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Cities Greet American League's Expansion Plan; 2 Squawks Heard By FRED DOWN New York-IUPD-The Ameri can league's expansion to a 10-team circuit in 1961 was greeted enthusiastically in the three cities involved today but drew loud squawks from Walter O'Malley of the Dodg ers and Continental league founder William Shea. Civic officials in MinneaDO- . lis-St. Paul, Los Angeles and Washington cheered the Amer ican league's bombshell an nouncement and indicated all- out efforts to surmount any obstacles. At the same time O'Malley shouted that "an other full baseball schedule would wreak havoc in Los Angeles" and Shea called the move "one of the lowest blows below the belt in the history of sport." Three key officials of the federal government - E s t e s Kefauver, (D - Tenn.), Rep. Emanuel Celler, (D-N.Y.), and Rep. Kenneth Keating, (R- N.Y.)-expressed approval of the move which means that the American league will op erate as a 10-team circuit with a 162-game schedule for each team in '61. NL Plans Unchanged The National league, which voted expansion into New York and Houston in 1962, said through league president Warren Giles that the Ameri can league's surprise action would not change their plans. The two major leagues thus will1 present - uneven align ments in 1961 for the first time since the American league was founded in 1900. It was obvious American league officials believed their invasion of the lush Los An geles territory "evened the score" for the National league's return to New York. The AL drive to put a fran chise in Los Angeles was spearheaded by Dan Topping and Del Webb, co-owners of the Yankees. Webb is chair man of the - AL's expansion committee. , .AL' president Joe Cronin (tunned the baseball world late Wednesday with the an nouncement of the circuit's three - pronged realignment move which: . Transferred the Senators "lock, stock and batboy" from Washington, D.C., to Minne-apolis-St. Paul..-r i; . . . ' Established a hew fran chise in Washington, thus keeping major league baseball in the nation's capital. ' - ' -Invaded the rich Los An- Frosh-Jayvee Club Wins for Phoenix High Phoenix-Phoenix high foot ball junior varsity bounced Rogue River 32 to 6 and 18 to 7 and the Pirate freshmen beat St. Mary's 26 to 0 and Eagle Point 47 to 0 in tussles this season. Sophomore members of the f rosh-JV squad were Jerry Montgomery, end; Greg Con ners, tackle; Cal Lamphears, . guard; Albert Hennessey, full back, and Bob Summers, cen ter. They have been moved up to the varsity for the com pletion of the season along with eight freshmen, Greg Esp and Joe Workman, ends; Dave Westfall, guard, and Jim Flagg, Dennis Grennan and Ronnie Williams backs. O, t her freshmen on the squad were Bob Wade and Ricky Breeze, ends; Dean Mc Dowell and Gordon Garner, tackles; Gary McGarity, cen ter; Frank Marshall, guard, and John Hall and - Ken Combs, backs. Freshmen made up the of fensive team in the junior varsity games. Pheasant Hunt Good in Valley Portland - (UPD - The week ly report on hunting and fish ing conditions prepared by the state game commission: ., Southwest: Pheasants have taken to brush in Douglas county; elk holding to more inaccessible areas; Rogue val ley pheasant hunting good; Butte Falls unit poor for elk; some (Valley quail available in Coquille valley. Trout fishing good on North Umpqua for experienced an glers; salmon angling in Forks and Umpqua area slow; salm on under 20 inches not now legal in tidewater areas of Umpqua; Coos Bay system should provide fair salmon fishing; Rogue good to excel lent for steelhead. Central: Pheasant hunting only fair in Wasco, Sherman and Jefferson counties; water fowl numbers building up on Columbia river refuge; quail in fairly good numbers; pheas ant hunting good in Klamath basin; waterfowl hunting there erratic- ; Deschutes and Melolius riv ers and Haystack reservoir fair to good; streams close to fishing Oct. 31. geles area and thus matched the rival National league as a coast-to-coast circuit. Predicts 12-Team League Webb, who said emphati cally "we are on our way to 12 teams," said that further TORNADO DEFENDER Sam Knudsen, above, 176 sen ior, is middle guard on the starting defensive platoon for the Medford high football team which plays at Ashland' to morrow night. He previously was a regular linebacker. Tornado, Grizzlies Drill Defenses for Friday Night Scrap Defense continued to get considerable work in both camps yesterday, as the Med ford ' Black Tornado and the Ashland High Grizzlies con tinued to press preparations for their Southern Oregon conference gridiron hassle. Ashland, wanting its first football win oyer the Tornado since 1947, will be . host to the Tornado at 8 p.m. on Fri day. All reports indicate the clubs will vie before a jam packed crowd. At Ashland, where, the Bruins are girding to face the Medford multiple attack, Coach Stan Smith mentioned the problem of finding per sonnel ' with his thin squad. He reported that the Grizzlies are experimenting a pit in the secondary. . . . An aim has been to get the defensive line to charge. The mentor reported dissatisfac tion and concern this season over defensive forward wall play-It's had a "flat on its feet" tendency. Ashland has been able to score but not keep the other team from it. Smith said that Rich Calla han, who has been playing some Ijayvee ! ball, will be moved from linebacker and halfback to a defensive guard. Medford worked on both passing and rushing defense yesterday with some stress on goal-line defense.- All were given "a shot at It" to see what they could do. Tornado Coach Fred Spieg elberg reported that A! Fun- ston, guard and linebacker, likely will be the only play er to start on both offense and defense as platooning is maintained. Stan Smith, who has a broken finger, can play but Richard Connolly likely will start at a defensive tackle. . . John James, Medford of fensive tackle, who drilled only lightly Tuesday because of a bout with flu, had a "good" workout yesterday, Spiegelberg stated. Fullback George Clearwater, missing Monday and Tuesday because of illness, was back yesterday but took it easy., Ashland's last win over Medford in 1947 was by 27 to 19. Since then, Medford's narrowest victory margins have been 13 to 12 in 1952, 20 to 14 in 1953 and IS to 6 in 1957. Of the 65 games between the two schools, on record in Mail Tribune files since 1909, Medford has won 44 and Ash land 18. There have been three ties, the last in 1936. Ashland1 in a 5-win, 2-loss record so far this season has run up 155 points to oppon ents' 103. Medford is 7-0 and has ' tallied 297 points to rivals' 31. Unofficial , statistics show Medford with 2,566 yards Everything in Fireplace Materials ind Natural Stone So. Oregon's Complete Masonry Supply INTERSTATE STONE CO. 2146 W. Main SP 2-9912 details of the expansion would be worked out at the league's next meeting here, Nov. 17. That meeting will deal, among other things, with allotment of players for the new fran chises.. This is expected to be from scrimmage for the sea son while the opposition has run up 1,433. Rushing yard age has favored Medford 1,865 to 755 and passing gains 704 to 678. The Black Tornado has accumulated 95 first downs and adversaries 73. 1 44 Touchdowns Medford has recorded V a total 'of 44 touchdowns, 12 scored by Phil Humphreys, 11 by Mike Hood, nine by Dan Sieg and six by Bob Quinney. Dan Miles has contributed 28 extra points all but one on kicks. " Ashland's team scoring total is more than double the 76 for the entire 1959 season, The Grizzlies show 2,071 yards from scrimmage while the total for the opposition is 1,658. The Lithian aggrega tion has outrushed its foes 1,664 to 1,161 but the ad versaries have had the edge in passing yards 497 to 407. First downs have been even for the Grizzlies, 80 to 80. i . Probable starting lineups are: MEDFORD OFFENSE Bob Quinney and Larry Hammack. ends; Terry O'Sullivan and John James, tackles; John Pierce and Al Funston, guards; Chuck Holt, center; Dick Ragsdale, quarter back; Phil Humphreys, left half; Mike Hood, right half; Dan Sieg, fullback. MEDFORD DEFENSE Larry Brown and Jerry Winetrout, ends; Richard Connolly and Monte Jones, tackles; Sam Knudsen, middle guard; Bill Charley, Bill Hobbs, Funston and Tim White, lineback ers, and Jim Barry and Jim Ste ver, deep backs. ASHLAND OFFENSE Bob Georgiana and Jerry Houk, ends; Mike McCartney and Glen Mo'ses, tackles; Rod Fuller and Don Fow ler, guards; Russ Blair, center; Jim Doster, quarter; Forrest Far mer, left half; Bob Voris, right half, and Ron Scholar, fullback. ASHLAND DEFENSE Jim Ham ilton and Moses, ends; Jack Mills and Fuller, tackles; Rick Callahan and Fowler, guards; Houk and Georgiana, linebackers; Farmer and Doster, halfbacks, and Voris, safety. BRAWNY . . this swept wing mudguard will give your styl rating a big lift. This middleweight laughs at rough going too! Black or Cheroot, 12.99 accomplished by use of the so-called disaster plan - the plan created a few years ago in the event a team were wiped out in a train or plane crash. It would make certain players from each existing team in the circuit available to the new clubs from a "pool." The identities of the groups which will operate the hew franchises In Washington and Los Angeles were not disclos ed although Shea insisted he knew that Hank Greenberg and Bill Veeck of the Chicago White Sox intended to move to the nation's capital to run that fledgling franchise. O'Malley strongly question ed the invasion of the Los Angeles territory and said "we had hoped to get bur own problems in pioneering the territory, in building our stadium, behind us before the relatives move in." "Another full baseball schedule would wreak havoc in my opinion and I'm sure that the American league will not want to offend the earlier settlers and their fans," he added. Expects No Problem Bill Nicholas, general man ager of the Los Angeles Coli seum, said, however: "We co operated with the Dodgers, so why wouldn't we cooperate with the others?" . Webb had pointed out in New York that the new Los Angeles team might play games in Wriggley Field if the Coliseum were unavail able. : Shea, whose attempts to lure the National league back to New York led to the forma tion of the Continental leaeue. delivered a" blistering indict ment of the American league's move and predicted it would revive congressional legisla tion that baseball hopes to avoid. "The American league ex pansion committee has abso- lutely reneged on its agree ment with us, he said. "It is the worst thing I ever, heard of in U.S. sports. . I am wait ing for . Commissioner Ford Frick to make a . statement on the matter. It is a terrible thing for what is called the national pastime to be in the hands of men whose ! word isn t good. " Shea claimed the expansion committees of both . leagues had agreed in Chicago that any expansion, w o u 1 d be achieved by taking in fran chises that were formed in the Continental, league. All of us at COURTESY CHEVROLET Are going to be there, so we remind you to back the team Tomorrow Night ST. MARY'S CRUSADERS -vs- MALIN HIGH at Medford High Stadium COLE . a smart looking shoe for school, dress or work; Solid comfort and , a good fit. Try them on! This favorite loafer in black. A hit on or off the campus. 11.99 Exhibition By Billiard Star Here Willie Mosconi, world's pocket billiard champion and Brunswick Advisory Star, will give an exhibition of his cue skill Monday, Oct. 31, at Ben's Billiards, 22 North Front St., here. Hours will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 toN 9 p.m. The popular star of the pocket billiard game will de vote his show to a demonstra tion of billiard fundamentals, designed to show the begin ner how to approach the game. He will also open his well-fitted bag of trick shots, and regale his audience with his feats of pocketing rolling balls. Mosconi without question is one of the all-time greats of pocket billiard history. In id out of the last 15 years, he has held the world's title in competition with- some of the finest players ever to step to tne table. Only the great Alfredo DeOro and Ralph Greenleaf , with fourteen each, rank ahead of Mosconi in this department. Willie, one of the handsom est competitors in sports, holds many records, of which perhaps the most spectacular is his feat of scoring a high run of 526 to establish a new world's exhibition record. He had previously shared the record at . 309 with Irving Crane. A fast, brilliant player, Mosconi. has' pleased audi ences both with his play and his rapid-fire comments as he goes about his work. His "machine-gun shot" is a favorite with many spectators; In this trick,' Willie employs a force follow with side "English" which caroms the cue ball off each of 15 balls before count ing on a corner pocket shot. Jack Moreland Spurs Pistons United Press International Oscar Robertson isn't the only rookie hot-shot in the National Basketball associa tion.'" ' ' ' ' ' Jackie Moreland, a six-foot- eight newcomer from Louisi ana Tech, sparked the Detroit Pistons to a 131-117 victory over Robertson and his Cin cinnati Royal , teammates in Wednesday night's only NBA game. Moreland scored nine quick points to move the Pistons into a 8-2 early lead and fin ished the game with eight field goals and one free throw for 17 points. SCHOOL MILO . . this three eyelet is the latest addition to our fall styles. In black or cordo van smooth leather. The sharp style combined with comfort and durability makes this shoe a pleasure to wear! 12.99 SECTION D SIPtfDMTTS MEDFORD. OREGON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27. I960 Passes, Kicks Occupy Beavers Corvallis, Ore.-IUPD-Passing and kicking occupied the Oregon State Beavers Wednes day in a one and one-half hour workout in preparation for Saturday's meeting with the University of California. Pendleton styled for father and son PACIFIC TRAIL'S WASH 'N' WEAR POPLIN SURCOAT Designed to take the wear and tear of a boy's life ... a Pacific Trail scores with "Trailcap" . . . hip-length sur coat of easy-to-care-for poplin. Automatic washabllity. Lined with chill-chasing deep pile Orion. Comfortable cap shoulders . . . stitched pockets . .. knit cuffs and collar. Colors: Oyster shell, white smoke or sage green. boys' sizes 6-12 ' boys' sizes 14-20 men's sizes tool ASK ABOUT OUR NEW EXTENDED CHARGE ACCOUNT PLAN... PAGES 1 to 8 Coaches announced that tailback Don Kasso, who was injured against Idaho two weeks ago, will be able to play Saturday. He was ex pected to share his spot with sophomore Terry Baker. 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There was considerable speculation on where the fledgling American league ONE. SHIRT THAT PLEASES it i miTriiS TnrrTT of (he great days in a sports Welcome Maf i team will play, with soma talk already about, squeezing the club Into the Memorial Coliseum. The Dodgers have played to more than 6 million fans there in three years, and must slay at least another, season until their Chavez Ra vine stadium is completed. Bill Nicholas, general man ager of the 100,000-seat coli seum, said there was no rea son the new baseball team couldn't play there. "But there has to be cooperation between the American and National leagues on schedul ing, " he said, adding no ona has approached him about an American league team play ing in the bowl next summer. inuivi juin . . . - minded boy's life
