Show I I Shott ons on's Remark leads to Belief That Rickey's Going to Pittsburgh n ls Ralph Bernstein Be I I PHILADELPHIA IA Set 2 2 1 P V- V Burt Burl Shotton says he isn't going goin to retire from rom baseball yet which I II strengthens strengthen the rumor that Branch I Rickey will vill become general manager manager manager man man- ager of ot the Pittsburgh Pirates after he sells his Brooklyn Dod Dodger er stock sLack That may sound a mite confusing confusing confusing ing What has Shotton's future plans to do with Rickey going to the Pirates That's easy to answer I The two have bean been the Damon and Pythias of baseball Where Rickey goes oes Shotton is sure to follow Thus if IL Shotton ShoHon is remaining in baseball its it's dollars to doughnuts hes he's going to work for lor brother Rickey The year old Shotton may have just been in a good mood after his hi Dodgers Dod smacked the league-leading league Phillies Sunday but buth buthe buthe h he said in no uncertain tone Ill be in baseball year I dont don't know where but Ill I'll have have a baseball baseball base base- ball job Will iII have 1111 to Quit Well Veil its it's almost a cinch that I the haired gray-haired manager of the I Dodgers isn't going goins to remain in Brooklyn after aCler Rickey leaves The Brooklyn board of oC directors is al almost almost al al- most certain to cwan house and Burt Burl if iC he ho doesn't resign first is expected to be swept out That's where the two and two makes four our thinking comes in in If I Shotton is through in Brooklyn and hes he's going to remain in baseball baseball base base- ball where will he go The answer answer an an- With Vilh Rickey to Pittsburgh of course Burt came eam out of or retirement retire retire- ment mont four seasons ago only to help out my good friend Branch Rickey t Ill stay slay in baseball as long as Branch needs me he has said many times limes Then the only thing to believe from past statements sl and history I is that Shotton is remaining in baseball because Rickey still needs I him Chain of or E This whole chain of or events started Saturday with th the disclosure disclosure disclosure dis dis- dis- dis closure in New York by Villiam William Zeckendorf wealthy zeal estate executive that thai he is going to lo purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase Rickey's 25 stock interest in the Brooklyn n baseball club Zeckendorf said the entire transaction tran- tran tr O had been heen engineered through the on of John I Galbreath owner of oC the Pittsburgh Pirates Galbreath also aho is a n real estate executive e and he has done business with Zeckendorf be before fore I The Thc immediate n assumption sum ion wa at that Galbreath h as helping RIckey out of Brooklyn n and ann into Pittsburgh Pith Pitts burgh where he would be called I I upon to build a u winner inner with the place last Pirates Rickey is recognized recognized I as a genius at taking second- second division ball clubs and shrewdly turning them into profit-making profit I winners vi rs The bushy year old Rickey took a downtrodden SL Louis Cardinal organization over in 1920 and created baseballs baseball's first farm system for development of oC young talent He went to lo Brooklyn in 1934 and did the same job for forthe forthe forthe the Dodger organization Chances Tune When the impending sale le of Rickey's stock first was disclosed he said he had no comment He lie was quoted 1 as saying definitely that Pittsburgh was not his next port of call in baseball But Sunday Sun Sun- day the rather father of the farm system system tem tern changed his tune lune slightly I 1 did not say I 1 would never go golo goto goto to lo Pittsburgh I was trying to say sayI I was not yet out of Brooklyn and that I have made no arrangements to go 10 to Pittsburgh or anywhere else Outside of that thai I am unwilling unwilling ing mg to discuss my personal affairs he said in a statement handed out by Harold Parrott traveling secretary sec see of the Dodgers Zeckendorf is not yet et sure he lit iii get the Rickey stock Whether he hp will t ill meet any ans' competition in his effort to purchase t the he interest for fora forI a reported will be deI decided de de- de- de I Tuesday at a meeting of the thc Brooklyn board o of directors Walter alter executive vice president of oC the Dodgers Mrs James Mulvey and the estate estale o of I John T. T Smith have the opportunity opportunity to lo exercise a prior right in inthe inthe the purchase of any stock up for or sale The three parties hold equally the remaining 75 5 o of the Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn stock If they jointly or individually individually indi indi- desire to buy huy out Rickey the Brooklyn president must give them first chance |