Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1954 — Page 7

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Kansas City Greets Major League Status NEW YORK (INS) -Eager Kansas City embraced the Athletics today as an official member of the American League family, and a new era in baseball history was launched which promises further expansion to the west. 'Sale of the debt-heavy, talentthin Philadelphia franchise to Chicago businessman Arnold Johnson and Us transfer to Kansas City were approved onday by American League club owners. > Thus, after six weeks of i cloak-and-dagger manipulation and intrigue the 54-year-old dynasty of the aged Connie Mack was brought to an official end and major league baseball reached .out 250 miles beyond the city of St. Louis -its previous most western station. Baseball's third franchise shift in the past 20 months was given a green Hght when the owners voted, 6 to 2, in favor of the move with Clark Griffith of the Washington Senators and Hank Greenberg of the Cleveland Indians casting dissenting votes. The owners unanimously okayed the >3,375,000 deal which gave Johnson and his associates control of the club. Detroit’s Spike Briggs, an original objector to Kansas City who favors immediate expansion to the west coast, switched his vote to line up with the majority because “I couldn’t see any other solution to this problem." Briggs also was swayed by the fact that Johnson agreed to divest himself of ownership of the Yankee Stadium within 90 days. "That should be easy," the jubilant 47-year-old Johnson declared. ‘There are lots of people who want to buy it." The handsome executive, who plans to meet in Chicago later this week with his associates to coneider a general manager and field manager for the team, will sell all three parks under his control. -In -addition to putting the Yankee Stadium on the market, Johnson hopes to deal Connie Mack stadium in Philadelphia to Phiilie owner Bob Carpenter for and to sell the old Blues’ park to Kansas City, which will lease >lt back to him. Johnson said he was not yet prepared to name- his genera] manager or field manager. However, speculation gave Parke Caroll, present general manager of the American Association blues, and ■former Red Sox Manager Lou Boudreau the inside track on the two jobs. Roy and Earle Mack, each paid $450,000 for their.. Stock, were given three-year’ contracts to serve with Kansas City in unannounced capacities. The transfer to Kansas Citycauses a realignment in the American Leagued The new franchise, Cleveland. Detroit and Chicago now make up the west and New York. Boston, Balti in or e and Washington make up the east. It was thik realignment which DON’T TAKE A CHANCE TAKE PLENAMINS Smith Drug Co.

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Dunkirk at Berne. Pleasant Mills at Wren. Friday Hartford at Pleasant Mills. Geneva vs Petroleum at Bluffton. Berne at New Haven. - - Saturday Adams Central at Monmouth. caused Griffith to oppose the switch. The 84-year-old Nat boss fears attendance and television competition from the nearby Orioles. Yankee owner Dan Topping, one of the leading forces behind the transfer, said his club was negotiating with several interested cities for the Bombers American Association club which now must find a new home. Denver and Omaha of the Western league are reported to be the most likely to get the Triple-A franchise, but Topping said an announcement probably would not be made urftil the minor league meeting at Houston later this month. Johnson gave assurance that the Kansas City ball park, currently being enlarged to accommodate 36,000 fans instead of Its present 17,000, would be ready for the season’s opener. , And Kansas City Mayor William A. Kemp, who waited in the antiroom during Monday's league session, confidently predicted that his city would give solid box office support to the little white elephants. Krause Blasts Anew At TV Restrictions CHICAGO INSl—Notre Dame’s athletic director, Ed (Moose) Krause, has fired another broadside into the national collegiate athletic association’s restricted television program. The Irish athletic head renewed his fight against the NCAA’s plan of televising football games Monday by declaring that the present system "is an artificial and reactionary program that is no good.” Speaking at the weekly meeting .of ; the Chicago quarterback club, Krause reiterated his stand in fairer- of regional televising of football games. - " When asked if he would go along with the Western Conference's plan for televising games on a regional basis, Krause replied: "I can’t say I would go along with the Big Ten. but at least it is a step in the right direction.” K’fatise, who has advocated regional television for a long time, believes the pros "are doing a better job of selling their product'’ (through television). He said he is not worried that pro Tdotball will lure college fans but thinks colleges have “fumbled the ball" in respect to television, whereas the pros “have taken advantage of it." Krause's statement, gave rising impetus to a more vigorous stand by the Irish to make the NCAA change its present system. Krause - declared that Notre Dame and all other schools should handle the TV problem "individually according to their own discretion." He said: “We> would like all football games at Notre Dame televised, locally, regionally or nationally."

Sale Os A’s End To Proud Mack Dynasty PHILADELPHIA (INS) — Connie Mack, the grand old man of baseball, remained In seclusion today confined to a sick bed by the ravages of his 91 years and the emotional stress caused by the loss of his beloved Philadelphia Athletics. The approval by the American League of the team’s sale to Arnold M. Johnson for its transfer to Kansas City ended the proud dynasty Mack began in 1901 when he came to Philadelphia from Milwaukee to organize the team as a charter member of the newlyformed circuit. Nobody gave the former catcher with the stiff collar much chance in those days, as typified by the statement of John McGraw of the New York Giants, who called the A’s “white elephants.”. Although it took 54 years for the prediction to materialize, the team became the thundering herd in the meantime, with Connie Mack leading the A’s to nine American League pennants and five World Series championships a record no other manager has equalled. A shrewd ivory trader and builder, Mack fashioned two of the greatest teams to take the diamond. They were the days of his SIOO,OOO infield before World War I. and then nearly a generation later when he fielded his last great winner in the years prior to the great depression. Mack and the A’s never recovered from that economic blight. He was forced to sell his name"stars for cash — Lefty Grove, Jimmy Foxx, Rube Walberg, Mickey Cochrane and others. Moreover, many fans never forgave him for putting his greatest players on the, block. The memories of some fans are indeed long, for the purge of his last great team was mentioned as late as this past summer, as one of the reasons why the public gave only half-hearted support to a “save the A’s" campaign. Only 304,362 loyal rooters turned out for home days this year, and in the final days of the season" attendance shrunk to less than 1,200 some days. . Some observers believe the actual downfall of the A’s began in 1950, when Connie retired and turned over the reigns to hisjyms Earle and Roy. For a while dissension bFtw e *ttTtW'MWWri 'was kept in the family closet, but the split broke wide open with the recent negotiations. Connie left his sick bed to go,to New York at the last owners’ meeting to support the bid of an eight-man Philadelphia syndicate, to purchase the debt-ridden club, in his last move to keep the tjgam in the city, but the local group was turned down. Now, with the A s going to Kan-{ sas City, his wife described him as "terribly disappointed.? i The venerable sportsman was quoted as saying: : T am sorry to see the Athletics leave Philadelphia, but I wish the i new owners every success in their new venture.” .— s Boudreau Willing To Take Manager's Post HARVEY. 111. (INA) Lou Boudreau, foimer Cleveland and Boston Red Sox manager, said today he would like to become manager of the he* Kansas City Athletics i He saiu he has not yet talked with Arnold Johnson, new owner of the Athletics, but added: "I’ni glad he got the club and I’m willing to manage the team. I’m certainly available." democrat Want Ada Brlr% Results

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Phils Reluctant To Buy Mack Stadium PHILADELPHIA (INS) — The , NaNtional League Phillies will reluctantly buy Connie Mack Stai dium in Philadelphia for a reported $1,600,000 in the wake of the sale of the Athletics to Chicago industrialist Arnold Johnson. But the Phillies' president. (Robert R. M. Carpenter, viewed the transaction with reservations. Carpenter said: "We need the ball park as much as we need a hole in the head. But we can't do anything else but buy ” if we are to remain ixi Phlladeli phla and we intend to do that.” The Phil’s head pointed out that being owners would be a much more expensive proposition than I being tenants and said, ’’We'll have to devise some other ways "bt up..t^ 2 83Pe ? s £t^R g.er arrangement with the Athletics, the Phillies paid a 10 cents per ticket rental for use of the stadium. Carpenter Said’ the rental would perhaps be doubled or even tripled under the new setup and the . stadium would ’be available for "sensible promotion" while the baseball team is on the road in an effort to reduce expenses. He said the, ballpark would be [ kept in good repair but no major alterations will be undertaken. He ■ added thatJt would still be called I Connie Mack Stadium "in defer- ; ence to the grand old man of baseball." j Carpenter expressed interest in la recent proposal that the city of Philadelphia build a new stadium with a 50.000 seating capacity. He said, it would solve many problems, including transportation and auto parking, which, has been a pressing problem at Connie ■ Mack Stadium for many years, Berne-New Haven Game Friday Night The Berne-New Haven game, to be played at New Haven, will be played Friday night, the Daily Democrat was informed today. The I game was originally scheduled for ' a Friday night, but apparently the | wrong date was used, listing it for Saturday. j ’ '■

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U. S. Athletes Challenged By Soviet Russia MOSCOW TINS) - Russia, whose only scheduled sporting contest with the U. S. next year is a chess match, challenged American athletes today to matches in three U. S. specialties — basketball, track and diving. — • Soviet foreign sports chief Alexei Chikin told International News Service he also had received a green light to schedule home-and-home meetings next year with U. S. teams in wrestling, weightlifting and gymnastics. Chikin said he was particularly anxious to arrange a basketball date. The Soviets already hold the j European hoop crown. But they were ignored when invitations were passed out for the just-com-pleted world championships won by the U. S. because host-nation Brazil doesn't recognize the USSR diplomatically. Chikin said it would not be a bad idea either to meet the U. S. in women’s gymnastics and "of course we should be pleased to meet the U. S. in track and field—in which U. S. athletes are much stronger . . . and perhaps in diving and weightlifting. So far the only U.S.-Soviet contest on the 1955 calendar is a return match in Moscow for the American chess team which entertained the Russians in New' York this summer. j Chikin said he had accepted an invitation from Frank Walsh of San Francisco to play basketball on a home-and-home basis next year with the West Coast college all-stars. "But it has been nearly three months since we sent the invitation to come to Moscow next May.” be said, “and we still haven't had a reply." Chikin aald he hadn’t given up hope of arranging Soviet - U. S. competition in 1955. He noted that every country would be warming up for the 1966 Olympics and that the U. S. • Soviet competitions would be "helpful" to both nations. Olympics President Avery Brundage told Soviet reporters on his recent visit to Russia that he was confident such events could be organized. Hunting Season To Open On Wednesday The bunting season on pheasant, rabbit and quail will open Wednesday morning in Indiana. The pheasant season will close Saturday, the quail season in December and the rabbit season Jun. 9. The pheasant limit is one cock pheasant per day. with the bag limit on rabbits set at five. Logansport Football Coach Resigns Post LOGANSPORT, Ind. (INS) — Robert Faris resigned today as coach of Logansport high school football teams, a job he has held for the past nine years. The Indianapolis Shortridge and Purdue athlete moved to Logansport from Pike_ Township, arlpp county, in 1948. He coached Logan to a perfect .500 record-33 Ivins, 33 losses and one tie. One Driver Dies In Two-Truck .MARION, Ind. (INS) —Herman Brown, 38. of Landis, was fatally injured early today in a two-truck accident at the brow of a hill on state road 9, four miles north of Marlon. Leonare Utton. 28. of Indianapolis, driver of a semi-tractor trailer truck, was taken to Murton General Hospital for treatment but was not believed seriously hurt. State Police said the Brown, driving a pickup truck, attempted to pass another truck on the hill and met a third truck Motorist Arrested On Speeding Charge Norman E. Wall, of route 2, Geneva, was arrested Monday night[ at 9:15 o'clock on Thirteenth street for reckless driving. Wall, who was arrested by the city police, will appear before justice of the peace Floyd Hunter Wednesday night to answer the charges'

Boilermakers May Be Spoiler To Buckeyes LAFAYETTE ,Ind., (INS) — Purdue, knocked out of the Big Ten picture by lowa, assumes the role of spoiler this weekend against a Rose Bowl-minded Ohio State football squad intent on making the Boilermakers its eighth straight victim. Purdue is one of two teams blocking the Buckeyes path towards a clear cut title. An Ohio defeat and a victory for once-beat-en Michigan would throw" the western conference race wide open. Purdue will be led by sophomore quarterback Lennie Dawson, the team’s passing ace. lowa, which beat Purdue, 25 to 14 last Saturday, allowed Dawson to roll up 302 yards in the air, four yards

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short of the conference record for a single game. The Buckeyes, rated -second In the nation by International News Service, have swept aside seven straight opponents. However, they have yet to see the likes of Dawson who has thrown 14 touchdown passes In seven games. Philadelphia Phils Seek New Farm Head PHILADELPHIA (INS) —The Philadelphia Phillies are seeking a nqw farm director today to replace Joseph F. Reardon, who resigned, after 11 years in the post. Club president Robert R. M. Carpenter said, “We have no one in mind at the present.” Reardon quit the job Monday in a surprise move, saying he had nothing definite in view but intended to remain in baseball.