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MedforiwO&Tribunb snpaDDfiirs Brooklyn Manager Takes Wait-and-See Attitude (This is the ninth of 16 dispatches by the major league managers gifinj mid - winter appraisals of their learns.) By WALT ALSTON Mgr., Los Angeles Dodgers (Written For UPI) Oxlord, Ohio The Dodg ers should be better next sea son, but we'll just have to wait and see how much. As with most ball clubs, an awful lot depends upon our pitching. I know that worries me as much as anything. Our staff had a lot of bad luck last year and that was the reason for our low -finish as much as anything. A lot of our trouble came from sore arms that just wouldn't come around. Ed Roebuck was out all of the season and Don Bessent a good part of the year. Those two boys have done good Jobs in relief and it really hurt to have them out of there. On top of that, Don Drys dale was in service and didn't get a real good spring train ing. Has Same Staff This year, we'll have prac tically the same staff, and it should be a pretty good one if everybody is sound. It is a relatively young staff cen tered around Drysdale, Sandy Koufax. Johnny Podres and Clem Labine. Labine was out with injuries a lot last sum mer. Take him off the staff and it makes a big difference, In the catching department. I'm pretty high on John Rose- boro. He 11 give us a better catching job this year. We know he can hit. McDougald Joins List Of Bdlkers By MILTON RICHMAN United Press International Gil McDougald, Roy Sievers and Jackie Jensen all were in the same boat today, threat ening to rest on their oars in definitely until they get more money. . ' McDougald thus joined a . growing list of Yankee ball players who are balking at a cut. The group- includes Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra and Bill Skowron. "This is a knock to every ball player almost an in sulV said the usually mild mannered McDougald, .who slumped to .250 last season. "It's a matter of pride," he added. "We did win the world championship last year and I think we deserve at least a token raise, certainly not a cut." Asked To Take Cut McDougald, who received an estimated $35,000 last sea son, said he had been asked to take a cut of more than $4,000. He added that every one else he had talked with on the club also had been offered a reduction. "I don't want to get mad," he said. "The Yankees are a wonderful organization. But I don't know any reason for these pay cuts. It's not right." Sievers, the slugging Wash ington outfielder who slam med 39 homers, drove in 108. runs and batted .295 last sea son, said in St. Louis he al ready had sent back one un signed contract to the club. Wants $4,000 More He received $36,000 last year highest salary ever paid a Washington player - and was ottered $1,000 more for this year. "I want more money," Sievers said, "and I intend to sit tight until I get $40,000." Jensen, the American league's most valuable player in 1958, declared he was dis satisfied with terms offered him by the Red Sox. Jensen was offered a raise but feels he's entitled to more. Stockton Gets Baltimore Aid Stockton, Calif. (CPD - A six - team California Baseball league for 1959 was assured today with the announce ment by Stockton club of ficials that they had signed a working agreement with Baltimore Orioles of the American league. Stockton was the last of the six teams in the Class C loop to negotiate a working agreement with a parent club. Of the eight teams that start ed in the league in 1958, Sa linas and Las Vegas will not operate this year. Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL You must be satisfied or your money cheerfully refunded. Get a j bottle today at WESTERN THRIFT j Backing him up will be Joe Pignatano. We are bringing in that right field fence this season, which is sure to help some of our left-handed power hitters such as Snider, Roseboro and young Norm Larker. Larker, incidentally, will help out at first as well as in the outfield. At second base, Charlie Neal is a steady influence and has the power, especially at home. He also hits a long ball to right center. Junior Gilliam will back up Neal at second. We won a couple pennants with Gilliam there, and he can do just about everything that Neal can do except maybe the double play.. . Don Zimmer did a good job for us at shortstop last year. If a youngster we brought up from St Paul Bob Lillis comes through, Zimmer may go to third. Lillis is a fine de fensive man who can bunt and drive in runs for you. He doesn't have quite as much power as Zimmer, though. It could be almost anybody at third. Although it's unde cided, third base is the least of my worries. It could be Dick Gray, who would supply some extra power, or even Gilliam if Zimmer stays at short. Snider"s Knee Better In the outfield, Snider re ports his knee is coming along a lot better after an operation. We can reasonably expect he will be better. He definitely was handicapped in 1958 by the knee and he played a lot of games he shouldn't have played. Duke, of course, is going to be helped most by the shorter fence in right field. Carl Furillo will continue to be a fixture in our outfield, but don't expect him to play every day.'Wally Moon and Rip Repulski, whom we ac quired in trades, should give us a little more of the power that we missed last year. Overall, I would say wc will have a prety good outfield. PCC Session Scheduled Phoenix, Ariz.-BPD- Pacific Coast league directors, meet Saturday and Sunday . to dis cuss the Sacramento franchise problem and presumably a third attempt to oust Presi dent Leslie O'Connor.; ; Sacrament President Fred David is believed to be pre pared to bring plans for con tinuing PCL baseball in that city. But the franchise is known to have been in finan cial straits for several years. Attendance has been poor. Cliff Daniels: of San Francisco-long-time PCL schedule maker-is to attend. The sched ule is prepared only through May 31 because of the shaky Sacramento situation. At Portland's request the "league president position" has been put on the agenda. Levy Appointed To Racing Group Salem -flJTO- Lou Levy, Pen dleton grain and livestock dealer, was named to the State Racing Commission by Gov. Mark Hatfield Thursday. Levy takes the place of Jack Stangier, also of Pendle ton, whose team expired Jan. 14. NFL Heads Think Over Player Plan By RUSS GREEN Philadelphia - (CPB - The National Football league took another look at the pension' plan proposed by the players' ct55Ui;idtxuu luuaj oiici a xui re fill presentation of the pro gridders' case put on the owner's thinking caps. Bill Dudley, an all-star dur-' ing his many years in the i league and now an insurance I consultant, outlined the play-! ers' hopes for a minimum j $100 a month pension at the j age of 65 years. , The plan handed the own ers caused Commissioner Bert Bell, who long held a pension wasn't feasible, to state he now had an open mind and that he was "perfectly willing to listen, discuss and study it." Dudley's outline, presented with association president Billy Howton of Green Bay, asked that $338,000 be set aside annually for the old age benefits, with both the league and players contributing to the treasury. He estimated $213,000 was needed from the league, and $125,000 from the players, with each participating player among ihe 400-odd gridders in the league paying $300 a year. A majority of the owners agreed that the plan was pre sented forcefully and intel ligently. What probably help ed win the owners considera tion was the emphasis of the players looking to sources which wouldn't cost the clubs anything. "They know the . lower clubs couldn't afford it," Bell said. The players recommended as possible income sources for the league's share the playing of an additional exhibition game by each team, a possible cut into the proceeds from the pro bowl and college all star games, and perhaps a "two out of three" game MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Oregon, Friday, January 23, 1959 series for the league cham pionship. The owners let the game rules alone, thus providing for the same game next sea son as drew the record crowd last year. 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