Medford mail tribune., March 19, 1957, Image 9

Greenberg Turns Down SI Million Offer
From Red Sox For Whiff King Herb Score
OBy MILTON RICHMAN
United Pra Sports Writer
Sarasota, Fla. (U.Ri Gen
eral Manager Joe Cronin of the
Boston Red Sox confirmed today
that he made a "serious cash of
fer" of $1,000.0000 for Cleve
land, strikeout 'c.ng Herb Score
anSoristled at a suggestion that
the fbulous offer was a public
ity stunt.
"I ts and am definitely ser
ious certainly the offer was
rrf.t In good faith," Cronin told
floptical reporters after General
M.ier Hank Greenberg of the
Jndfns revealed he had reject
ed t! deal. "I offered him $1
millios for Score and told him
to t the offer to the Indians'
O !- c directors.
"Gnberg said he'd give me
a ring," Cronin went on. "I
didn't expect him to say any
thing about the offer. But, now
that he has, it's true."
Hit Lik. Bomb-shell
Greenberg's statement hit the
major league training sites like
a bomb-shell and produced re
action ranging from stunning
disbelief to, statements like "Bill
Veeck is running the show" and
"Cronin and Greenberg just
dreamed that up to produce a
headline." Even Boston fans con
ceded "$1 million seems awful
hard to believe."
But in Tuscon, Ariz., Manager
Kerby Farrell of the Indians told
the United Pcess: "Mr. Green
berg did a very reasonable
thing and I am glad he lid. I
would not trade Score for Mick
ey Mantle or Al Kaline."
Cronin and Greenberg had
slightly different versions of ex
actly how the offer four times
the record amount ever paid
for a major league player was
made.
Proposal Unfolds
"Greenberg and I sat down
Monday and tried to work out
every possible combination for
a deal." said Cronin. "I finally
said, "I'm offering you SI mil
lion for Score. Take that to your
board of directors.' We didn't
shake hands. Greenberg said he
would give me a ring."
"We were discussing another
deal involving a pitcher." said
Greenberg. "Finally Cronin said
"I'd give a million dollars for
a sure 20-game winner a
pitcher like Score.' I replied, 'Do
you mean you would give me $1
million for Score?' and he said,
'Yes, I think I would.' I hesitat
ed a moment and said, 'Well, I
wouldn't take it.' "
Score, a 23-year-old New York
born left-hander who got a S60,
000 bonus to sign with Cleve
land, set a record for a rookie
by striking out 245 batters in
1955 and last season whiffed
263 while compiling a 20-9 rec
ord. His 1956 strikeout total was
the highest in the majors since
1946 when Bob Feller fanned
348 and Hal Xewhouser whiffed
275 and his two-year record of
508 strikeouts in 476 innings is
unprecedented.
Coach Denies 'Prejudice' Charge
Tuesday. March 19, 1957
Bedford (oreconj mail taibvne nine
Irish Expanding Aid to Athletes
Program In Order To Compete
C!hcna City !U.R) Okla
homa Citj basketball Coach Abe
q Lemore )! today any charges
that rcil prejudice was in
volve1 in an NCAA regional
garr. eith Kansas at Dallas
"wi it) unwarranted."
I Lightner, Pacific Coast
Confrrat referee and sports
editor, said in Salem that Okla
homa City deliberately tried to
foul Kansas Center Wilt Cham
berlain. Lightner said the real trouble
seemed to be that Chamberlain
and guard Maurice King were
"dark-skinned."
"We've played a number of
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Basketball
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Wilt Named
All-American
New York (U.R) Two sopho
mores Wilt Chamberlain of
Kansas and Elgin Baylor of Se
attle today were named to the
Look magazine's 10-man All
America basketball team.
Others selected were Chet
Forte of Columbia, Lennie Ro
senbluth of North Carolina, Guy
Rorjgerj of Temple, Gary
Thompson of Iowa State, Char
lie Tyra of Louisville, Jim
Krebs of Southern Methodist,
Rod Hundley of West Virginia
and Frank Howard of Ohio
State.
The team was selected for the
magazine by the 400 members
of the newly-formed United
States Basketball Writers association.
Joey Giambra
rights Repeat
Oakland. Calif. (U.R) .Topv
Giambra and Al Andrews, who
have come to blows before when
the price was right, do it again
tonight when they meet in a 10-
round, non - televised middle
weight bout at the Oakland Au
ditorium. Giambra, the handsome Buf
falo, N.Y., stylist now campaign
ing out of San Francisco, rallied
to earn a unanimous decision
over Andrews in January of
1856 and is favored to repeat
the triumph.
Former Oregon Back
Is Father of Boy
Portland (U.R) A baby boy
has been born in Columbus, Ga.,
to Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw.
Shaw, former Oregon quar
terback and now with the Balti
more Colts, is in the Army at
Fort Benning, Ga.
The grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Shaw, said here the
eight-pound, seven-ounce boy
was already nicknamed "The
Little General." The boy was
named John Thomas Shaw.
PROMOTER UNCERTAIN
New York (U.R) Uncertainty
blanketed promoter Jim Norris'
future title fight plans today as
he consulted with his attorneys.
That uncertainty stymies the
"deadline" signing of Archie
Moore for a defense of his light
heavyweight crown and caused
manager Charley Johnston to
begin dickering with Canadian
promoters.
Tavern in Portland
Gutted by Flames
Portland (U.R) Fire gutted
the Arleta tavern on Southeast
Foster road late last night. Fire
men said an explosion believed
to have occurred during the
blaze sent glass and debris into
the street but no injuries were
reported.
Cause of the blaze was not
immediately known.
Using explosives the army
has developed a method of sink
ing telegraph poles in loose sand
or earth without having to dig
a hole.
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teams with Negroes this season
and there has never been any
friction whatsoever," Lemons
said. Creighton University tele
phoned today after hearing of
Lightner's accusations and want
ed to know if they were true.
"Of course, we are interested
in forming a new conference
along with a number of Eastern
schools. Naturally any such atti
tude would hurt us there."
Lightner said "I don't know
whether there is racial preju
dice there or not."
Ed Nail, OCU business mana
ger of. athletics, issued a state
ment demanding an apology
from Lightner.
He pointed out that OGU has
Negroes enrolled and there are
some on the baseball team.
As for Lightner's charges that
OCU was trying to foul Cham
berlain, Lemons said, "we
wouldn't want to do that. What
we were trying to do was get
him to foul us."
SPORTS
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Bradley, Temple
Favored in NIT
Quarter-Finals
By JOHN GRIFFIN
United Press Sports Writer
New York (U.R) Five up
sets in six games have the Na
tional Invitation Tournament in
an uproar today, and tonight it's
the turn of Bradley and Temple
to be "cursed" with the favor
ite's role in quarter-final games.
Bradley 19-7 takes on hot
shooting Xavier of Ohio (20-7) in
the first game and then speedy
Rodgcrs leads Temple (18-8)
against Dayton's "bridesmaids'
(19-8) in the second.
But look what happened to
the favorites in Monday night's
two quarter-finals top-seeded
Seattle was handed an 85-68
shellacking by small but sassy
St. Bonavenlure and Manhattan
took an 85-73 drubbing from
Memphis State.
St. Bonnie, proudly calling
itself the "team without a star"
will meet Memphis State in one
semi-final on Thursday night.
Tonight's winners will meet in
the other, and then the nationally-televised
finals will be stag
ed Saturday at 2 p.m. (EST).
St. Bonaventure overwhelm
ed Seattle and its highly- touted
Elgin Baylor with the same
swarming, scrapping tactics that
bewieldered Cincinnati in the
first round. Baylor emerged with
23 points and 25 rebounds, but
was hardly a vital factor in the
game. The six-seven soph star
collected fouls fast and finally
fouled out with four minutes
left.
Newk Makes
'57 Debut;
Yanks Win
By UNITED PRESS
All this and Johnny Podres
too!
That was the reaction' in the
Brooklyn Dodgers' camp today
after Manager Walt Alston's
"big three of the mound" turned
in a sparkling seven-hitter in
Monday night's 8-1 victory over
the Detroit Tigers.
The game marked a successful
spring debut for Don Newcombe,
the big 27-game winner of last
season, the finest showing yet by
40-year-old Sal Maglie and fi
nally a splendid three-inning
"cleanup" by Podres.
The New York Yankees con
tinued to get the best all-around
pitching on the Grapefruit cir
cuit when Whitey Ford and Art
Ditmar limited the Philadelphia
Phillies to three hits in a 5-0 tri
umph. Ford yielded two singles
in five innings and Ditmar a lone
hit in the last four as the Yan
kees stretched their string of
consecutive scoreless innings to
24.
Andy Pafko delivered his sec
ond, key late-inning homer in a
few days to spark the Milwau
kee Braves to a 7-3 victory over
the St. Louis Cardinals. Pafko
blasted a three-run eighth-inning
homer after the Braves rallied
with three runs in the seventh to
produce a 3-3 tie.
Jerry Lynch's triple, a walk, a
single by Don Hoak and Gus
Bell's infield roller produced two
runs and gave the Cincinnati
Redlegs a 7-6 win over the Bos
ton Red Sox in 10 innings. The
Red Sox tagged Joe Nuxhall for
five runs but were stopped cold
by Warren Hacker, who turned
in his third straight strong job of
the spring.
Mike Baxes tripled home
Johnny Groth in the 10th inning
as the Kansas City Athletics
shaded the Pittsburgh Pirates,
4-3, in the only other game on
the citrus circuit. Ex-Yankee
Tom Morgan turned in a strong
five-inning mound performance
for Kansas City while Dale Long
and Bill Virdon hit homers for
the Pirates.
South Bend, Ind. (U.R)
Notre Dame is expanding its aid
program to athletes in order "to
compete" in football, Coach Ter
ry Brennan said today.
"We're going to have to have
more boys on deals," he said,
"with about the same number
every year. We can't go on the
way we have been."
Brennan opened spring prac
tice Monday with about 65 play
ers reporting. But it was the
first year in history that Notre
Dame was without a "name"
player at some position and also
the first year that spring prac
tice began without a quarter
back of some reputation.
Athletic Director Moose Kraus
confirmed that Brennan would
be granted additional "deals"
which at Notre Dame consist of
room, board, tuition, books and
laundry and no cash.
"We've always left it up to
our coach to say how many they
want," Kraus said. "If Terry
wants 35 or 40 a year, he can
have them. I'd say that's what
he'd get each year now, some
where between 35 and 40."
Notre Dame last year had only
one standout player, All-America
quarterback Paul Hornung,
and few seniors.
Brennan listed only five play
ers on the spring roster who
were juniors last fall and whom
he expected to be of some help
this year.
Last season was the worst in
Irish gridiron history with only
two victories in 10 games.
Brennan hoped that Bob Wil
liams, who started two games
at quarterback last fall against
Pittsburgh and Southern Cali
fornia, could take the job this
year, and he anticipated that
sophomore George Izo, Barber
town, Ohio., might help.
"I think if we get up to a .500
record next fall, we will have
done a hell of a job," Brennan
said.
Offer Hard For
Score to Believe
Tucson, Ariz. (U.R) Cleve
land Indian fireballer Herb
Score today found the $l-mil-lion
offer made for him by the
Boston Red Sox as difficult to
believe as anybody else.
"I guess I'm no judge of
values," he said when he learn
ed of the offer. "But I'd say no
ball player is worth a million
dollars."
Score also was asked if he
now thought he made a "bad
deal" in signing for $60,000 in
view of the enormous price tag
on him.
"No," he replied, "I think the
Indians were very fair to me."
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