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Show g TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1939 Utah County. Utah DAILY HERALD i o Biro. Loop hxpecfrs O rg a mz II By FRED DOWN United Press' International NEW YORK (UPI) William A. Shea, the man who did the jab that couldn't be done, : said today the "new Continental League :'is offering major league baseball, the! greatest deal in its history" but isi prepared, to go it alone if the big leagues try to block formation of the third circuit. '"We anticipate the cooperation of organized , baseball," said the ' New Yors dynamic j who Monday anCity attorney nounced the formation of the new league with founding franchises n . ns ; in the world, ' . y-v- Jain Baseball Structure "We exoect ttien (Aug. 18 to join the structure of organized baseball," said Shea". "Once that's done, we'll proceed to the new problems." Shea insisted the new league was "holding no club" over or . New York, Houston, Minneapolis- - v St. Paul, Denver and Toronto, "But we are all in this Uo stay ,. n f the note that CBS-T- t ' You have- to come all LAS VEGAS, Nev. (NEA) the way out on the desert to run into Bill McPhail from New York . . . sitting next table at the Stardust's Lido de Paris! show . '.v; and dropping - S ' ': i . - J (D-Te- I " V V r ' i ' '''' Branch Rickey to Be Offered Presidency of Third League NEW( YORK (UPI) i . .. ee ; '. ; on ... Z1.' ''l ,T of . " I V.V.WiV.V.VaViM HAPPY ABOUT CHECK Betsy Rawls (left) Spartaiisburg, S.C., plants kiss on, cheek of Dick Hauf, owner of Mount Prospect Country Club, as jie presents her, with a check for $6500 after she won the Mount Prospect Women's Open Monday. Mickey Wright (right) finished second in the, tourney. (Herald-tJP- I Telephoto). , Betsy Rgwls Cops Top Prize In Mount Prospect Tourney Leaders In Big Leagues 200-mi- le - Cunghm, St. L. 90 287 39 97 .338 97 359 73 119 .331 Robinson, Cin. USSERY WINS, THREE 98 397 70 130 .328 Cin. Temple NEW YORK (UPI) Bobby American League the nation's leading, rider, Woodling, Bait. 91 291 42 100 .344 booted home three winners and 67 259 47 89 .344 Maris, K. C. 93 267 64 126 .343 finished in the money with three Kuenn, Det. 96 396 51 132 .333 outer mounts Monday at Jamaica. Fox, Chi. 82 318 53 105 .330 He featured his spree with a winDet. Kaline, ning ride aboard Start Counting Runs Batted In in the feature race.' Cubs National League Banks, 92; Robinson, Reds 89; Aaron, Us-ser- yv ... Mas-sillo- n, 14-- 0; 14-- 13-- 5; Drys-dal- e, Mi-zel- l, 6; 10-- 5 11-- 6; 10-tea- m ; 9-- 3; 11-- the persuasion to gel John Richter, the North Carolina for the Statq nuclear engineer, to play pro basketball . - PGA golf championship over the Minneapolis Golf Club course. As 'in the U. S. Open, played at the Winged Foot Golf Club at -- Hickey to Replace Tatum BOSOX JUGGLE ROSTER , CLEVELAND (UPI) The Boston Red Sox shipped utility HerbjPlews to Mineapolis of the American Assfli and released pitcher' Murray Wall today to make room for two newcomers. In an attempt- - to strengthen their lineup the Red Sox have called ' up pitcher Earl Wilson and Mamaroneck, N.Y., last June, the golfers agreed that this course, car-rie-s contract The like that one, is as far a test of here Monday. a salary of $12,000, a year. the game as could be found. far cry from the usual Hickeys appointment to the That's a 'that the courses over laments head coaching job left vacant by which major championship tour Tatum's sudden death last Thursare toughened day was no surprise but the naments are played 1 length "of the' contract was. The up unfairly'. They've changecf the usual par athletic council had been expect72 to 6 but they of to asname one of Tatum's ed sistants to the post on an interim basis for the coming season 36-3- GAS Min-neapolis-- in-fiel- shortstop Jim Mahoney from neapolis. Min- The pygmy owl is about the lame size as a bluebird. , CRAGHEAD 56 North 2nd West do that for the Open, too, and the competing golfers pay little attention to it. They figure par for the course for the four rounds e is comprising the PGA stall 72, but they don't thinkthat four regulation rounds will Ao' the trick. The one thing most ofthem are concerned about is the winds which sweep the' 6,500 - yard course, which the home pro, Gun-na- r Johnson, claimsvruns closer to 7,000 yards. "The winds can change here four times a day and if it should come from the north or porth- title-chas- rs ; i A f 7 200-pou- (R-N.- , incr in wav fhx- ivf lcri cl afirkn fhaf will interfere, with -- establishment of - a third major league." Rep. Emanuel Celler went a step further and :,said that Congress would be "duty bound"' to render any help it could with problems the new league might (D-N.Y.- ),! indivibeen the most dual connected-witbaseball during! this entire operation. The nev league could not have been formed without his counsel. . "We may need a man conversant with the ins and outs of major league ball to negotiate with American and National League officials," he' continued. "And we are sure Mr. '.Rickey would be an able representative in such' negotiations." Rickey currently is chairman of the board of the Pittsburgh- Pirates and has said repeatedly over the last two years that major league baseball should expand league. by the creation of a new J, far-sight- ed h ar j Robert F. Wagner. The committee was formed shortly after! the Dodgers and Giants left New, York for Los Angeles and San Francisco. Its purpose was to investigate th-- ; possibilities of switching an existing National League franchise to New York. "We found," Shea said Monday, "that major league baseball was not interested in expanding the TACKLE MCCORMACKi HURT size of the existing leagues. We Hiram,' Ohio (UPD-fMi- ke veteran tackle and capfound that the only possibility of to another form was of the Cleveland Browns, suftain expansion to fight fered" a knee injury Monday durleague. We do'nbtant , with organized baseball but we ing a workout. He was sidelined west, it could mean a difference had no other way to get the job for five games last season with of three strokes in the scoring, a similar injury. done." Johnson explained. "If the winds are from the south, as they iQ-Jhusually are, it might take 275 five under par, to win it. But such favorites' as Jay He o bert said ll ey would be satisfied with 280. Jay predicted that driving would dec de the tournament because the fairways are narrow, L- -JU U UU UU U U and "there isn't any golfer toU day that can hit the greens of the two par five holes herevin two." d The par fives are the d 15th. third nnd the . - Mc-Corma- i .Now OMlsejIingzAIBut A Come-t- encounter. Also enthusiastic were the comments of city officials in cities either included among the fiv U 111 lUUUUUlg UIC . - - Fiqht Results United Press International Mick Australia Leahy, 158, Ireland,-- topped Clive Stewart, 1603i', Australia (6) SYDNEY s Von Clay,' PHILADELPHIA 171H, PhUadelphia, stopped ClarPhiladelence Hinnant,' 176, phia (6). DALLAS, Tex. Jimmy Mar156, Ariz., outPhoenix, tinez, pointed Jimmy Beecham, 155, Fla. (10). . Ernie 152, Memphis, Tenn., out-e-d Charlie Joseph, 158, New Orleans. (10). 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Ore., Beavers. A new major league "certainly can't John Stigl- Buffalo," declared r tv, - DffnU XT V 561-yar- 581-yar- , -- , X ' by-pa- ss - i . -- New York City, the old Louis Browns Shea is an ex-S- t. fan who had little interest in baseball expansion- until he was selected chairman .of the New York City committee by Mayor 52-ye- j 1 - St. native of nd " i), Rickey's name Tarely is men-- , tioned '..publicly by Continental League officials but it is know.i the man who created baseball's farm system and broke its color line has been a key advisor behind the scenes. ( "There are other candidates; of course," UPI's Ninformant said. Bisons. "But Mr. Rickey undoubtedly will Commissioner Frick said th be offered the job first. He has new lLrip eccMiia w w n i.m , j , "six-foo- t, (D-Tenn- IT'S A FACT: Rambler's 3rd in U. S. sales in June. Now we're celebrating: by making: the biggest deals of the year. Read revealing answers'by PLUMBING & HEATING 03 i ' 5 that." 0, habit? Afraid because you run? Should children be disciplined firmly? Know how to push back your fatigue point? Is some anxiety good for you? HEATERS DIAL FR 35-357- o How do you break a bad WATER to be." ( 12 Keys to Human Behavior ctp, . Gumblings Missing As PGA Tourney Nears By LEO H. PETERSEN . Celtics. . . . v new tne Los is Angeles UPI SPORTS EDITOR Between, you'n'me, maybe closed circuit the handled MINNEAPOLIS The who men the (UPI) but sports capital, . . . Patterson-Johansson a of "tricked usual manager grumblings fight TV locally for the were missing today Don Nesseth among them . . took a bath . . . and why up course" of 180 players field the should they blame Teleprompter's Irving Kahn for making among who will tee off Thursday- in the They, asked for it. 5: 8-- 4. , William ring-wis- 11-- 6. 13-- 3; - . . 1 .' "They told him it couldn'J be done," explained Wheelock Whitney Jr.; vice president of the J;M. Dain & Co., of. Mineapolis, Minn., and chairman 'ofhe Paul franchise in the new circuit. "He went to major league officials for cooperation and fhey told him, in effect, to get lost, They made a mistake; when they said that to "Bill Shea." Shea himself sums it up this way: "They kicked me in the teeth. I don't let anybody do ; major - ' major baseball league, took on the herculean task because "he's an Irishman who got mad." ' - Continental d league, it was learned .today Dy United- Press International. "Branch Rickey is the most logical choice for the position," a source " close to the situation told UPI. "I don't know whether he will accept the job but I am sure that he will be offered it" William A. Shea,- the New York attorney who led the drive to create the new league, emphatically eliminated himself as a candidate. ''I cannot and will not take the job if. it is offered to me," he said. "When the third major league goes into operation in 1951, I will not be an official, I will not have one single cent invested in the league and I will return to being just a lawyer like I ought A. Shea, driving force behind the formation of the new Continental victory in the richest tourney of the year. Miss Rawls, 31, who graduated from the University of Texas before she- tok up golf for a living, added $6,5(j0 to her earlier winnings Monday when she came home in front in the $20,000 Mount Prospect Women's open tournament j the biggest single payoff of. the tour. It was her seventh tourney win this year. She wound up with a 291 card, five strokes under par, with a final round :f 72, two; under par, to stand off the challenge cf Mickey Wrjght, Fay Crocker and Beverly Hanson and take the award. Her total earnings now compare to the ladies recor.d earnings for one year of $20,235 by Marlene Hagge in 1956. . ' -- - . NEW YORK (UPI) . $19,654 with CHICAGO (UPI) Betsy Rawls, United Press International a college educated pro golfer, National League climbed $1,000 of record Player & Club G. AB R. H. Pet. winingsi within a for lady pro today 95 387 67 139 .359 Aaron, Milw. 1959 earnings soared to her when, .341 117 343 53 93 L. White, St. newly-forme- n Shea Got Mad And Did Job dirt track Cleveland money wants to stage a, race on the Las Vegs oval the day after Thanksgiving . . driving big cars- ... . for featuring the Indianapolis aces . and has the blessing of . . a minimum purse" of $17,000 the USAC,, trying to force a chink of NASCAR's grip on Braves 79; Bell, Reds 71; Ma' Allison, Senators 26; Triandos, western racing. thews, Braves 70. who Orioles 22; Maxwell, Tigers' 22; football player C. AV. Smith, the American League Killebrew, Lemon, with got Hillsdale, Senators 81; Colavito, Indians 74; Sox 22. .Senators 22; Jensen, Red has left his mark on racing this year . . . he whom for Brown Jensen, Red Sox 73; Maxwell, Tia start on the gridiron with Paul of Pitching gers 68; Lemon, Senators 63; Alplayed when Paul was building Washington High 63. Senators National lison, League Face, Pirates MITEFF TO MEET Ohio, to national attention. JOHNSON Home Runs Antonelli, Giants National League Mathews, NEW YORK (UPI) Alex Dodgers Newcombe, Minneapolis': sources who've felt out Commissioner Braves Rob- Reds Cubs 29; e 27; Pirates Banks, Law, Miteff a ; of the inson, Reds 24; heavyweight Ford' Frick privately now lean more to expansion ' Cards Aaron, Braves 24; will meet Alonzo from Argentina rather two to loops current maior league setup American League McLish, In- Johnson ofi Braddock, Pa., in a Hodges, v Dodgers" 19; Cepeda, . Ironic . that idea. v HarveyKuenn 19. Giants third dians hationally-tele-a- t than the league Shaw, White Sox scheduled American League Wvnn Whifp vised bout Killebrew, Pamias. Orioles Madison Square and Al Kaline now play next to each other m the Detroit , Garden Aug. 14. outfield--because when Kaline got a: Tiger bonus Har- Senators 33; Colavito, Indians 30; Jol3-6- ; Mossi Tigers convert to was idea then nd the vey was the stafshortstop ;. Kaline into a second baseman so they'd be side by side. , m Wonder if ihe fact that MIT is in Boston figures ; elder-statesma- of baseball, will be offered the job as first president of the ... ... Branch Rickey, y ' coach Jim assistant named no been has Hickey' succeed the late Jim Tatum as head, football coach at the University of North'' Carolina. The university's athletic counmost observers, cil surprised it gave' Hickey a however, when contract at a meeting three-yea- r business opportunity lie ahead for the citizens of the cities forming this new league." .A few. light-yealess enthusl-asti- c was by Joe Cronin, president of the American League who commented, "just branding a league 'major' doesn't' make it one They have to come up with major league talent." Cronin,- Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick, and President Warrea Giles of the National' League agreed they'd have more to say after they meet with Continental League backers, next month. Butf, other officials in Congress, some of whom were" starting to--" day to study anti-trulegislation that organized baseball -consider vtial to its existence,- weren't waiting that long to let ' it b known how they felt. "This is a great forward step and will go a long way toward returning baseball to the Ameri-ca- n people where it has always belonged," said Sen. Estes Kefau- verchairman of th Senate subcommittee which n holding hearings oij the sport bills one of which he introduced. . "Sen. Kenneth B.' Keating who introduced the other sports bill being considered, st pre-seaso- CHAPEL HILL, N. C. (UPI) a great - kidding about not knowing Fullmer was a "he." . , Los Angeles boxing buff Bill Miller was herMo clinch The a basketball date for the Harlem Globetrotters St. Louis Hawks are also angling, to get in a couple of n trek. dates in Vegas during the'; y ::' ,f ;'! across the border with Frankie Carbo A tete,a-tet- e made AH Weill a hotter potato to the California Boxing . heat we've felt here Commission than the fn but 'Alphonse still has it in this head to try to squeeze theji)ack oor,by first setting up shop., with boxing promotions in Phoenix. I . . Best thing the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants, have done for Vegas is jump the daily baseball handle. . . . Several of the football Rams rested period here . . trimming off up forthe training-camexcess weight . . . and cash. . . . .' ; Wilbur Clark,' who won a bundle on Ingemar Johansson after liking the way Ingo sounded, rather than looked, in training, confides he was almost touted before the fight . . . But was so far off His bet the committed he couldn't get out of it. . . . Trick golfer Paul Hahn due soon to be shot on film on the desert as part of a executing his hokus-poku- s , . spdrts series. Former : ' ... . .. . x.) 4 riht the terms so tough ? "This announcement ' spells the advent of a new day in the historic American pastime," said Sen. Johnson after it was announced in New York that the Continental League was being formed with five founding cities.1 "Fresh horizons of recreation and i CnmiV. TJ.prl Skelhon slirvbed Gene Fullmer into the Desert Inn for a after the former. little crnh session and wa.s asked. of the world had checked into middleweight champion -town, "How'd you like to fight Gene Fullmer, Red?" and Skelton wasn't ''Sure," nodded Red "Who's she?" pre-Patters- , the Contispectacle. nental League's champion might not win' it for a while but can you picture anybody . saying it's not big league when it does. Of course, ', . United Press International Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson led congressional sources, in hailing the announcement of a third major league today, but organized base- -' ball generally adopted a wait-ansee attitude. . t ' : ce be would , Congressional Leader JHappy About Formation Of Third Majo League pics site at Squaw Valley . . .f which i he described as still rustic . .. and for which the telecasting rights, prevfr ously announced for, ABC, are still up in the air. . . .. -- World Series j and-"Warre- A." ' - 118-degr- i some but it really is not when you . put some financial experts io work on it. We will have a pension plan of our own or be a part of the existing one." Television: "This is mainly a local problem and each city will handle it in its own way. How- ever, I have to doubt that &ny& city outside of New York would have home television." World Series: ."A round-robi- n -- d: the sports director) will run college football competition on Saturday p.m.'s this fall by taping the outstanding pro game of - the previous Sunday . . . . Bill, who's Larry's boy, dropped in from a quick jaunt to the Winter Olym -- ; . 1 , ! - 'ac-ceptan- But he said executives of the-- new . league would have proposals ljo submit on various problems" involving expansion as follows: Territorial rights : "We see no real problems here. Money is the least of our problems and we Can pay off any indemnity needed. Besides, .we feel the new league is built; on the health of minor ' 'league baseball. Players: "A hew league requires about 200 players. Who . says the economy of the United States c an't produce 200 men if we supply the jobs?" Pension plan: "This appears to be a complicated . problem .o ; - (he's V ' ! ; y s . , .,s , CDpraii' obtaining franchises. "We will f want to, be included in the World- - Series when (our champion is able to give a good account of itself,4' said Jack Kent Cooke, owner of the Toronto. International ''League club and president. of a founding franchise. "And the day' will come when ths Continental League will' win the World Series . and we will really " be made then." Sea said the main objective of the Aug.- 18 meeting with organized baseball officials, headed by Commissioner Ford Frick and league presidents Joe Cronin .Giles, was to obtain as a (major; league." . '' a Juan, P.R., "as cities interested in . . ''' 'A ' '? , 'v by cause we are offering them "the greatest deal, in their history," "It can't cost them a thing," he said. "It creates vast new areas of interest and income wtti no risk on their part. On wnt grounds would they object to a deal like that?" Plan 154 Games in 1961 Shea said the new league planned to begin its first 154- game schedule in 1951 with a minimum of eight ; clubs and added that it might be included in the World Series by 1953 or 1954. In addition to the founding cities, he listed Buffalo, Matreal, Atlanta, New Orleans, Portland,? San Diego. Miami, Indianapolis, Dallas-Fo- rt Seattle aid jSan Worth, ganized baseball but Edwin C. Johnson, "three times governor ot Colorado who delivered an impassioned plea for support of the new league Monday, sounded a warning that obviously is a key factor in the circuit's formation.' "I - believe that the major leagues are sincere in their expressed wishes to help in the , ex pansion of their game," said Johnson, who served as president of the Western League for seven years. 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