ha* gone on record as w an tin g a raise, and O w n er H orace Stoneham h a s indicated he will get it. j Willi© i* c u r r e n t l y in New York, havI ing *4)Id bi* San F ra n c isc o hom e He I is e x p e c te d b e r e the latter p a rt of this m on th a ixl plan* a r c being* laid lo m a k e a G eed IL DeMille production out o f if.* Willi©*# raise i* ex p e cted to be » nom in al o n e .of t p e rh a p s $5,000. His p a y wa* biked lo $80,000 last y e a r, off [iii* .317 b a ttin g av erag e , with 93 R B Is l a n d 2ft h o m e rs. In if)59, he hit .312, but knocked to IOT runs and hit 34 i bonier*. M a n a g e r Bill Rigney plans to hav© b im No. 3 i n ‘the batting ordcY next season, instead o f second, and this should a d d to Willie*# ch a n c e s to b a t iii run*. lf© i* still th© N ational L e a g u e ’s “

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DrevioufJy, D el W i l l e r h a d b ee n nam ed tick! m a n a g e r a n ti Civile McCullough coach.

Milker m o v es from h a ti Antonio o t the T e x a s L ea g u e to C h a rle s to n to r his fo u rte e n th J c a r iii lite ti c u t o f f ice Jan*; s.

ST© m ad e his M a tt to tile .St# 2.on is (Cardinal orgoifti/titMin a s a** sistant g e n e ia l m a n a g e ? ar Far©sr*# ( C a l i f o r n i a Tie t a t e r w ent To P o catello 4’P i o w e r * a* (I. ML a n ti then returned to Fresno.* lie wafc 5Ai.n Anton*) th ree y e ars. Tie is D graduate* of L os Angeles T ny • College.

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vc© rut? out, tt'e c a n scniJ 4 c a r t o IM iMH{# I ii#***#'a* o * ; Salary T ig erto w u a milt? w a y a v 4 get four o r five m o r e /* I t i U M w U U S U H U W f* D ykes TSI sold o n th e i*!en th a t the T ig ers will d o no b a rn s to rm in g o n B r j a c k Mc d o n a l d tho w a y n o rth in A pr i t . . They b re a k SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. c a m p t o fly d ir e c tly to C leveland for J G i a n t p la y e r tho seaso n o p en er. co n tracts w e r e “ T h a t m a k e s a tot of sense.** said • d r o p p e d in tho Jim m ie . “ I ’ve seen t e a m s ruin ed by mails. J a n u a r y 7, a w eek o f b a d w e a t h e r going n o rth .” a n d they a re said D ykes ts well a w a r e th a t a strong to a g g re g a te over s t a r t is a m u s t a t Briggs, Stadium .

SI OO. Mf) in salary T h a i ’s how h e la n d e d his job. When hikes. The o v e r ­ Bill N o r m a n fa lte r e d tci a 2-1& get­ all payroll will a p ­ a w a y hi !950, D y k es w a s hastily p ro x im a te $500,b ro u g h t rn fro m P itts b u rg h . This is OOO, highest since J i m m i e d big c h a n c e , and he intends the club won the l o m a k e th e m o st of it. %«n» ion#* i s m W orld’? Se­ T if j c f T h fear .limmi© Dyke* w a s told t h a t T o m m y B ridges, Detroit scout ries a n d had su ch big money s t a r s a* in Florida, rece n tly shot a holc-in-one Alvin D a r k a n d Sal Magi ie. ut Lakeland. "‘I ’ve b een frying for | Most of tile pact* will calf for i?i-

W -------r-B re g u la r lineup g a m e a fte r g a m e in tin? exhibition schedule.

I used to play the regular* the first th ree in­ nings. You win a lot of g a m e s th a t way. T he Ii ids a r e out to rn ake a re p u ta tio n and try h a rd e r. I believe in giving tilt’ kids a good shot at making, the m ajo rs, lf they c a n ’t d o it, w e l l run in the r e g u l a r s .”

D ykes said he looked to r im portant resu lts from Appling’s baiting in s tru c ­ tion.

F e ti*ie*: to K eep C h a rt •‘The b g thing is to get the .h itters t o listen,” said Dykes, realistically. “ When I tell them, th e y look at m e as if to say: ‘What did you e v e r hit?* W hat wa* your lifetime a v e ra g e , L uke? Was ii .?/.)«?” ll.!

•‘I d im n o ,” r a i d Appling dciufpanned.

•‘You’re a lying so-and-so.’• reto rted i> D ykes. “ You re m e m b e r e v c r v hit von e v e r got.”

I■ Appling conceded. «m * © c «> n d i I thought, thai hi* lifetime m a r k w a s . .310. i!

D ykes explained th a t fro mick would k e e p a co m p 'e ie pitching c h a r t fro m t h e official sta rt for all Tiger*, F e b ­ r u a r y J‘ if. at Lakeland. “ W e ’ll get Tom a c h a r t .’* sa id Dykes. •‘You c a n *tili write, c a n ’t y o u ? ’* F e rric k grin n ed foetor© teplyiaj* seriously: “ By keeping # c a re fu l c h a r t . Aon ©void sore a rm s. We’ll let the o ld e r \ p itc h e rs set their ow n p a c e /* D ykes said this d o e sn ’t m e a n b a itin g p ra c tic e will he c u rta ile d . “ We have p le n ty ,o f young pitcher* for o u r p ra c tic e .” h e prom ised . “ lf v

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Bill DeW itt fo rm ally receive:! his introduction a# p re sid e n t r f th e T igers a t a p re s s -ra d io p a rty a tte n d e d b y 15ft guest* at the Sheraton-Cadillac* Hotel, J a n u ­ ary f .

At th© sam© lim e, M an a g er J i m m i e D ykes introduced * his new coaches, Luke Appling a n d T o m F e rric k .

D ykes a d d e d t h a t F e r r ic k ix •‘one of th e b e t t e r pitching co ach es in th e g a m e and a guy w ho c a n get lo u g h —-that’* what we w a n t/* Ernie H arw ell, fo rm e rly , ©t B altim ore, took a bow a s tin? new m e m b e r o f th e b r o a d c a s t­ ing le a rn w ith Georg© Kell. # * * Ycarf e t CTiamge* lit one y e a r ’# tim e, plenty «>f ch ange# h a v e b e e n m ade, at B rig g s S ta d iu m as pointed up a t t h o p a r t y . D e w it t is p r e s i ­ d e n t in place? of H arv e y H a n ­ sen.

R ic h F e r r e l l i* general m a n a g e r in p la c e of Jo h n M e­ lfa!©.

Dyke# is rn anagep; in place? c f Kill N o rm a n .

Appling’ a n ti F e rric !; repine# T o m m y F e n rich a n d VZ i 11 i n ffiidlin. H a r w e ll replace:; Van P atrick . «Lmmy C a m p b e ll r e ­ p la c e s F e r r e l l a s Xatm ilirector.

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Th© I iiants and their home-town f a n s wilS a rriv e h e re about Oc­ to b e r 20. T he d u b will play 16 g a m e s against J a p a n e s e te a m s in Tokyo. O sa k a and e th e r p a rts of Tile omiiVH'V. T h © Y om iuri chain a lte rn a te s > witft ib© M a i nichi* n ew sp ap ers in spon5«nring J a p a n e s e t o u r s* of A nw ricati m a j o r le.v’u e clubs ©v©iy T\sc») years. T he St. Louis C a rd in a ls wer<u h ere lo llo v /n g the 195* «feaaftt. f

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C i t y U ^ « mT A c c e p t Giant.#* iW w ^t.NlUnnii SAN FRANCISCO; C a l i f —In aw initial step to b re a k i# fang d e a d ­ lock o v e r possession o f C a n d le ­ stick P a r k , A rc h ite ct J o h n BoTles h a s re c o m m e n d e d the s ta d iu m b e conditionally a c c e p te d by lh© city and tak en o v er fro m C o n tra c ­ t o r C h a r le y H arn e y . T he decision o f Bodes, ac tin g f o r S ta d iu m Inc., t o a c cep t th e sta d iu m , does n et g e n d the- c o n tr o v e rs y w ith H arn ey , how ever. * A 35-dayN p e rio d will in te rv e n e d u rin g which H a r n e y will b e ex* p ee led to com plete th e job. Bollen listed 12 p ages o f unfinished work.

But conditional a c c e p ta n c e o f the p a r k will e n a b le the GIiants, w ho a r e th e te n a n ts, t o install office# in th e p a rk . “ The c o n tr o v e rs y o v e r unfimsfo c d w o rk can be ta k e n up d u r i n g th e 3ft d a y s ,” said Bodes, “ but conditional a c c e p ta n c e o f the p a rk will at least get the G i a n t # in th ere.”

Vice - P r e s id e n t C ti u f> F e e n e y s a i d it would still b e impossible fo r th e G ia n ts to c o n s t r u c t th e ir proposed plush Stadium Club thi# y e a r but th a t conditional a c c e p t­ a n c e will p e rm it the c lu b to in­ stall its offices ins kl© th e p a rk .

H a rn e y had b a r r e d t h e G iant# pen d in g a c c e p ta n c e of bi* jo b b y the c ity .

R ----------------------------------------------m o st exciting p la y e r fo r The m oney, m a rb le s or chalk of m ost o b serv ers.

Willie McCovey, w ho c a m e u p from the G ia n ts’ Phoenix fa rm in mid sea son last y e a r for his first fling in th© ’**’ m a jo rs to lift (he club o u t c f its hit­ ting doldru m s, go! close t o (he m ini­ m um his rookie y e a r, l i e ’s d u e for a sizable, though not sp ectacu la r, p a y boost.

It will p ro b ab ly a m o u n t t o # $5,000, although hi* w inning of th© N ational League Rookie o f ‘(lie Y e a r a w a rd w o n ’t h u rt his c h a n c e s for n e­ gotiating for m ore. N e ith e r will th© .356*b a ttin g a v e r a g e lie posted in th© 52 ga rnes he w as in. M cCovey’s wa# the only c o n tra c t not m ailed. Ile w as asked to com e into* the G ia n t office# and negotiate. ’60 Will Tell McCovey Story • T he 1960 season sh o u ’d tell jusT how good a h itte r McCovey i*. T h e G iant# would like to know (Ive a n s w e r to (hi#.

If he proves as good to bis so p hom ore season as he did as a rookie, hi* p a y is c e rtain to skyrocket in *1961.

E ddie Bressoud, who has b e en d r a w ­ ing down a utility i n f ie l d e r s sa la ry for y ears, is sure ic* get a raise, pos­ sibly to as m uch a s $15,000 ’lo $17,000 now th a t , he is c o n s id e re d th© No. ft shortstop.

Jo h n n y Antonelli, h ig h e st-sa la rie d ft G ia n t next to May*, had ©no o f h it b e tte r seasons, n o tw ith s ta n d in g . lie tried for the last th ree w eeks to post his tw entieth victory and failed. But his 19-10 re c o rd fopped his 16-13 wonancl-lost m a r k of the previous y e a r and the stylish l i t t l e .lefth an d e r is d u e lo pay income ta x on a G ia n t s a l a r y in I960.

O rlando C epeda led the club both to hitting, .317, and RBIs, 10ft, he to surf; to m a k e a pitch for a su bstantial raise, m a y b e for as m uch as $30,000*, but th ere is no a s s u ra n c e the G iant*will m e e t this figure.

Sanford W a rran t# R a p # T.he Phillies w e re paying P itc h e r J a c k Sanford a reported $18,0 )3 whev» they tra d e d him to the G ia n ts before • the s t a r t of the 1939 season. J a c k signed with the S t o n c l ia n s for a s im i­ lar fixture. He p itc h e d w ed enough in 1559 to w a r r a n t # p a y m ire .

• v Mike M cC orm ick a h o has a rais© com ing. The G ian ts h a v e been paying him off for the last th ree v e e r s on his 0 big signing bonus. T h e las* install­ m e n t on this ended lest y e a r.

Tile kid new will r'. :ri co!’eeling on w h a t he has been r.bfa u#«/o and he .• h o n e d flashes brilliance in 19.7$, d esp ite a 12-16 record.

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V ad ji P in son , th e R e d s ’ sensational 2T-ye ar -o ld c e n t e r f i e l d e r , t h a t leftfi » n d e cl h i t t e r s a r e n ' t s u p p o s e d to c o m p i l e lusty s w a t rn a r k » a g a i n s t Tef ( h a n d e d p i t c h ­ ing. yoda Pinson H a n k Zn reich, the R e d s ' p u b l i c i s t , w h i l e d ig g i n g t h r o u g h p o s t - s e a s o n f ig­ u r e s , Fias c o m e up w it h t h e s t a r t l i n g r e v e l a t i o n t h a t d u r i n g t h e 1959 s e a ­ s o n , P i n s o n ’s f ir s t full c a m p a i g n in th e m a j o r s , the y o u n g R e d s l u g g e r r a p p e d s o u t h p a w flinging a t a .354 cl i p .

T h a t i n f o r m a t i o n s h o u ld h a v e a d v o ­ c a t e s of t h e p l a t o o n s y s t e m r e e l i n g f or d a y s .

Y o u n g M r. P i n s o n w a s a h i t t e r w h o p l a y e d no f a v o r i t e s .

Well r e m e m ­ b e r e d is the d a y e a r l y in t h e 1959 s e a ­ lion w h e n the R e d s p e e d s t e r , f a c i n g M i l w a u k e e ' s W a r r e n S p a h n f o r th e f i r s t t i m e , r a p p e d o u t a si n g l e , d o u ­ ble and. t r i p l e in f o u r t r i p s to th e p l a t e a n d s e n t h o m e all t h e R e d l e g i n n s in a 7 lo 4 d e f e a t .

I r o n i c a l l y , too, t h a t w a s a d a y w h e n M a y o S m i th , t h e n m a n a g e r of t h e R e d s , h ad lo a d e d his lin eu p w it h r i g h t h a n d e d h i t t e r s in h o p e s of giv"fiig S p a h n , a l o n g -t im e C i n c y t o r m e n ­ t o r , his c o m e u p p a n c e .

Bell A c m e of C o n s i s t e n c y P i n s o n , in 189 t r i p s to t h e p l a t e a g a i n s t the s o u t h p a w s , p o u n d e d out 67 h its a n d d r o v e h o m e 21 r u n s . T h e f a c t t h a t the y o u n g s t e r hit o n ly one of hi s 20 h o m e r s off l e f t h a n d e r s w a s a n in d ic a ti o n t h a t h e h i t d ie ball w h e r e it w a s p i t c h e d i n s t e a d o f t r y i n g t o pull e v e r y t h i n g .

F o r a s t u d y in c o n s i s t e n c y , Z u r e i c k o f f e r s the b a t t i n g r e c o r d of G u s Bell, w h o b o u n c e d b a c k with a .293 a v e r a g e a f t e r a m i s e r a b l e s e a s o n in 1958.

G o r g e o u s G u s s i e w e n t to b a t 140 tim es against, southpaw pitching and g a r n e r e d 41 hits. T h a t ’s .293, i d e n ­ t i c a l with his s e a s o n a v e r a g e . A g a i n s t r i g h t h a n d e d p it c h in g , Bell c o l l e c t e d 129 hits in 410 t r i p s f o r a .293 clip.

Bell. like P i n s o n , r e p r e s e n t s a n ­ o t h e r s la p a t t h e p l a t o o n s y s t e m .

Benched by Smith periodically during the f ir s t h a lf of the s e a s o n , t h e R e d s ' r i g h t f ie ld er hit only .262 g o i n g into th e first All-Star G a m e a t P i t t s ­ burgh.

A r e g u l a r the s e c o n d h a l f of t h e - Reason. Bell r a p p e d th e ball a t a .320 c l ip a n d d r o v e h o m e 89 of his 115 runs. ( j u s Hit T o r r i d .347 in A u g u s t A m o n t h l y b r e a k d o w n of B e l l ’s r e c ­ or d s h o w s he b a t t e d .304 in Apr il, .259 in M a y , .235 in J u n e . .310 in J u l y , .347 in A u gu s t, a n d .292 in S e p t e m b e r .

D u r i n g J u l y , Bell d r o v e h o m e 28 r u n s . He a d d e d 29 R B I s in A u g u s t .

As G a b e P au l, the R e d s ’ g e n e r a l m a n a g e r , r e m a r k e d , “ Lo ok a t B e l l ’s r e c o r d an d y o u s e e w h y h e ’s so m u c h in d e m a n d by o t h e r c l u b s . ” A r e v i e w of the f i g u r e s o f f e r s an o t h e r i n t e r e s t i n g s id el ig ht . P i n s o n w a s just o n e of t h r e e p l a y e r s in the l e a g u e lo a p p e a r in e a c h of hi s c l u b ’s games. “ H e r e ’s s o m e t h i n g e l s e I ran a c r o s s . ” c h o r t l e d Z u r e i c k g le e f u ll y . “ Don Honk a n d Willie J o n e s h a d th e s a m e s lu g g in g p e r c e n t a g e s , .399.” ^ T h e l i s t e n e r w a s too polite to a s k Z u r e i c k w h e t h e r h e ’d be willing to p a r t with J o n e s in o r d e r to h a v e Honk. now a P i r a t e , b a c k in a R e d l e g uniform.

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K A N S A S € I T Y , Mo. T h o 1961 lets t o r o f t h # K a n s a s Ci t y A t h l e t i c s h a s u n d e r g o n e a n a m b itio u s r e v a m p in g job. T h e r e is a s t r o n g c h a n c e t h e l e a r n will s t a r t s its c a m p a i g n w i t h a n e n ­ t i r e l y n e w infield, w i t h t w o n e w o u t f i e l d e r s , two* n e w c a t c h e r s a n d a pitching staff c o n s id e ra b ly al­ t e r e d f r o m the? o n # w h i c h b e g a n th e 1955) c a m p a i g n .

The changes even extend to (he m a n a g e r, w ith Bob Elliott re p la c ­ ing H a r r y C r a f t , a n d to t h e c o a c h Tom Ackc* es , w i t h W a l k e r C o o p e r succeeding* B o b Swift a n d F r e d F i t z s i m m o n s t a k i n g o v e r f o r J o h n n y Sain, r o m H e f f n e r is t h e o n l y h o l d o v e r a m o n g t h e c o a c h e # .

S i n c e 1955, w h e n A r n o l d J o h n s o n b o g a if hi s o w n e r ­ ship a f te r a c q u irin g th e franchise, t h e r e b a s been « c o m p l e t e t u r n o v e r . J o e D e M a e s t r * w a s t h e l a s t ta* h a n g o n a n d b e b e c a m e t h e p r o p e r t y oi t h e Y a n k e e s in t h e D e c e m b e r t r a d e . O n l y t h e t r a i n e r . J i m m y E w e l l, a n d t h e t r a v e l i n g s e c r e t a r y , D a v e K e e f e , a r e left f r o m t h e o l d P h i l a d e l p h i a r e g i m e .

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C f t h e p i t c h e r s o n th e 1960 r o s t e r . T o m A c k e r c a m e to th e c l u b f r o m the R e d s , D i c k f l a i l f r o m P i t t s b u r g h , Don L a r s e n f r o m th e Y a n k e e s a n d B o b T ro w b rid g e f r o m M i l w a u k e e . • R a y B l c m k c r , Al G r u n w a l t t , K e n J o h n s o n , E v a n s K i l l e e n , M a r t y K u t y n a . S t e v e K e ll y .

J o h n C ’D o n o g h u e a n d H o w a r d R e e d h a v e b e e n i n the f a r m s y s t e m .

Of t h e y o u n g s t e r # , J o h n s o n , t w o « f t h e t o p s iii t h e P a c i f i c C o a s t L e a g u e l a s t y e a r , s e e m s likely t o stick.

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i n g so u th p aw , could m a k e it. A lm ost c e r t a i n a r e Larsen, Bud Daley, N e d C a r v e r , Bob C rim , Jo h n n y Rucks, Acker, R a y H e r b e r t and Trow bridge. Jo h n T s i t o u r i s d i d well in s e v e r a l g a m e s l a s t s e a s o n .

T h e t h r e e c a t c h e r * f i g u r e to b e H a r r y C hi li , P e t e D a l e y a n d H a n k F o i l e s , w i t h a d r a f t e e , L o u H ol tiencr. s c h e d u l e d f o r rn g o o d l o o k , t h e r e ? c o u l d y e t be a t r a d e i n v o l v i n g a b a c k s t o p , d e p e n d i n g e n w h a t Hold e n e f • h o w * . All, i n c i d e n t a l l y , In t f r o m t h e f i g h t side.

N o r m SicbctTf, ( t a n k B a u e r , Bill T u t t l e , B o b C c r v , Kus# S nyder an d W hitey H erzog a r e the experienced DUtficWcr*, w i t h o n e d u e t o b e s h i l l e d e l s e w h e r e .

T h e in f i e l d c o u l d f i n d M a r v T h r o n e b e r r y a t f i r s t .

J e r r y Lump® s e c o n d , K e n H a m l i n a l s h o r t awd L o u K l i m c h o c k a t t h i r d , h u t in t h i s d e p a r t m e n t a n y ­ th in g c o u l d h a p p e n . H a m l i n h a s . t o p r o v e h i m s e l f a n d K l i m c h o c k Sins p l a y e d s e c o n d in t h e m i n o r s . D i c k W il l ia m s is a v a i l a b l e f o r c i t h e r f i r s t o r t h i r d , a n d B ob J o h n s o n will b a t t l e f o r t h e t h i r d b a s e job. l f H a m l i n d o e s n ’t m a k e it * t s h o r t » L u m p s p r o b a b l y will b e r e t u r n e d t h e r e .

T h e c l u b n o w h a s s o m e e x e c s # i n c e r t a i n p os it i on # a n d w ould d e a l f o r a n o th e r infielder, p r e f e r a b ly * s h o r t s t o p . I t a l s o b a a in J o e M o r g a n * t h i r d s a c k e r w h o h a d tie c h a n c e t o s h o w h i m s e l f l a s t y e a r . J a y Ward, a y o u n g s te r d r a f t e d f ro m t h e Y ankee organize* lion a y e a r ago, w a s * standout ie t h e F lo rid * I n ­ s t r u c t i o n a l L e a g u e a s w a # K li m c h o c k * W a r d a l s o plays third.

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B e f o r e , l e a v i n g , P a u l h a d good n e w s •••for* * g r o u n d - r u l e d o u b l e . T h e V h i l s * H o f or t h e Re d a n d P hillie p i t c h e r s w h o w o n. & to 4, b u t R o b e r t s w a s n ' t I j t U H ’c f a i m t ' r i S p o r t s L ead er* will d r a w t h e s t a r t i n g a s s i g n m e n t s in a r o u n d ‘a t the e n d t o g a i n t h e v i c t o r y . t h e 1930 s e a s o n o p e n e r a t C r o s l e y T h e h o m e o p e n e r with (li e P h i l l i e s W i l l H e . S a I ii I e ( I a t D i n n e r F i e l d , April 12. is o n e of only two w e e k - d a y a f t e r n o o n KANSAS C I T Y , K a n . —T h e fif­ F o r the f ir s t t i m e in y e a r s , t h e r e g a m e s listed on t h e R e d s ’ s c h e d u l e 4. t e e n t h a n n u a l S a m m i e D u b i n ’s will be no t e m p o r a r y s e a t s lining 45 N i g h t G a m e s on C a r d Nile of Sports Dinner, dedicated t h e outfield f or the C i n c i n n a t i o p e n e r .

T h e o t h e r is selfed u Icd w i th ‘th e to m e n and w om en who give g e n ­ P a u l c a n r e m e m b e r o n ly o n e o c ­ C u b s for T h u r s d a y , J u l y 21. e r o u s l y of t h e i r t i m e a n d e n e r g y c a s i o n . in a w a r y e a r , w h e n t h e R e d s C i n c i n n a t i ’s h o m e s c h e d u l e f o r 1960 in a t h l e t i c p r o g r a m s for b oys a n d p l a y e d an o p e n e r w i t h o u t s e a t s in th e lists 45 ni g h t g a m e s , the s a m e a s ’59. girls but are seldom acclaim ed outfield .

T h e (vorld’s c h a m p i o n D o d g e r s will p u b l i c l y , will be he l d at t h e T o w n T h e outfield s e a t s b r i n g to m i n d meet* th e R e d s in ni n e n i g h t g a m e s .

H o u s e Hotel h e r e , t h e e v e n i n g of a c r a c k m a d e bv R o b in R o b e r t s be- T h e R e d s h a v e s e v e n e a c h s c h e d u l e d J a n u a r y 17, f o r e the 1938 o p e n e r . w i th M il w a u k e e , St. Louis, S a n F r a n ­ The annual dinners w ere inau­ S i t t i n g on t h e b e n c h a n d g a z i n g o u t ci sc o a n d C h i c a g o , five w i th P i t t s ­ g u r a t e d by the l a t e S a m m i e D u b i n a t t h e s e a t s in t h e o ut fi el d , R o b e r t s b u r g h a n d t h r e e with P h i l a d e l p h i a . a n d h a v e g r o w n into a f f a i r s w h i c h c r a c k e d . “ Who t a k e s th e s e a t s off the P a u l , who w o ul d like to d o a w a y a r e a t t e n d e d by m o r e ' t h a n 700. field a f t e r t h e g a m e ? T h e p i t c h e r s ? ” w i th S ii n cj a y d o u b l e - h e a d e r s , h a s u E r n e s t Meld .* s p o r t s e d i t o r of O d d l y e n o u g h . R o b e r t s w a s th e first s c h e d u l e d only two.

L a s t y e a r , th e th e K a n s a s City S t a r , is p r o g r a m p l a y e r to loft a fly into t h e s e a t s R e d s s c h e d u l e d five. A d o u b l e - h e a d ­ d i r e c t o r f or th e d i n n e r . e r is s c h e d u l e d on the R e d s ’ lone NEWS, J A N U A R Y 13, 1960 * h o l i d a y d a l e , t h e F o u r t h of J u l y . *

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a b o u t to e m b a r k o n t h e i r s i x t h s e a s o n since their d e p a r tu r e from P h ilad el­ p h i a . All t h e p l a y e r s J o h n s o n inlier* it e d a r e gone.

A com parison of what the new m a n ­ a g e r , B o b El li ot t, will h a v e a n d w h a t Lo u B o u d r e a u s t a r t e d w i th in 1955 is s o m e w h a t r e v e a l i n g . It is o b v i o u s t h e A 's h a v e b e e n i m p r o v e d a t s o in«? p o i n t s a n d a r e n o t a s s t r o n g in on ® o r two.

F o r e x a m p l e , t h e A t h l e t i c s o f 1955 b e g a n w it h Vie P o w e r a t f ir s t, Pct® S li d e r a m i Spook J a c o b s a t s e c o n d .

J o e D e M a c s t r i a t s h o r t a n d J i m Filii* g a n at third. Shortly a f te r the season started. Hector Lopez was recalled from Colum bus (In te rn a tio n a l).

E l l i o t t will h a v e M a r v T h r o n e b e r r v * f o r f ir s t, anc! P o w e r w ou ld h a v e to b® given the ad v an tag e, since he h as p r o v e d h i m s e l f o n e of t h e m o s t c a p ­ a b l e in th® m a j o r s . A t s e c o n d , J e r r y L um pe would rate considerably b e tte r t h a n w h a t t h e A ’s h a d in 1955.

H a m l i n U n t e s t e d .a t S h o r t s t o p Ken Hamlin, a y o u n g ste r a c q u ire d f r o m P i t t s b u r g h , i s t h e No. I s h o r t* s t o p now, a n d h e d o e s n ’t f i g u r e will* D e M a e s t r i until l i e p r o v e s h i m s e l f .

At t h i r d , F i n i g a n . t h o u g h h e d i d n ’t play up t o expectations, w o u ld not s u f f e r too m u c h in c o m p a r i s o n w i t h R o o k i e Lou K l i m c h o c k o r B o b J o h n * son, ai d r a f t e e .

T h e 19550outfiolci b a d Bill H e n n a iii r i g h t , Bill Wilson, in c e n t e r , C hs Z e rnial a n d E l m e r V a l o in l e f t. Th® g r e a te s t im p ro v e m e n t h as been mad® in t h e ou tfield , w h i c h n o w i n c l u d e # H a n k B a u e r a n d W h i t e y H e r z o g iii r ig h t. Bill T u t t l e in c e n t e r a n d Boll Ccrv, N orm Siebern and Russ Snyder in left.

C a t c h i n g Also I m p r o v e d til all t h r e e g a r d e n p o s i t i o n s , lh® p r e s e n t A ’s a r e s u p e r i o r on* b o t h -de­ fense and attack. Tuttle a l o n e ii w o r t h m o r e t h a n t h e e n t i r e 1955 o u t ­ field a n d t h e s a m ® m a y b® s a i d o f Siebdrn.

I n c a t c h i n g , Hie p r e s e n t A ’# a r ® . b e t t e r , a l t h o u g h not b y s u c h a g r e a t m argin.

T h e r e g u l a r r e c e i v e r s in 1955 w e r e J o e A s t r o t h a n d Bill Shanty* w h e r e a s n o w t h e c l u b h a s ‘P e l e Daley* H a n k Foifes, H a r r y C h i l i aine! L im* .Holdencr.

In p i t c h i n g , thor® a g a i n is a n a d ­ v a n t a g e . I n 1955. t h e s t a f f i n c l u d e d Art Ditniar, A r n o l d P orlocarrcro* B o b b y S h a n t z . Alex K e l l n e r , Art, € e c a r e l l i a n d I o u S t e a l e r . T o m G o r m a n ,.

Vie R a s c h i a n d J o h n n y S a i n w d r i added later, just a s w ere H a r r y S im p ­ son a n d E n o s S l a u g h t e r in t h e o u t ­ field.

Of tile p i t c h e r s . S h a n t z h a d a bail a r m and w as used sparingly; Kellner had an ailing back. D itn ia r th en w as promising, but needed e x p e r i e n c e .

H o w e v e r , h e w a s t h e b e s t o f t h e Jot. As o f n ow , t h e s t a f f i n c l u d e s B u d Daley, Bob G rim , Jo h n n y R ucks, Bob T r o w b r i d g e , T o m A c k e r , D ic k H al l.

Ken Johnson, Ned C a r v e r , Don L a r ­ sen and R ay H erb e rt. T h e p re se n t s t a f f h a s o n ly o n e h u r l e r w h o w a s o u t ­ s t a n d i n g l a s t y e a r — D a l e y —b u t it is s t r o n g e r in n u m b e r a n d p o s s i b il it ie s t h a n t h e ’55 c r e w .

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tty DICK E A R D L E Y BOISE, Idaho Wily Smith, who b a tte d 1.000 a s a m a n a g e r with two p e n n an ts in tw o y e a r s a t Boise (P io n e e r), capped his reco rd by winning the Louisville S lu g g er Silver B a t for J 959 as the leading h itte r in the m inor leagues—and in all 0 . B., for that m a t t e r —with an a v e ra g e of .390 la st season.

The silver b a t is e m b le m a tic of The Jo h n A. (Bud) Hillerich Me* morial A w ard, honoring the foun* d e r o f the Hillerich & B ra d s b y Co. It has been p re s e n te d by the b a t m an u factu rin g firm since 1934.

Sm ith’s title for ’59 w as certified by the N ational Association.

Best Y e a r of C a re e r This w a s not the first tim e th a t Smith had been in the high .300 category—he had a .373 m a r k for H agerstow n (In te r-S ta te ) b a ck in 1951—but it w as by f a r the m ost productive seaso n in all-round ex ­ cellence for the 30-year-old first b a se m a n -m a n a g e r.

In compiling his award-w inning .390 a v erag e, Sm ith had 120 hits in 30S tim es a t bat, with ten home runs, 21 doubles a n d one triple.

Ile wound up with 74 ru n s b atted in and, e x cep t for being sidelined for n early a m on th a f t e r being hit by a* pitched ball, would probably have won his le a g u e ’s R B I crown as well. He w as a h e a d in th a t race when b ench ed b y th e injury.

P ro b ab ly the m o s t a m a z in g fe a ­ ture of S m ith ’s p la te p e rfo rm a n c e during the season w a s his ability to com e thro u g h in t h e ' c l u t c h .

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Billy Smith the big blow in the late innings.

One w rite r figured his p ercen tag e o f successful ‘‘clutch h its” a t 75 p e r cent, basing it on the n u m b e r of tim es Billy c a m e thro u g h in tight situations late in the gam e.

This included pinch-hitting ap ­ p e a ra n c e s when he w as still w ob­ bly from the concussion he ‘suf­ fered when beaned. While still u n ­ able to tu rn his head sh arp ly o r look u p w ard s without becoming dizzy, Smith several lim es cam e off the bench and delivered gam ewinning hits.

B ecause of his tim e on the side­ lines, Billy barely qualified for the batting crown with 416 total plate a p p e a ra n c e s .. The .required n u m ­ b e r for his league’s 130-game schedule w as 403. He also w as the c ir c u it’s leading fielder a t first b ase with a p ercen tag e of .988.

Smith w as selected a s m a n a g e r

of the y e a r in the P io n eer L eague in 1959 a fte r finishing a close se c ­ ond for the honor in 1958. His ’58 club c a m e from behind in the final w eeks of the season to s n a re the loop title, blit the B rav es of ’59 took co m m a n d in the opening d a y s and w ere n e v e r headed.

His success as a m a n a g e r fol­ lowed a p a tte rn he had set a s a p la y e r in the M ilwaukee system .

In two y e a r s p rio r to com ing to Boise, he batted .313 and .319 a t E vansville and w as the T h re e I L e a g u e ’s all-star first b a s e m a n both seasons. He began his O. B. c a r e e r in 1950.

M anaging His F u tu re R ated one of the best young pi­ lots in the Milwaukee chain, he looks to m an ag in g as his future.

But right now h e 's still doing full­ tim e duty as both player and m a n ­ a g e r, and his .390 batting a v e ra g e and two stra ig h t pennants prove him ad ep t a t both jobs. He said winning the Silver Bat a w a r d was e n c of the g re a te s t thrills of his ten-year career.A native of High Point, N. C., Smith is m a rrie d and the fa th e r of two children. He has p u rch ased a h o m e h ere and now calls Boise, his p e r m a n e n t residence.

P resen tatio n of the a w a r d will be m ade som etim e next season, probably at Boise, w here it is e x ­ pected Smith will return as playerm a n a g e r for the Braves.

Tom Hamilton of St. P e te rs b u rg (F lo rid a State), also a first b a s e ­ m an -m a n ag er, was the runner-up for the Hillerich & B ra d sb y trophy with a n a v e ra g e of .387.

Howard HR King—Minus Crown nipcg (N o rth e rn ) had the best carn ed -ru n a v e r a g e ,.

1.59. Dick Hall of Salt Lake City (Coast) w as second with 1.87. The official scoring rules provide that co n ten d ers for the ERA title m u st pitch “ a t least as m any innings as the n u m b e r of g a m es scheduled for each club in his le ag u e .”

Applying the s a m e sta n d a rd , the ace pitch e r in per­ centage w as Paul C han ger of McCook in the allrookie N eb ra sk a Slate League, who won ten and lost only one for .909, appearing in 97 innings in a 62g am e schedule.

Bob Blaylock also posted a .909 figure with 10-1 for Tulsa, but his 95 innings fell short of the m in im u m n u m b e r for the Texas T e a g u e ’s 146g am e season.

Following jare the batting and home-run cham pions and the pitching lea d ers in p ercen ta g e and earned runs a s s i s t e d in the m in o rs’ 1959 official av e ra g es:

ST. LOUIS, M o . — F r a n k H o w a r d , . the D odgers’ titanic rookie, who w as n am ed the No. I m inor league p la y e r of 1959 b y T h e S p o r t i n g N e w s , hit 43 hom ers d u rin g the seaso n to lead, the minors, bul a division of serv ice left him w ithout a league crown lo show for his slugging. H ow ard hit 27 ho m e rs at Victoria ( T e x a s ) and 16 a t Spokane (Coast), not enough in e ith e r e ase to top the circuit, although his combined total w a s the highest for any p la y e r in the m inors last y e a r.

Official ’59 a v e r a g e s disclosed that the m ost hom ­ ers hit by a cham pion with one club w as 37, the outp ut of F r a n k H e r r e r a w ith Buffalo (International) and Dick B a r r y with M odesto (California).

Bill Smith, first b a s e m a n - m a n a g e r of Boise (P ioneer), was the leading hittpr for a v e ra g e with .390. in .the pitching d e p a rtm e n t, Bill C a rp e n te r of Win-

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Seawall, Mod roll Posted 43 «>f Alpine’s 88 Victories; 12 Mound Aces iii Circle « y OSCAR KAHAN ST. LOUIS, Mo. T he phenom enal pitching of two y o u n g ste rs belonging to the Red Sox organization helped the m in o r leagues slop the falloff in 20-game winners lqst season. With all official a v e r ­ ages now available, the figures show an even dozen e n tra n ts in the c h a r m ­ ed circle, one m o re than reached the m agic total of victories in 1958.

C redit for the increase goes to Don Schwall and G a ry Modrell of Alpine (Sophom ore), who combined in one of the m o s t re m a r k a b le p e rfo rm ­ an ces by any mound duo in the his­ tory of the m inors.

Although Alpine played only 122 g a m e s in its 1959 schedule, Schwall w as the y e a r ’s big­ g est w in n e r in O. B. with a 23-6 re c ­ ord, while M odrell cap tu red 20 deci­ sions and lost just eight. ♦ * * H ard-W orking H urlers B etw een them , they appeared in exactly half of the Cowboys’ contests and accounted for virtually half of the c lu b ’s 88 victories. Schwall pitch­ ed in 30 g am es, sta rlin g 29 and hurl­ ing the ro u te in 22. Modrell w orked in 31 g a m e s and com pleted 25 of his 28 sta rts .

Schwall, 23, is the older of the two rig h th a n d e rs. The six-foot, six-inch 195-pounder w as signed off the c a m ­ pus of the U niversity of O klahom a in D ecem b er, 1957, for a reported bonus in excess of $50,000. Modrell, 21, was picked up from F re s n o (Calif.) State College in May, 1958. H e now is on the N ational Defense Service List of

S lab S ta rs W h o R e a c h e d # 2 0 -W in T o ta ls iii M inors ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The list of 20g a m e w inners in the m in o r leagues in 1959, based on official a v e r ­ age*?, follows: CLASS AAA A m e ric an Association, In te rn a ­ tional League and P acific Coast L eag u e—None.

CLASS AA M exican L ea g u e—D i o rn e d e .?

Olivo, Poza Rica, 21-8; Eddie Locke, M onterrey, 21-14.

Southern Association and Texas L eag u e—None.

CLASS A « E a s t e r n L e a g u e amt Sally L eag u e—None.

CLASS » C a ro lin a League and T h re e T L e a g u e —None.

N o r ! h w e s t L eague—Roger Clapp, Y akim a, 21-6; Bobby Bo­ lin, E u gene, 20-S; J a c k Curtis, W enatchee, 20-10.

CLASS C C alifornia L eague—Hat Reniff, Modesto, 21-7.

N o rth e rn League—None.

P io n e e r L e a g u e —Les Bass, Hoise, 2KL CLASS D A iab am a-F lo rid a League—None.

F lo rid a Stale League—Gilbcrto C la rk , P a la tk a , 22-10.

M idwest League—Joel McDani­ el, D e c a tu r, 22-9.

N Y P League— B e n n y Griggs, Wellsville, 21-7.

S o p h o rn o r e League — Don Sclnvall, Alpine, 23-6; G a ry Mod­ rell, Alpine, 20-8.

T he all-rookie A ppalachian and N e b r a s k a State leagues w ere not included in the tabulation because t h e i r 0 short schedules^ m a d e it p ra c tic a lly impossible f o r any p itc h e r lo win 20 g a m es.

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GARY MODRELL • • . W on 20, Lost 8 Allentown ( E a s t e r n ) . Schwall is a s ­ signed to M inneapolis (A m erican As­ sociation) for 1960.

• The m in ors re a c h e d th e ir high iii 20-game w inners with 103 in 1951, when 49 leag u es w e r e in operation.

Since then, the n u m b e r has p lu m ­ m e te d even fa s te r th an the decline iii circuits, dropping to a low of l l for 24 leagues in 1958 before la st season bro u g h t the in c re a s e lo 12 20-game w inners in 21 loops.

H owever, fa r m sy s te m officials con­ tend th e re h a s not been a d e te r io r a ­ tion in pitching quality in the m inor leagues. In stead, th e r e h a s been a ch ange in the w ay the m a n a g e r s a r e using th e ir staffs.

With Big T im e needs and p ra c tic e s in mind, the pilots a r e paying m o r e and m o re attention to the d ev elo p m en t of relief special­ ists and a r e q u ic k e r to use the hook on s ta rtin g pitchers. * * • Busy Quelling F lam e* As a result, firem en a rc busy, ev e n in the Class C and D leagues. At these low er levels, the rolls included the following w ork horses in relief last season: J a c k Sim m ons, F re s n o , 52 g a m e s ; Dick Hunt, Stockton, 36; D an Osinski, Duluth-Superior, 49; C laude F inder, • Selma, 36; E r n i e Breedlove, P e n s a ­ cola, 34; Vie Davalillo, P a la tk a , 50; Ken M akela, Orlando, 49; Bob P e a r ­ son, Sanford, 32; J o h n Bozich, K oko­ mo, • 35; J a c k C a rte r, Clinton, 48; G a ry Groce, Keokuk, 3S; Tom K raus, Waterloo, 39; R ay Brunion, Olean, 46; Ben F u n g e , Hobbs, 35, a n d J a c k W a r n e r ,‘C arlsbad, 52. .

P ro v in g the point th a t relief pitch ­ e rs now a r e being raise d in the “ c r a d le ” of the g a m e , ev e ry o n e on the list is a youngster, with the ex­ ception of Osinski, who w as 26 y e a rs old la s t season. F iv e of the relievers —Hunt, P in d er, B runion, F u n g e and W arn er—w e re only 19.

T h e trend, therefore, to g r e a t e r use of the bull pens a p p e a r s lo som e ob­ s e r v e r s to b e the reason behind the decline in the su ccess of the sta rtin g p itch ers in th e m inors. When th e re a r e fire m e n re a d y to quench the " flames, the m a n a g e r s a r c less in­ clined* to let the ‘s t a r t e r s pitch their w ay out of trouble.

T h e re a r e exceptions, of course, two of th e m being Schwall and Mod­ rell, the Alpine y o u n g ste rs who show­ ed all the e n d u r a n c e 0 of mountainj clim b e rs to e n te r the r a n k s of the 20-gan4e w in n ers in 1959.

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By ED G AR M U N Z E R CHICAGO, 111.

Walt (Moose) Moryn of the Cubs has every reason to believe that 1960 will be a happy, healthy apd prosperous year for him. ’And Manager Charlie Grimm is hopeful that he’ll be IOO per cent correct.

The Moose had his worst yCar last season since he joined the Cubs in 1956 as a fugitive from the Dodger sys­ tem. It was a major factor in the failure of the Wrigley^ to achieve their objective of crashing the first division for the first time in 13 years.

But lf Moryn can fulfill his comeback hopes, this year can, indeed, be ‘‘soaring ’60” for the Cubs.

It already has begun as a happy year for The Moose W a l t Moryn and his beauteous young wife became the proud parents of their first child, a baby girl, on December 28. She was named Michelle Jo Anne. a transversion from Michael Joseph, which would have been the name if the baby had been a boy. ‘‘But I wanted a girl, because girls always love t h e i r daddies/1 grinned The.;.

Moose. “ So my first wish for 1960 Ray H ay w o rth New D irector already has been answered. Now for of Cubs’ 13-Man Scout Staff health and prosperity.** And Moryn already is pretty far CHICAGO, 111.—R ay Hayworth, along toward that goal. At least he a major league catcher for 16 sea­ is moving into position to attain the sons, was appointed chief scout of objective. The Moose is in better the Cubs, January 6,* when several physical condition than he was at any changes in the club's administra­ time during his sub-par performance tive staff were announced. the past year.

Hayworth, who has been with Moryn never was physically sound the Cub organization since 1947. last season, because he was suffering will head a staff of 13 full-time from a mouth infection that sapped scouts. his system of much of its strength.

In other moves, Traveling Sec­ He played, but he was tired and retary Don Beibel also became di­ listless. He didn't have any snap In rector of public relations; Bob his swing and he couldn’t deliver the Lewis, retired traveling secretary, long ball that made him one of the was appointed secretary for home National League’s more dangerous games, and Gene Lawing, secre­ sluggers in previous years. tary of affiliated clubs, was placed Complicating the matter even rnore in charge of minor league player -was the fact that he had to curtail his development. ' pre-game workouts, with the result Owner Phil Wrigley said two that he added weight, which further years ago, When Cliff Jaffe re­ impaired his effectiveness. B y the signed as the club’s press agent, close of the season, Moryn weighed that the post was unnecessary. To 220 pounds as against his best play­ replace him, the Cubs hired a stat­ ing weight of 210 to 215. istician, Stall West, who will now Plans E a rly Spring Start work with Hayworth and his staff.

But the Moose, who works for an Hayworth, who played for the insurance company in Chicago during Tigers, Giants,. Browns and Dodg­ the off seasbn, already has begun cor­ ers between 1928 and 1945, joined recting the weight situation with a the Cub system in 1917 as man­ rigid diet. ager of Macon (Sally) and beearn*?

Not only is Moryn dieting, but he a roving, scout for the club the has requested and received permis­ following year. When John Hol­ sion to report to the Cubs’ spring land was named a vice-president camp about ten days early for extra iii 1956, Hayworth went on special conditioning work. scouting assignments in the ma­ Moryn realizes he will have a fight jors and high minors. on his hands to win a starting berth, * with the addition of Frank Thomas, ■ who was acquired in the winter meet­ began to plague Moryn near (he end ing deal with Cincinnati, as well as of spring training.

• the rise of such farm graduates as “ I just thought I was getting » little Bob Will and Lou Johnson. George toothache once in a while,*’ said Altman, who was voted the Chicago Moryn. “ Finally, I realized it must be Rookie-of-the-Ycar award by the Chi­ something more serious and went to cago writers, will be the center field­ my dentist. At first he gave me treat­ er. ments for it and recommended that k Last vcar, Moryn touched his lowest I wait until the end of the season for point in every batting department in an operation to clear the infection. four years with the Cubs. He aver­ “ But the infection was draining me aged only .234, collected 14 homers of all my energy. I ’d wake up with a and drove in 48 runs. In contrast, he backache and i ’d feel tired all day. walloped 20 homers, hit .264 and drove Finally I insisted it be done during in 77 runs in 1958. the All-Star break. So I was put jn Last year certainly cannot be re­ the hospital overnight and the opera­ garded as a normal decline. The tion was performed the next morning. mouth infection, c a l l e d gingivitis, “ The doctor told me that it would which is inflammation of the gums, be six weeks before the mouth would be healed and six months before all the infection would be out of my sys­ tem. 0It obviously was the tight esti­ mate, because I just began feeling normal again within the last few Id##lljr lec#Ud to St. levi** t+ o t o r t weeks.

I fr$n> th# Un*»wi SUH** **4 J# “ I ’m sure I ’ll be back in form again lh# of th# O livet . . . Prif#*f#d. by this year. I ’m going to continue on fr#*#(tn b#c#v»e of Hi the diet, and be down to about 205 # d r # n f # 9 # w E r t r y r o o m w ith combtoifion twb *jvd t o * * » • • 0*4 when the season starts. I ’ve got to get c J # ti*} ic# ? D e L to ,t toad . . . cKoorfJ te rrie r back* in the swing. After all, I have a AIR-CONDITIONEO R O O M S0 family to support now.** v3 SO »*hu I'** S sa B A S E B A L L ° rn-

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tty MIGUEL 3 FRAU SAN JU A N . I>. IL A red-hot scrap between Vie Pow­ er (Cleveland) and O r l a n d ^ Cepeda (San F r a n c i s c o ) f o r t h e batting crown has added zest to P u e r t o Rican L e a g u e competition. The two native stand­ outs have h e l d vie pow er the top two spots in the swat derby for almost a month now, although both saw their aver­ ages dip a bit over the holidays.

Power, player-managcr of Caguas, displaced his Santurce rival in the batting leadership, January J, when he went 3-for-S to raise his average to .361 while Cepeda -was being limited to one hit in eight swings and fell six points behind.

A year ago, Cepeda won the Puerto Rican batting championship with a

P u e r t o Kican League (Including games of January 6) Club W. L. Pct. G.B. San Juan .......... 37 19 .661 ....

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U 4® .245 22Zj ■ B ------------------.362 average ant! Power finished third at .339.

The stout battle between this pair, however, failed to overshadow I h c continued fine work of several hurl­ ers, most of them Stateside products.

Fo r instance. Bob Bruce, D e t r o i t rookie, improved his leading E R A to T.50 when he hurled Mayaguez to a three-hit shutout over Ponce, 5 to 0, January 2*. Bruce struck out eight in gaining his eighth victory compared to four setbacks.

Burnside Fans 13 Another Detroit chattel with Maya­ guez.. lanky Southpaw Pete Burnside, said farewell to the old year with his finest performance of the winier when he struck out 1.3 and allowed just two hits in tagging San Juan with a 4 to 0 setback.

San Ju an ’s two ace starters. Jack Fisher (Baltimore) and Ray Rippclmeyer (Seattle), also distinguished themselves. Aided by a grand-slam homer by Willie Melendez (Salt Lake) —the league’s f i r s t jackpot wallop this season — Fisher squelched San­ turce, 9 to 3, with a five-hit effort in grabbing win No. l l against five set­ backs. Rippelmeyer boosted his rec­ ord to 7-1 with ii six-hit, 5 to I con­ quest of Ponce.

E a rl Wilson (Boston). Caguas right­ hander became the first 12-game win­ ner when he pitched three shutout __________________

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By L E S B IE D E R M A N P IT T SB U R G H . Pa.• Pirate fans were surprised — shock­ ed in some cases— when bits of in­ formation tv e r e p i e c e d together recently about the p l a y e r s whom General Manager Joe Brown offered in d e a l s with American League teams.

It was Dick G roat generally assumed Pitcher Ron'Kline was on the market, and he was subsequently traded to the Cardinals for Outfielder Gino C i rn o I i and Rookie Pitcher Tom Cheney.

There were reports that Outfielder Bill Virdon might go in a deal, and also that Catchers Hank Foiles and Danny Kravitz were expendable, what with the Bucs acquiring Catchers Hal Smith from the A ’s and Bob Oldis via draft from Denver.

Foiles eventually landed with the A's, but Kravitz still remains.’

But the shocker developed when Dick Groat’s name bobbed up in dis­ cussions with several A m e r i c a n League teams, notably the Senators and Athletics.

Cooked Up 500-Gs Deaf Brown admitted he offered enough players to Washington for Harmon Killebrew and presumably a few other Senators to add up to a $500,000 deal, based on the present market values.

And word from Kansas City has re­ vealed that Groat’s name also was bandied about*when the Pirates sought Outfielder Roger Maris.

The proposed transaction with the A ’s called for Maris, Shortstop Joe DeMaestri and Smith lo come to Pitts­ burgh for Kline, Virdon, Foiles and possibly Groat. Brown told Pittsburgh writers that he had a big deal cooking with the A ’s but called it off. **If we had gone through with this trade, it would have been Page One in Pittsburgh and in Kansas City/* Brown admitted.

Brown backed out, tu t George Weiss revealed in T h e S p o r t i n g N e w s that the Pirates almost blocked his deal with the A’s for Maris.

When Brown decided not to go through- with it, Weiss stepped in and acquired Maris, DeMaestri and Kent Hadley and the Pirates picked up Smith for Foiles, Dick H all and Ken Hamlin.

Groat Considered Fixture Groat was regarded as a fixture in Pittsburgh, since he’s the team capjain and lias been the Bucs’' steadiest performer from the day he reported off the Duke University campus.’

Chances are that thoughts of operat­ ing next season without Groat were (he factor in casting the negative vote in Brown’s scheme. Brown and his aids probably couldn’t have visualized a Pirate team without the steadiness of Groat, and thus backed out oq the trade talk. * The feeling in Pittsburgh is that Cimoii and Virdon w ilt battle it out for center field in 1960. Danny Murtaugh may platoon them. On days when lefthanders pilch. Cimoii would go to right, with Roberto Clemente moving to center.

There’s no denying Brown is frantic lo add some power to the Pirates, yet lie hesitates to tamper with such a solid array. «But, frankly, Pirate fans aren’t much impressed so far.

Player— Club AB. Vie Power, Caguas 147 Orlando Cepeda, Sanlurce ....138 Ramon Conde, Mayaguez 18b Joe Christopher, Mayaguez .138 Roberto Clemente, San Juan-179 Al Nagel, Sanlurce 183 W illie Melendez, San Juan .191 Ray Barker, Mayaguez 194 Jose Pagan, Caguas..............194 Elwood Huyke, Caguau 188

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MEXICO, D. 1 \ The Puebla Par* rots, who swept a four • game series from Jalapa t h e previous week-end t o displace t h e C h i l i s in first p l a c e , bolstered their lead in the Veracruz League during January I* 3 activity with ail Dick Czekoj assist f r o m the last-place Puebla Sweet Potatoes.

While the Parrots were taking three of four games from Cordoba, the S w e e t Potatoes extended Jalapa'a skid, beating (hem in three of five.

Outfielder Alex Moreno (Nuevo La* redo) and Catcher Dick Czekaj (San Antonio) wielded the big bats in the Parrots* triumphs. After bowing tea Tony Dicochea (Nuevo Laredo) in the series opener, the Parrots took the second game, 5 to 4, on the strength of a two-ruji single by Moreno. * The following night Moreno and Czekaj both socked a pair of homer* to pace a 12 to 3 rout of Cordoba.

Moreno then topped off a big series with another four-bagger in a IO to I slaughter of the Coffeemakers, Janto ary 3, behind the eight-hit chucking of Lino Donoso (Veracruz).

Charlie Beamon (Vancouver) and Memo Luna, former St. Louis left* hander making a comeback, both gained victories in slugfests during the Jalapa-Sweet Potatoes series. Ah though touched for 12 hits, Beamon beat the Chilis, IO to 7. January 2.

Luna picked up his first win for J a ­ lapa in relief the next day. 16 to 9.

V e r a c r u z M e m o s : The Sweet Po­ tatoes released First Baseman Alonzo Perry, who started the season as man­ ager, and Outfielder AI Pinkston, who led the Mexican League in batting last summer. . . . Francisco Garcia Rivera, Cordoba president, says the Coffeemakers will join the new Vera­ cruz Summer League which is being organized. 'innings in relief to earn credit for a 6 to 2 decision over San Juan.

Pitching honors weren't t Ii e ex­ clusive p r o p e r t y of U. S. imports, however. Juan Pizarro (Milwaukee) won three games during the week for Santurce to level his .ledger at 7-7, P u e r t o Fiican P a t t e r : Solly Hemus St. Louis manager, was a visitor dur­ ing® the holidays. He was especially interested in looking o v e r Catcher Dave Ricketts of San Juan, a Cardi­ nal prospect. . . . Hugh Wise, New York scout, also arrived to check on some of the Yankees* native* talent.

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Hew Pilot Hicks Swings Hot Bat for Fading Boer Young Flylmwk Hits H o m er in 1 3 th lo Down E s t r e l l a s B y HORACIO R U IZ M A N A G U A , N ic a r a g u a T h e frustrations 0 f b e in g a m a n ­ ager have b c c n q u ic k ly im p r e sse d upon J o e Hicks, rookie W hite Sox outfield h o p e f u l .

In his f i r s t two w e e k s a t the helm o f the B o e r Ind i a n s , rep lacing Earl T org eson , Dick stigmon y o u n g H ic k s s a w the club* e x p e r ie n c e a f iv e -g a m e lo s ­ ing streak and p lu nge into the N ic a ­ raguan L e a g u e cellar. T h is w a s the s a m e c r e w w h ic h m is s e d the firsthalf flag by a m e r e o n e g a m e .

Lefty D ick S tig m a n (C levelan d ) fi­ nally snapped B o e r ’s string of d efea ts at M asay a, J a n u a r y 2. P itc h in g his finest g a m e in s e v e r a l w e e k s , Stig­ man handcuffed Oriental on two hits and faced only 28 b a tter s in w inning, •5 lo I. A h o m e r b y Ino R od rigu ez (Nuevo Laredo) p ro d u ced the Orient­ al tally. T h e v ic to r y w a s S tig m a n ’s seventh of the sea so n , c o m p a r e d to five setb ack s.

Hicks h im s e lf led B o e r to v ictory in a Sunday g a m e h ere, J a n u a r y 3, with a d r a m a tic h o m e r. T h e 375-foot blast, J o e ’s se v e n th round-tripper this season, c a m e a s H ick s led off in the bottom of the thirteenth. T h e sm a s h beat Cinco E s t r e lla s , 3 to 2. Silverio P e r e z (M o n terre y ), w h o hurled the route, w a s the v ic tim .

B oer Skid F e lt at G ate • In his p r ev io u s start, P e r e z had .blanked B o er on e ig h t hits, 4 to 0, for the Indians’ fourth straig h t loss.

As the le a g u e h ea d ed into the final month, poor a tte n d a n ce con tinu ed to plague the clubs. T h e skid of Boer, Hie country’s m o s t p op u lar te a m , a c ­ centuated the p ro b lem . H o w e v e r , o f ­ ficials w e r e hopeful that a playoff at Hie close o f the regu la r • schedule, January 31, m ight b o o st the Jagging attendance.

N i c a r a g u a n N u g g e t s : Don Sch aeL for (C leveland), a r e c e n t addition, gave Cinco E s t r e lla s a lift w ith a A to 3 conquest of Leon. J im M cM an u s (Shreveport) accou n ted for the losers* runs with his ninth h om er. . . . D u n ­ can Cam pbell ( G a s t o n ia ) , L e o n ’s star native outfielder, tied M cM a n u s for the loop hom e-ru n lead ersh ip , D e ­ cem b er 29. . . . B e a t e n four straight times by D a n n y H a y lin g , L eon gained revenge, J a n u a r y I, by pin n ing him with a 12 to 4 lo ss. H o w e v e r , H a y ­ i n g whipped the M elen u d os again two nights later, 9 to 5.

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. HAVANA, Cuba A record-break­ ing h o m e - r u n I * L E A D IN G P IT C H E R S O p a c e , com bined Pitcher— Club IP. SO. W. I . ERA. w ith s t e r l i n g Raul Sanchez, Cienfuegos 94 4 5 9 3 1.72 pitching, h a s e n ­ Camilo Pascual, Cicnfuegos..ll9 133 IO 4 1.89 Warren Hacker, Havan 93 47 5 3 2.23 abled t h e CienBob Locke, Marianao______ 94 41 30 4 2.30 fu egos E lephants Jim Archer, H a vana ........ ,113 61 7 8 2.70 Orlando Pena, Almendares....T28 50 2.74 9 7 to .trample all op ­ Mike Fornieles, Marianao— 115 7 6 7 2.90 8 position i n their Tom Cheney,H avana 78 4 64 4 3.00 Pedro Ramos, Cienfuegos— 109 50 8 4 3.05 s ta m p e d e toward 4 3.09 Reno Valdes, Havana_______ 64 30 6 the Cuban L eague pennant. With 56 c i r c u i t sm ashPete Ra m os e s through J a n u a ry 6, the E lep h a n ts had e x c e e d e d by one the fo rm e r loop high th ey set five s e a so n s ago.

T w o y o u n g sters due lo r e c e iv e trials with ‘Cincinnati in the sp rin g—Out­ fielder T on y Gonzalez and Shortstop Leo C ardenas—h a v e s p a r k e d the C ienfuegos * attack recently.

Latest a v e r a g e s show Gonzalez, 23, leading the lea g u e at bat with .321— 15 points ahead of his n earest rival. Cardenas, B rew er P itc h e r Had Lost 21, w a s hilting only .272 but had clim b ed am on g the home-run leaders F o u r o f First 5 Decisions w ith ten.

Gonzalez had chipped in with eig h t round-lrippers.

B y LEO J . E B E R E N Z P o w e r, of course, has been only PANAMA, R. P. p art of the story in C ien fu egos’ surge. # The rem arkable co m eb a ck of P e t e • Winston Brown h a s had less su c­ R a m o s (W ashington) during the past c e s s in the P a n a m a L ea g u e this w in ­ m onth boosted the club’s sto ck co n ­ ter than in the P a c ific Coast L ea gu e la st s u m m er , but the native right­ h an d er still holds out hope that h e ’ll be ab le to m a k e the grad e in th e Big in* b a n L e a g u e T im e this y e a r with M ilwaukee.

(Including g a m e s of J a n u a ry 6) A 15-game winner with fourthClub \V. L. P c t. G.B. p la ce S a cram en to la st sea so n , Brown Cienfuegos ..........33 19 .635 .... lost four of his first fiv e decision s M arianao .........„...27 27 .500 7 with Cerveza B a lb o a ’s B re w e rs this H avan a ................27 27 .500 7 winter.

R ecently, h o w ever, .the 27A l m e n d a r e s ......... 19 33 .365 14 year-old fireballer has gotten back onto the winning track, picking up sid cra b ly . R a m o s won s ix of his last two v icto ries in a three-day spin.

Holding Marlboro in ch eck for eight s e v e n .d e cisio n s, raising his record to 8-4. With Cam ilo P a s c u a l (W ash ­ innings, Brown first gain ed credit for ington) and Raul Sanchez (Cincinnati) a 7 to 6 .decision. The Sm o k ers a l­ still pitching superbly, C ienfuegos has m o st pulled the g a m e out of the fire in the ninth, scoring fiv e runs. by far the le a g u e ’s best hill trio.

Brow n R e s c u e s R osario The effe c tiv e n e ss of Cienfuegos T w o nights later, Brown c a m e lo ch uck in g w a s dem onstrated o v e r the re c e n t holiday week-end w hen Tony the rescu e of J o s e R osario in theC astan o’s staff put together three sixth inning and lim ited C om ercios to s u c c e s s iv e shutouts.

Young T o n y two runs ov er the la st four f r a m e s for D ia z (Austin) started the sp r ee on an l l to 7 victory. ' Two-run h o m ers N e w Y e a r ’s ev e with an 8 to 0 w h ite­ b y Donn Ciendenon (Salt Lake) and J o e - Altobelli (Toronto) and a solo w a s h in g of H avana. blast by H ector Lopez (N e w York) Sanchez Hurls Four-Hit Gem Sanchez duplicated the effort in the featured the Cerveza Balboa attack. opener of the N ew Y e a r ’s iwin-bill, Clyde P a r r is (M ontreal) w e n t 4-for-5 blanking M arianao on four hits, 5 to 0. a t bat for the D od gers.

The fin est pitching p erfo rm an ce in B ob by Locke (C leveland), the Tigers* ten -g am e winner, w a s the v ictim . The recen t g a m e s w a s credited to ’lorn w h itew ash in g w a s Sanchez* second Gibson (S e a ttle ). He squelched M arl­ boro on three hits in hurling Azucaand g a v e him a 9-3 ledger.

R a m o s m a d e it three zero jobs in a reros to an 8 to I triumph, D e c e m b e r row for Cienfuegos flingers w hen he 29. T h e g a m e also w a s m arked by subdued A lm endares on four hits, a fight b e tw e en Catcher-M anager Bill Onuska (M ontreal) of A zucareros and 6 to 0, J a n u a r y 3.

F o r the second lim e in l l days, H e n ry M itchell (P ittsb u rg h ), M arl­ y o u n g E d Bauta (P ittsb u rgh ) of M ari­ boro outfielder. Both w e r e ejected. anao lost a I to 0 h ea rtb rea k er when P a n a m a P u f f s : Outfielder Charles H a v a n a beat him in the windup of Soraci (St. P a u l), injured three w e e k s the January 3 double-header.

Jim earlier and his a r m ' still in a - cast, Archer-. (M iam i) tossed a three-hit w a s sent back to the States b y .Co­ g e m to best Bauta, w h o perm itted m erc io s, J a n u a ry I. . . . P o s tp o n e ­ s e v e n safeties. m e n ts h a v e been piling up recently, In another g a m e , Jan u a ry 2, Mike with three s u c c e s s iv e g a m e s being C o rn icles (B o sto n ), an ea rly -sea so n rained out, D e c e m b e r 30-January 2. pitching standout, absorbed his fifth It w a s the first tim e in ten y e a r s that straigh t d efeat a s A lm en d a re s sh e l­ a lea g u e g a m e w a s rained out during lacked M arianao, 8 to 3. T ony T a y ­ January. lor (Cubs) sla m m e d two h o m ers and d rov e in four runs.

Panam a Parade C u b a n C a p e r s : Outfielder Bob Alli­ son (W ashington) w a s handed his r e ­ LEA D IN G B A T T E R S o le a s e by A lm en dares, J a n u a ry J, aft­ P la y e r— C lub AB. II. HR. REI. Pct. Clyde Parris, Com ercios 54 29 I 14 .537 er asking p erm ission to return to the Dale Bc-nnetch, Azucareros.

67 24 2 9 .358 States. . . . t C ienfucgoes released Carlos Heron, Azucareros .... 75 25 2 o 7 .333 3 .310 P itc h e r Ted Wieand (Cincinnati) after Sian Palys, M arlb o ro .... 58 38 I Donn Ciendenon, Cerveza 71 22 2 11 .310 he failed lo ac co m p a n y the club to Herman Charles, Cerveza..., 69 21 0 12 .304 Tim H arness, Comercios 57 17 5 12 .298 Moron for a g a m e late la s t month.

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S m ith’s la te s t m isfortu n e w a s rep­ resented b y s u c c e s s i v e I lo 0 losses.

A few w e e k s e a r lie r the 25-year-old portsider, w h o had a brief fling with St. Louis la st s u m m e r , ow ned a onehit shutout g o in g i nto the ninth inning, y e t failed to win.

In the first o f his la te st tough-luck setb ack s, S m ith lim ited E s c o g i d o ’s s lu g g e r s to four hits, only to bow in the ninth inning. With one aw ay , an error, w alk, fo rc e play and single by R icardo J o s e p h (M ich igan City) p lat­ ed the g a m e ’s lon e run. Lefty F red Kipp (L o s A n g e le s ) s c a tter ed eight hits fo rthe shutout.

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Kipp follow ed up his c o n q u e s t o f S m ith with a n oth er shutout, blan k ing A g u ila s C ib a en a s on four hits for a 3 to 0 E s c o g id o v ic to r y .

M e a n tim e , F ir s t B a s e m a n F r a n f c ' H o w ard (L os A n g e le s ) a g a in provided the big n o ise a m o n g the h itters. T h e gia n t E s c o g i d o s l u g g e r s la m m e d a c r o s s s e v e n runs in a th ree-n igh t span w h ile ca n n o n a d in g h i s s e v e n th and eighth h o m e r s.

Stan W illia m s Cops Ninth Win H o w a rd b e g a n the s p r e e w ith a p air of doubles, g o o d for fou r R B Is, a s the Lions w o n a IO to 9 s lu g f e s t fr o m L icey. A lthough k a y o e d in the six th inning, Stan W illia m s (L o s A n g e le s ) ga in ed his ninth v ic to r y — high for the lea g u e. H e had lo st fiv e tim es.

H o w a rd b elte d h o m er N o . 7 the fol­ lo w in g e v e n in g , but R ic a r d o J o s e p h ’s 4-for-4 p e r f o r m a n c e s to le th e sh o w a s E s c o g i d o w h ip p ed L ic e y a g a in , 7 to 3. D a n ilo R iv a s (A r te s ia ) hurled the win, g iv in g h im a 7-2 Jog. H o w ard w a llo p e d a n oth er h o m e r the n e x t night, driving* in tw o runs, in a rf 5 to I d e c isio n o v e r A g u ila s C ibaenas.

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D r. G u ille r m o A ng u lo L o p e z , a m e d ­ ical d o c t o r w ith a n oil c o m p a n y , w a s n a m e d to s u c c e e d h i m a s p r e s i d e n t .

A s p rin o C u r i e l’s d e c is io n to g i v e u p th e C a b i m a s f r a n c h i s e w a s a n offs h o t o f th e V e n e z u e la n F e d e r a t i o n ’s ^ a c t i o n in a w a r d i n g P a s t o r a t h e t h i r d " s p o t in th e O c c id e n ta l p la y o ffs . W h e n th e f i r s t ro u n d of p l a y e n d e d o n D e ­ c e m b e r 27, C a b i m a s w a s fiv e p e r c e n t ­ a g e p o in ts a h e a d o f P a s t o r a . H o w ­ e v e r , th e M ilk e r s w e r e c r e d i t e d w ith v i c t o r i e s in tw o u n p l a y e d in te r - le a g u e g a m e s a n d th u s n o s e d o u t C a b i m a s .

C abim as F inancial Losses H eavy A s p r in o C uriel, w ho h a d o p e r a t e d th e O ile rs fo r six y e a r s , s a id t h is r u l ­ ing a n d h e a v y f in a n c ia l lo s s e s p r o m p t ­ ed h i m to to ss in th e s p o n g e .

M e a n t im e , Lcs M o ss ' R a p i n o s c lu b g r a b b e d th e le ad in th e p lay o ffs. T e d B o w sfield ( B o s to n ) a n d E d H o b a u g h ( W h ite Sox) to s s e d th e c l u b ’s f i r s t tw o v ic t o r ie s .

M o s s h i m s e l f s in g le d in th e w in n in g r u n in th e n in th in nin g, J a n u a r y I, a s R a p i n o s n o s e d o u t G a v i l a n e s , 5 to 4.

W ith th e b a s e s lo a d e d , Billy M u f f e t t ( M in n e a p o l is ) r e p l a c e d J a c k S p r in g ( D a l l a s ) on th e m o u n d , a n d M o ss g r e e t e d h im w ith th e w in n in g hit.

O c c i d e n t a l O g l i n g s : ll. S. i m p o r t s w ith C a b i m a s w e r e g r a b b e d b y th e t h r e e o t h e r c lu b s for th e p la y o ffs .

G a v i l a n e s s i g n e d P . ^her - M a n a g e r ' ■'Bill H a r r i s ( L o s A n g e le s ) , R a p i n o s a d d e d I n f i e l d e r Bob A s p r o m o n t e (L o s A n g e le s ) a n d P a s t o r a to o k O u t f ie ld e r Willie D a v is ( R e n o ) . . . . P a s t o r a , in d e s p e r a t e n e e d of a s h o r ts to p , a s k e d p e r m i s s i o n to u s e C h ico C a r r a s q u e i , e x - m a j o r le a g u e r , b u t th e V e n e z u e la n A s s o c ia tio n d e c lin e d to lift th e s u s p e n ­ sio n im p o s e d on h im a s a r e s u l t of th e r e c e n t s t r i k e . T w o o t h e r C a r a c a s loop p l a y e r s , P i t c h e r s J o s e B r a c h o (S av an n ah ) a n d M arcelin e Sanchez ( C lin to n ), w ho w e r e n ot in v o lv e d in th e s tr i k e , w e r e a s s i g n e d to P a s t o r a a n d R a p in o s , r e s p e c tiv e ly .

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960 players from our camp have signed contracts since 1945 including DANNY 0 CONNELL K RAJ/ON l/ONZANT(Giants).

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A f r a c t u r e d f i n g e r w a s n ’t e n o u g h to s l o w d o w n B i l l V e e e k in h i s b u s y sch ed u le of sp eech m ak in g.

W earing a s p l i n t o n t h e l i t t l e f i n g e r o f h i s r ig h t h a n d , t h e W h i t e S o x p r e s i d e n t d i d n ’t m iss a d in n er or m e etin g app oin tm ent.

H is f i n g e r w a s i n j u r e d o n N e w Y e a r ’s D a y w h e n a d o o r s l a m m e d o n it.

TOM CONNO LLY I N H O S P IT A L OM C O N N O L L Y , w h o u m p i r e d th e first A m e r i c a n L e a g u e g a m e in 11)01 a n d s e r v e d a s s u p e r v i s o r o f t h e l o o p ’s a r b i t e r s f r o m 1931 u n t i l h e r e t i r e d in 1954. s p e n t h is e i g h t y - n i n t h ‘ b i r t h d a y , D e c e m b e r 31, a t a h o s p i t a l i n N a t i c k , M a s s ., w h e r e h e i*S u n d e r g o i n g t r e a t m e n t fo r h a r d e n in g o f th e arteries. H e resid es i n N a t i c k w i t h t w o o f h i s th r e e d a u g h t e r s .

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The fo rm e r rig h th an d er w as w ith C a r t h a g e ( W e s t e r n A s s o c i a ­ tio n ), B i n g h a m t o n ( E a s t e r n ) a n d O a k l a n d ( C o a s t ) b e f o r e jo in in g th e P i r a t e s in 1945, w h e n h e p o s te d a n 11-7 r e c o r d . H e w o n tw o of s ix d e c is io n s in 1946 a n d a p p e a r e d in o n e g a m e f o r th e P i r a t e s in '47 b e f o r e he w a s a s s i g n e d to I n d i a n ­ a p o lis ( A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t io n ) . H e w a s w ith S a n F r a n c i s c o , L o s A n ­ g e l e s a n d S a c r a m e n t o ( C o a s t) b e ­ f o r e h e r e t i r e d f r o m th e g a m e in 1954.

G a b le s , w h o h a d b e e n to w n m a r s h a l a n d d eputy sheriff here, is s u r v i v e d b y his wife, M rs . E s ­ t h e r G a b le s , a d a u g h t e r , tw o so n s, his m o th e r a n d a siste r and a b ro th e r.

T h e n i c k n a m e o f G r e e n B a y , Hie d efe n d in g ch a m p io n s o f the T hree I L e a g u e , h a s b e e n c h a n g e d fr o m B l u e j a y s l o D o d g e r s i n o r d e r th a t t h e t e a m m i g h t be m o r e c l o s e l y i d e n ­ t i f i e d w i t h its p a r e n t m a j o r l e a g u e c l u b , B u s i n e s s M a n a g e r B o b C o n rad a n n o u n c e d , J a n u a r y 5.

Fred B ru ck b a u er , W ash in gton b o n u s r i g h t h a n d e r , a n d K a t h l e e n O ls o n , h i s h o m e t o w n s w e e t h e a r t , w e r e m a r r i e d at S l e e p y E y e , M in n ., D e c e m b e r 28. C la r k J o h n s o n o f B e m i d j i , M in n ., a h u r l e r in th e G ia n ts’ farm sy ste m , w as best m an.

E B B E T S F I E L D TO B E R A Z E D O SSE S SIO N o f E bb ets F ield, h o m e o f t h e D o d g e r s f r o m 1913 to 1957, f o r m a l l y p a s s e d f r o m t h e c l u b to a N e w Y o r k re a l e s t a t e d e v e l o p ­ m e n t f i r m , D e c e m b e r 31, w h e n M a t t B u rn s, r e p r esen tin g th e Dodgers* turned o v e r k e y s o f t h e p a r k to S e y m o u r G o l d ­ s m i t h , v i c e - p r e s i d e n t o f t h e K r a 11 e r C o r p o r a t i o n . G o l d s m i t h ’s c o m p a n y , w h i c h p u r c h a s e d t h e s t a d i u m an d a d j a c e n t p r o p e r t y f r o m t h e D o d g e r s in 1956, p l a n s to r a z e t h e s t a d i u m a n d e r e c t a 1.317f a m i l y h o u s i n g p r o j e c t o n th e s i t e . W o r k on the p roject, w h ic h w ill c o s t n early $25,000,000, w i l l b e g i n n e x t s u m m e r .

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Mrs. Elda G u r n e a u lia s r e s ig n e d as secreta ry of R eading (E a ster n ). She h a d h e l d t h e p o s t s i n c e 1952.

J a y Van R hee, T hree I L eague u m ­ p ire, b e c a m e a f a t h e r f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e , D e c e m b e r 26, w h e n h is w i f e , B a r b a r a , g a v e b irth to a d a u g h t e r at H a l i f a x D i s ­ tr ic t H o s p i t a l in D a y t o n a B e a c h . Fin.

DOMINICAN ( C O N T I N U E D F R O M P A G E 21) to 0, w h ile S o u t h p a w D i o m e d e s Olivo ( P o z a R i c a ) g a i n e d h is s ix th w in w ith L ic e y b y s to p p in g E s t r e l l a s , 8 to I. D o m i n i c a n D o i n g s : L ic e y r e l e a s e d C a tc h e r Jo h n B lan ch ard (N ew Y ork) a n d P i t c h e r N els C h ittu m ( B o s to n ) , a n d s ig n e d P i t c h e r s Cal B ro w n in g ( R o c h e s t e r ) a n d C h ris N icolo si ( S p o ­ kane). . . E stre lla s added Jim O ’T oole ( C i n c i n n a t i ) , w ho h a d been p itc h i n g in C a r a c a s . T o m a k e ro o m f o r h im , J o e S h ip ley (S a n F r a n c i s c o ) w a s d r o p p e d . . . . A g u ila s C i b a e n a s h a s in k e d T h i r d B a s e m a n F o r r e s t S m ith ( M i a m i ) . . . . C a t c h e r B ob Oldis ( P i t t s b u r g h ) w a s lo st to A g u ila s for t h e r e m a i n d e r of th e s e a s o n w ith a jaw fractu re.

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A native of P h ilad elp h ia, he w orked his w a y t h r o u g h D r e x e l I n s t it u te , th e A n s w e r to Q uiz on P a g e 24 U n iv e r s i t y o f P e n n s y l v a n i a a n d T e m ­ H a d th e b a t t e r b u m p e d th e ple U n i v e r s it y , s t u d y i n g e n g in e e r in g , f ir s t b a s e m a n b e f o r e th e l a t t e r l a w arid b u s i n e s s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . t o u c h e d th e b a ll, he w o u ld h a v e H e f o u n d e d t h e C e n t u r y S p rin k lin g been out for interference. How­ C o r p o r a t i o n in R i c h m o n d in 1932. e v e r , s in c e th e c o n t a c t o c c u r r e d S eibo ld is s u r v i v e d b y h is wife, M rs . a f t e r t h e f ie ld e r h ad h ad a L o r e t t a B e n d i n g e r Seibold; tw o d a u g h ­ c h a n c e to field (he ball, it w as S C R IB E S S A L U T E S P A H N , S H E R R Y te rs , M iss M a r j o r i e Seibold a n d M rs . no t i n t e r f e r e n c e .

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He in au g u rated a G o ld e n G lo v e s t o u r n a m e n t in R o c k ­ fo rd in 1930 a n d a s a r e f e r e e of a m a ­ t e u r b ox in g m a t c h e s o ffic ia te d a l o v e r B o liv a r C a s tillo , A m e r i c a n r e p r e ­ 2,000 c o n te s ts . s e n t a t i v e of th e C u b a n S u g a r K in g s Me is s u r v i v e d b y his wife, M rs . s in c e th e c lu b b e c a m e a? m e m b e r of Z e t a M ilne, a n d tw o d a u g h t e r s . th e i n t e r n a t i o n a l L e a g u e , died a t M i­ a m i, .D e c e m b e r 31. H e w a s 66.

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M ay ll.1 5.1 6 May 17,18.19 I Apr. 27.28.29 M ay 3 4.5.6 who protested against the deal inwhich the NewYork club had acquired J ul y 12.13.14 Ju ly 22.23.24 Ju n e I..2.3 Ju n e 19.20.21.22 J u ne Iii.17.18 •Ju n e ::0. Ju ly 1,2 June 27.28.29 _ T O R IT S S I O U X C I T Y .......... Aug. 13.14,15 Aug. 9. 10. I I . 12 1Aug. 23.24.25.26 Sept. 3.4.5 Ju ly 3,4.5 Outfielder Roger Maris from Kansas City.

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Ju ly 28.29.30 [ Sept. 6.7.8 . ! Aug. 1,2 • The seriousness of the situation as stressed in the public reaction prompted M a y 16.17,18.19 A p r. 30.

Apr. 24.25.26 Ju n e 6.7.8 M a y 7.8.9 Ju n e 3,4.5.5 Ma y 30.30.31.

T h e Sporting News to suggest that Commissioner Ford Frick and Joe Ju ly 19.20.21 Ju n e 20.21.22 M ay 1,1.2 Ju n e 23.24.25.26 Ju ly 6.7.8 J u l y 22.23.24 I -J unr I FITTY-THIRD Aug. 27.28.28.29 Ju ly 3.4.4.5 Aug. 16,17,18 Ju n e 13.14.15 Aug. 3.4,5 30.31, Ju n e 26.27.27 Cronin, president of the American League, move toward banning further L I N C O L N ................ Auq. Aug. 6.7.8 Sept. I I Sept. 6.7.8 trading between New York and Kansas City for a period of five years. * M ay 16.17.18,19 Apr. 24.25.26 June 3.1.5.5 M ay 7.8.9 ! A p r. 30.

M a y 27,28.29.29 Ju n e 6.7.8 T h e S po rtin g N e w s acted without^ Ju n e 23.24.25.26 I Ju ly 22.23.24 Ju ly 6.7.8 I Ju n e 20.21.22 M ay 1.1.2 Ju ly 19.20.21 Ju ly 15.16.17 T O P E K A .................. Aug. 27.20.28.29 Am i. 30.31, SEASON Aug. 16.17,18 Ju ly 3.4.4.5 Ju n e 13.14,15 Aug. 3,4.5 S r p l. 3.4.5 animosity toward the Yankees. No-v Sept. I I Aug. fi.7,8 • l»om e*an d ‘h o n ic holiday bills.

N —N Iohl g am e In h o n ie-an tl-h o m e ’holiday h ill*.

D - D a y game I ii where have the many achievements • • and feats of the Bombers been ap­ ■: ■ plauded more vigorously and whole­ P e o r ia ’s F a n s F ir s t lo O w n L o o p O r i g i n a l l y B o a s t e d Chi b s in I n d i a n a , I l l i n o i s heartedly than they have been, (.Itll)— B o u g h t T e a m in 1917 through the years, in the columns of a n d I o w a - N o w T h e r e Is N o n e in I l l i n o i s a n d I n d i a n a The S porting N e w s . It had to be FRESNO, Calif.-T h e Three I apparent that if T h e S po rtin g N e w s League was the first to have fan had become alarmed, there was gen­ E D IT O R ’S NO TE: Howard V. Millard, now living in Fresno, Calif., ownership.

The late B e r n i e uine basis for that feeling. was sports editor of the Decatur (IIL ) Review for 38 years prior to his Smith, sports editor of the Peoria The publication of the editorial retirement in September, 1958, and covered all the developments and Star, came up with the proposal brought a vigorous protest from changes in the Three I League for almost four decades. for that city in 1917. Stock in the t;corge M. Weiss, general manager club was sold for $10 per share.

By HOWARD V. M IL L A R D of the New York club, who hastened Bloomington followed in 1919 FR ESN O , Calif. to defend the Yankees’ position, and and Decatur in 1922. The plan to reiterate their right to trade with Few .leagues within the structure of Organized Ball have as long and was successful in all three cities, Kansas City. Weiss summed up the colorful a history as the Three I. organized by the late Mike Sexton of with each club winning a pennant. effect of the Yanks' many deals with Rock Island, JIL, and Bill Kreig of Mount Pulaski, IIL, in the winter of IDOL Sexton headed the minors for many years. Kreig, a former Noire the A ’s as beneficial lo the Kansas Dame catcher, had sold Connie Mack off the Hartford, Conn., club to Wash­ City club. In this belief, Weiss has G e o rg e W e is s ington of the old National League in 1886. strong support in well-informed base­ Tile Three I now operates in four stales under the competent direction ball circles. trade, finished third in 1940. How­ of Mal Totten of Cedar Rapids, In. It is the oldest Class B circuit in the In line with its well-known policy ever, the trading ban did. not work nation and has cradled so many players who later became big league stars of impartiality and militancy. for the out to the best interests of the league, that it is almost impossible lo select an all-time Three I team. First lo gain h est interests of baseball, T h e S p o r t ­ and the rule was repealed in Decem­ ------------- — . .----- ---------^national prominence was Larry Doyle, ing N e w s immediately offered to ber, 3940.” sold by Springfield lo Giants’ Scout Weiss full opportunity to establish his Weiss continued, “ It certainly is not JA N U A R Y 13 TO 19, IN C L U S IV E Dick Kinsella, who also bought the position and to give the New York within the province of the commis­ 13—Konnick, scout, Reds, 1890; Lorgreat Carl Hubbell from •Beaumont of side of the controversy. sioner or the league president to bar beer, scout. Cubs, 1901; F. Schulte, I the Texas League.

K. C. Deals W ill Continue any two clubs in the American League scout, Indians, 1901.

I Doyle’s sale price (slightly under This representative of T h e S p o rt­ from dealing with each other.

14—P. Daley, Athletics, 1930. $5,000) was a record at the time for ing N e w s found Weiss, still on a va• “ They could interfere if any club 15—Loll, director of ticket sales. Ti­ a minor leaguer. The Chicago Trib­ canon here, thoroughly aroused over une ran a facsimile of the check on the serious implications of the closing- were guilty of conduct injurious to gers, 1S99; Steinhilper, ticket promo­ its sports page. paragraphs of the editorial. It called baseball, and that charge cannot be tion director, Tigers, 1911; Dolin, uttered against the Yankees or A ’s.” vice-president, Indians, 1914; Thomp­ It was on May 31. 1909. that the for action by Frick or Cronin.

Weiss pondered a while, then re­ son, scout, Reds, 1916; Sadowski, Car­ longest completed game in the history “ I wish to make it emphatic that

By D O Y L E IL SM ITH sumed: “ T h e S p o r t i n g N e w s and all dinals, 1937. of O. B. was played on the old South the Yankees will continue lo make HASTINGS. Neb. 16 — Hornbeck, secretary, Indians, Side diamond in Bloomington, IIL De­ deals with Kansas City, or any other baseball writers around the country The all-rookie Nebraska S t a t e catur’s Commodores won a 2 to I chih, which may result in maintaining arc entitled to their ’opinions regard­ 1903; D e a n , Hall of Fame. 1911; ing the Maris deal—whether we gave Owens, Phillies, 1934; Am arof Phillies, : League, originally established as a decision over Bloomington in 26 in­ h winning team/* Weiss said.

I noble experiment in player develop- nings. “ We proudly match our reputation in away too much or we received more 1936; Morhardt, Cubs, 1937.

17—Harris,- c o a c h , Orioles, 1915; jmcnt, died, on January 3 after four Oddity of the game was that the the game against any malicious de­ than we should have.

Everyone Entitled to Opinion, But— Zimmer, Dodgers, 1931; Brown, White J years of operation. starting hurlers, Otto (Je lly ) Burns, tractors and critics. “ T h e S p o r t i n g N e w s and the w rit­ Sox, 1935. ^ _ j The -league’s directors decided to still residing in Springfield, O., and “ ll did not surprise me that as soon 18—Lornieles, Red Sox, 1932; Mood, jfjirow in the sponge when only three the late Eddie Clark of Chicago both as the Marls trade was announced. ers are entitled lo their opinions rej major league organizations proved went the route. two American League officials rushed gaging the wisdom of deals between Cardinals, 1938. lf)—Head,.scout,Reds,1900; Roland, willing to sponsor clubs for the 1960 Purtell Hero of Game into print with the sort of New York and Kansas City, *seascm> 1 M arty Purtell of Columbus, O.. who which one might expect from these “ But nobody is entitled to lash out scout, Giants,1913;Thomas, scout, sources.” against the Yankees for fancied mis­ Dodgers, 1914; Sadowski, Red Sox, j Formed in 1956, the loop started off managed and scouted for years, with eight cities, affiliated as follows: tripled in the winning tally. file “ two American League offi-1demeanors with what I regaid as 1931.

While the Three I maintains its orig­ Hastings (Giants), McCook (Braves), rials” were J3.ilI Veeck and Frank nasty inferences.

Holdrege (White-Sox), Grand Island inal name (minus the hyphen), two Lane. “ The mail received by the New York (Athletics), Kearney (Yankees), Su­ of the j ’s are missing. Illinois and In­ “ The publisher and editor of T h e club has commended us for Hie deal perior (Senators), Lexington (Red diana. Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska and ~ S p o r t i n g N e w s has known Dan Top- — 75 per cent being in favor. Theie Kansas now are represented. Apple­ Sox) and North Platte (Indians). ping. Del Webb and me for many bas been no protest against the hade 'I'he Senators and the Red Sox ended ton and Green Bay represent Wiscon­ years, and he knows that we never from Kansas City sources. Only'tan•their connections after the 1958 season, sin. Lincoln is the Nebraska entry, kee-Haters around the country have would do anything to hurt baseball. culling the circuit to six clubs. The Topeka is the Kansas delegate, with taken gratuitous punches at us.

High Standards Always Upheld Indians, Athletics and Yankees also Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Burlington ♦H ITCH IN G S A T IN DIA NA POI.** “ Let me make this very strong— “ I he Yankees.” Weiss continued, and Sioux City representing Iowa.

OMN NY H U T C H IN G S , f o r m e r m a j o r decided to drop out this winier. “ always have upheld the highest stan­ we would much rather deal with clubs le a g u e p i t c h e r w i t h th e R e d s a u g th e The Three I in 1930 became the The league was set up for the O. B. oilier than Kansas City.

We have even B oston B ra v e s, will m a n a g e his dards in the'game, and Arnold Johnh o m e - t o w n I n d i a n a p o l i s ( A m e r ic a n debuts ofhigh school and college play­ third loop in Organized Ball to play son s reputation, both in and out of I leaned backward in our efforts to A ssociation) c l u b .n e x t season. T h e a p ­ night ball, the same year Lee Keyser baseball, also has been the finest. present appealing proposition*. Ju t p o i n t m e n t of H u tc h in g s , w h o w a s a ers coming out of their classrooms p i t c h e r a n d l a t e r a coach w i t h I n d i a n ­ i?j June.

It was believed, that such originated nocturnal competition in “ The deals between the New York we have not b e e n successful. apolis. w as a n n o u n c e d a f t e r h o s p ita l Des Moines. and Kansas City clubs have been the “ It has been said that we aie con- tests h a d s h o w n t h a t he* w as in good players would be able to break into Decatur was the first city in the I p h y s ic a l c o n d itio n . H u tc h i n g s , w h o the game easier if they were not results of greater than ordinary negofronted with a six-club boycott. cill h is csuMs OI man irumeu nim . I Weighed an pounds la ..................

— l ast s p rin g . forced to compete for jobs on clubs Three I to install lights. tint ion and have been manifestly and ani not for that. But we cannot uadi* |uvjKjn i0 ^2 0 . _____ For many years, outstanding play­ that had been in action for about two generally fair lo both organizations, around the league. Other clubs can. nut rile Cassalty. ♦» ♦ >■ff * ♦ a* ers went directly from the Three I months.

■ amp* (t'lorida State) for the Chil­ “ The suggestion that the commis- Must we then sit by and must? action The rookie league did not open its j to Hie majors without benefit of exlies’ organization the past three sea­ sinner and the president of the Ameri- J with the Athletics? son. has announced his retirement season until late in June and played 1 p e r J e n c e in higher-classification front the game to become associated t an League bar New York-Kansas ‘City “ N ote‘this, loo. Y a n k e e trades wit 1 leagues. wilt) lo«a fair, JI grocery chain. short schedule.

1 deals for five years is reminiscent of Kansas City have aided the Athletes Many fine managers directed learns A second all-rookie league, the Apilliam J . ( H o b b it) R o b e r t s o n w ill b t the action the American League .took by a fair margin over benefit* accru­ th W c iVlVivcr -rn a n a &e r o f S a n f o r d (F lo rida 1 J ©alachian, was organized with six in the league, none with a more varied al BMO. * mg to the Yankees. ______ ________ Stat*).

W, Kenneth. ^ j(J m 7 How€VlCr< at Jast re- career than Clarence Rowland, now a "The New York club had enjoyed a “ I am mow than th“ * I f X w i t h ^ n ^ r c c . T H a n k P e Y c ^ o * •ports, the Appy wa* down to live Cub vice-president, who managed both nm of extraordinary success due to hassle has developed, wut \N«en 1 A1h|%tics. Robertson, a catcher. member* for 1960.

Dubuque and Peoria.

Rood policies, systems of operatic.J protested to Taylor Spink ! che! so p^tea live Bob Coleman managed Terre Haute, •One major league club 6fficial, dis­ and earnest, hard work.

I with the certainty ihat he wanted Hie |j^Jf;ri(JJIslatBf in ^ 5 2 and caught two o? cussing his disenchantment with the Decatur, Springfield and Evansville.

“Clubs which could not follow the |*rue story and that.Ive did not *etk » | Hue* no-imt*™ rookie league idea, said his organiza­ He was considered the greatest de­ New York pace were strong e n o u g h hurt the Yankees.1 tion had become more selective in the veloper of young talent in the history STAM Kl* A M A R I L L O P I L 0 W l ° gather a majority vote for a rule There is a* feeling ground lice of the Three I. IM MY ‘G L E E S O N . 4 7 - y e a r - o ld t o n n e r players it was signing. which forbade the pennant winner in icarc> League that live 1 hiid-plac« an Charley D resser a 1919 performer Tho Equality"* player,* he added, did o u tf ie ld e r w i t h t h e C ubs anc* Reds,, h a s <b(vn n a m e d m a n a g e ? of A m a ­ •not need “ babying” i/i a rookie league, at Moline in the Three I. will have a the American League0 frona trading kees must he kept down. because <a rillo (Tcixas). urhich will o p e r a t e as during the subsequent year. third-place club* in New prove a Y a n k * # f a r m d u b t h i s y e a r . GI c t son, but could ste$ into the lineup of faster number of the late Coleman’s proteges "h was obvious to all that this rule profitable in 1959 and a shait-tne- w h o w a s a K a n s a s C ity co ach in )05t. company.

Ion the 1960 Braves. piloVt.il K e a r n e y ( N e b r a s k a S l a t e ) nas< was unconstitutional and that it « r» appeared to be introspect y e a r B e p iv v i o u s l y h a d m a n a g e d M u s forthrightly prejudicial to one club. for New York’s opposition*. A n a lo g kvtfowv ("Central) m J952 a*nd HUnu I g n i t e ii * T H I SPORTING NEWS, JA N U A R Y 13, 1960 * 23 • " IL e Alew York •club* (unable l,poskio«» collie b o &>ole<A® (

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SECTION TWO

ST. LOUIS, JANUARY 13, 1960

BKH US D I H E SCENES

Van Hoose

Bowl Teams Perform on Cue for TY Sugar

By RUBE S A M U E L S E N Of the P a s a d e n a Star-News tris li V ic to rs

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O f f Fee Paid f o r G a m e C A G E CONTROVERSY: Whom won kl you

By A L F VAN HOOSE— re g a rd as* the b e tt e r p r o prospect: C in cin ­ O f th e B irm in g h a m N ew s n a t i ^ O scar Robinson o r West Virginia.'* J e r r y MIAMI, Fla. West?

It used to b e $ This question if feeing asked o v e rtim e s t a n d a r d joke d u r ­ am ong pro scouts along the basketball beat. ing college platoon During a recent huddle, only Red Holtzman, ‘d ays t h a t football the New. Y ork K nicks’ scout, could o r would w as becom ing so m ake a definite decision betw een the two. fie s p e c i a l i z e d the said: coaches would r e ­ “ Roth a r e g re a t, and th e y W i t t get g re a te r. c ru it coin-callers.

This m e a n s th e re is a lot to fee said about both C h a p s nam ed boys, but for pro p u rp o ses TMI have to h a v e “ L u ck y ’* w o u l d Robertson. H e ’s the s tr o n g e r of the two, a n d automatically that is the only difference that I can d e te c t q u a l i f y for a a fte r w atching both boys in several gam es.

Wall* Butt* scholarship. “ I know West is strong, but Hobby if Nobody got t h a t f a r, fo r th e ru le s stronger, a n d it’* th e strength that count* in m a k e r s o u tla w e d platoon traffic, but o u r g a m e s .” jerr y w est C hicagoan • Phil Brownstein, chief ivory now t h a t T V ’s g e t t i n g -to be a bigh u n ter for Abe S aperstein's H a rle m Globetrotter*, sized u p th e tw o s ta n d ­ g a m e p a r tn e r , it could happen after all. outs in this m anner: O n c e it w a s a sim ple cerem ony, “ F irst of all, both boys h a v e m a n y outstanding talents.

To say y o u ’d tak e one over the o th er isstrictly a m a t t e r of opinion. The only difference this d ecid in g w ho’d kick o r defend I th a t I c a n see is that R obertson is the b e tte r inside shooter, and West is which goat. N ot any m ore.

T ake the? O ra n g e Bowl cerem o n y , b e lte r from firing outside. ‘'A fte r that, the final selection has to rest with y o u r needs: inside o r for instance. C a p tain s J i m m y -Vick­ outside shooting. T h at depends m a in ly on the ty p e of offense you c h o o se e rs and Don S oberdash didn’t w an d er on c a m e r a to shake hands with Mis­ to u se .”

Both Holtzman and Brow nstein saw West in West V irginia’s title sta n d s o u r i’s Mike M agac, and vice* v e rs a . a g a in st Kentucky in the K entucky Invitational T o u rn ey before following the T hey w e r e m a r c h e d th ere, and at M ountaineers to Los Angeles for the Big Ten-Pacific C oast meet. .A t K en­ e x a c tly fo u r m in u tes before kickoff.

The tw o p a rtie s stood chaperoned tucky, even a broken nose failed to stop West front setting « tourney o n th e sidelines by O range Bowl Com­ record of 70 points for two gam es.

Although O scar and J e r r y w ere te a m m a te s durin g the .P an-A m erican m itte e m e n J a c k Baldwin, J r . , and Ben g a m e s in Chicago last su m m e r, m ost pro people feel they w on’t team u p on B enjam in. When a CBS p roduction the U. S. Olympic sqtfed next s u m m e r in Rom e. T his opinion is b a s e d m a n unfolded his a n u s from bis chest, upon the belief th a t R obertson will tu rn pro ahead of th e Rom e ro u n d u p — o u t th e y stepped.

The flip w a s n ’t fixed—a n d unlike in which would be a trem endous b re a k for Uncle S a m ’s enem ies on th e h a r d the p ro gam es, it was the re a l thing court. ( t h e p ro s toss several tim es before • + • • * kickoff a n d ru n thro u g h a movie c e re ­ R upp Heads H ereford Caille Breeder# m o n y f o r looks) — but th e O ra n g e • F IE L D GOALS AND F R E E THROWS: B luegrass Baron Adolph R u p p Howl flip w as re g u lated to the second. is easily the busiest person in Kentucky. Besides his cage coaching chores When a netw ork p a y s $175,000 for at the University of Kentucky, M r. Brow n Suit*is startin g his seventh y e a r the p riv ile g e o f telecasting a football as p resid en t of the n ation's H ereford cattle b re e d e rs, along with heading a g a m e —a s th e Georgia-M issouri show $6,500,000 building, fund drive for K e n tu c k y ’s -College of th e Bible. Tn his —it feels it c a n d em an d no w aste of* sp a re time. Rupp is free to count noses am o n g the 300 head of p rize Tlerg- screen lim e. And who c a b find fau lt fords he owns on his farm nea'r Lexington. . . . Doug Mills, so pho m ore with th i s ? *5; * * forw ard a t the University of Illinois who hails f r o m G alesb urg, III.; is no relation, but a n a m e sa k e of the Blini athletic d irecto r. About b Captains R e p o rte d a t 12:541 n am esak e, the e ld e r Mills says: In TV • b rie fin g of Coaches Wally “ I ’ve known Doug’s p a re n ts for a lot of y e ars, and I ’m happy t o sa y 45utIs and D an Devine, they w e re told be ha* a real good c h a n c e t o m a k e it/* th a t th e i r c a p ta in s should be on the « # • sidelines a t 12:56 p. rn. EST, and the FAMILY FE U D : Who d o you suppose scored t h e winning point when c a p ta in s w ere th ere. t h e Brothers Iba fought it out in O k la h o m a S ta te ’s 41 to IG win o v e r T u ls a ?

One o f the t e r m s of the television Moo Iba, ^on of Hank, hit a fre e throw in the last m in u te to tu rn the tide. c o n tr a c t is t h a t for each late kickoff Tulsa Coach C larence Iba has a son, Gene, on his squad, but b e d id n ’t play. m in u te th e network gets a $15,000 re­ in losing. Tulsa shot .566 fro m the floor with ll field ers in .'kl tosses. fund off the g a m e price, and the C la re n ce's clan bit seven o f IG shots in t h e firs t balf. aint a sensational ten O ra n g e Bowl likes $15,000 about as m uch as you <k>. G eorgia and M is­ for D in the second.

• • • souri s h a r e d TV g r a v y , too, so they w e r e n ’t going to b e ta rd y .

McGuire*# Gift P aid O ff fo r T ar llorl* There* a r e o t h e r interesting angle* THOUGHTFULNESS TRIU M PH S: E ig h te e n y e a r s ago. w hen fee w as to tee-vexing a football g a m e . O ne is co achin g a t X avier High School in N ew Y ork, • F ra n k M cG uire receive.! th a t re g a rd le s s o f w h eth e r th e t e a m s w ord that a dentist friend, D r. S. D onald Walsh, had ju*t becom e th e p ro u d re q u e s t th e m . t h e r e will be at least p ap a of a son. Since b e was fre s h c u t of -charge a c c o u n ts at M a c y ’* and tw o tim eouts d u rin g the f ir s t and (lim bic'*, F ra n k w ondered w hat m ig h t fee a n a p p ro p ria te gift to r th e th ird periods, th r e e in t h e second, newborn. t h r•e e in th e foil itll.

• F inally F ra n k d ecid ed l o p re s e n t fin? f a th e r w ith * aesir basketball, • E a c h will la st a t feast 70 seconds, saving: a n d t h e re fe re e will no t put th e ball " T h is is one gift I ’m a u f# nobody Witt duplicate, and one of th e s e d a y s in p la y until b e gets a w ave fro m t h a t Jit tie Don will m a k e good use of it.** production g u y along the sideline*.

In slue tim e. “ little Don'* d id m a k e good u s e of t h e batt, and late r T h e p ro d u c tio n m a n who b e ld th e b e c a m e an all-m etropolitan selection a t F ordhaiti P re p , sought by c o u n tle ss w atch o n O ra n g e Bowl p ro c e d u re d e­ co lleg ia te coaches. se rv es an e x t r a m ention. H e w a s n ’t Nobody had a c h a n c e since p a p a a n d son n e v e r forgot F r a n k ’s gift. T h is stra ig h t fro m Hollywood, blit be d id season Don Walsh, J r . # is a sophom ore m e m b e r of M cG uire’.* U niv ersity of w e a r a r e d h a t a n d white gloves.

N o rth Carolina *qua<foone of the b e t t e r ball-handier.* o n th a t ta le n te d T arIii a la n d w h e r e s c a r le t a n d c h a r ­ k. t w l .squad. treuse and m a u v e a r e not u n fa m ilia r • • • hues, th e b a t c a u s e d no e y e b ro w lilt* JO HN NY D ID N ’T F O R G E T : W hen UCLA v isited fAiirfu# r e c e n t l y , Xing. Slut t h e gloves—w h a t g a v e ?

Caic** Jo h n n y Wooden took * ta x i r id # l o SSG 2gin$ stre e t in L afay e tte, I A CBS m a n (Could an sw e r fbi#: Inc! “ Well," b e said, “ we th o u g h t al W h y ? T o visit M rs. (SGrayce L a m b e r t, wiekwr W a r# . Ion‘“-tim e ISoiler* first a r e d b a t would be d istin c tiv e m a k e r m e n t o r who (coached Jo h n n y in college.

•enough f o r o u r people t o p i c s Hp, tuft A fterw ard, M rs. L a m b e r t said: ““Seeing a n d viarfittg w ith Johnny* ara# m a n y an en w e a r red hats. m y w ry-fees* C h ris tm a s present. W ard alw ay s w a r proud rat Aiim. rlaim in;^ "W e bael to acid the gloved, a n d now Jo h n n y w as one of bis fa v o rite and forem ost a th le te s .’9 w e h a v e n o trouble.

Mrs. L a m b 'd * (refused to sa y w h eth er she c h e e r e d iw £he Jfcruuu? w “ Mew d o n ’# aotfmaflly m .t? # # white JfrVdeiiin inkers* whin w o n ‘this iparliculoff ,gameIV P Zb 5$.

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. Telling Tales:* ll s ta rte d a y e a r ago w hen D r. Glenn Seaborg, the University of California chancellor, won a crav at, upon which w as d e ­ lineated the w ord “ T ro ja n s .” The good doctor, ai) a rd e n t football fan a n d also o ne of the w o rld’s g reatest scientist*, w ag ered his Tie, blue in color a n d featuring small golden b ears, against that of Dr. -Norman Topping. USC's president. T h e ex c h a n g e w as to Ik? d e c id e d b y th e C al-T rojan g a m e victor.

This p ast season. C hancellor Seaborg gave The idea an o th e r whirl. And Things d id n ’t go so well. The Hears won but Two g am es. A bit of a p ro b lem was. posed, when the B erkeleyites w ere about To play Notre D am e. But it w as solved when D r. Seaborg w ag ered his C ali­ fornia Tie against the Roman collar w orn by F a t h e r Joyce, N otre D a m e ’* vice-president.

The Irish won. 29 to «, so F a t h e r Jo y c e now p R GLENN SEABORG has The ch an cello r’* tie as a m em ento. But what bas he dom? with it? tie c a n ’t w e a r it, even a t so m e football c e le b r a ­ tion. But. fo r That m a tter, b a d The S e a r s won, w h at would D r. S eab o rg d o with a R om an c o lla r?

T h e re also was concern at D r. S e ab o rg ’s hom e. His 10-year-old.sew, c o n ­ fessed the brilliant scientist, chided him as being plain stupid. “ You nev.er should have m ad e that bet, D a d ,” he said. • ‘E v e ry b o d y kfirw Cal could n’t beat N otre D a m e .”

Then c a m e a b righ ter side. The B e a rs not only b e a t th e ir arch-rival, Stanford, in The se a so n ’* finale, but D r. Seaborg w as l a s t ‘month d e c la re d tho Winner of Tho $50,000 E nrico F e rm i A ward for 1959. R e c o m m en d e d by th# Atomic E n e rg y C om m ission ’* general advisory com m ittee, the ch oice w a s approved by P resident Eisenhow er. The citation stated th a t th e scientist w a s honored “ fo r discoveries o f plutonium and sev e ra l additional e le m e n ts ii* t h # developm ent of nuclear c h e m is tr y and a to m ic e n e rg y /* • • •

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T hat m ad e it possible for Dr. Seaborg t o replenish his d e p le te d c r a v a t supply. However, b e vetoed the suggestion. “ My first im pulse,” be slated, “ w as to lay in stock a few dozen ties, b u t since th # Big C a m e (Cal. vs. Stanford) I ’m no t so s u r e th is i s going t o ta# n ecessary /9 T o nobody’* surprise, it was W ashington ( v e r s u s W isconsin) in t h e Ko*# Bow?. T o nobody's surprise at s e a s o n ’* end, t h a t i s . ’ Until rn fe w w eek#' before it w as som ething wise. * F o r som e rime prior t o the Huskies* ris e this fait, t h e y b a d ’continually b ee n associated with, not the Big Five on the West Coast, b u t the Big F o u r and One-Half. W ashington, th e scoffers said—especially its N o rth w e st bret la­ t e n who w e r e left out in the cold—rep resen ted but a half m e m b e r in th # Athletic Association of The Western U niversities. Only now can the H u sk ie s pick up their full m em bership c ard . And how they can, i m ight add, fol­ lowing th eir stunning 44 To H win in the R ose Bowl.

Bob U n ro ll, the Atlantic Seaboard football official, ca m e w e s t , re c e n tly to work an intersectional g a m e in the Coliseum. With an eye to w a rd ta k in g in Disneyland from end t o end, he arriv e d several days early. “ Those rides at Disneyland w ere som ething to r e m e m b e r , a1! fig h t,99 F t said, “ but they still were nothing c o m p a r e d to m y fide, g e ttin g thor#, o s the S anta Ana F re e w a y ? 99 * » a W ilk iiiM iii IN#* si l> f r C a n d i d a t e 4t C a l T o d a y ’s top quizzer: Which football te a m , tvlnm it stayed in P a s a d e n a f o r an L . A. C oliseum co m m itm ent, gave a satisfacto ry all-prcsenl-and-accounted-for r e p o r t at m i d ­ night bed-check tim e , whereupon tune p la y e r s quickly d r e s s e d and left th# hotel by a f i r e e s c a p e ? Tiler# was a tav e rn in the tow n, so t h e r e t h e y . w e n t and w ere th# last to l#av#. T he exodus w as of su ch si?# t h a t *a p a s s e r b y thought, for a m om ent, a fir# drill wa* iii progress* T A T E -B U L LETIN TIPS: A—R apdy Duncan. ex-Iowa All-America q u a r te r b a c k w h o p la y e d C a n a d ia n b a ll last season, m a y *ign with the Los A ngeles C h a rg e r* *)f t h # A m e r ic a n Football L eague.

2—J o # Ku ha rich rem ain * as tb # b est feet t o t u c c e e a Sid Gillmaift, n e w co ach of th # C harger*, a* th# R a m s 9 m e n to r .

T—Is this an o m e n ? V ice-P resident N ixon ba* tw ic e b e e n t h e T o u r n a ­ m en t of Roses* g ra n d m a rsh a l in P a s a d e n a —in 1953 and J96(h On N ew Y e a r ’a D ay of (bos# y e a r s lh# F a r W est’* rep resen tativ e* —DSC a n d W ash in gton— b a n d e d th e Big Ton en tries. W isconsin both tim e*, th e i r w ily d e fe a t* a 1 4fe# holiday p a c t ’* 14-year period o f life.

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T h e R o s e Bow? g a m e d r e w , a s u s ­ ual, a p a c k e d h o u s e ; S a n t a A n i t a ’s 55d a y t u r f m e e t i n g is in full. c r y ; this c i t y ’s n e w a n d u l t r a - m o d e r n in d o o r a r e n a is b o o k e d a l m o s t w i t h o u t sin* c e a s e , while t h e Los A n g e l e s Open, f i r s t e v e n t o n t h e n a t i o n ’s J960 golf s c h e d u le , h a s j u s t c o n c l u d e d . Within t h e n e x t * f o u r w e e k s , g o l f e r s will m a t c h s h o ts in C a l i f o r n i a a l o n e f o r a q u a r t e r of a m ill io n d o l l a r s , c o u n t i n g t h e $44,500 L. A. O p e n p u r s e .

And now, on t a p f o r S u n d a y , J a n u ­ a r y 17, in M e m o r i a l C o l i s e u m he r e, is t h e t e n t h a n n u a l E a s t v s . West alls t a r p r o football g a m e . T h i s s e c t o r ’s r e s i d e n t s a p p a r e n t l y n e v e r get en ou gh in a s p o r t s w a y . T i c k e t s a l e s f or t h e p r o g a m e a r e r u n n i n g 15 p e r c e n t a h e a d of l a s t y e a r ’s f r a y , w h i c h a t ­ t r a c t e d a r e c o r d c r o w d of 72.250.

It will be th e E a s t , c o a c h e d b y th e P h i l a d e l p h i a E a g l e s . ' B u c k Shaw, a g a i n s t the West, in c h a r g e of R e d Hick ey, San F r a n c i s c o 4 9 e r s ’ m e n t o r , w i th 66 of t h e N F L ’s top p l a y e r s o n hand.

S e v e n Colt s to F i r e f o r Wes t H e a d i n g the list a r e s e v e n p l a y e r s f r o m th e w o r l d ’s c h a m p i o n B a l t i m o r e Colts a n d s e v e n f r o m t h e S a n . F r a n ­ c i s c o 49ers on t h e W e s t s q u a d , a n d s e v e n f r o m the N e w Y o r k G i a n t s on . *ihe E a s t . T h e Colt s a r e Q u a r t e r b a c k Jo h n n y Unitas, E n d R a y B e rry , Half­ back Lennie Moore, T a c k le J im P a r ­ k e r , E n d Gi n o M a r c h e t t i ' a n d 'Tackle G e n e (Big D a d d y ) L i p s c o m b .

Forty-N iners chosen a r e Q u arter­ b a c k Y. A. Tittle, T a c k l e B ob St. Clair, E n d Billy Wilson, T a c k l e Leo** N om ell ini a n d H a l f b a c k s A be Wood- ■ son, J . D. S m i t h a n d D a v e B a k e r . .

The Giant honorees a re Halfbacks F r a n k Gifford, Li n d o n C r o w a n d J i m • Patton, T ackle Roosevelt Brown, Mid­ dle L i n e b a c k e r S a m Huf f a n d E n d s ; Bob S c h n e l k c r a n d A n d y R o b u s t e l l i . .

I t w a§ Gifford w h o s t e e r e d t h e H u s t ­ le v i c t o r y l a s t y e a r w h i l e c a v o r t i n g . in a r e l a t i v e l y n e w ro le, t h a t of p a s s ­ e r . B u t c r e d i t f or t h e 28 to 21 u p s e t win al so w a s s h a r e d b y N o r m a n V an Bro o kl in , th e E a g l e s ’ QB. Ii w a s the firs t g a m e V a n B r o o k li n h a d p l a y e d f or th e E a s t , f oll o w in g s ix a p p e a r ­ a n c e s in a W e s t u n i f o r m w h i l e h e w a s with t h e Los A n g e l e s R a m s .

Also in a d u a l role is B u c k S ha w.

T h e E a g l e s ’ c o a c h w a s th e W e s t ’s* h e a d m a n in t h e 1955 c o n t e s t , a n d his c h a r g e s w e r e r e t u r n e d 26 to 19 v i c ­ to rs . S h a w w a s t h e n the 4 9 e r s ’ m e n ­ tor.

T h e W e s t h o l d s a 5 to 4 e d g e in the series.

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T he pigskin p u n d it picked _Ct cor* gift to b e a t M issou ri by 13 point* in the O ra n g e Bowl and the W est to d e fe a t the E a s t b y six in th e Shrine g a m e a t San F r a n c i s c o - ? a n d w as only one point off in his ca lcu latio n s.

His point m isses w ere on the rig h t side, both t e a m s w inning iSy the e x tr a edge, Gcor* gin, 14 to 0, and the West, 21 to l l .

Although S y ra c u s e w as g e n e r a l ­ ly fav o red b y 13 points o v e r T e x a s in the Cotton Bowl, £ e t e fo resaw a closer c o n te s t and g a v e S y r a ­ cu se only two points.

T h e 13point fo re c a sts w e r e w rong, while P e t e had elbow room w h en the n a tio n ’s No. I college te a m won by nine, 23 to 14.

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C leveland Brow ns, Coli G roza, h e of th# gifted too*, a n d l i n d e n T u n n ed .

The J a n u a r y 17 tu ssle will m a r k the fiinth a p p e a r a n c e fo r each.

Groza m iss ed the 1957 g a m e b ecau se of an injury. Tunnel!, a defensive halfback with the G ia n ts f o r 11 y e a rs , sw itched t<* G reen B a y this p a s t season.

N e w c o m e rs to* the* -annual classic include th e three? San F ra n c is c o half­ b acks—Smith, Woodson and B a k e r plus L a m a r Lundy, Los Angeles R a m s - end; Paul H ornung, G reen Bay halfback: F o r e s t G regg. G re e n Bay Jackie; E r i e Barnes, Chicago B e a r s ’ halfback; D on Bosscler, Washington R e d sk in s’ fullback;* Bill Ande°rson, R e d sk in s’ end; J i m m y O rr, P i tts ­ burgh S tee le rs’ end; T o m m y M cD on­ ald. YMiiladelphi* E a g le s ’ halfback, mid D ean D erby, S teelers’ halfback.

W est H a* Top R eceivers Starting q u a r te rb a c k s a r e alm ost certain to b e U nitas for th e W est and Van Brocklin for the E a st. As t a r ­ gets, Unitas figures to h a v e a strong ad v a n tag e. Playing as offensive ends for the West will be the Rams* Del Coof a e r and the Colts’ R a y B e rry .

Both w ere unanim ous All-Pro offen­ sive end choices the p a st two y e a rs .

Countering, in the* rushing line, will be the Cleveland B row ns’ sensational 3im Brown, All-Pro fullback.

Tubbed as a slight favorite is R ed H ic k e y ’s West squad, with the C ham pion Colts expected to provide the sta rtin g t e a m ’s nucleus.

The g a m e swill be telecast national-

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LOS A N G E L E S , Calif. — 'T h e sta r-stu d d e d P r o Bowl* football g a m e will see b a ck in action no less than 15 holders o r co-holder# cf the c la s s ic ’s records. T h ey fol­ low: P a s s in g —Highest c o m pl e t io n p e rc e n ta g e , 70 p e r cent, Jo h n Uni* las (W est), 1958; m ost touchdow n p asses throw n, 2, V. A. Tittle (W est), 1955, and N o r rn Va n Brocklin (W est), 1953; l o n g e s t p a s s p la y for touchdown. 74 y a r d s fro m Van Brooklin (W est) to Bil­ ly Howlon (W est), 1953.

P a s s R eceiv in g —Most p a s s e s caught, l l , Billy Wilson (W est), 1953; m o st y a r d s gained, 157, WiU son (W est), 1955. * 0 Kicking — L o n g e s t punt, '65 y a rd s , J e r r y N orton ( E a s t ) , 195ft; hest a v e ra g e , 47.7 y a rd s, Yak? L a r y (W est). 1959; m o st c o n v e r­ sions, 4, Lou G roza ( E a s t ) , 1954.

In te rc e p te d P a s s e s — 2, lin d e n Tunnel! ( E a s t ) . 1954; Jo e Schm idt (W est), 1956; L a r y (W est). 1959.

Longest Scoring Run With F u m ­ ble—20 y ard s, Leo N o m e 11 i n i (W est), 1952. ly, with the Southern California a r c a blacked out. Bob Kelley, ^Bill Brundige and R a y Scott will be*at the microphones. * T h e g a m e is sponsored b y the Los Angeles N e w s p a p e r Publishers* /\ssoelation, with P a u l Schissler fjjmctioning as g a m e d ire c to r.

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N E W YORK, N. Y . - T h e N a ­ tional Collegiate Athletic A ssocia­ tion’s Football Television C o m m it­ tee, w hich previously had fallow­ ed a policy of o n e-y ea r c o n tra c ts, re c o m m e n d e d a tw o-year pact for 1960-61 a t its m eetin g h e re , J a n u ­ a r y 6.

T h e N atio n al B r o a d c a s t in g ,S y s ­ te m paid $2,200,000 last y e a r for th e rights. E a c h school p a rtic i­ p a tin g in a° natio n ally televised g a m e received $104,500.

T h e r e will not be a definite d e ­ cision on th e m a t t e r for se v e ra l m o n th s. When the policy for 1960 is announced, it is expected lo call for national te le c a sts on ten d a t# s and regional c a s ts on th r e e d a le s , the s a m e as in 1959. »

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P ro d u ct o f Sail Francisco, He’s Regarded a s 'F u tu re Force ill W estern Politics

By JIM SCOTT

lar c h a r m s h a v e m a d e him a hero of s o r ts with both s e x e s .

On the D a l y City Council, he h a s fou ght for m o re park and r e c r e a ­ tional a r e a s and, s in c e h is fir s t w ee k in o ffice, battled M a y o r J o e V crd u cci, th e San F r a n c is c o S t a t e football c o a c h , w h o w a s B o b ’s m e n t o r a t P o ly ­ tech n ic High S(>hool in San F r a n ­ c isc o .

Additionally, he g i v e s jnuch t im e lo yo u th g u id a n c e w ork.

H ere he ad­ v i s e s y o u n g ste r s to e m b r a c e a t o n c e a t le a s t one sport. He thinks t h e r e ’s nothing e l s e like football to build ch a r a c te r .

And he a d m it s football s a v e d 'h is.

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At s ix feet, n in e in c h e s and 2G3 pounds. Bob St. Clair, San F r a n c is c o o ffe n s iv e ta c k le w h o v e r y lik e ly will slart for the W e s t in th e P r o B ow l g a m e , J a n u a r y 17, i s o n e o f the real m onsters of th e N a tio n a l F ootb all League.

He*s taller than a n y o th e r p la y er and probably s tr o n g e r .

And. fee-fifo-fum. raw m e a t e x c i t e s h im .

In fact, he w o lfs h is s t e a k s raw . ♦Mt sick en s me.*' s a id Bob, '‘when I s e e y o u n g s t e r s g u lp d o w n those ftweet. soft drinks. It*s r e a lly lo o bad our fountains d o n 't o ffe r b e e f ju ice.

N o w th ere's a r ea l drink! *'But good b e e f is a lw a y s a v aila b le.

And th e r e ’s y o u r k e y to stren g th and health, g row th an d endurance.. I ’ve eaten little but b e e f . It a ls o g i v e s m e a constant feelin g o f w e ll b ein g . Why if folks rea lly w a n t to lo s e w eig h t, all th ey h a v e to d o is g o on a b eef dict. Certainly, it’ll s a t is f y their a p ­ petites. And it w ill cu t w a y dow n on their caloric in ta k e .” ♦ * ♦

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*T w a s about to b e c o m e a real d e ­ linq u en t.’' he said. “ I w a s running with a g a n g that p a ck ed k n iv e s and ch ain s. Then one d ay I slo p p ed lo w atch a football s c r i m m a g e at P o ly High. I figured th at h e r e w a s s o m e ­ thing I would en joy . My d el'n q u cn c y ended right then. F o o t b a ll’s a p erfect ou tlet for y o u n g e m o t i o n s .”

Although h e ’s c o n s id e r a te a s B o y Scout, St. Clair n e v e r c o m p r o ­ m is e s with his princip les, n e v e r h e s i ­ ta te s to s a y w h a t he thinks. After H alfb ack J o e A ren a s w a s dropped m id w a y in the 1958 s e a so n b y the 49ers, .h e b e g a n w riting a co lu m n on the club for a San F r a n c is c o p a p e r .

S o m e th in g that he said .so offended V i c M orabito, 49er p resident. J o e w a s n ’t invited to the clu b ’s annua!

C h ristm a s party held in honor of 49er alu m n i.

This arou sed Arenas* friends, w ho then put on a party of their owji for L ittle J o e , T o attend m ig h t be c o n ­ strued a s a slap at M orabito bul St. Clair n e v e r t h e le s s attended the party anyway.

A lw a y s popular b e c a u s e of h is g e n ­ uine friendliness. St. Clair fir.st e n ­ tered p olitics w hen he w a s elected p re sid en t o f his sen io r c la s s at P o ly High.

Bob is so m u ch a c r u s a d e r for b eef that he g a v e “ s te a k c e r t i f ic a t e s ” lo his friends for C h ristm as.

H e acquired h is ta ste for the deli c a c y at the a g e of 5, w h en his g r a n d ­ m oth er b ega n fe e d in g h im the wellsailed blood from roa sts.

All this b e e f m a y h a v e g iv e n him a ferocious a p p e a r a n c e on the g r e e n ­ sw ard but, off th e field, St. Clair is a s friendly a s a politician, w h ich is what he is.

For the p a st tw o y e a r s h e ’s b een a forceful D a ly City co u n cilm a n , and, such is the size of h is follow in g and his personal c h a r m , B ob is regard ed a s a future force in California politics.

H e ’s interested.

His third job a s s a l e s m a n and pub­ licist for .Shulman A ir F r eig h t fre­ quently ta k es him into the bistros of (he .San F r a n c is c o P e n in s u la . Drunks s o m e t im e s “ c h o o s e ” the lough estlooking m a n in the h o u se, but St. (,'lair is a w e s o m e l y b eyo n d their a m ­ bitions.

• # « 'rile other d a y a lush bum ped into St. Clair w hile he w a s e n jo y in g his j a w filet. Bob s h o v e d h im off. The <inmk lunged back, fis ts raised. St. Clair sh o v ed b ack h is c h a ir and rose lo his full height. H is c h a llen g er, sudtlcnly realizing w h a t he w a s up again st, turned and ran for the n ea r­ est c>:it.

Bul B ob ’s off-field rough-housing is c o n fin e d ’ la r g e ly to his h o m e , w h ere he rom ps, w r e s t le s and tu m b le s with his four children. Lyn. IO, Gail. 5, Gary. 6, and G r eg g , n ea rin g A. Bob w a s n a m ed on the a!l-Pro te a m s of 195-1, *55 and ’56. H e m issed out in 1957 through a sh o u ld er o p e ra ­ tion that b en ch ed h im for s e v e n w e e k s .

I ast se a sd n the 4 9 ers’ reco rd worked a g a in st his can d fd acy.

It has b een St. Clair’s p le a su r e lo play a g a i n s t d e f e n s iv e en d s who, he believes, a r e just ab o u t the b e st pcrlo rm c rs in pro football.

Bob rales B a l t im o r e ’s 6*4, 240-pound fiino M archetti a s ^he top dog. ’*Hc has trem en d o u s s p e e d and a g ility to ^ g o with his s iz e .” s a id Bob. *'We*re old friends, y o u k n o w , h a v in g played together at the U n iv e r s it y of San Francisco. And I thinly w e ’re both at r*ur a b so k ile b e st w h en w e m e e t. We want lo c o n v in c e e a c h oth er that w e are not g r o w in g o ld .”

A t - h o m e , B ob is not one t« #j*elax.

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BOB ST- CLAIR, o n e of the W e s te r n p i l l a r s in th e Pro Bowl g a m e of J a n u a r y 17, g o e s a l o n g w ith a g a g b y m a k i n g a s if he'.s a b o u t to ta c k le a s l a b of r a w beef, w h i l e in 49er unilorm .

H e ’s either w ork in g on the lawn or garden or building som ethin g. Dur­ ing the past y e a r he e x c a v a te d and added a rumpus room to his attrac­ tive home.

A good cook, y ou n g Robert look o v e r the kitchen duties on* the four m atern ity trips his attractive spouse.

Ann. m a d e to the hospital. “ But I still d o n ’t trust him around the k itch en .” sm ile d Ann. “ It s e e m s to pain him lo broil, bake or fry m e a t but the children w o n ’t eat it any other w ay. “ And they d o n ’t like it rare, either, I m ig h t add.”

'I'he m o n s t e r n e v e r h a s had a bed la rg e enough to a c c o m m o d a te his fram e. .Since their m a rria g e, Bob and Ann h a v e been sleep in g on a queen-sized bed. I h e y ’ve ju.st bought a king-sized bed bul i f s not large enough, either. “ We tried for a lon ger o n e . ” said Bob. “ but they ji>st aren't to be had.

A n y w a y , I ’m so used to sleep in g with m y fe et h an g in g out that I g u e s s I could n ’t s le e p a n y oth er w a y now. a n y h o w .”

On the road with the 49er.s. he m e r e ­ ly throws the m a t t r e s s e s o f f the beds, ex te n d s them with pillow s mid sleeps on the floor. “ T h e hotels d o n ’t m ind,”

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‘Pals^Forced Phone Number Change SAN FRANCISCO, C a l i f . - W h e n San F r a n c is c o took ov er the lead in the Western C onference race (luring one s ta g e of the N ational Football L eagu e sea so n . Bob St. Clair, the 49ers’ beef-trust tackle, heard f r o m m a n y a long-lost friend.

His ’phone rang con stan tly as friends and people he didn’t even know sought tickets for sellou t g a m e s . Bob solved the problem by ch a n g in g his number. “ T h ose callers didn’t g i v e m e

a n y p e a c e .” he said, “ Som e­ t im e s tickets that I left a t ’willc a i r w e r e n ’t ev en c la im e d and I w a s stuck for the m o n e y . And lo m a k e m a tte rs w orse. I c o u ld n ’t g e t any w ork done around the h o u s e .”

A fter St. Clair c h a n g e d his num ber, his calls b egan to c a s ­ c a d e on his father, w ho has the ■same n a m e and live.s in t h e . s a m e area. .So the s e n i o r St. Clair also changed his number.

B--------------- ;----------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B said Bob. “ After all it s a v e s their*? b ed sp r in g s.”

While other p la y e r s are off to a m o v ie , St. Clair stu d ies council b u si­ n ess, w rites out repqrts and k e e p s in touch with the council s e c r e ta r y b y ’plione. H e ’s e x c u s e d from foot­ ball the second and fourth M on d ays of lite m onth «lo attend council m e e t ­ ings. ^ Bob is serious in his friendly w a y about politics, and both p a r tie s re­ gard h'm a s gubernatorial m a teria l.

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erat as he is a 49er, (hough the D a ly City election w a s non-partisan, St. Clair usually is a s relaxed a s the loafci*s he likes to w ear.

As ap­ proach ab le as a YMCA s e c r e ta r y , he lau gh s at almo.st anything that d o c s not offend s o m e o n e e l s e . .

F o r the last s e v e n y e a r s during the off sea so n , he has spoken tw o or th ree lim e s a w eek before g a th er in g s all o ver California.

His w h o le s o m e good looks, ea?.y s m ile and m u s c u ­

A fter w a tch in g that first workout a s a sopliom ore, B o b had reported to Coach V erducci.

J o e turned IFm d ow n b e c a u s e he w eig h ed only 155* pounds. So B ob played sa n d lo t ball.

B y n e x t s e a so n he had grow n u p w a y up—to six-four. 210 pounds. And V erducci p ro m p tly e m b r a c e d h i rn.

E a r ly in h i s senior y e a r — 19rS—al P o ly . Bob w a s m ar ried to Ann Wickstro m , a clas.smate.

N e x t y e a r he entered the U n iv e r s i­ ty of San F r a n c is c o , w h e r e he d e ­ v elo p ed into one o f the b e s t lin em en in the West. A fter football p r a c tic e in the afternoon, he loaded freigh t trains at the d ock s.

S u m m e r s he w ork ed at the post o ffic e and as a d ock hand.

T he happy Cell likes to p la y p r a c ­ tical jokes.

T he other d a y a boa c o n s tr ic to r w a s d isp la yed at a D aly City C h a m b er of C o m m e r c e m e e tin g in the back din in g room of a r e s ta u ­ rant.

St. Clair a sk ed to borrow it for a m o m en t.

T hen \\e draped the serpent around h is neck and strolled into the m ain r e s ta u r a n t . 0 The p la c e p r o m p tly e m p ­ tied.

A s Bob w r e s tle d tho co n strictor b ack into its box. the restau rant o w n ­ e r appeared at th e door. He w iped his brow and said: "St. J[;iair, if y o u ’rC ogoing far in politics, y o u ’v e go t lo w a tc h w h o you run around w it h .” ®

★ THE ALL-SPORTS NEWS, J A N U A R Y 13^ I960

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Ta rk en to irs Tosses Too Tough \f or Tigers,

Bulldogs Bark in Tune With Missouri Waltz »%

After Georgia Victory

Britt Sparks Delirium in Dixie Defense With Interceptions Georgia Safety’s Last-Dileli T ackle Also Balks Score in 14-0 O range Bowl Win

By JIM M Y BURNS

MIAMI, Fla. . G e o r g i a ’s B u lld o g s , p r o u d c h a m ­ p io n s of t h e S o u t h e a s t e r n C o n f e r e n c e , a r c b a c k in A th e n s r e l i v i n g t h e th rills of t h e i r 14 to 0 c o n q u e s t of M is s o u ri, B ig E i g h t r u n n e r - u p , in t h e tw e n ty s ix th O r a n g e B ow l f o o tb a ll g a m e b e ­ f o r e 75,280 s p e c t a t o r s . .

T h e ir en jo y m en t w as not dim m ed b y C o a c h W a lly B u t t s ’ b l u n t d e c l a r a ­ tion lo his p l a y e r s , “ Y ou d i d n ’t p l a y a great gam e.

B u t y o u c a m e o u t on t o p b y t w o t o u c h d o w n s , a n d y o u ’re still t h e c h a m p i o n s .

I g u e s s t h a t ’s w h at co u n ts.”

I t w a s th e f i r s t ’s h u t o u t in a n O r a n g e B ow l g a m e s in c e O k l a h o m a b l a n k e d M a r y l a n d , 7 to 0, in th e 1954 c la s s ic .

T h e T i g e r s , b a c k a t C o lu m b ia , h a v e no r e a s o n to b e a s h a m e d . T h e y fo u g h t h a n d e n o u g h to k e e p t h e g a m e f r o m b e c o m i n g th e m i s m a t c h t h a t m a n y h a d f e a re d . T h e y s t o p p e d all b u t tw o of G e o r g i a ’s s c o r i n g s o r t i e s a n d failed th e n o n ly b e c a u s e t h e p r e - g a m e d i a g ­ n o s is t h a t G e o r g i a h a d a g r e a t a e r i a l g a m e an d M is s o u r i a p o r o u s p a s s defense w as proved co rrect. 'r i g o r s W e n t D o w n F i g h t i n g T h e O r a n g e B o w l’s t h r e e - y e a r p a c t w ith th e Big E i g h t to s u p p l y th e h o m e t e a m t o r its N e w Y e a r ’s D a y g a m e e x p i r e s w ith th e 1961 c o n t e s t .

T h e a g r e e m e n t is n o t lik e ly to be e x t e n d e d , b u t -this w a s h o . f a u l t of M i s s o u r i ’s T i g e r s . T h e y g a v e a g oo d a c c o u n t of t h e m s e l v e s . T h e OBC th in k s it s h o u ld . r e t u r n to its old p o licy of g o i n g in to th e o p e n m a r k e t f o r both t e a m s .

F ran cis T ark en to n , m o st accurate S E C p a s s e r , t h r e w f o r f i r s t a n d th ird q u a r t e r to u c h d o w n s .

He had been f ig u re d a s th e o n e B u lld o g o ffen siv e t h r e a t the big. b u t slow , T i g e r line could not h a n d l e . • T h e M is s o u r i f o r ­ w a r d s d id u s e t h e i r s t r e n g t h a n d s a v ­ v y in lim itin g G e o r g i a to a n e t 88 y a r d s ru s h in g .

C h a r l ie B r itt, th e S E C ’s to p s a f e t y m a n . .m ad e two- t i m e l y i n t e r c e p t i o n s , plus a “ l a s t - m a n ” t a c k l e w h ic h k e p t N o r m Beal f r o m g o in g all t h e w a y a f t e r he h a d r e t u r n e d a p u n t 44 y a r d s t o G e o r g i a ’s 48.

I n te r c e p tio n S to p p e d M is s o u r i A bly ••directed b y Q u a r t e r b a c k P h i!

S n o w d e n , th e T i g e r s t w i c e p e n e t r a t e d to G e o r g i a '* t e n - y a r d line a n d a n ­ o t h e r t i m e got c lo se e n o u g h to t r y for j> field g o a l f r o m t h e 2 3 -y a rd line.

T h e k ic k bv Mel W e s t w a s w ide.

B r i t t s to p p e d o n e T i g e r t h r e a t a f t ­ e r M isso u ri r e a c h e d G e o r g i a ’s te n by i n t e r c e p t i n g a p a s s a t h i s goal line. f I is o t h e r i n t e r c e p t i o n w a s m a d e a t G e o r g i a ’s 35 a n d tic r a n t h e b al! b a c k to m idfield.

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T h is w a s n o t th e m o s t e x c it in g of O r a n g e Bow l g a m e s , b u t it p r o d u c e d sp a sm o d ic thrills a n d fro m an o v e r ­ all b a s is , w a s a t e r r i f i c s p e c t a c le .

T h e d o p e ran* t r u e to f o r m w ith G e o r ­ g ia w in n i n g b y t w o p o i n t s m o r e t h a n th e 12 b y w h ic h t h e B u lld o g s w e r e favored.

W e a t h e r m a n P r o v i d e d S u n s h in e O v e r a l l , it w a s a s t u p e n d o u s s h o w u n d e r s u n n y sk ies, w h ic h m a i n t a i n e d M i a m i ’# w e a t h e r r e p u t a t i o n . It a i ti n e v e r h a s d a m p e n e d This g a m e . T h e t e m p e r a t u r e w a s 7ft d e g r e e s .

The f a n s l o v e d it a n d s o m e m e n s h u c k e d t h e i r c o a t s . T h o s e tvlvo b a c k e d M is­ so u ri lo st t h e i r s h i r t s . * T h e re w e re e x tra b o n u se s for th e •crowd, t h e t h i r d t a r g e s ? i n t h e h i s ­ to r y «ef This c l a s s i c , w h i c h i n Waft a t ­ t r a c t e d 76,561 a n d t h e ti a m e tuim b er* in 1958,. l a s t y e a r , th e c r o w d w a s 75,281.

T h e p r e -g a tn e show, w hich i n c l u d e d a p p e a r a n c e of M iss A m e r i c a , L y n d a L e e M e a d o f O l e M is s , e n ;a flo a t w a s i m p r e s s i v e .

E rn ie {M ad •Genius} S e ile r. O B E e x e c u t i v e v i c e ­ p r e s i d e n t , r e s o r t e d To t h e n o v e lty o f liv e a n d p a i n t e d e l e p h a n t # a s T ra n s ­ p o r t a t i o n f o r O r a n g e R o w I Q u een . N a n ­ c y W a k e f i e l d a n d h e r c o u r t Star "A w O r i e n t a l F a n t a s y ”* a t h a l f t i m e .

T h e f o o tb a ll c h a n g e d h a n d # f i r e t i m e s b e f o r e (G e o rg ia z o o m e d Through th e a i r to* s c o r e its (first Touchdow n w ith o n ly SS s e c o n d s tfctn&i sling bu Tho opening q u a r te r .

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L iv e a n d g a ily - p a i n t e d e le p h a n ts f u r n i s Ii e cl t r a n s p o r t a t i o n for O r a n g e Bowl Q u e e n N a n c y W a k e ­ fie ld a n d h e r c o u r t .

The fans j o s e a n d g a s p e d in a s t o n i s h m e n t , “ E v e s e e n p in k e l e p h a n t s b e f o r e o n t h e m o r n i n g a f t e r . ” a p r e s s box w a g c o m m e n t e d . “ But th is is t h e f ir s t t i m e I «?vcr s a w a p u r p l e e l e p h a n t .*•

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G e o r g i a ’s o f f e n s e s p u t t e r e d until The th ird q u a r t e r w h e n th e B ulldogs m o v e d 71 y a r d s in e ig h t p la y s.

T h e B u lld o g s Took t o The a i r o n ly t h r e e t i m e s d u r i n g t h i s d r iv e , b ut t h e a e r i a l b o m b s w e r e t h e effective? w e a p ­ ons, a lth o u g h F r e d B ro w n f u s e d The a t t a c k w ith a n i i K - y a r d s c a m p e r , LJill t i c r r a t s h o w e d t h a t e x t r a effort in c a t c h i n g a p a s s , d e f l e c t e d b y ‘Don So7ii?rd»sh, fo r a First (town a t M is ­ s o u r i ’s 2§. F a u t G a r v i s a n d T o m C a r ­ p enter plow ed through to cost T arkenron ♦ i r e y a r d s mn a n a t t e m p t e d ' run.

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M iddle T e n n e s s e e w a s f a v o r e d fry six p o in ts . T h e B lu e R a id e r # f r o m Mu rf Ives b o r o won, 21 to 12.

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• ‘Hit it, p ro fesso r! As they sa y in O k lahom a. « . » ‘Oh, W h at A Beautiful Day!* “ And look a t those beautiful figures: 44 for the U niversity of Washington, e ig h t for the U niv ersity .of Wisconsin.

N o r w as th e re a n y th in g phoney about the Huskies* 44 points. E v e r y one of th e m w as leg itim ate and ev e ry one w as e a r n e d .”

So exulted th e long-suffering sup ­ p o rte rs of P a c i f i c C oast football, whose re p re s en ta tiv e s had been .able to g a r n e r only one v ic to ry in 13 p r e ­ vious New Y e a r ’s D a y clashes in P a s a d e n a with the Big T en.

But w hat a s h a m e it w as, th e y a d d ­ ed in the next b re a th , th a t it had to be the Badgers, w hose e n to u ra g e w as ©ne of the m o s t cordial and p o p u lar e v e r to com e to this city. * *

the w inners elected to go for th e tw o points but QB Bob H i v n e r ’s one-yard p ass to H alfback Don Millich* failed to connect. F le m in g also c o n trib u ted a brilliant 55-yard run b e fo re being knocked ©ut o f bounds. . * #

Schforest Jo in s TD P a r a d e With Fullback R a y J a c k s o n c a r r y ­ ing from the two, the H uskies m a d e the count, 31 to 8, in the third q u a r t e r and add ed tw o T D ’s in the final p e ­ riod. Schloredt, W ashington ’s r a g s t o ­ riches q u a r t e r b a c k who h a s b u t ten p e r cent vision in one eye, tallied from the th re e while QB H iv n er p assed one y a r d to H alfback Don Millich, to ring up the forty-fourth point.

T he 44 to 8 result w as the la rg e st F a r West sco re in the R ose Bowl since USC tripped P ittsb u rg h , 47 lo 14, in 1930.

T he B adg ers, off b a la n c e from the s ta rt, suffered from four costly fu m ­ bles.

Huskies Strike Quickly “ I c a n ’t* u n d e rs ta n d it,” d e c la re d G E O R G E FL E M IN G , W a s h i n g t o n s t a r s e l e c t e d a s #,c o - p l a y e r " of t h e Ro se Bowl c o n t e s t , Back in 1953, Wisconsin lost to USC, T ug Wilson, Big T en com m issioner. ? to 0, rep resen tin g the only previous s l i p s a w a y f r o m ‘a w o u l d - b e W i s c o n s i n t a c k l e r o n a 4 0 - y a r d p u n t r e t u r n d u r i n g t h e s e c o n d q u a r ­ “ The B a d g ers d id n ’t fum ble like that Big Ten se tb a c k since the signing pf ter. F l e m i n g s c o r e d 14 of t h e Huskies* 44 p o i n t s o n o n e t o u c h d o w n , f ield g o a l a n d five PATs. all season long. B ut I believe F l e m ­ the Rose Bowl pact, w hich c a m e to ing’s two a m azin g ru n s a r e w Ii a f a n end with this y e a r ’s g a m e . Sup- wide open a fte r only nine m inutes which c a m e to play, a te a m dedicated, broke th eir b a c k s .”

Huslcie Harvest p o rte rs of o th e r Big T e n schools have and 29 seconds. At th a t point, the and a te a m m agnificently tr a in e d for The d efeat w as the w o rs t suffered n ev er p e rm itte d B a d g e r loyalists to H uskies’ c o 1 captain, D o n McKeta, all-out play. Such a belief also s e e m ­ by a Milt B ruhn-coached team since 8 0 0— 8 forget their fau x p a s a n d “ for letting scored from the six-yard line and, ed a p p a re n t 58 seconds before. W ash­ W i s c o n s i n ........................ 0 W a s h i n g t o n .................. 17 7 7 13— 44 ho took o v er a t Wisconsin in 1956. ington had the ball on W isconsin’s 23, with G eorge F lem ing converting, the the Big Ten d o w n .”

W i s c o n s i n s c o r i n g — T o u c h d o w n ; W i s ­ N ot since M ichigan S tate whipped the • count w as 7 to 0. fo u rth d o w n and tw o to go.

T hey And now. , . . Well, as G o v e r n o r n e r . 4, r u n ; c o n v e r s i o n : S c h o o n o v e r , B a d g e rs t h a t * y e a r has any t e a m One sensed, then a n d there, th a t lined u p for all th e world lo know p a s s f r o m H n o k b a r t . W a s h i n g t o n s c o r ­ sco red m o r e than th r e e touchdowns G aylord Nelson said, p rio r to the kick­ i n g — T o u c h d o w n s : M c K e t a . 0, r u n ; F l e m ­ off, “ If Wisconsin d o e s n ’t win, I w o n ’t New Y e a r’s D ay ©f 19G0 belonged to they w ere going the h a rd w ay for i n g . 53, p u n t r e t u r n ; F o l k i n s , 23, p a s s a g a in st a B ruhn club. the Huskies, who en tered the g a m e as those tw o y a r d s . And not only did f r o m S c h l o r e d t : J a c k s o n . 2. r u n ; S c h l ­ be governo r to m o rro w .”

■¥ * • o r e d t . 3. m n : M i l l i c h . 3, p a s s f r o m A g a m e th a t w as supposed to be tJVrPoint underdogs. One sensed it b e ­ they m a k e the needed tw o y ard s, but H i v n c r ; c o n v e r s i o n s : F l e m i n g , 5, k i c k s ; B ruhn G ra cio u s in Defeat played close to the v e s t w as busted cause, obviously,' h e re w as sa te a m Q u a rte rb a c k Bob S chloredt c a r r ie d the f i e l d © o n I : F l e m i n g 30.

The p o p u lar M i l t w as e x tre m e ly ball for 17 y a rd s , 15 to sp are. That S T A T IS T IC S W ash.

W i s . g ra c io u s even a fte r the B a d g e r s ’ jolt­ w as m ak in g Wisconsin like it. ?n one 16 13 ing loss. Asked by a b r a s s y re p o rte r m o re play, M cK eta picked u p the re ­ FHiur ss th i nd go wynasr d a g e .............................. .......................... 215 123 how he would re a c t upon his re tu rn m aining Ki.v y a r d s to sco re.

P a s s i n g y a r d a g e ............................137 153 P a s s e s a i t e m p t e l l ........................ 13 32 to Madison when the razzing ensued, * « • P a s s e s c o m p l e t e d ...................... 7 34 he replied, quietly a n d w ithout h e si­ P a s s e s i n t e r c e p t e d b y ............ 0 0 . Field Goat “ Big Play0 P u n t s ........ fj 6 tation: 3G.8 F r o m then on, t h e B adger* w ere P u n t a v e r a g e d i s t a n c e ............. 3G “ I c a n alw ay s p u t cotton in m y b l e s Josl ............................... 0 4 b ad g ered , o u tc la sse d , o u tp la y e d and FY ua m rds p e n a l i z e d ......

85 18 e a rs.” outfought. In less than four minutes, In a literal sense, it w as a beautiful Flem ing, voted with Schloredt a s the p u t Wisconsin in the hole,” he c o m ­ and c le a r d a y as well. But w a s it Dazzling Don o utstand in g p l a y e r s o f the gam e, m en ted . “ It also m ad e us loose, fol­ e v e r cold! T he t e m p e r a t u r e a t k ick ­ SMU S ta r Shatter* Shrill** I booted a 36-yard field goal—a g a in s t lowing a tense s t a r t on both sides, off tim e w as 50 d eg rees.

East ............... ..................0 O 7 7— 14 the wind, too—to give the H uskies a while the B ad g ers b e g a n to p re ss Passing R eco rd ; Victor* W In the w ag erin g m a r ts , the G o v e r­ est ...........................................i t4 — ©veil m o r e .’’

IO to 0 lead.

•In st f . c w i i w — 'T o i l e t ) d o w n y : W h i t e , 2. nor of W ashington, A lbert D. RoselThen, p recisely ©ii the second as • Tally Twice iii 3 Minnie* p l u n g e : D o r t o n , bit, p a s s f r o m I z o ; c o n * In C oach J i m Owens* m ind, the lini, who had bet a box of apples, won v e r s i o n s : S t i c k l e s . St, k i c k * .

W e s t s c o r ­ a d d e d th r e e p o i n t * the firs t q u a r t e r ended, F lem in g r e ­ p ro v id ed the i n g — T o u c h d o w n s : S p i k e s . ?. p l u n g e ; a round of cheese fro m W isconsin’s t u r n e d a Wisconsin punt j 3 .yards to a Hurf«>r«l, St2, p a * f r o m M e r e d i t h : H a s * . ‘ g a m e ’* big play.

By j a c k m c d o n a l d G o v e rn o r N elson on the o u tc o m e .

•». p a s * t ♦ «> m co n v ersio n s: Touchdown and followed with a con­ •‘That quick l e u -point lead realty t f u r t k . X, k i c k s , “ You can see w h a t odds I am w ill­ * SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, version, giving Washington a 17 to 0 M A I IK I l f * ing to o ffe r,” G ov. N elson said.

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Bas* W est But t h a t wa* Before the ©polling, b a s com e to be known, w a s ju st about F l a y e r * i i i F a s t R o s e R o w !

H e re was a rout in the m aking, for TK .. JA F ir s t flow n* . . .. whistle. football’s m o st electrifying th r e e m in ­ flu s h ini: y a r d a g e . TM) 4fA sure, ©ne of the p roportions tu rn ed C la s lio * S tag© I I th R e u n i o n :m .. VA ; m utes when a succession of ev e n ts that P a s sin g yardage* in toy Illinois while drubbing UCLA, 4.1 . Mi P a r s e s a t t e m p t e d ......

PASADENA, Calif. - M e m o rie s unfolded in the final 180 seconds of Pass*'#, c o m p le t e d VT Vt to T-7. in 1947; toy M i c h i g a n in . ti F r a i c i e V i e w G r a i l * V i e ! n r© ? . I o f Rose Bow! g a m e s d a ti n g b a c k delightful p a n d e m o n iu m b ro u g h t the P a sse s i n t e r r u p t l>y sta m p e d in g DSC, 49 to (to in 1948, and * .. s i i lits ........................

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Stanford, 40 to I, in 1952.

HOUSTON, T ex .— P r a i r i e View .

I© Y a rd s penalize*! p a rtic ip a n t* iii p a s t N ew Y e a r ’* Kame here, J a n u a r y 2.

In th e second period, Wisconsin put A. & M. College, th e only school D ay c la s h e s s t a g e d th e ir e le v e n th A g a m e th a t s t a r te d dull, and looked noil «>f Illinois, tvtoo passe*! for 2.W o v e r its only TD, a four-yard effort in the c o u n try with its own bow! anm ia! re u n io n a t a d i n n e r spoil* until the third period a s if it would y a r d s in th e 1953 gam e, h a d the p a s s ­ toy Halfback Tom Wiesner. Q u a r t e r ­ g a rn c, d is r e g a r d e d in te rm itte n t a c r e d toy the. P a s a d e n a Sports A m ­ May in a rut, developed into a cliff- ing a ssig n m e n t a1! to himself. b a c k D ale H a c k b a r t threw a pass to* r a i n and a w et field to roll ©ver b assad o r* a t th e Huntiogton-Shera* h a n g e r th a t m a tc h e d a n y th in g the E n d Allan Schoonover in the end zone Wiley College of M arsh all, T ex ., Not #IVW th© E a s t ’* s t r a te g y iii to n Hotel.

N F L p ro s e v e r pulled cm the sa m e s ta c k in g d e fe n d e rs on College of P a ­ t o build the scoring total to eight 47 to IO, N ew Y e a r ’s D ay. H o w ­ K ezar Stadium turf. T he excitem ent cific’s D y n am ite Dick B ass and Stan­ M ost of the g a m e s p la y e d mite* point*. Then, with a m inute and seven e v e r, the bac? w e a th e r held the a n d hubbub did not end until the final fo rd ’s C h ris Burford c o u l d stop 1916 w e r e r e p r e s e n t e d a t the d i n ­ seco n d s to play in the half, E nd Lee c ro w d to 7,200. n e r . Dick H anley, w ho helped gun. And a f t e r it w as over, t h e finish Slicker M eredith. This p a i r w a s r a t ­ F olkins caught S chloredt’s p a ss—a 23T he victory g a v e th e P a n t h e r s a W ashington State d e f e a t Brown, w as voted the m ost ex p lo siv e iii the es! th e W est’* ©lost d a n g e r o u s r e ­ y a r d c r —in th.© end aone for a n o th e r 20-9-3 r e c o r d as the a n n u a l host* .15-year history of the series* l l to ft, in the 1916 contest, w a s o n H u sky TIX • f in the P r a i r i e V iew Bowl. c e iv e rs, tout Don crossed up th e E a s t h a n d , as w e re five p la y e r * front ♦ ♦ ♦ P r a i r i e V iew t r a i l e d a t th e «enfl It w as cone e? those ^ im p o s s ib le ” s, dk'fense b y throwing to Don EUersick th e 1959 g a m e .

P a t Newell, T e d H Tosses G a in e d 2*13 Y a r d s mf the f i r s t q u a r t e r , 7* to 0, b efore ct. c a tc h e s .

After the leaping Folkins avd G a il Cogdill o f Washington State, D inkier, Bol® G on zales a n d Dom g e ttin g fits a tta c k into* g e a r. Tine took th© b a ll o v er his shoulder, he Un the end it w as the slingshot a r m .ami tooth p ro v e d a d e p t .at s n a r in g his P ie s tr u p ©f C alifornia a n <£ M P a n t h e r s ’piled up 350 y a r d s g a in e d q u ic k ly g a t h e r e d it in, 'just before he c f Don M eredith of .Southern* M etho­ bom bn.

D unn of Iow a. .during the g a m e , 264 toy ru sh in g fell fla t ©ii his face. F le m in g «cond is t which b ro u g h t the West fro m M eredith wa* vol©*? th e 15ii I Coff m a* F o u r m a s t e r * o f o e re m o n ie # ii* i w r i e d , bringing the i n t e r m i s s i o n a n d 86 b y p a s s in g ©n revel* ©o.naa M to 2 deficit late in the "final p e rio d .W an d as the o u ts ta n d in g player ©n fre d u c e d the tong list o f speaker*. pletions in 19 a tte m p ts .

•count to 27 ro %, to a triu m p h in* the la s t 55 seconds. th e field cand he had to m a d e before T h e y w ere J o e E . Brow n, t h e Wiley’® 'Wildcats g a in e d mnly In all. F le m in g tallied ?7*points, r e - ' D arin g D on com pleted 19 of 37 h eav es toe ©ngintrped those tw o Hina? touctorioted c o m ed ian ; R u b e Sa m u d sen, 76 y a r d s o n th e gro u n d , tout picked! suiting from a touchdown, field goaf, fo r J42> yards* jaw* all-tim e Shrine soc- cdovrns because th e pressborc poll w*s sports editor o f the P a s a d e n a Star* u p 229 arcose r n p a s t i s in 21? m l. # n d five successful co n v ersio n s. H e Aa ken b efo re t7w.se t w o thru sts.

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New Mexico Staters Passer . Cracks North Texas Defense » ■ F L l^ASO, Te?t.-^tn feii g a m e s ^luring tho r e g u l a r seaso n . N o r th Te.xas Slate Tiad not allowed a point o n a p a s s a n d had held its o p p o ­ nents lo an a v e ra g e of 58.1 y a r d s through the a ir. At the s a m e tim e, in ten gam es, Q u a rte rb a c k C h a rle y Jo hnsoii of N ew Mexico S tate w as tho beading touchdown p a s s e r in t h e nation, c o n n ectin g for 18 tallies.

With such records, som ething had lo give; in the Sun Bowl m e e tin g of t h e ‘ two team s, D e c e m b e r 31—and it w as N o rth T e x a s S ta te 's a ir defense that cracked. Johnson th re w tw o p a y o fl s tr ik e s and led N ew Mexico Stale lo an up set 28 to f victory.

T he 190-pound junior, nam ed the o utstand ing p la y e r in t h e g a m e . s ta rte d the scoring with » 20-yard pitch to H a lfb a c k P e l vis Atkins, w ho raced*37 y a r d s for » Touchdown in the first period. O ne p la y a f t e r the next kickoff. E n d Bob Kelly of th e Aggies* intercepted a N o rth T e x a s Stale pass and ran 25 y a rd s to the five, w h ere he fum bled, but T a c k le Billy R ay Locklin fell on the ball as it squirted a c ro s s th e goal line lo give New Mexico State a 14 to 0 lead.

Johnson threw a 15-yard louchdoW-n p a s s to Kelly in th e second q u a rte r. A 44-yard sprint by B o b G a ith e r a c co u n ted f o r th e A ggies' final TD in the last period.

N orth T e x a s S tale contributed To its own d e fe at b y losing six f u m ­ bles. four deep in New Mexico S tate te rrito ry . The E a g le s picked u p their only touchdown on » 54-yard p u n t r e tu r n by Billy J o e C h ristie in the third q u arter.

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The only re g re t a brilliant Mississippi fo o tb a litc a m had a fte r its sm a sh in g 21 to 0 S ugar Bowl victory o v e r LSO w as tliat it would n ever g et a shot at Syracuse.

VT just wish w e could play t h e m ,” said All-^lmericJi F u llb ack C h a rle y Flowers.

—F ro m the w ay Jfohnny V au g h t's R e b ­ els handled, the T igers, it would have been a football g a m e to re m e m b e r, A vicious Ole Miss defense held LSO to an am azing minus-15 y a r d s on the ground and n ev er p e rm itte d the T ig ers p a s t midfield until late in the final ^juarler.

The Rebels, who gained 140 y a rd s rushing a n d 223 overhead, th re w p asses for all three touchdowns as a c a p a c ity crowd of 85,000 looked on under cloudy skies. .fake Gibbs Connects With 43 seconds left in the first half.

Q u arte rb a c k J a k e Gibbs hit H alfback Cowboy Woodruff with a 43-yarder and Woodruff ram b led into the end zone with w hat proved to be the win­ ning score.

A fterw ard, ai s h e l l - s h o c k e d P a u l Dictzel. who guided the T ig e rs to the national cham pionship in 1958, said: ‘T h a t touchdown really broke our backs . . . ii could h a v e been a dif­ ferent g a m e had we gone into the half 9 to 0 . . . but I d o n 't w a n t to ta k e a thing aw ay from Ole Miss . , , they whipped us in ev e ry d e p a r t m e n t of play. " O u r biggest headache w a s th a t line , . , they kept tre m e n d o u s p r e s ­ sure on us all afternoon. . . . I really d o n 't think it was th a t w e played poorly . . . it sim ply w as a question. of the Rebels playing o utstanding football."

Actually, the final tally could h av e been .much worse had not the T ig ers stiffened three tim es to tu rn b a c k the Rebels in the first half.

Q u arterb ack Bobby F ra n k lin , a c u n ­ ning 175-pounder, tossed two scoring passes in the second half and c o m ­ pleted ten of 15 for 148 y a r d s to win the Miller-Digby M em orial tro p h y as the g a m e 's outstanding play er.

G ra n th a m Snares TD Toss In the third q u a rte r, F ra n k lin pitch ­ ed 14 y a r d s to G eorge B la ir to p ut the ball on the LSI) 34 and la te r th re w from the 30 to H alfback D ew ey P a r t ­ ridge. w ho m a d e his w a y to the .Tigcr IS. F ro m here. Ive pitched to E n d L a r r y G ra n th a m , who c a u g h t the ball on the run and stepped into the end zone.

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C O W B O Y W OODRUFF, hugging a pass from Quarterback Jake Gibbs, completfes a 43-yard scoring maneuver in the second quarter of the Sugar Bowl classic, outspnntm g Billy Cannon an d W arren Rabb, LSU defenders.

T ig e rs Also ,Trappe<l in ’50.

N E W ORLEANS, La.—LSU's Su­ g a r Bowl d e fe at b y Ole Miss was the second tim e the T ig e rs began a d ec ad e off on the w ro n g foot.

On J a n u a r y I, 1950. O klahom a d efea ted LSU in the S u g a r Bowl, 35 to 0.

P a r t r i d g e and a n IS-yarder to Flowers.

T he sc o re c a m e w hen F ran k lin hit B la ir w ith an eight-yard pass. B lair w a s tack led on the one. but lunged o v e r th e goal line.

Bob K h a y a t m a d e good all th re e conversion tries.

With LSU playing v irtu a lly without the serv ices of H alfback J o h n n y R o b ­ inson (his b ro k en left hand w as cov­ ered with fo a m r u b b e r padding), the tough R ebel line g a n g e d up on AllA m e rica Billy Cannon.’

• Cannon, whose m e m o r a b le 89-yard punt re tu rn g a v e LSU a 7 to 3 victory, O qtober 31—and possibly co st the R e b ­ els the national championshiio—w as held to a net of eight y a r d s on six c a rrie s.

Cannon, who won th e 1-Icisman t r o ­ phy as the y e a r ’s o utstanding p layer, offered no excuses. " T h e r e a r e n 't any w hen you lose, 21

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to 0," he said. "W e just got kicked good and p ro p er by a b e tte r t e a m ," Someone asked him the big^ differ­ ence in the first and second Ole Miss g am es. " T h e s c o r e ," sm iled Billy.

Q u a rte rb a c k W a rre n Rabb, who w as playing his first g a m e since suffering a sp rain e d knee a g ain st Tennessee, N o v e m b e r 7, said: "W e gave the R eb­ els a n o th e r ch an ce and, boy. did they m a k e the best of it."

Vaught, who w as second-guessed for not opening up In the October meeting, said the condition of the Sugar Bowl field w as m uch b e tte r than w as tile LSU tu r f in October. " T h e re , w as w a te r on the ’ field th e n ," he explained. " T h e S ugar Bowl w as sim ply m uddy . . . . o u r a tta c k is )' built around the rollout p ass . . . in .' o u r first gam e, we co uldn't th ro w as . • m u ch as we would h a v e liked."

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Injuries H a m p e re d LSU I' I' I * V au g h t m odestly pointed -out that . ► injuries to Robinson, R ab b and Wlmv NEW ORLEANS, L a .—T he Houston Oilers of th<? iurwly-fermed dell H arris, field-goal k ick er and A m erican Football L e ag u e signed Billy Cannon lo ai c o n tr a c t that b r e a k a w a y h a l f b a c k (out with a re|#oriedIy will e a r n the All-America m o re than $100,009 in the *ie.xt broken a r m ) , h a m p e re d LSU. three years.

Robinson did not c a r r y the ball a Cannon. No, I* d r a f t choice of the Los Angeles R a m s of thtf N F L , single lim e atjd R a b b com pleted only was signed by A drian B u r k e ,’a tto rn e y for the Oilers, u n d e r the g o a lp o s u four of 15 p a ss e s and lost 20 y a r d s right a fte r the gam e. the five lim es he couldn't spot r e ­ P ete Rozelle. R a m g e n e ra l m a n a g e r , th r e a te n e d to tak e the Cannom ceivers. m a tte r into court.

LSU Defensive Coach G eorge T e r r y " i have a legal, valid a n d binding c o n tr a c t with C annow ." tie said. said the, 43-yard Gibbs-to-Woodrufl "T he R am s have fulfilled th e ir p a r t of the b a rg a in and e.Kpecl C annon pass sh o rtly before halftim e w as a to respect his p a r t of it." question of Ole Miss getting four men Was Rozelle inferring th a t Cannon acc ep ted a bmxus Tasf fnoiuh I • deep on th re e of the Bayou Bengals* <' when he announced he would play with the R a m s ? defenders.

I' Replied Rozelle: ^'Due to the possibility this m a y be taken into court, I' •‘T hey sent a m a n down and out .' t ’m not at liberty to disclose when Cannon signed tho c o n tr a c t." .' on each side, a n o th e r m a n as a flare < While C annon did not reveal the c o n tra c t te r m s with Houston, fiere «'' and Woodruff up the m iddle , . . we ,’ w as tho speculation: 4 had ’th re e m e a covered but Gibbs hit t. A bonus lo sign and a th re e -y e a r p a ct added up to » coo! $100,000. 4<' the (Open m a n 9 . . we sim ply didn't 2. *Off season. Billy w o u ld 'o p e ra te th re e serv ice statio n s for Tiousfon <I ■ rush h a r d (C.ncfUgh, givmg G ibbs loo CKvivr Bud Adams, eac h for SLOOO a m onth plus 50 p e r c&nt of the nc7. .. '' 'much time.'*'* .'

3. Fie would receive a Cadillac autom obile. w a s the* i i r s t -touchdown p a s s \ ' I here \Oas also a r e p o rt th a t A dam s e n te rta in e d the id ea of topcrtiivi; 4 ?hrow'i* against LSU in l f g am es.

4 a siriiig tat "Billy Cannon H ealth C e n te rs " in T exae w ith DieUeT ?summc(S tiin> the defeat in i Canr.oii ws nominal head.

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T hen the lightning in M ere d ith 's a r m really s ta rte d the flash, and his blue d a r ts com pletely w reck ed the E ast, With the clock hand a t the threcminiHe m ark, he whipped the pigskin from the E a s t ’s 21-yard line to Burford, who had to leap to s p e a r the bali in the end zone. When Bill Bucek of Rice added the e x tra point it w as 14 to 14. * * Onside Kick Backfires D eterm ined not lo settle for a tic.

T exas C hristian's J a c k Spikes then tried an onside kick. When did you ev e r see a kickoff lose two y a rd s ?

T h a i's just w hat Spikes' c ra z y bool did. It sliced off his foot and went into a reverse E nglish spin and the East* took au to m atic possession on the West 38.

N oire D am e 's long p a ss e r, G eorge Izo, c a m e in from the bench anti heaved a pass so fa r it sailed oui y a rd s beyond the end zone, but when Iowa's Bob J e t e r picked up nine yard s, things brightened, with the E ast moving into field-goal range and two minutes, 26 seconds left in the gam e.

H lm*c Head Coach Duffy D au g h erty of the E ast, who had been shuttling his q u a rte rb a c k s in and out all a fte r­ noon. sent in his own Michigan State man, Dean Look, to tak e charge. It w as third down, and Look w as d u m p ­ ed for a 12-yard loss with a s a v a g e tackle by O k lah o m a's J im Davis.

Now the E a s t w as too fa r a w a y for a placc-kick. so the fourth down w as w asted on a n o th er incompleted pass, and the West went into action on its own 41. Meredith hit Cogdill, one of the finest receivers on the field, with a long pass down on the E a s t 15, w here the Cougar end m ad e a circus catch. Bul on fourth down, with only 1:37 left. Bucek’.s field goal from the eight-yard line w ent wide.

West R ecovers E a s t Fum ble A tic now seem ed inevitable as the E a s t took o v e r on its 20. Izo passed to Jow a’s Don Norton, who got to the E a s t 43, w here Iiq fum bled and U ta h 's L a r r y Wilson recovered for the West.

Meredith s ta rte d this new West drive with a pass to Cogdill on the E a s t 26. Don tried to p a ss a g a in on the next play but, h e m m e d in, he ran for 12 y a r d s and then late ra lle d to his SMU te a m m a te , J im Welsh, for five m ore to g e t the ball to the eight.

Then, with the clock showing less than a minute. M eredith tossed one to Bass.

Tile COP sco o ter runs like Buddy Young, except th a t at 195 h e 's 30 pounds heavier.

H e took the low throw o n 't h e four and had to go the rem aining distan ce with the 185-pound Burton on his back, trying d e sp e ra te ly to bring him down. The cap a city throng of 60.000. mostly West p a r t i ­ sans. went wild a s Bass, who recently signed to play for the Los Angeles R am s, c a rrie d Bilrton o v e r the goal line with him. 'rile clock now showed only 55 sec­ onds. and it proved insufficient time for the stunned E a s t squad lo r e ­ taliate. 'iJie West's ■only fflther louchobwii

iMajor Collegiate S tars T u r n All-.Aincrica Cnine In to Kout TUCSON, Ariz.—T h e M a jo r Col* Tege all-stars had a tough tim e beating the Sm all College a l l ­ sta rs, 14 to 12, in th e firs t AllA m erica Bowl g a m e , b u t the s e c ­ ond of the an n u a l co n tests p ro v e d a m ism a tc h , J a n u a r y 2.

Led by F u llb a c k M erlin P rid d y of TOU and Q u a r te r b a c k R ichie Lucas of P e n n Stale, the big-coL' lege s t a r s ro a re d to a 53 lo 0 vic­ tory before 14,500 s p e c ta to rs .

P r id d y sc o re d th r e e touchdow ns and c a rrie d the ball IG tim e s for IGO y a rd s. He w as v oted th e m o st valuable p la y e r of th e g a m e .

Lucas, who c a m e o u t of the C opper Bowl with a b ru is e d hip, D e c e m b e r 26. s h r u g g e d off th e in­ ju ry to s ta g e a s p a rk lin g show.

R iv e rb o a t Richie p a ss e d for two touchdowns, one to P r id d y a n d the o th er to P au l M cG uire of T h e Cit­ adel. He also s c o re d one to uch­ down him self a n d s e t up a n o th e r with a 39-yard com pletion, all in the fourth period.

G ordon S p e ers of R ic e co u n ted on a 24-yard p a s s in tercep tio n a n d kicked five of six co nversion a t - ’ tem pts. D wight Nichols of Iow a State and F r a n Curci of M iam i rounded out the sco rin g with a touchdown apiece.

B ----------------------------------■ c a m e in (he second p erio d w hen Look fumbled on his 18 and O re g o n ’s a le r t Jo h n Wilcox re c o v e re d for th e West.

Five plays later, Spikes took the ball o v er c e n te r from the one. and B ucek added the point.

4-' • • E a s t Off to Slow S ta rt The E ast, with one of the b est-b a l­ anced squads to inv ade K e z a r in years, couldn't u n tr a c k itself in th e first half, leaving the field with only 32 net yard s. D a u g h e r ty p o u re d a little turpentine to his w a r r io r s in the d ressing room , telling th em he w a s n ’t happy with th e i r show ing. He also m a d e so m e k e y a d ju s tm e n ts , a n d the boys fro m the o th e r side of the Mississippi looked like a d iffe re n t te a m in the th ird period.

Strong running by J e t e r and his fellow Iowan, R a y J a u c h , coupled with som e pile-driving c r a s h e s down the middle by Ohio S ta te 's b u rly Bob White, took the E a s t 59 y a r d s in ten plays shortly a f t e r the s t a r t of the second half. White c r a s h e d o v e r for two y a r d s fro m left tack le for this first E a s t score, w hich tied it up, 7 to 7. * A big b re a k helped the E a s t k e e p il.s secofid touchdown d riv e alive. As the third period w as fading. Look punted on fourth down, but T C U 's Don Floyd w as called for run n in g into the kicker. So the E a s t g o t the ball back, and a 15-yard p e n a lty g a in b e­ sides.

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T h e O r a n g e m e n r a n th e c o u n t lo h is h e l m e t to th e g ro u n d : The m elee w as un d er w ay and b e ­ IT) to 0 in th e s e c o n d p e r io d , c l i m a x i n g an 80-yard d r i v e b y d e n t i n g a s t u b ­ c a m e a n e a r g a n g fight w h en J o h n b o r n Te.xas d e f e n s e t h a t fa ile d lo yield B r o w n , b u r l y soph ta c k le a n d one of m o r e t h a n i n c h e s o n t h r e e p l a y s f ro m t h r e e N e g r o s t a r s fo r S y r a c u s e , look a the tw o -fo o t lin e b e f o r e D a v i s sliced s w in g al T e x a s T a c k l e L a r r y S te ­ o v e r g u a r d on f o u r th d o w n f o r th e p h e n s . B o th b e n c h e s , in clu d in g H e ad lo u clu io w n . S c h w e d e s p a s s e d to D a v is Coachc.s R o y a l an d Ben S c h w a rtz for th e tw o e x t r a p o i n t s t h a t left S y r a ­ w a l d c r . e m p t i e d into th e f ra y . Tew c u se in u n d i s t u r b e d c o m m a n d th e p u n c h e s w e r e th r o w n an d no one w a s h u r l. But it look s o m e few m i n ­ re s t of th e g a m e . r h o S l e e r s r o a r e d b a c k e a r l y in u t e s to r e s t o r e o r d e r a n d d e t e r m i n e the s e c o n d h a l f to s c o r e t h e i r f ir s t t h a t T e x a s h a d tu r n e d d o w n a n u m b e r to u c h d o w n on a 69-yard pas.s p l a y of p e n a l t i e s on the p la y and ta k e n fro m Q u a r t e r b a c k B o b b y L a c k e y lo th e a u t o m a t i c to u c h b a c k w h ich r e ­ S o p h o m o r e H a l f b a c k J a c k Collins. s u lte d f r o m E r i c k s o n ’s f u m b le o ut B u t R e n e R a m i r e z w a s s w a r m e d u n ­ of th e end zone.

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S y r a c u s e r a n t h e s c o r e t o 23 t o 4) fic ia ls f r o m th e o t h e r ’ft s e c t i o n witU .Syracuse r o a s t e d late in th e t h i r d p e r i o d a f t e r D a v is u n f a i r t r e a t m e n t . p icked off a s t r a y T e x a s p a s s a n d U m p i r e T r u e l s o n of E o n W o rth fo** v c lu r n c d lo th e S t e e r 24. F r o m t h e r e th e h o ld in g calls, m o s t o f t h e m c o m ­ he s t r e a k e d to th e t h r e e o n o n e of in g on S y r a c u s e p a s s p l a y s w h e r e (he g a m e ’s l o p r u n s , r e v e r s i n g h is T r u e l s o n s a i d O r a n g e m e n b T o c k field o n c e a n d u s in g h i s b l o c k e r s e x ­ CPS Nvero b a d ly v io la tin g th e rule r e ­ p e r tly . S c h w e d e s b a r r e l l e d o v e r f r o m q u i r i n g a n o ffen siv e b l o c k e r t o Leei> th e t h r e e a n d S a r e t t e p a s s e d l o D a v is h i s h a n d s in o o n t a c i w it h hi« c h e s i .

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INGO-FLOYD SWING PARTY GETS IN TUNE Lights Out fo r Floyd

Group Plans Date in June for Rematch Pow R oadhlocks Still Slyniie

W ho ’ll Pay fo r T h a t Golhani S tad iu m ?

Boul, Bul C ham pion May C lrar Up P ictn rc Slioiily

N E W YORK, N . Y. M a yo r Bob W agner has p ro m ised (his city a sta d iu m to c o m p a r e with any, but ho did forget to s a y who would pay, T h e city c h a r te r d e m a n d s a g u a ra n te ed write-off of the debt b y the tenant or anoth er o u tsid e a g en cy .

DAN DANIEL N E W YORK. N . Y ..

That I n g e m a r J o h a n sso n of Sweden.

Ihe^ lieavyw eigh l c h a m p i o n of the world, and Floyd P a tte rso n , from whom h e won the title by a thirdround knockout here la s t Juno, will m eet a gain n e x t J u n e a p p ea rs to be fairly cerla in .

Al this tim e. there still are a lot of •p r e lim in a r ie s lo be c le a r e d up be­ fore tile rcm alcii m a y be regarded as official. 'rho group h ea d ed b y R o y Cohn.

N e w York attorney, w h ich ap parently purch ased first rights to the s e r v ­ ice s of the two fighters, h a s y e t to get the official approval o f the N e w York A thletic C o m m issio n or District.

A ttorney F ra n k H ogan o f N e w York County or the F B I. Nor lias a re m a tch co n tra ct been filed b y Cohn with the c o m m is sio n .

H o w ev er, it m a y be a s s u m e d that (he fight will b e c o m e esta b lish ed in the 10()0 ch a m p io n sh ip sch e d u le soon , follow ing J o h a n ss o n 's arrival h e r e on J a n u a r y IO. D ’A m a to L o s e s N . Y . L ic en se J o h a n sso n sen t word from Sw eden that before d oin g a n yth in g d efinite he w ish ed to confer- w ith Gen. M elvin K rulewiich. head of the N e w York Athletic C o m m issio n , and H ogan. If th ey g iv e the n ew group, which bought out (he W illiam R o sen soh n E n te r ­ prises. a clean bill o f health, the .Swede will c o m p le te his deal.

Iag o insists that he h a s m a d e no c o m m it m e n t with Colin and his group.

Colin visited J o h a n sso n in Sw eden r e ­ c e n tly and returned h e r e with (he word that ev er y th in g w a s set.

'ITIC group behind P a tte r so n in his losing fight h a s c o m e under clo se scrutiny by the c o m m is s io n , by Hogan and by (lie grand jury. Cus D 'A m ato, P a tte r s o n ’s m a n a g e r , h a s lost his li­ c e n s e to o p era te in. the state o f N e w York. and if the sec o n d fight is held in this city, he will not be perm itted ill F lo v d ’s corner.

1-ct it he s tr e s se d that w hile D ’Ania10 and otlv'rs h a v e been under fire. lh(.*rc h a s been no asp ersio n on the bona fidos of the fight itself. J o h a n s ­ son sco red an honest knpckout.

E xp erts Low -R ated Ingo A s su m in g that J o h a n sso n and P a t ­ terson will face ea ch other again in June, perhaps al the Polo Grounds. who is likely to w in?

A fter P a tterso n had been knocked out by l o g o last J u n e, a str a n g e thing dcvclopecl. 'There w a s a lot of g u ff in ilio sports p a g e s lo the e ffe c t that w hen they in cet a gain the A m erica n will be the favorite.

T h ere w a s a d e term in ed and s e t c a m p a ig n lo d iscredit J o h a n sso n and to g iv e (he im p ression that the Sw ede ow ed his victory lo a fluke. . E v e n w h ile J o h a n ss o n w a s train­ ing at G r o ssin g c r 's up in the m ou n ­ tains. tiiere w e r e sto r ie s (hat h e w a s d oin g m o r e d a n c in g than boxing and that he would be no m a tch for the then c h am p ion .

• On (he morjiing o f (he J u n e 26 fight, one e x p e r t reg ard ed The S w e d e ’s c h a n c e s with such d isd a in th at he a n ­ nounced that J o h a n s s o n w auld be stopped in the first round.

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BOB TU RLEY • . . Junior Exec

J O H N N Y U N IT A S . . . Prem ier P/oyer

HORACE STO NEH AM , . . D a v id H a tu m

B R A N C H R IC K E Y . • . S tifi Price?

M a y b e Bill Shea h a s the an gel under co ver. M a y b e i f s poor form politically lo m en tion such c r a s s stuff a s ca sh . D ough ? Blow. J o e . Wily be de trop? ♦ « * Branch R ick ey m a d e a big s c o r e w hen h e nabbed D a lla s-F o r t Worth with gilt-edged b ack ing for the Continental L eagu e, lf he e v e r s e ts up shop, he will win the b attle of the century. N ow , w hen he a sks the price to indem nify m inor le a g u e territories, will he be quoted prices c o m m e n ­ su r a te with those a sk ed w hen the m a jo r s s w itc h e d th eir own franchises?

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T h ere ar e two s id e s to B ob T u rley, and w e d o n ’t m e a n his flip-flop from *58 winning pitcher to '59 loser. On the b aseb all circuit. Bob is a lobbysitting. “ w e s te r n ” reader. On his h o m e grounds in B altim o re, he is a sprucelyfa sh io n ed , high-pow ered junior e x e c in insu rance. G us 'I'riandos and 'I'urley a re one-third partners in a fir m that w rites $10,ODO.OOO in p olicies in a year.

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IVIoorp O v e r lo o k e d as S ta r o f (iolls" Til Ie V ielorv Johnny U nitas of the Colls g o t a sp o rts c a r here (he o th er d a y for being adjudged p r e m ie r p la y e r a g a in s t the G iants, but this corner h o p es so m e b o d y g i v e s Lennio Moore a ride in a sports car, a l least. M oore forced the chinks in the usually im p erv io u s Giant d e f e n s e for th ree c a t c h e s that sw un g the g a m e . Lcnnie is the only m an N e w York d e fen d er s co u ld n ’t figure all year.

When the C olts’ sprinter hugs the sid eline dnshiiv. dow nficld. it’.s im practical lo d ou hle-tcam him. and w h en he cuts inside he le a v e s one m an flat and m a k e s it tough for another to pick him up. « ♦ * Mel c o lle g e basketball t e a m s had been d r e a m in g of a co m eb a ck n a­ tionally until (hey g ot sq uash ed in the H oliday i*'estival in (he Garden, with (C O N T IN U E D ON P A G E 22, COL, A)

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'KNOTTY PROBLEMS OF DIAMOND' T h e first b a s e m a n fumbled a-:-batler ran into birn, knocked him s lo w ly rolling ground ball, which dow n and reached first sa fely . Is (hen trickled into foul territory (he b atter safe, o r is he out for in­ b etw een h o m e plate and the first te rfere n ce? b a s e bag.

See P a g e 22. Column A, for the A s the first b a s e m a n c ro sse d the correct a n s w e r to tltis “ Knotty i)ase line to pick up the ball, the P r o b l e m .”

HERE WE HAVE th e s u r p r i s i n g c l i m a x ol th e lig h t on June 26, 1959, a l Y a n k e e S t a d i u m , in w h i c h I n g e m a r J o h an sso n k n o c k e d out F lo y d P a l l e r s o n in th e th ird r o u n d a n d b e c a m e t h e h e a v y w e i g h t c h a m p i o n of t h e w o rld . at all. H e surprised the w is e m e n a s ­ so c ia te d with Palter.son with a plan of attack w hich he had not re v e a le d in training.

Ingo brought out a healthy. ICMiific right and punched P a tterso n w itless.

That P a tterso n a ctu ally will g o into the arena the popular ch o ic e next June m ay be regard ed as e x t r e m e ly doubtful. T h e r e will not be tliat m uch P a tterso n m o n e y to set him up a s the betting ch oice.

P a tte r so n L oses Public F av or In fact, P a t t e r s o n ’s stock htjs s u f­ fered a s e v e r e drop sin c e last J un e.

T he second fight should h a v e been held. a s planned, last .September. The nialcli h a s chilled, and it would c r e a te no su rp rise h ere if the .second cont est w e r e to be no m ore s u c c e s s fu l for the new p rom oters than w a s the fight last June, P a tterso n has reced ed g ra d u a lly in (he public e s t e e m and in the public eve.

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Heavy History N E W YORK, N . Y . - A co m p le te list o f h e a v y w e i g h t c h a m p i o n s fr o m J o h n L. Sullivan, who won the title by b e a tin g J a k e Kilraiu in th e la st o f the b are - knuckle bouts on J u ly 8, 1889. to In g em ar J o h a n s s o n follows: J i m C o r b e t t . S e p t e m b e r 7, 18!»2. to M a r c h 17. ino7.

B o b F i t z s i m m o n s , M a r c h 17. t o J u n e y. 1899.

J a m e s J J e f f r i e s . J u n o 8. 189iU to r e t i r e m e n t i n M a r c i u loon.

M a r v i n H a r t , J u l y 3, 1!U»5. t o P'ctir u a r y 23. 1906.

T o m m y B u r n s . F e b r u a r y 23, 1909. l o D e c e m b e r 29. moH. J a c k J o i m s o n , D e c e m b e r 26. 1903. t o A p r i l Ck 19J5.

J e s s W i l l a r d , A p r i l 5. 191.5. t<i J u i v 4. 1919.

J a c k D e m p s e y . J u l y 4. 1919, t o Se«»t e m b c r 2:1. 192n.

G o n e T u n n e y . S i ? p t e m b o r 23. I9 ‘_ s. t o r e t i r e m e n t . J u l y 2li. 1928.

Ma.x S c h m c l i n R . J u l y 12. 1930. t i J u n e 21. 1932.

J a c k S b a r l ; e y , J u n e 21. 1932, t i J u n e 29. 1933.

P r i m o C a m e r a . J u n e 29, 19:{3. t * J u n e 14. 1934.

M a x B a e r , J u n e 14, 1934. t o Ju?«e 13. 19:i5.

J i m B r a d d o c k , J u n e 13, UKtn. J u n e 22. 1937.

J o e L o u i s . J u n e 22. 1937. t o r e i i i v m e n t . M a r c h I. 1949.

F / z a r d C h a r l e s . J u n e 22. 1919, to J u l y 18. 1951.

J e r s e y J o e W a l c o t t . J u l y 18. 193t. t o S e p t e m b e r 23. 1952.

H o c Ic y M a r c i a n o . S e p t o i n b o i - 23, 19.52. t o r e t i r e m e n t , A u g u s t 27. I9.\K. F lo y d P atter.son, N o v e m b e i 30, 1950. t o J u n e 26. 19.59.

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One of the m a n y in tangible factors in (he situation h a s to do with an oddity in h e a v y w e ig h t h istory. N e v e r h a s the lo ser of the h e a v y w e ig h t title been ab le to c o m e back and r ecov er it.

The feat h a s been tried m a n y tim es, bul it a p p e a r s to be liem m ed in with p.sychoiogical hazards.

For e x a m p le , wiien P a tter so n fa c e s Johans.son ag ain , he will not bo ab le l o forget the p u n c h e s which knocked tho title out o f hi,*-- g rasp . H e will find it im p o ssib le to e r a s e th e h a rro w ­ ing m e m o r y of the punch wliich left him m in u s th e ch a m p io n sh ip .

J im Corbett c a m e close.st lo r e g a in ­ ing the h e a v y w e ig h t ch am p ion siiip on M a y l l . 1900, al C on ey Island, w hen he m et J im J effries.

Corbett lost the tit*e tp B ob F it z s im ­ m o n s at ^ 'a r s o n City on March 17, 1897, w h e n lan k y R o b er t belted him in the so la r p le x u s in the fourteenth round.

F i t z s im m o n s lost the ch a m p io n sh ip to J e f f r ie s on J u n e 9, 1S99. al C oney Island, in the ele v e n th heat.

The B o ile r m a k e r , at 206 p o u n d s , out­ w eig h ed Fit/, by JO pounds.

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I'or 22 rounds th e 25-year-old Telfries took a b e a lin g on points from the adroit 34-year-old Corbett.

B u t in the Iw cnty-tbird, Corbett’s old l e g s g a v e out and .Icff knocked him out.

J im , the sc ie n tist, n e v e r forgot that J e f f had sto p p ed the m an who had sto p p ed Corbett Jiimsclf.

Corbett in sisted on an o th er shot at J e f f r i e s in A u g u st o f 1903 and this l im e w a s k no ck ed into real I 'e l i t o m e n t in th e tenth.