Demands off Players Stir Up
Dre off Pro IBasebalO Leaders
By MILTON RICHMAN
Washington -TCPD- Multi-millionaire
Tom Yawkey has
threatened to pull out of base
ball because of major league
player demands while equally
angry International league of
ficials said today they will op
erate "with or without" their
players if they go out on
strike.
Yawkey, who has poured
many of his millions into the
Boston Red Sox, was only one
of numerous major and minor
league officials to express
shocked indignance over the
increasing number of requests
for more money by players of
every stripe.
"There are three courses
open to me," said Yawkey,
after major league players
asked for a revolutionary
profit-sharing plan that would
give them 20 per cent of
club's gross income from all
sources.
"I can sit down and do
nothing. I can fight back. Or,
I can withdraw from baseball,
What course I am going to
take I don't know. No one is
going to force me to do any
thing. They never have before
and they never will. '
Bavazi Voices Anger
General Manager Buzzy
Bavasi of the Los Angeles
Dodgers was another who
voiced his anger.
"The players' latest demand
just doesn't make sense," he
snapped. "The average player
salary on the Dodgers 10 years
ago was $9,000. Today the av
erage is $18,000. How can
they possibly say we're paying
Experts Figure Huskies
Best Hoop Quint of PCC
By ORVILLE BOYINGTON
Seattle -&?D University of
Washington basketball coach
Tippy Dye hopes his Huskies
will live up to the nice things
said about them in the Pacific
Coast conference this season
Washington, figured by the
experts to be the best of the
lot in the PCC. will once
again have its one-two punch
of 6-9 Bruno Boin and 6-7
Doug Smart and will no long
er be burdened by NCAA
bans.
Smart, an All-coast pick last
season and mentioned in All
America previews this season,
carried the load "alone last
year after Dye elected to let
Boin sit out a year due to
NCAA restrictions on tourna
ment play. The arrangement
didn't interfere-with the hook-
shooting Boin's five-year math
course, so he turned to AAU
ball for a year.
Poor Season
Although Smart scored
slightly more than 20 points
a game and used his 220
pounds to good advantage on
rebounds, Washington fin-
Bosox Get
Vic Wertz
In Trade
Washington- (DPI) - The; Bos
ton Red Sox and the Cleve
land Indians have turned the
current baseball meetings
into a trading mart.
Both American league
teams completed two separate
deals Tuesday and the San
' Francisco Giants are expect
ed to get into the act today
when they attempt to close a
deal with the Cincinnati Red
legs.
The Giants are after second
baseman . Johnny Temple of
the Redlegs and may have to
surrender three players to get
him, including first baseman
Bill White.
The Red Sox completed
their two transactions within
the space of an hour late Tues
day night. They obtained first
baseman Vic Wertz and pitch
er-outfielder Gary 'Geiger
from the Indians for outfield
jr Jim Piersall and peddled
catcher Lou Berberet to the
Detroit Tigers for right-hand'
ed pitcher Herb Moford.
The Indians, in addition to
their trade with the Red Sox,
also sent second baseman
Bobby Avila to the Baltimore
Orioles for pitcher Russ He-
man. '
All the trades were straight
player deals with no cash involved.
ished seventh in conference
play with 5 wins and 11
losses.
However, the pre -season
dopesters predict it will be
different this time around
Boin, a 215-pound senior and
All-Coast as a sophomore, is
expected to take the pressure
of Smart and add some 20
points a game to Washington's
scoring figures.
Dye s twin towers are
scheduled to get some help on
the front line from Earl Ir
vine, a 6-4 junior who showed
promise last season, and Al
Murphy, another 6-4 scrapper
who scores and rebounds ade
quately
But despite pre - season
plaudits, the picture is not all
bright for the mild-mannered
Husky coach. His guard situa
tion is admittedly sagging.
Plenty Of Help
He has plenty of candidates
to choose from but needs to
come up with a pair of de
pendable outside scorers. Lou
Coaston, a scrappy ball hawk
and George Grant, another
veteran, are tabbed as best
bets for the starting roles.
However, Dye may call on
sophomore Cliff Names and
Ernie Wheeler for consider
able duty. Don Dorland; an
other veteran, is also a pros
pect for a starter spot as is
Murphy who saw some guard
action last year.
If Dye can straighten out
this problem his Huskies
should live up to expectations.
They will get their first test
this Friday against Colorado
at Boulder, Colo., and open
their PCC slate Jan. 2 at Se
attle against California.
Jury Selected for
Trial at Tillamook
i Tillamook-UPD-A jury was
sworn in late Tuesday to hear
the- second degree murder
trial of Lelani Batke, 21, Til
lamook, charged in the death
of a new-born child.
The trial opened Monday in
the court of Circuit Judge
Jack Bohannan.
The dead infant was found
in some bushes in downtown
Tillamook last summer. Miss
Batke was indicted by a Til
lamook county grand jury in
September.
Freighter Damaged;
Heads for Japan
Shiogama, Japan- (UPD -The
American freighter Green
Mountain State reported a
crack in its No. 4 hold today,
but it was heading for Ku
shiro in northern Japan under
its own power.
The Green Mountain State,
a cargo ship with a crew of
48, left Everett, Wash., Nov.
19. It reported it developed a
gigantic leak in rough seas
341 miles south southwest of
Cape Lepatka near Russia's
Kamchatka peninsula.
Coast- guard headquarters
here sent a patrol boat to the
' freighter's aid, .but recalled
the rescue vessel when the
Green Mountain State radioed
it was in no danger.
Nyssa Woman Dies
As Result of Wreck
Hailey, Idaho (UPD Mrs.
Alma Ditty, 72, of Nyssa,
Ore., died in the Hailey hospi
tal today of injuries suffered
in an automobile accident just
south of Carey Tuesday night.
MISSING CLUE
Poultney, Vt. UPD Wonder
ing why his newly organized
department had been receiv
ing so few calls. Poultney po
lice chief William Durfey.
found that its number wasn't
in the telephone directory
yet.
Injunction Sought
In Ship Picketing
Portland (UPD Fianza Cia.
Nav. S.A., the Panama, com
pany that owns the Capetan
Yemelos, filed for a Federal
Court injunction Tuesday to
halt picketing of its ship.
The Capetan is one of three
ships in Portland picketed in
a world-wide four-day boycott
of ships flying "flags of con
venience." 1
U. S. District Judge" Wil
liam East set today for a
hearing.
WHITTLING CLUB
Nashville, Tenn. - (UPD-A
group of 25 elderly men or
ganized the Bellevue Whit
tling Club here. They mee
every Saturday to whittle
and "tell tell tales." -. -
them less now than we were
10 years ago?"
George Weiss, the major
domo of the wealthy New
York Yankees, wasn't partic
ularly happy either although
he said his club would wait
until the next American
league meeting Thursday to
answer the players. ,
Angriest of all, perhaps,
was International league Pres
ident Frank J. Shaughnessy,
whose players bluntly told
him they will not play next
year unless the league puts up
$257,000 for the establishment
of a pension fund.
"They Know Consequences'
"If the players decide not to
play, they know the conse
quences under baseball rules,"
Shaughnessy said, implying
that the players would be
ruled ineligible to play in any
other professional circuit.
"We're simply not able to
meet their demands and their
threat, doesn't frighten me a
particle. We'll operate with or
without them, and I don't care
what they say."
J. Norman Lewis and James
Durante, attorneys for the
players, insisted they meant
business.
Ed LeBaron
Plans One
More Year
By BOB SERLING
Washington -(UPD- Eddie
LaBaron, one of the greatest
ball-handlers in the history
of the National Football
league, will retire after the
1959 season, he : told United
Press International today.
LeBaron said he definitely
had decided to quit profes
sional football after his cur
rent two-year contract with
the Washington Redskins ex
pires. The NFL's smallest quarter
back and most bewildering
current faker will graduate
from George Wshington uni
versity law school neSct year.
"I've received several good
offers to go with law firms," i
Eddie said. "Ill play one
more year and then will go
into some kind of legal
work."
Fun Is Gone
The 28-year-old little gen
eral said he has enjoyed play
ing with the "Redskins but
added somewhat sadly:
"Frankly it's become drudg
ery instead of fun. I love to
play on Sunday but I dread
the practice sessions all
week. It's hard to concentrate
on football when you're also
going to law school."
LeBaron said he hoped the
Redskins would win a title in
his last year of football.
"It would be the best way
to bow out," he said. "I
thought we had a chance
this year but I wasn't too sur
prised when we were elimin
ated. Too many injuries and
too many green men in key
positions."
Eddie revealed something
of which even his teammates
were not aware he loves to
play defense.
Loves To Tackle
"I'm not kidding," he laugh
ed. "I love to make tackles.
At College of Pacific, I made
several all-star teams as a de
fensive back instead of quar
terback, and the Forty Niners
actually were going to draft
me as a defensive back.
"You know what gave me
the biggest kick in the Cleve
land Browns' game Sunday?"
he continued. "It was in the
last few seconds of the game
when Junior Wren intercept
ed a pass and I nailed him
just when he broke into the
clear."
That was a remarkable
statement in view of the fact
that offensively, LeBaron
played a brilliant game at
quarterback and was faking
the Browns off their cleats all
day.
San Francisco -(UPD Calu
met Farm's Tim Tarn and Mrs.
C. Ulrick Bay's Idun were
named champion three-year-olds
of 1958 today by the se
lection board of the Thorough
bred Racing associations.
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OSC Student Suspended
For Taking Cop's Cap
Corvallis (UPD An Oregon
State College senior who
snatched a policeman's cap
during the Homecoming week
noise parade Nov. 21 was sus
pended from school Tuesday,
President A. L Strand's office
announced.
William Stronge, 21-year-old
engineering student from
Des Plaines, 111., allegedly
tossed the cap on one of the
floats in the parade. It was
not recovered. The officer
was directing traffic at the
time.
Kalapus
Scores 30
For Pacific
United Press International
- Northwest conference bas
ketball teams took a beating
Tuesday night in non-confer
ence action as the collegiate
season got going with several
games.
Willamette, loser to Gon-
zaga Monday night dropped
its second straight, an 85-79
decision to Whitworth at Spo
kane. Marlin Marsh hit 18
points for Willamette.
Pacific and Linfield both
dropped overtime games
Portland State edged Pacific
69-68 at Forest Grove, pulling
away in the extra session and
then holding off a late Pacific
drive. Jerry Kalapus of Paci
fic led the scoring with 30
points. It was 62 all at the
end of regular playingtime.
Lutherans Win
. Pacific Lutheran downed
Linfield 81-72 after the two
teams were tied at . 68-all
Roger Iverson had 22 points
for the Lutes while Jackie Ri
ley hit 18 for Linfield.
Another Northwest Confer
ence team, Whitman, dropped
a 50-38 decision to Eastern
Oregon.
Washington State opened
its season with a 64-54 win
over Eastern Washington, and
Seattle U. walloped College
of Pacific 91-53.
University of (Portland
meets Brigham foung in
Frtland tonight. .
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instead of saccharin he'd
dropped two- sleeping tablets
into his tea. .
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United Press International
Xavier and West Virginia,
two of the top college basket
ball powers of the 1957-58
campaign, are off and running
again in the new season.
Xavier's defending National
Invitation tournament cham
pions made their 1958-59 de
but a 91-71 victory over John
Carroll university Tuesday
night while West Virginia
beat Virginia Military insti
tute for its second win in as
many nights.
Co-captains Joe Viviano, a
6-5, 200-pounder, and Hank
Stein, 6-2 and 170 pounds,
scored 47 points between them
Virginians
Once More
in leading Xavier to its easy
victory., Xavier rolled to a
14-1 lead in the first half and
played the latter part of the
second half with reserves.
Viviano had 26 points and
Stein, most valuable player in
the NIT, had 21.
Jerry West, a 6-foot, 3-inch
All-America candidate, spark
ed West Virginia with 19
points. The Mountaineers en
countered stubborn opposi
tion from VMI and didn't
break away from a 70-70 tie
until the final three minutes.
Chuck Cotton scored 30 points
for VMI but they weren't
enough to stop West Virginia
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It was. the second straight
close game for West Virginia,
which beat Furman by nine
points on Monday night. The
Mountaineers were rated the
No. 1 team in the country by
the United Press International
Board of Coaches last season.
Illinois romped to a 103-79
win over Butler, Marquette
provided Coach Ed Hickey
with a successful debut by
beating Wisconsin, 76-47, Ten
nessee shaded Wyoming, 72
71, Wichita beat Texas West
ern 63-58, and Fordham romp
ed over Roanoke, 93-50. :
Texas Christian crushed
Austin 93-62, Vanderbilt beat
Sewanee 71-42, Iona downed
Loyola Md. 70-60, Boston Col
lege defeated Rhode Island 80
67, Wake Forest edged out
Davidson 56-52, Virginia top
pled William and Mary 85-74,
and Mississippi beat South
eastern Louisiana 87-64, in
other games.
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