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
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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.
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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.
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Tomorrow Night
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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
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Pistons to a 131-117 victory
over Robertson and his Cin
cinnati Royal , teammates in
Wednesday night's only NBA
game.
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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.
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Poulson Spreads
Los Angeles (UPD Mayor
Norris Poulson, comedian Bob
Hope and-apparently-a ma
jority of the city's baseball
fans spread the welcome mat
today for a new American
league team, even if no one
was sure where it would play.
Poulson, who led the fight
to bring the Dodgers here In
1957, said, "This is good news.
I'm happy and pleased by the
decision. '
"This bears out mj original
contention that Los Angeles
is a big league city in every
way."
There was considerable
speculation on where the
fledgling American league
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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.
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