New York Will Leave Mat Out for
Redlegs If Brooklyn Goes West
By MILTON RICHMAN
United Press Spoils Writer ,
New York (ffl Brooklyn
g oet next and when the Dodg
ers finally do decide on Los
Angelei for their new home.
they'll leave the welcome mat
out in New York for the Cincin
nati Redlegs.
Dodger President Walter
O'Malley wasn't particularly
concerned today that the New
York Giants had beaten him to
the punch by their decision to
play in San Francisco next year,
but it was considered a foregone
conclusion that he will have a
similar announcement of his
own before Oct. 1.
Evan before the Dodgers
transfer to Los Angeles, how
ever, the Cincinnati Redlegs are
expected to consummate a deal
whereby they will play in the
Polo Grounds next year.
Rep. Patrick J. Hillings (R.
Calif.) said in Washington that
he "doubted" the Giants would
have taken the step they did
Monday without an "under
standing" that Brooklyn would
move to Los Angeles.
Hillings added that the Giants
decision to forsake New York
was a forerunner of a Dodger
shift by Oct. 1, and that he ex
pects either Cincinnati or Pitts
burgh to move a National league
franchise to New York after
Bill Catey,
Stacey in
Senior Final
Bill Catey will play George
Stacey for the senior golf cham
pionship of Rogue Valley Coun
try club.
The match is set for 1 p.m.
Wednesday.
Catey won his semi-final from
Glen Fabrick 4 and 3. Stacey
got by Merlon Emmans 1 up.
Jerry Cottingham took second
flight laurels with a 4 and 3 ver
dict over Austin Laymane while
A. C. Broyles defeated B. L. Mar
tin in third flight finals. In the
first flight Ted Porterfield will
meet the winner of the semi
final match between Lew Bates
and Harry Jewett.
Archer Stops
The Dalles 4-1
Portland W) Archer
Blower and Pipe eliminated
The Dalles 4-1 in the Oregon
state AABC semi-pro baseball
tournament at Sckavone field
here Monday.
Joe Trembly smacked a first
Inning home run for Archer.
Archer added two more in the
fourth inning, as they belted
The Dalles' Denny Peterson for
10 hits.
Archer pitcher Bob Diller
gave up five hits and struck out
12. Archer goes against Show
boat of Beaverton for the state
title tonight.
Local Cyclists
Shine at Redding
Two riders carrying the
White's Cycles hop of Medford
banner took top time trophies
for two motorcycle classes Sun
day in National Hot Rl associa-
tion drag races at Redding, Calif.
Jack White won on his 30.50
inch Triumph with strip rec
ord of 98.93 miles per hour and
Charles Beck, Rogue River, rid
ing Pat Franzen's 40-inch Tri
umph, established a strip mark
of 109.59. White eliminated a
104.62 Norton and Beck won
over a 40-inch BSA Spitfire.
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ACCUSED OF BLACKMAIL
Mrs. Marjorie Meade ap
pears distraught after Pro
ducer Paul Gregory testified
in the libel trial of Confiden
tial magazine in Los Angeles
that he had been offered a
chance to pay between $800
and $1000 to keep a "scan
dalously injurious" article
from being published in
Confidential. He identified
Mrs. Meade as the one who
made the proposition. Mrs.
Meade collapsed and the
trial had to be recessed for
three hours
Brooklyn leaves.
Redlegs Seek Larger Gate
The Redlegs, it was learned,
are more inclined to make such
a shift because they feel they
have a solid, pennant-contending
club which would draw far
better in New York than it does
in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati officials have dis
covered they can not expect too
warm a welcome from Yankee
President Dan Topping as poten
tial tenants of the Yankee sta
dium but the owners of the Polo
Grounds have said they would
be perfectly willing to rent it to
another major league club. The
Polo Grounds has a capacity of
53,000 as compared with 29,584
capacity of Crosley field in Cin
cinnati. On the question as to whether
any major league club would
have the right under baseball
law to move into New York once
the Dodgers join the Giants in
moving to the West coast, Com
missioner Ford Frick said in
Montreal Monday he planned to
hold a meeting of club owners
"before the World Series" to
iron out the problems.
The National league normally
approved the shift of both the
Giants and Dodgers to San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles, May 28,
a day after United Press Sports
Editor Leo Peterson revealed
thpt those two clubs and Cincin-
na.i all would move.
Money No Obstacle
The Giants, having received
the necessary approval to move
from their board of directors
Monday by a vote of 8-1, must
now negotiate for the San Fran
cisco franchise which is owned
by Boston Red Sox President
Tom Yawkey. It is understood
Yawkey does not intend to
stand in the Giants' way and
that he will ask a reasonable
sum.
Pacific Coast league officials,
however, could prove far tough
er nuts to crack. They demand
to be indemnified for invasion
of their territory and it could be
that Giant owner Horace Stone
ham would be hard put to raise
the kind of money they might
ask.
Leslie O'Connor, the one-time
assistant to former commission
er K. M. Landis, and now presi
dent of the PCL, had a tart "no
comment" over the Giants' lat
est action.
If an impasse comes about be
tween the Giants and the PCL
members, the case will be
brought before a seven-man
might hold up the Giants' offi
might hold up the iGants' offi
cial shift well into November.
Women's Golf
Fourth play on the Rogue
Valley Women's Golf associa-
t i o n trophy is scheduled on
Thursday, Aug. 22, ladies' day
at Rogue valley Country club,
Winners of last week's four-
club tourney were Mrs. Frank
Tamney, Group A, with 81 net;
Mrs. Deane Lambert, Group B,
with 79 net; Mrs. Jerry Olson
Groups C and D combined, 76
net; and Mrs. Ralph Barclay and
Mrs. Paul Dix, nine-hole group,
tied with net 42s.
Members desiring to be paired
in regular play are requested to
telephone Mrs. F. L. Flink (SP
3-1536). The lady whose name
appears first in the pairings is
to call the other two to arrange
a starting time.
Following are pairings for
Thursday:
Mn. Robert Templeton. Mn. L. W.
natrs. Mm Rjiv Frisbie: Mn. H. E.
Nulton, Mrs. Lee flink. Mn. Paul
Walker; Mn. Ken leeter, Mrs. to
ward W. Sickeli. Mrs. W. T. Clark
Mrs. Wm. Miller. Mrs. Tom Culbert
son. Mrs. John Day.
Mrs. Ed Milne. Mrs. H. S. Elbert.
Mrs. C. B. Collins: Mrs. Fred Cole
man. Mrs. Mahr Reymers. Mrs. Ted
Groomes; Mrs. Robert Lockwood. Mrs.
Frank Tamney. Mrs. Wm. Blackledge;
Mrs. Wm. Stark. Mrs. Belle Schenck.
Mrs. B. L. Nutting.
Mrs. Warren Lesseg. Mrs. Lester
Schneider. Mrs. Dean Lambert; Mrs.
Alton Hart. Mrs. Richard Finch. Mrs.
Jack Mitchell; Mrs. Sam Colton. Mrs.
Ed Radzweit. Mrs. Wm. E. Ruffner;
Mrs. Tom Harnsbereer. Mrs. B. D.
Mitchell. Mrs. Ed Ross.
Mrs. Jerrv Olson. Mrs. Miles Doran.
Mrs. C. H. BarreU; Mrs. W. F. Crowning.-
Mrs. Benton Smith. Mrs. W. A.
Samuelson: Mrs. Reese Alexander.
Mrs. Wm. Knope. Mrs. J. W. Barnard:
Mrs. Dick Knight. Mrs. Bette Boyle,
Mrs. Russell Heysell.
Mrs. Ed Gordon. Mrs. Ira Smith.
Mrs. Floyd Somers: Mrs. L. T. Ander
son. Mrs. Ray Sorenson. Mrs. Frank
Benesh; Mrs. Galen Sanner. Mrs. John
Raapke: Mrs. David Loury. Mrs. W. B.
Dziamaga; Mrs. Glenn Keyes, Mrs.
James Dunlevy; Mrs. Glenn Jones,
Sirs. Ivan Harrington.
Mrs. D. H. Adams, Mrs. L. W.
Buonocore; Mrs. Jack Keer; Mrs.
Dorothy Dowson; Mrs. Roy Smith,
Mrs. Ralph Barclay; Mrs. M. W. Mc
Grew, Mrs. Tom McFadden, Mrs. R. S.
Wise, Mrs. George Lewis; Mrs. . Dick
Alley. Mrs. Keith Bates: Mrs. Paul
Haviland. Mrs. R. R. Parsons: Mrs.
W. H. Pyle. Mrs. Howard ScrogBin;
Mrs. Paul Dix. Mrs. Vincent Nicoletti:
Mrs. R. J. Rementeria. Mrs. Robert
Walls: Mrs. Robert DeLorme. Mrs.
Wm. Deatherage: Mrs. Edward Kliever,
Mrs. John Bunker, Mrs. Roval Bebb.
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Damage Suit Matter May
Be Aroused as Result of
Transfer of Giants to SF
San Francisco (in With the
shift of the Giants to San Fran
cisco an accomplished fact, the
next problem is the settlement
of damages on the Pacific Coast
league for invasion of territory,
While the loop during the
past five years has been in a
precarious financial situation, it
is certain that many of the club
owners are going to demand
heavy damages.
Unlike the American associa
tion and the International
league, which are nearly com
pletely owned by major league
clubs, only two teams in the
PCL are owned by the majors:
San Francisco by the Boston Red
Sox and Los Angeles by the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
Stoneham is expected to have
no difficulty dickering with
Tom Yawkey of the Red Sox;
the Dodgers are expected to
take over their own franchise
in Los Angeles, and Hollywood
Major Shift
Should Not
End PC Loop
San Francisco (in The Paci
fic Coast league was formed in
1903, has been in action contin
uously ever since, and it is
doubtful that the shift of the
New York Giants to San Fran
cisco and the Brooklyn Dodgers
to Los Angeles will write an .end
to the 55-year history of the loop.
There are three vacancies to
fill in the revamped league, with
Hollywood also losing its fran
chise. The best bets right now ap
pear to be Spokane, Wash.; Salt
Lake City, Utah, and Phoenix,
Ariz. They would be rounded
out with Seattle, Portland, Sac
ramento, Vancouver, B. C, and
San Diego.
However, this would create a
tremendous amount of traveling,
much more than the current set
up of the American league and
also the National loop before it
expanded west. Some doubt the
economic soundness of such a
league, although traveling by air
the clubs would have no trouble
meeting their schedules.
Other Possibilities
Other possibilities for the
legue might include Fresno,
Calif., and Tacoma, Wash. The
latter would make a natural
rival for Seattle and Spokane.
It would appear that the
league, now an open classifica
tion, would have to drop back
to Triple-A and possibly Double
A status to make ends meet.
Then the question arises:
Would such big cities as Seattle,
Portland and San Diego go for a
lower classification ball?
Best bet is that they will.
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TOPS HERSELF Sylvia Ruuska (center) of Berkeley,
Calif., set a new mark of 10:45.8 in the 880-yard freestyle
event In the 1957 Women's National AAU Swim meet at
Houston, Tex. The time topped her own record of 10:55.5.
Carolyn Murray of Los Angeles (left) was second and
Patty Kempner (right), also of Los Angeles, was third.
BARGAIN GRADE
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CHENEY STUD MILL
CENTRAL POINT
can't collect damages because
it did not own a territory, be
ing in Los Angeles only on a
payment basis to the Angels.
Padres Pose- Problem
But elsewhere there could be
a problem. The San Diego Pa
dres, only 120 miles south of
Los Angeles, have an important
franchise and the owners, al
though without a decent ball
park, could ask for as much as
$250,000. This club was a good
money-maker during the years
after the war that it was owned
by Bill Starr and his friends.
It hasn't done too well, fin
ancially, under a new group
that has Ralph Kiner, the ex
home run slugger, as general
manager. But Starr & Co. are
believed to have received more
than a quarter of a million
dollars for the franchise and
park.
The best franchise in the
league is at Seattle, where multi
millionaire brewer Emil Sick
owns the club and a beautful
15,000-seat stadium. Sick claims
Seattle is one of the best fran
chises in minor league baseball
and he has a lot of statistics to
back him up. Seattle for the
past decade has been the best
drawing town in minor league
baseball. Sick has indicated that
he does not want to take Seattle
into a circuit without San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles. So he
may ask from $500,000 to one
million damages.
Other Clubs Involved
Vancouver, B.C., a compara
tive newcomer to the PCL, may
be optimistic on what the costs
of quitting the leage will be,
too. The Mounties are having
a tremendous season at the gate
and probably will draw better
than 350,000 before the year
ends. The stadium is city-owned,
however.
Portland, since moving into
the Multnomah stadium, has
done well at the gate. But the
franchise does not include a
sttadium and the club currently
is battling for last place in the
league. So the franchise may
not be worth too much.
Sacramento has a new ball
park that seats 10,500, but the
club, over a stretch of years.
never has made money, prob
ably because it usually is deep
in the second division. The ball
park is not an expensive ' one.
but the investment there ' is at
least a half million dollars.
If San Diego, Sacramento,
Portland, Seattle and Vancouv
er can find three other cities to
continue the Pacific Coast
League, they may ease off in
their damage claims.
But in any event, both Giants
and the Dodgers are going to
listen to a lot of claims before
the seven-man board appointed
by Commissioner Ford Frick
makes a final adjusment.
Bulletin
Sacramento (IB Three
Oregon women golfers won
first round matches Monday
in the U.S. Women's Open
while two others, Carol Jo
Kabler of Sutherlin and Shir
ley Siegmund of Eugene,
drew byes.
Gracie DeMois, Corvallis,
defeated Mrs. Eoline Thomp
son, Long Beach, Calif., one
up; Sue DeVoe, Medford, won
over Mrs. Horton S. Semple,
Sewickley, Pa., 2 and 1, and
Elaine Porritt, Eugene, de
feated Mrs. C. O. Danquard,
El Cerriio. Calif., 3 and 2.
Waterfowl
Season Set
Portland (in The state
game commission Monday ap
proved a migratory waterfowl
season in Oregon starting Oct.
12, and ending Jan. 14, accord
ing to state game director Phil
Schneider.
The dates are within the
framework of federal regula
tions. The Oregon commission pick
ed a bag limit of 5 ducks daily
with 10 in possession. Three ad
ditional ducks, making the
totals 8 and 13, will be allowed
if the three are pintails or
widgeons.
The commission set the Wil-
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Washington Redskins ended his flight. Wilson aided the
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SPORTS
Childers Fires
Top Rifle Score
Tom Childers with a score of
199 out of a possible 210 was
high rifleman Sunday when the
VFW Rifle and Pistol club of
Medford held its last regular big
bore shoot of the season on Sun
day. Thirteen members fired at the
Camp White range on the of
ficial qualification Course C and
every qualified.
Top scores included David
Schulz 177, Clay Wheeler 176
and Hugh McGinty 175.
Other scores were William O.
Burnette 166, Ralph McKinsey
162, John Maass 162, Truitt Can
trail 160, M. D. Childers 156,
Richard Wright 148, William
Ganong 148, Mrs. Tom Childers
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