Medford mail tribune., July 28, 1959, Image 8

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Continental League
Offers 'Great Deal'
By FRED DOWN
New York-(UPD-William A.
Shea, the man who did the
job that couldn't be done, said
today the new Continental
league "is offering
major
league baseball the greatest
deal in its history" but is
prepared to go it alone if the
big leagues try to block forma
tion of the third circuit.
"We anticipate the coopera
tion of organized baseball,"
said the dynamic, 52-year-old
New York City attorney who
Monday announced the forma
tion of the new league with
founding franchises in New
York. Houston, Minneapolis-
St. Paul. Denver and Toronto.
"But we are all in this to
stav and we are not going to
back out no matter what hap
pens."
Shea said the new league
will take" its next step when
it meets with American and
National league officials in
New York, Aug. 18, and pro
poses its solutions to the prob
lems of player distribution,
territorial rights, inclusion in
the nension plan, television
policies and participation in
the World.
Join Baseball Structure
"We expect then (Aug. 18)
to join the structure of organ
ized baseball" said anea,
"Once that's done, we'll pro
ceed to the new problems.
Shea insisted the new
league was "holding no club"
over organized baseball but
Edwin C. Johnson, three times
governor of Colorado who de
livered an impassioned plea
for support of the new league
Monday, sounded a warning
that obviously is a key factor
in the circuit's formation.
"I believe that the major
leagues are sincere in their
expressed wishes to help in
the expansion of their game,"
said Johnson, who served as
president o the Western
league for seven years. "But
I also know major league
baseball fears two things-the
courts and the Congress. We
do not want to start a war
but we are not afraid of one."
Shea argued that organized
baseball "must accept us" be
cause we are offering them
"the greatest deal in their
history."
"It can't cost them a thing,"
he said. "It creates vast new
areas of interest and income
with no risk on their part.
On what grounds would they
object to a deal like that?"
Plan 154 Games in 1961
Shea said the new league
planned to begin its first 154
game schedule in 1961 with
a minimum of eight clubs
and added that it might be
included in the World Series
by 1963 or 1964. In addition
of the founding cities, he list
ed Buffalo, Montreal, Atlanta,
New Orleans, Portland, San
Diego, Miami, Indianapolis,
Dallas-Ft. Worth, Seattle and
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San Juan, P.R., as cities inter
ested in obtaining franchises.
"We will want to be includ
ed in the World Series when
our champion is able to give
a good account of itself," said
Jack Kent Cooke, owner of
the Toronto International
league club and president of
a founding franchise. "And
the day will come when the
Continental league will win
the World Series and we will
really be made then."
Shea said the main objec
tive of the Aug. 18 meeting
with organized baseball offi
cials, headed by Commissioner
Ford Frick and league presi
dents Joe Cronin and Warren
Giles, was to obtain "accep
tance as a major league." But
he said executives of the new
league would have proposals
to submit on various problems
involving expansion -as fol
lows: Territorial rights: "We see
no real problems here. Money
is the 'least of our problems
and we can pay off any in
demnity needed. Besides, we
feel the new league is built
on the health of minor league
baseball.
Players: "A new league re
quires about 200 players. Who
says the economy of the Unit
ed States can't produce 200
men if we supply the jobs?"
Pension plan: "This appears
to be a complicated problem
to some but it really is not
when you put some financial
experts to work on it. We will
have a pension plan of our
own or be a. part of the exist
ing one."
Television: "This is mainly
a local problem and each city
will handle it in its own way.
However, I have to doubt that
any city outside of New York
would have home television."
World Series: "A round-
robin World Series would be
a great spectacle. Of course,
the Continental league's cham
pion might not win it for
a while but can you picture
anybody saying it's not big
league when it does.
Trash .Dumping
Warning Given
The Oregon state game com
mission has issued a warning
against dumping of rubbish
in the Rogue valley game man
agement area along Rogue
river in the Camp White dis
trict.
Charles Shepard, fame com
mission field agent, said that
his department is having trou
ble with persons dumping
trash on management land.
Such dumping is prohibited
he said. He pointed out that
all persons caught are being
prosecuted.
Richard Taylor, son of Pres
ident Zachary Taylor, was a
Confederate general in the
Civil War.
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Tuesday, July 28, 1959
PCL Official
Critical of
New League
Seattle -JUPD- An official of
the Pacific Coast league said
Monday he believes the new
third major baseball league
cannot succeed because
"they're building the new
league on quicksand."
Dewey Soriano, executive
vice-president of the Coast
league and general manager
of the Seattle Rainiers, said
cost factors probably will pre
vent the new league from
ever getting off the ground.
"The cost is prohibitive,
he declared. "New York can
finance a team, but how many
other cities can pay 10- or 15
million dollars for a new ball
park? This is the initial in
vestment. Add a couple more
million for-players in each
city, operating expenses for
several seasons and - you can
see the terrific cost."
Won't Hurt PCL
Soriano -said if the proposed
third major league operates, it
will put eastern AA leagues
out of business. He said the
new league would not hurt
the Pacific. Coast league, but
he was critical of big league
management in general and
Commissioner Ford Frick in
particular "for their neglect
of the minor circuits."
Emil Sick, owner of the Se
attle Rainiers, said he cannot
take the new league seriously
until he sees some money be
hind the proposal.
Seattle has been mentioned
as. one of several cities which
may be included in the new
league formed in New York.
Cities . so far represented in
clude New York, Houston,
Denver, Toronto and Minne-apolis-St.
Paul.
"Actually, I can't take this
story too seriously;" Sick said.
"I'd first have to see some
money behind these . state
ments. Furthermore, many of
the cities mentioned, includ
ing Seattle, don't have ball
park facilities which could -accommodate
major league base
ball. And it takes money to
get those facilities."
Sick's Seattle stadium has a
capacity of approximately 12,
000. A league rule requires a
minimum seating capacity of.
35,000. '
Camp White
Opposes BF
Camp White A postponed
Rogue Valley league baseball
game will be made up this
evening at Vetrans Adminis
tration Memorial stadium.
The scramble will match
Camp White and Butte Falls
at 8 p.m. 1
Camp White will aim to go
into a first place tie with Ash
land in RVL second half stand
ings while Butte Falls is seek
ing its first win in league
play this season. The game
originally was set for July 19
but was set back because a
number of BF players were
on fire duty at that time.
Manager Bob Smithy said
that Gary Hueners has' been
named to pitch for the VA
team this evening.
The Whlters have a game
Friday evening against Riddle
at Roseburg. It will be a non
leaguer and Jim Eggers is the
likely twirler for Medford.
Camp White defeated Riddle
9 to 3 here last Friday in an
non-counter.
Gen. Custer had 265 men
with him when the cavalry
was slaughtered at the battle
of Little Big Horn.
SALE!
Portland Interested
In Continental Team
Portland-(UPD-A spokesman
for the Portland baseball club
of the Pacific Coast league
said yesterday Portland al
ready has asked the baseball
commissioner's office for con
sideration as a future major
league site.
Formation of a, third major
league to be known as the
Continental Baseball league
Leaders
Hail News
United Press International
Senate Majority Leader
Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex.) led
congressional sources in hail
ing the announcement of a
third major league today, but
organized baseball generally
adopted a wait-and-see atti
tude. This announcement spells
the advent of a new day in
the historic American pas
time," said Sen. Johnson af
ter it was announced in New
York that the Continental
league was being formed
with five founding cities.
"Fresh horizons of recreation
and business opportunity lie
ahead for the citizens of the
cities forming this new
league." '
A few light years less en
thusiastic was by Joe Cronin,
president of the American
league who commented, "just
branding a league 'major'
doesn't make it one. They
have to come up with major
league talent.
Moro to Say , "
Cronin, Baseball Commis
sioner Ford Frick, and Presi
dent Warren Giles of the Na
tional league agreed they'd
have more to say after-they
meet with Continental league
backers next month.
But other officials in Con
gress, some of whom were
starting today to study anti
trust legislation that orga
nized baseball considers vital
to its existence, weren't wait
ing that long to let it be
known how they felt.
"This is a great forward
step and will go a long way
toward returning baseball to
the American people where
it has always belonged," said
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.),
chairman of the Senate sub
committee which is holding
hearings on the sports bills
one of which he introduced.
Warns Congress
Sen. Kenneth B. Keating
(R-N.Y.), who introduced the
other sports bill being consid
ered, warned Congress should
"do nothing in the way of
legislation that will interfere
with establishment of a third
major league."
Rep. Emanuel Celler (D
N.Y.), went a step further and
said that Congress would be
"duty bound" to render any
help it could with problems
the new league might en
counter. Also enthusiastic were the
comments of city officials in
citiies either included among
the five founding clubs in the
league or being considered for
franchises.
"Great news," said Mayor
P. Kenneth Peterson of Min
neapolis, one of the founding
cities. "We certainly want to
be in it," said attorney Don
Walker of the Portland, Ore.,
Beavers. A new major league
"certainly can'l by-pass Buf
falo," declared John Stigl
maier, owner of the Buffalo,
N.Y., Bisons.
Commissioner Frick said
the new loop seems to be op
erating "in an orderly fash
ion" and George Trautman,
president of the minor leagues
observed, "they have certainly
named some very fine major
league cities."
'GI Insurance No
Longer Being Issued
National Service Life In-surance-the
sc-called "GI In
surance" available to World
War n and Korean veterans
no longer is being issued to
men on their enlistment or in
duction, it was pointed out
today.
The observation resulted
from a story in last Friday's
Mail Tribune, which reported
that an insurance salesman
had represented himself as
ilies of young men entering
ililes of young men entering
service.
It was pointed out that a
number of reputable insur
ance firms do carry policies
which can be paid for through
service pay allotments. They
are not, however, govern
ment or "GI" policies.
was announced in New York
yesterday. The league plans
to start in 1961.
Portland was listed as one
of 10 cities interested in the
league. The five founding
cities were listed as New York,
Houston, Denver, Toronto and
Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Certainly Want It
Don Walker, attorney for
the Portland club, said "the
desire 61 the officials of the
Portland baseball club is to
continue to bring the best
baseball possible. If there is
going to be any extension
of major league ball we cer
tainly want to be in it and
should be in it."
He said Multnomah stadi
um, which seats 28,500 at
present, could be enlarged to
seat 35,000.
Asked if Portland "could
have a major league team by
1961, Walker said "nothing's
impossible." He said it de
pends on fan reaction. "If the
fans really want it and dem
onstrate their interest by com
ing tonight and by supporting
our team this season then
we'll know they want us to
go full speed ahead," he said.
Portland meets San Fran
cisco in an exhibition game
here tonight.
Giants Win
Exhibition
Ball Game
Portland-(UPD-The San Fran
Cisco Giants scored, an effort
less 5-0 . exhibition baseball
victory Monday night over
the Pacific Coast league Port
land Beavers before 18,061
fans in Multnomah stadium
here.
The Beavers never serious
ly - threatened the National
league leaders as they picked
up three runs in the second
inning and single tallies in the
sixth and eighth.
Al Worthington and Gordon
Jones shared the San Francis
co pitching chores, allowing
seven hits. Jones struck out
eight men in the last four
frames.
In the second stanza, Felipe
Alou was walked by Marty
Kutyna, and Ed Bressoud hit
a line drive before catcher
Bob Schmidt hit a triple into
deep center for two runs.
Danny O'Connell scored
Schmidt with a single.
Willie Mays hit a triple in
the sixth and went home on
Hank Sauer's sacrifice fly.
In the eighth inning, lead
off man. Hobie Landrith
smacked an inside - the - park
homer.
In last year's exhibition
contest here, San Francisco
won 12-5.
Successor
To Tatum
Is Named
Chapel Hill, N. C.-(UPD-For-mer
assistant coach Jim Hic
key has been named to suc
ceed the late Jim Tatum as
head football coach at the
University of North Carolina.
- The university's athletic
council surprised most observ
ers, however, when it gave
Hickey a three-year contract
at a meeting here Monday.
The contract carries a salary
of $12,000 a year.
Hickey's appointment to the
head coaching job left vacant
by Tatum's sudden death last
Thursday was no surprise but
the length of the contract was.
The athletic council had been
expected to name one of Ta
tum's assistants to the post on
an interim basis for the com
ing season.
Roseburg Legion
Area Champion
Roseburg - Roseburg Lock
wood Motors won the Area 4
American Legion junior base
ball title by defeating North
Bend 6 to 2 and 10 to 1 in
play-off games Friday and
Sunday. Previously Roseburg
had taken two out of three
tussles in a play-off with Med
ford. North Bend, Medford
and Roseburg were division
champs.
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lairairaclhi KicCcey Is
The Likely Choice
To Mead League
New York -(DPD- Branch
Rickey, 78-year-old elder
statesman of baseball, will be
offered the job as first presi
dent of the newly-formed Con
tinental major league, it was
learned today by United Press
International.
"Branch Rickey is the most
logical choice for the posi
tion, a source close to the sit-
Betsy Wins
Golf Open;
Near Record
Chicago-(DPD-Betsy Rawls, a
college educated pro golfer,
climbed within $1,000 of rec
ord winning for a lady pro
today when her 1959 earn
ings soared to $19,654 with
victory in the richest tourney
of the year.
Miss Rawls, 31, who gradu
ated from the University of
Texas before she took up golf
for a living, added $6,500 to
her earlier winnings Monday
when she came home in front
in the $20,000 Mount Prospect
women's open tournament,
the biggest single payoff of
the tour. It was her seventh
tourney win this year.
She wound up with a 291
card, five strokes under par,
with a final round of 72. two
under par, to stand off the
challenge of Mickey Wright,
Fay Crocker and Beverly
Hanson and take the award.
Hor total earnings now com
pare to the .ladies' record
earnings for one vear of $20.-
235 by Marlene Hagge in
1956.
Miss Rawls, who on the sec
ond round set a course record
with a 69, was tied with Miss
Hanson for first place after
54 holes. But Miss Hanson
soared to a 77 on her last
round and wound up fifth
with a 296 for $920. Miss Han
son was leading after nine
holes, though, before her
game collapsed.
Mexico is nearing the mil
lion mark in tourists.
DEAE3: ft. TAYLOR P'OE
6th and Grape
uation told UPI. "I don't know
whether he will accept the
job but I am sure that he will
be offered it."
William A. Shea, the New
York attorney who led the
drive to create the new
league, emphatically elimi
nated himself as a candidate.
Won't Take Job
"I cannot and will not take
the job if it is offered to me,"
he said. "When the third ma
jor league goes into operation
in 1961, I will not be an of
ficial, I will not have one
single cent invested " in the
league and I will return to
being just a lawyer like I
ought to be." v ,
Rickey's name rarely is
mentioned publicly by Conti
nental league officials but it
is known the man who cre
ated baseball's farm system
and broke its color line, has
been a key advisor behind the
scenes.
"There are other candi
dates, of course,' UPI's in
formant said. "But Mr. Rickey
undoubtedly will be offered
the job first. He has been the
most far-sighted individual
connected with baseball dur
ing this entire operation. The
new league could not have
been formed without his coun
sel. "We may need a man con
versant with the ins and outs
of major league ball to nego
tiate with American and Na
tional league officials, he con
tinued. "And we are sure Mr.
Rickey would be an able rep
resentative in such negotia
tions."
Rickey currently is chair
man of the board of the Pitts
burgh Pirates and has said
repeatedly over the last two
years that major league base
ball should expand by the
creation of a new league.
MITEFF. JOHNSON MEET
, New York-(UPD-Alex Miteff ,
a ring-wise heavyweight from
Argentina, will meet Alonzo
Johnson of Braddock, Pa., in
a scheduled 10-round nationally-televised
bout at Madison
Square Garden Aug. 14.
fleice
NY Attorney
Is Behind It
New York -fflPD- William A.
Shea, driving force behind the
formation of the new Conti
nental major baseball league,
took on the herculean task
because "he's an Irishman
who got mad."
"They told him it couldn't
be done," explained Wheelock
Whitney Jr., vice president of
the J. M. Dain Co., of Minne
apolis, Minn., and chairman of
the Minneapolis-St. Paul fran
chise in the new circuit. "He
went to major league officials
for cooperation and they told
him, in effect, to' get lost. They
made a mistake when they
said that to Bill Shea."
Shea himself sums it up
this way: "They kicked me in
the teeth. I don't let anybody
do that."
Little Interest
A six-foot, 200-pound native
of New York City, the 52-year-old
Shea is an ex- St.
Louis Browns' fan who had
little interest in baseball ex
pansion until he was selected
chairman of the New York
City committee by Mayor
Robert F. Wagner.
The committee was formed
shortly after the Dodgers and
Giants left New York for Los
Angeles and San Francisco.
Its purpose was to investigate
the possibilities of switching
an existing National League
franchis eto New York.
"We found,' Shea said Mon
day, "that major league base
ball was not interested in ex
panding the size of the exist
ing leagues. We found that
the only possibility of expan
sion was to form another
league. We do not want to
fight with organized baseball
but we had no other way to
get the job done."
BOSOX JUGGLE ROSTER
Cleveland-flJPD-The Boston
Red Sox shipped utility in
fielder Herb Plews to Minne
apolis of the American asso
ciation and released pitcher
Murry Wall today to make
room for two newcomers. In
an attempt to strengthen
their lineup, the Red Sox
have called up pitcher Earl
Wilson and shortstop Jim Ma-
honey from Minneapolis.
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STANDINGS
United Pre International
National League
W. L.
Pet. GB
561
.547 Hi
.545 1 3
.504 5i
.495 6x
.480 8
.449 11
.417 14
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Chicago
Pittsburgh , ,,
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
. 55 43
. 52 43
-55 46
49 48
49 50
47 51
44 54
40 56
Monday's Results
Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 3
Cincinnati 8, St. Louis 3 (night)
Only games scheduled.
Tuesday's Probable Pitchers
Philadelphia at San Francisco,
night Owens (6-8) vs. S. Jones (14
10) or Antonelli (14-5).
Pittsburgh at T.m AnaI .l.u
Daniels (5-6) vs. Sherry (1-2). v
nicago at Milwaukee, night
Hobbie (10-8) vs. Pizarro (3-1).
iiMaauaftU, 1UI Hit
Brogho (5-6) vs. Hook (1-1).
Wednesday's Games
St. Louis at Cincinnati (night)
Chicago at Milwaukee, night
Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, night
Philadelphia at San Francisco
American League
Cleveland ai cb
llOJ
Chicago 56 40 .583
Baltimore 50 49 .505 7.
New York 48 49 .49.1 Sit
Detroit 48 52
Washington 43 55
Boston 41 55
.490 9
.480 10 Vn
.439 14
.427 15
Monday's Games
Baltimore 5. Detroit 2
Boston 4. Cleveland 0 .night
Kansas City 7. Wash, e, night
Only games scheduled.
Tuesday's Probable Pitchers
New York at Chicago. night
Terry (3-7) vs. Pierce (11-11) or
Donovan (7-5).
Washington at Kansas Citv. night
Woodeshick (0-2 vs. Kucks (4-6.)
udiuiuuit; ueiroii, night Wil
helm (10-6) vs. Mossi (8-41.
Boston at Cleveland. 2 games, twi-light-n
i g h t Monbouquette (2-3)
and Sullivan (6-6) vs. Bell (9-9) and
Ferrarese (5-3).
Wednesday's Games
New York at Chicago, night
Washington at Kansas City, night
Baltimore at Detroit
Boston at Cleveland, night
Pacific Coast League
W. L.
55 48
56 49
51 48
54 51
53 52
51 55
49 56
47 57
Pet. GB
.534
.533
.515 2
.514 2
.505 3
.481 5'i
.467 7
.452 8Vi
Sacramento
Vancouver
Portland
Salt Lake
Phoenix
Spokane
San Diego
SeatUe
Monday's Results
Salt Lake 2. Vancouver 1 (1st)
Vancouver , Salt Lake 1 (2nd
10 innings)
Phoenix 5, Spokane 4 (1st)
Spokane 7. Phoenix S (2nd)
Tuesday's Probable Pitchers
Spokane at Salt Lake City
Churn (9-2) vs. Perez (6-5).
Portland at Sacramento K.
Johnson (11-5) vs. Brown (9-10).
SeatUe at San Diego Rudolph
(1-0) vs. Werle (2-5).
Vancouver at P h o e n i x Bam
berger (6-4) vs. Barclay (8-9).
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