Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 127, Decatur, Adams County, 29 May 1957 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 10SV

Dodgers And Giants Given Leave To Move CHICAGO, (UP)—The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants were set for the "California Gold Rush of 'SB" today in a package deal that may also transform the Cincinnati Redlegs into a New York franchise. The way for the most drastic revision of the major league baseball map in history was officially paved Tuesday when National League dub owners unanimously consented to permit the Dodgers to shift to Los Angeles and the Giants to San Francisco. The* owners stipulated both clubs must make up their minds before Oct. 1. General Manager Gabe Paul of the Redlegs did not ask similar permission to transfer the Cincinnati franchise but a top baseball official told the United Press the Redlegs will move to New York if the two other clubs move out. It.was the same official who informed the United Press of the developments which occurred Tuesday. Fury On All Fronts The biggest bombshell to hit baseball in years resulted in the following furious activity: —Mayor Robert Wagner of New York said he will “do everything I can to keep the Dodgers and Giants in New York.” .Wagner is scheduled to take the matter up today in an emergency meeting with other city officials. —Mayor Norris Poulson of Los Angeles arrived in New York to press the matter with President Walter O’Malley of the Dodgers and L.A. County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn predicted the Dodgers will announce in a few days that they are shifting to the West Coast city. —The Ohio Legislature passed by a 110-2 vote a bill which would provide the Redlegs with a new stadium. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Robert A. Taft Jr., must clear the Senate to become law. —Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick called the NL owners' action "improper" because of minor league territorial rights involved. He is without power to block the proposed shifts, however. —ln Washington, a United Pres# reporter said congressional reaction to the expansion of the league "is unquestionably favorable.” Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-NYi and Rep. Patrick J. Hillings (r-Calif.) endorsed the idea when it was revealed exclusively by the United Press on Monday. Both O’Malley and Horace Stoneham, owner of the Giants, stressed that they asked permission for the transfers “reluctantly” and left the door slightly ajar for new York City officials to change their minds. Ebbets Field Congested "Whether we exercise the permission we’ve been granted remains to be seen." said o’Malley. "I am aware of the faet that the

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people of Los Angeles and the government officials there are very anxious to have major league baseball. I think Brooklyn fans have been 100 per cent all right but we want a new ball park. We need a park where we can park cars and please fans. Right now, we can park only 700 cars.” "The league acted so that our club could be in a position to go to San Francisco," said Stoneham. “We like New York. But the support hasn’t been there. We’d like to stay, but last year our attendance was away down (about 630,000). If we did move, I wouldn’t nind another club moving into New York at all." National League President Warren Giles confirmed that the Redlegs were asked whether they desired to transfer to New York at Tuesday meeting and said Paul replied, “We aren’t asking consent for anything." The United Press’ informant pointed out that the Redlegs could not “ask to move into a city until the two teams currently there officially announce they are moving out of it.”

BAStBAIt RESULTS

National League W. L. Pct. G.B. Cincinnati — 25 13 .658 — Brooklyn .... 21 13 .618 2 Milwaukee -- 21 14 .600 2% Philadelphia 20 15 .571 3% St. Louis .... 17 18 .486 6% New York .... 15 21 .417 9 Chicago z 11 22 .333 11% Pittsburgh •.. 10 24 .294 13 * American League W. L. Pct. G.B. Chicago 23 10 .697 — New York .... 22 13 .629 2 Cleveland .... 21 14 .600 3 Boston 19 19 .500 6% Detroit 18 19 .486 7 Kansas City ..17 20 .459 8 Baltimore .. 13 22 .371 11 j Washington .. 12 28 .300 14% American Association W. L. Pct. G.B. Wichita 23 14 .667 — St. Paul .... 23 14 .622 2 Minneapolis .. Zb 16 .619 1% Indianapolis 21 20 .512 6 Omaha 20 20 .500 6% Charleston .. 20 24 .455 8% Denver .... 16 20 .444 8% Louisville .... 7 32 .179 19 TUESDAY’S RESULTS National Leaaue Philadelphia 16, New York 6. , Pittsburgh 3, Brooklyn 2 (11 innings). Milwaukee 1, Cincinnati 0. St. Louis 5, Chicago 1. American League New York 8, Boston 5 (10 innings). Chicago 3, Kanasa City 1. Cleveland 4, Detroit 3. Only game scheduled. American Association Omaha 1, Denver 0 (10 innings). St. Louis 6, Minneapolis 4. Indianapolis 12. Louisville 4. Charleston 6, Wichita 4. Trade in a tooc town — Decatur

Fair Weather Predicted For 500-Mile Race INpiANAPOLIS, Ind., (UP)—The 33 starters in the Memorial Day 500-mlle auto race push their lowslung roadsters onto the speedway oval today for final tests and shakedown runs. Some will practice tire changing and refueling against the stopwatch. Others will check carburetion and cruise around the brick and asphalt course at a speed they hope to maintain for 200 laps ii» their bid for fame and glory in the nation's premiere gasoline derby. The weather outlook was optimistic. It called for “mostly fair and cooler”—a 100 per cent improvement over predictions for the two time trial weekends, when rain interfered on all but the final day last Sunday. Pit Stops Discussed The majority of pilots figured on at least two pit stops. Some cars, like the big powerful Novis driven by Paul Russo and Tony Bettenhausen, may make as many as four. "The smoother you drive, the more you’ll conserve your 1 tires,” said former national driving king Sam Hanks, who is competing in his 12th “500” "I plan to save my rubber so I’ll have to make only two stops." Hanks was runner-up to Pat Flaherty last year. Jimmy Daywalt was one of the few speed merchants hoping to make just one stop—" and we can do it, too,” he ajjded confidently. Although the racing fraternitydiffered on the number of pit stops, the consensus of opinion was the winner will stop three times for servicing. His car will be especially hard on tires because it is the "take charge" machine. Speed Record Seen There also was general agreement that the record of 130.840 mph for the distance set by the late Bill Vukovich in 1954 will go by the boards. Estimates ranged from 131 to 137. Pat O'Connor, the pole sitter and top favorite along with former winner Troy Ruttman in a poll of “Hundred - Mile -An - Hour Club" members, predicted the race would be faster than last year. But how fast “will be governed by the yellow light.” The yellow light signals an accident or other obstruction on the track and automatically stows down the field. It flashed on 11 times last year, thus holding down Flaherty's winning speed of 128.490. The 1956 champ will watch the race. He is recovering from injuries suffered in a dirt track event last summer. British Heavyweight Champion Is Winner DONCASTER, England — (W — British heavyweight champion Joe Erskine scored a 12-round decision over Peter Bates Tuesday night at the Doncaster Race Track. Erskine weighed 203 pounds, Bates 196%.

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Three Stale Track Records Established By UNITED PRESS Three all-time state high school track and field marks were on the books today in the wake of Tuesday’s annual meet between the powerful North Central Conference and the Northern Indiana High School Conference. . State champion Fort Wayne North accounted for all of the records as the Redskins paced the hJIHSC to its fourth consecutive win over the NCC, 140% to 68%. Pete Lundell ran the 440-yard dash in 48.8 to smash the old mark of 49.1 set by John Mullins of Gary Froebel in 1931 and tied by Clyde Austin of South Bend Washington in 1955. Lundell also wonthe 100-yard dash in :10 flat for North to account for two of the seven meet records broken. North’s Frank Geist took the half-mile run in a sizzling 1:56.4. That bettered the all-time mark of 1:56.5 set by Ashley Hawk of North in 1942. And North’s crack mile relay team composed of Geist, Lundell, Jim Hattery, and Ron Bowman, had officials looking at their stop watches a second' time as they came home in 3:19. That was the third best time ever run by a prep earn in national competition and ily 1.1 seconds off the all-timt national mark. Other meet records fell in the shot put, high jump and half-mile relay. Tom Seifert of North heaved the shot 55 feet 7% inches, the best in the state this season. Bill Dunlop Os Indianapolis Tech leaped 6-3% to set a meet mark in the high jump and North’s halfmile relay set another meet standard with a 1:30.9 clocking. Dave Lang of North tied the meet record in the low hurdles at ’0 seconds flat Other winners were Gerald Fleece of Marion with a 4:35 mile effort; John Ronchetti of Mishawaka in the high hurdles with 14.8; Benny Harris of East Chicago .Vashington with a leap of 21 feet, ,% inches in the broad jump; Ron Nelson of Hammond and Mike Johnson of Anderson who tied in the pole vault at 1? feet and Bill Satterfield who took the 220-yard dash ifi'22.3. a North had seven winners and ; cored in every.event except the pole vault and broad jump-to pace all team scoring with 63 points. Hammond added 19. Gary Froebel 10. and Mishawaka, East Chicago Washington, and Elkhart 9 each to the NIHSC total. Muncie Central paced the scoring for NCC teams with 16 points. Kokomo and Richmond added 13 each and Indianapolis Tech 12. Mishawaka’s Leroy Johnson, cowinner of the high jump in the state meet and holder of the nation’s best prep leap this season, did not compete because of a groin injury. . The NIHSC won the first three meets at Kokomo in 1952, 1953, and J 954. The last two meets, scheduled to be run at Fort Wayne, were rained out. Indians Practice Thursday, Saturday The practice schedule for the Indians of the DecatuY Little League was announced today by Scphus Jackson, manager. The sessions, both at McMillen field, will be held at 9 o’clock Thursday morning and at 10:30 o clock Saturday morning. Harry Gilmer Named Coach For Steelers PITTSBURGH — (IP - Harry Gilmer, quarterback Understudy to Bobby Layne with the Detroit I

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Spahn Tosses 1-0 Shutout Over Redlegs By TIM MORIARTY United Press Sports Writer If there are any members of the Dodgers and the Giants harboring misgivings about their proposed transfers to California, they ought to consult Warren Spahn. Since moving west with the old Boston Braves to Milwaukee four years ago, Spahn has proved he is just as good pitching on the shores of Lake Michigan as he was during his younger days on the banks of the Charles River. The wily, 36-year-old southpaw hooked up with Cincinnati’s young Don Gross in an old- fashioned pitching duel Tuesday night at Milwaukee. Gross had a no - hit, no - run game going until the eighth inning when Bobby Thomson led off the frame with a triple and later scored on Frank Torre’s single to give Spahn and the Braves a 1-0 victory. The Braves’ triumph allowed them to move within 2*4 games of pace-setting Cincinnati and to within a half game of the Dodgers, who dropped a. 3-2, 11-inning decision to the Pittsburgh Pirates. In other National League night games, Larry Jackson pitched the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-1 triumph over the Chicago Cubs, and the Phillies whipped the Giants, 16-6. Chisox Down A’s In American League action, the White Sox retained their two-game hold on first place by downing the Athletics, 3-1; the Indians shaded the Tigers, 4-3, and the Yankees scored three runs in the 10th inning to defeat the Red Sox, 8-5. Baltimore and Washington were not scheduled. Spahn allowed eight hits in chalking up his fifth victory of the

seasotf and his third over the Redlegs this year. He has always been tough on Cincinnati and how holds a 42-14 lifetime record against the Redlegs. Pittsburgh relief pitcher Elroy Face won his own game against the Dodgers when he scored on Pee Wee Reese’s wild throw to the plate in the 11th inning. Don Newcombe absorbed the loss. The Phillies ran up their highest run total in nearly three years against the Giants. Winning pitcher Bob Miller, Rip Repulski, Willie Jones and Stan Lopata each drove in three runs. Johnny Antonelli failed to retired a single batter as the Phils hopped on him for four runs in the first inning and handed him his sixth loss. Moon Extends Streak Jackson, a relief pitcher, was awarded with his second start of the season against the Cubs and promptly set them down with only five hits. A single by Wally Moon enabled him to run his hitting streak through 21 games. Rookie Bill Fischer allowed only six hits in pitching the White Sox to their win over the A’s. He lost his bid for a shutout in the fourth inning on a homer by Hal Smith. The Red Sox came from behind to tie the Yankees, 5-5, on Ted Williams’ 11th homer of the season. But Hank Bauer doubled home two runs for the world champions in the 10th and then Gil McDougdls singled home the "icer.” A two-run pinch homer in the ninth by Ed Robinson, who was released by Detroit only two weeks

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ago, enabled Indiana to defeat the Tigers. Don Moesi held the Tigers to only three hits in the first eight innings but was trailing 3-2 when he gave way in the ninth to Ray Narleski, who gained the victory. Plan Gravel Road Into Club Grounds The County conservation club plans to run a gravel road into its club grounds this year, and pour a slab foundation for the club house. The gravel road will extend 800 feet into the club grounds, near Poe. The foundation will be used this summer for meetings after it is completed, and the club house will probably be built next year, it is understood. The members of the club are Preble and Root townships. Two-Year-Old Girl Is Killed By Auto LAFAYETTE (UP) — Two-year-old Carla June Reagin toddled into a street Tuesday night and was killed by an automobile whose driver said he slowed to avoid hitting three small boys playing in the path of his car. The girl was the daughter of' the Carl Reagins. She was hit by a car driven by Larry Rudder, 35, Lafayette. Rudder told authorities he was watching the three I boys and did not see the girl.