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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER J, I960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNL. MEDFORD, ORE, B 3 Frick Promises League Cooperation on Expansion new York - IUPD - Commii. loner Ford Frick promised future National and American league cooperation on expan lion today while Branch Rickey called for Congress to supervise the Job. At the same time the dis appointed officials who tried to get Dallas-Fort Worth de clared a major league terri tory declared they are no longer interested in the at tempt and might get out of baseball complexly. These were the latest re percussions of the American league's bombshell announce ment last week that it will expand into a 10-team circuit with new franchises in Wash ington, D.C., and Los Angeles and with the Senators shifted OVERSTOCKED All 15 ALL WOOL SWEATERS Wool or Orion Blends WHITE T-SHIRTS Regular $1.00 67 'C 62 E. Main ROGUE to Minneapolis-St. Paul effec tive in 1961. "I don't want the right hand not to know what the left hand is doing because we get into trouble that way," said Frick, who announced he had obtained an agreement from league presidents Warren Giles and Joe Cronin to take future expansion moves joint ly. "When one group goes off half-cocked on expansion, there is fighting and recrimi nation. You ruin the city you're going into and you hurt expansion. "I am interested in one thing - expansion. I don't care who goes where." Meet Five Hours Frick made his statements after a five-hour meeting with Giles and Cronin, which he said he called four or five days ago. He also outlined three rules concerning player recruitment by the new fran chises: 1. No new club shall be entitled to any major league privilege until it qualifies for membership in the American or National league and is so certified by the commissioner. 2. Immediately upon accep tance for membership, new clubs will be entitled to sign free agents and to exchange or purchase contracts under the existing rules of baseball. In addition, they will be given preferential treatment within their league on all waiver claims. 3. Following completion of the major league draft, each new member may select two players from minor league clubs for the regular selection price of $25,000 for each con tract. Rickey Blasts AL The 78 -year -old Rickey, president of the defunct Con tinental league, said "It is now squarely up to the Con gress of the United States to protect major league expan sion in this country." "The American league did not choose a single one of the Continental league g r o u p," said Rickey. "And they did SALE Starting Thursday at 9:00 p.m. o o o ALL SUITS NOW IN TWO LOW PRICE GROUPS 29" 39" SPORT COATS 1777 0077 Famous Makes : DISCOUNT ON ALL MEN'S HATS scoo u TOP COATS ALL WOOL Values to $39.50 S 2277 ASHLAND Crusaders, Wasco Vie November 11 St, Mary's of Medford will oppoe Waico County High school it Maupin on Friday night, Nov, 11, in the state B football quarter final!, SM Coach Bill Mc Kibbin has reported. St. Mary's is champion of District 5 and Wasco of Dis trict 6. McKibbin gav his Cru sader gridmen Monday and Tuesday off. They finished their regular season last Fri day by beating Malin here. Drills were to resume this afternoon. The club will practice Thursday and Fri day and go at it as usual next week. McKibbin said that there may be some work over the 'week end. Prospect Slates Turkey Shoot Prospect - Prospect Lions club, in conjunction with Pros play UCLA at Berkeley Sat key shoot on Sunday, Nov. 6, at the gun club grounds. The event will begin at 10 a.m. All classes and all types of shooting are planned. There will be numerous prizes. Proceeds will go toward sending the high school bas ketball team to Dec. 16 and 17 tourney at Alturas, Calif., and toward community park development. not expand except to move the Washington club into one city that had not previously been in cither major league. This is not expansion. This is simply extension. It is dif ficult to understand how reputable gentlemen will ex plain this breach of good faith." J. W. Batcson of Dallas and Amon Carter Jr. of Fort Worth said they were "so dis appointed over recent events that left our area out of Na tional and American League expansion, we have decided no good purpose will be served by continuing our ef forts." 0 II to SHOP MU 2-2301 TINY CAH GOT IN WAY Clearly the underdog In this clash of vehicles, a tiny Fiat auto is a little worse for wear but still in one piece as it rests beneath a big truck at Mil Greenberg Seeks Use Of Stadium By ALEX KAHN Los Angeles -WP1I- Hank Greenberg, spokesman for the American league's proposed Los Angeles baseball club, went before the Coliseum commission today seeking to share dates in the huge sta dium with the ?os Angeles Dodgers during 1961. Groundwork for the appli cation was laid Tuesday by Greenberg when he conferred with commission president George Kinsey and Coliseum manager Bill Nicholas, who said there were SI dates avail able without intcrferring with the Dodgers' National league schedule or other tenants of the stadium. Greenberg then told Dress conference that if the American League dates are granted the first big problem towards bringing a franchise here would be solved, As representative of . the American league's realign ment committee, Greenberg also was charged with seeing that suitable financing was available for a proposed fran chise and he said that was promised by C. Arnholt Smith, San Diego, Calif., banker and owner of the Padres club in the Pacific Coaset league. Greenberg emphasized that no franchise had been grant ed yet and it would be up to him to satisfy the American league that he had arranged to meet the qualifications for a club here before a franchise could be granted. So far as his own connec tion with the proposed new franchise was concerned, Greenberg said he would first have to divest himself of his stock in the Chicago White Sox and then he hoped to be come a member of the new organization. Leo Discusses Salt Lake Job Beverly Hills, Calif. (UPI) Leo tha Lip in Salt Lake City! It just may happen. Former Giant manager Leo Durocher, a stormy character in baseball throughout Jiis playing and piloting days, said Tuesday he was consider ing seriously an offer to man age and share ownership of the Salt Lake City Bees of the Pacific Coast league. "The situation calls for a lot of thought," Durocher said. "I expect to make up my mind in the next few days." AT RIGHT HALF Berkeley, Calif. -0JH1- De fensive halfback Jack Trum bo, who has missed most of the season because of injuries, moved into the University of California offensive lineup at right halfback Tuesday. Coach Marv Levy put his squad through a light 'drill with little contact work. The Bears play UCLA at Berkely Saturday. SCANNELL ABLE HONEST COURTEOUS DISTRICT ATTORNEY Scinnell for Dilt. Atty. Comm., Miry Margaret Mullen, Sec, Campbell Rd., Medlord, Ore. SIPODIffiTS Panther Tutor Coach of Week Pittsburgh IUP1I With any kind of a break, his team could have one of the best records in the country but they've had two ties and two losses to tough teams by a single point each. He was up against the de Tending national champions- Syracuse university with the longest winning streak in the nation, 16 games. Syra cuse hadn t tasted defeat in 22 straight games dating back to the middle of the 1958 season. But coach Johnny Michelo- sen's Pitt Panthers smashed both winning streaks by beat ing Syracuse, 10-0, last Sat urday, and today Michelosen was honored for this triumph by being named college foot- ball s "coach of the week by United Press International Indians Stress Running Game Stanford, Calif.-IUFll-Empha- sizing their running game, Stanford's Indians held a two hour workout which ended under the lights Tuesday. Coach Jack Curtice indi cated he was satisfied with Stanford's passing attack in recent games, but felt that the ground game needed beef ing up. Guard Ron Fernandes reinjured his ankle during the practice and will, probably not see action against Oregon Saturday. HARDEST WORKOUT Los Angeles -IUPII- The Uni versity of Southern California Trojans had their hardest workout of the last two weeks Tuesday, going through a rough contact drill against the junior varsity. Coach John McKay, who has lost Lynn Gaskill, Luther Hayes and Bob Lcvlngton for probably the rest of the season, received more bad news when Mike McKeever, considered by many to be the best player on the team, underwent a suc cessful operation to remove a blood clot on his brain but was declared oui for the sea son, FOX RELEASED Salem (UP1I Mel Fox, fool ball coach at North Salem high school, was released from a Salem hospital Tues day where he has been con fined for treatment of a heart condition. The 30-y e a r-old former Linfield college ath lete will continue to conva lesce at home. He was hos pitalized several weeks ago, GRADE GAME BILLED Lone Pine -The Lone Pine Grade school griddcrs will play Oak Grove, at Lone Pine Thursday, Nov. 3, at 4 p.m. an, Italy. The auto hit the truck, bounced into a street enr and rebounded to land literally under the truck. The driver of the auto was unhurt. (UP1 Telephoto) INTENSIVE WORK Seattle, Wash. - IUPD - The Washington Huskies were to hit the practice field for the second day of intensive work out today as Coach Jim Owens primes his club for their game against USC at Los Angeles Saturday. Owens had the team going all out Tuesday. Both Washington and USC have the same Big Five conference rec ord this year. A victory for the Huskies could put the Washington club in the Rose Bowl Jan. 1. BRUINS GIRD FOR BEARS Los Angeles - IUPH - Ready ing for the strong California backficld of Randy Gold, Jerry Scattini, George Piero vich and Steve Bates, UCLA worked hard Tuesday on de fense against Golden Bear formations. Following the rug ged offensive workout, Coach Bill Barnes, who insists his team scores enough for him, had the Bruins work on goal line offense for about 20 minutes. i mmwi Kim n r' ijhei namv . - i wmzi i - mmmm i iimi nwMii aaau mm i mmimm a i i i i i . 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RUNS FOR CAMBRIDGE Cambridge, Eng.-lll'li-Herb Elliott, Australia's 1,500 me ter Olympic champion and world mile record holder, will run for Cambridge Uni versity in cross country events this season. PACE TROPHY RACES New York illPIl Navy and Syracuse are tied in the mid- season balloting for the Lam bert Trophy, emblematic of eastern major college football supremacy, while Tufts holds a clear edge in the balloting for the Lambert Cup, emble matic of eastern small college supremacy. .. London IUPII The British Amateur Athletic Association track and field championships next year may be staged as a miniature Olympiad with most of the track stars of the I960 Rome Olympic Games invited to compete. cH"-, TI I mmm " Et How does a one-ton truck chalk up against a Volkswagen? MORSE MOTORS 6th and Ivy . , . Medford Southern Oregon STAR -Hv CLAY R M Vour Datly Activity Gukk M ' According to ihm Start. 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