f 1 Tenanls Keeping
LA Coliseum
: Personnel Busy
Los Angeles -fUPD- The trou
bles that beset most landlords
can t begin to compare with
J the problems facing Bill Nich
olas, whose tenants ostenta-
j tiously rip up the lawn, un
.. thinkingly lose equipment and
tnen nave the gall to demand
immediate structural changes.
Nicholas isn't in charge of a
madhouse - though sometimes
is surely must seem that wav.
He is general manager of the
r. huge Los Angeles Memorial
Coliseum.
His occupants include al
most everything and every
one. Last year, for instance.
the 101,573 seat stadium was
home to gigantic professional
football players and tiny ban-
; tamweight boxers, dignified
religious services and rollick
ing western rodeos.
Nicholas has run the Coli
seum since 1946, but it is only
recently that he has begun to
feel like an apartment house
manager cramming people in.
Before 1958 he only had to
worry about getting in the
Los Angeles Rams, UCLA and
Southern California during
ff - other events during the spring
a and summer.
Dodgers Come
Then came the Dodgers.
Walter O'Malley decided his
team would take up tempor
ary residence in the stadium.
So the Coliseum got 77 more
playing dates and a much ma
ligned 40-foot-high left field
'. screen, not to mention foul
poles and a backstop.
The recent addition of the
American Football League
Los Angeles Chargers gave
Nicholas more experience in
schedule squeezing and about
left the groundkeepers with
: the shakes.
During 1960 a chauvinistic
Coliseum spectator could have
seen 42 football games (not in
cluding pee-wee tilts at half-
time). 77 baseball games, the
Mary's Hour religious pro
gram. Coliseum Relays, sports
men's and vacation shows, a
rodeo, July 4th fireworks, two
championship boxing bouts,
and, of course, President Ken
nedy proclaiming the " new
frontier" at the Democratic
National Convention in July.
Needless to say, the many
events keep the groundkeep
ers and work crews on the
run. In a weekend in early
fall, when the Dodgers are
still playing and the Rams and
Chargers have started tneir
exhibition seasons, the Colise
um faces changes almost
daily.
On a Friday evening the
screen and backstop may be
up. Saturday-no more screen.
The baseball structures have
been replaced by goal posts
and football striping is on the
grass. Sunday afternoon after
another hectic switch the field
is again ready for baseball.
It takes two work crews of
seven men each a total of
eight hours and costs about
$1,000 every time the screen
and backstop go up or down.
By November the field is a
groundskeeper s nightmare.
There is nothing left in the
middle of the gridiron but a
few straggly roots and plenty
of dirt-which sometimes is
sneakily dyed green to fool
the players and fans into
thinking it is grass. According
:.- to Nicholas, not even the
' .broncos and Brahma bulls at I
the rodeo tear up the turf like
li, football players.
The Coliseum grass and the
! stadium's workers get a rest
''only during February and
. March. But if any more teams
move to Los Angeles these
: . months might also be filled
with events. What might hap-
.. pen to the playing field then
. is beyond credibility.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
Scout News
Troop 38
Hornbrook The violent
wind and rain storm of March
5 brought a sudden end to
week end camp-out of Horn
brook Boy Scout Troop 38.
The boys left Saturday
morning and had made their
camp on McKinney creek
where they had planned to
set out trees for the forest
service. Since they were
forced to break camp and re
turn home even before their
project was begun, they will
undertake to complete the
wnrlr at a later date.
The troop was accompanied
by their scoutmaster, Raipn
C h a d w i c k. and furnishing
transportation were Louis
Hiitrhitu. Oscar Barnum
"Buck" Skeahan and James
Dickison.
Mpmhnrs of the troop par
ticipating were Frankie Car-
rioza, Steve Lckert, Jim
Brown, Mike Dooley, Allen
Swafford, Billy Spearin, Bob
Hntrhins. Dannv Thompson.
Steve and Dale Farmer, Doug
Bennett, Darrell Jones. Mike
.Turnbow, Ernie Burcell and
George Chadwick.
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