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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1953
By STAN HAMILTON
Kansan Sports Writer
The St. Louis Browns, American league "baseball" team, lost an even 100 games this season, and drew scarcely more fans through their rusty turnstiles, but other league clubowners, by their latest move Sunday, seem to be asking to take further financial lickings when their teams play in almost-empty Busch stadium.
The most recent denial Sundav
The most recent denial Sunaa, for Brownie owner Bill Veeck to transfer his outfit to Baltimore is the second such maneuver by AL bigwigs to the snail Veeck and his odd (to say the least) promotions on and off the field. Last April the junior circuit refused permission for the transfer of the same franchise to Milwaukee so the National league reaped in the profits on the transplanted Braves.
The turndown of the proposed switch to the Maryland city, led by Yankee magnate Del Webb, seemed to indicate strong sentiment for a location on the West coast, rather than in other cities which have been campaigning, such as Kansas City, Montreal, and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Webb, a native of Phoenix, Ariz. appears at this juncture to favor Los Angeles, now a member of the Pacific Coast league. Mayor Norris Poulson of that city is heading a delegation which has put up a cash offer of 2 1-2 million. He says his group could dig up another $6 million within 10 days if a switch seemed imminent.
This support by Webb strikes us as very funny. Just a month or so ago he was dickering with Kansas City officials for the sale of Blues stadium, home of the American association Blues, with the purpose of letting the city own and possibly enlarge the arena in order to have a better chance of attracting a big league nine.
For two years Ernest Mehl, sports editor of the Kansas City Star, has been carrying on an editorial campaign to get big league ball to the city. When local residents viewed the great success the Braves attained in Milwaukee, formerly a member of the same league the Blues are in, they became enthusiastic about it, too.
A drug company carried a fullpage advertisement in the city paper with a ballot attached for readers to fill in and send in. The response was terrific and beyond Mehl's expectations. The firm was deluged with ballots, almost 100 per cent in favor of bringing the major leaguers there.
Their arguments seem sound—if the city purchases the ball park, that is. Travel expenses would be less than half what they would be should clubs have to hike to the West coast. Kansas City is only about 250 miles from St. Louis--Los Angeles is approximately 2,000 from the eastern Missouri city. The number of potential fans in the Kansas City area is almost as large as in Los Angeles.
And, mainly, Blues fans and Kansas Citians in general, seems more than just a little displeased at the treatment their triple-A team has been given by the parent New York Yankees. In all justice to the Bronx Bombers, they must win in New York, Kansas City, second, from a pure monetary standpoint, but they, led by the same Mr. Webb and field manager Casey Stengel, have shown no mercy.
If a player in a Blues' uniform shows any sign of promise at all, the chances are he will not be playing regularly for Kansas City all season. Stengel has shown he would
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rather have that man polishing his bench than doing daily work for the farm club. Kansas City fans are incensed and would like nothing better than a chance to go out and watch the Kansas City Brown defeat the proud Yankees next season.
Skeptics point out that Blues stadium, which now seats about 18,000, could not be enlarged soon enough to make major league play feasible. But, by some hasty mathematics, we figure with an average of 65 home playing dates, and an averaged crowd of 15,000. Kansas Chie would draw 975,000 play customers; a great shot in the arm to the American league which is used to great throngs of 2 and 3,000 in St Louis.
Veeck so far has remained cool to Kansas City. He recently went to California to try a deal but met only with rebuffs. He thought he had the Baltimore move sewed up both Sunday and last spring. It is a known fact that the eccentric owner is not too well liked by the other seven bosses, so he must present a pretty convincing case in any future attempt.
No Kansas City team would ever get that many patrons you say. But look at the population within easy driving range of the city. The metropolitan area of the city contains about 700,000 persons, and, with towns such as Lawrence, Topeka, Atchison, and Leavenworth in Kansas, and St. Joseph, Excelsior Springs, and many others in Missouri, as Mr. Mehl has repeatedly emphasized, more than 3 million persons are within 150 miles of Kansas City.
The next maneuver is up to Veeck. The clubowners have no further meetings scheduled on the question as of now.
Something must be done quickly. The deal the Braves worked last spring, moving just a week before the season opened, probably won't work in Veeck's case. He must get the team to send the end of the year so such matters as advance ticket sales and scheduling can be done away with early.
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Kansas City still looks like the most practical bet.
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The Army helped build the first roads and canals in the United States. Army engineers and cavalrymen played a major role in surveying and building the route of the Union Pacific, the first railroad in the world to span a continent and join two oceans.
When a penalty is called against UCLA, the UCLan band promptly swings into two bars of the Dragnet theme.
Yankees, Bums Drop Clubs in Joplin, St. Joe
Two Missouri class C Western Association baseball clubs lost their major league working agreements Monday as the St. Louis Cardinals dropped the St. Joseph club and the New York Yankees dropped the Joplin Miners. The two moves came almost simultaneously.
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The Cardinals said they left St. Joseph because the military draft takes many minor league players after one year of experience, St. Joseph President W. L. Hegarty said. When they return to civilian life two years later they no longer want to play class C baseball.
Consequently, according to Cardinal vice-president William Walsingham Jr., the Cards will retain only one class C working agreement next year—at Fresno, Calif. Instead, the St. Louis club planned to negotiate new agreements with class A and B clubs.
The Yankee pull-out from Joplin, said Miner President Jim Hays, was because of what Yankee officials termed the "uncertain future of the club."
It was reported in Joplin that the Yankees would negotiate an agreement with St. Joseph, a report that could not be confirmed immediately at St. Joseph.
Hegarty told newsmen he planned to fly to New York today to work out an agreement with "another major league club." He said he expected to have an announcement "probably Friday."
Hegarty added that St. Joseph "definitely" would field a Western association club next year.
Irish Back to Be Ready for Purdue
South Bend, Ind. — (UP)— Half-back John Lattner probably will be ready to play against Purdue Saturday despite an ankle injury aggravated against Oklahoma last weekend, trainer Gene Paszkiet said today.
Lattner had missed workouts since Sept. 5 due to a heel bruise before he starred against the Sooners. He was slated for light drills this week, but Paskiet said he would be able to appear against the Boilermakers.
Two other Irish players also were injured against the Sooners, quarterback Ralph Guglielmi and guard Ray Lemek, but both suffered only from cuts over the right eye and were expected to be ready for Purdue without question.
The Irish were slated to resume heavy workouts today after a Monday rest following the Oklahoma game.
A get-acquainted mixer will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Mirror room of Robinson gym by the women's physical education department. All physical education majors and minors are invited.
Mixer To Be Held in Gym
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Big Seven Clubs Brace For Weekend Sessions
Boulder, Colo. — (U.P.) — Colorado university's Buffalooes went about training tasks grimly test, aiming for their first Big Seven test against Missouri Saturday and trying to erase the rough spots evident in last weekend's 20-14 victory over Arizona.
Coach Dal Ward worked the squad lightly against Tiger plays yesterday, drilling on defensive assignments against Missouri plays.
Tailbacks Carroll Hardy and Homer Jenkins worked out in sweat clothes yesterday because of minor injuries, but both are expected to be ready to go against Missouri.
Tigers Work Out Today
Columbia, Mo.-The Missouri university Tigers were slated for their first heavy workout today after Saturday's surprise defeat of Purdue 14-7.
Yesterday Coach Don Faurot let the regulars take it easy during the working enough practice only that they didn't see action against the Boilermakers.
Guard Terry Roberts, slightly injured in the Purdue tilt, did not suit out yesterday, but he is expected to
Lack of Passing Unusual for Jays
The Jayhawk grid squad of 1953 would hardly be recognizable to some of the more recent alums from the standpoint of passing.
Head Coach George Sauer, who preceeded J. V. Sikes, coached a passing team during his stay here. Of course he could afford to with Ray Evans, all-American in 1947, doing the pitching.
Coach Sikes has had his share of passers with Jerry Robertson, Dick Gilman, and a number of others.
Women's IM Season To Start Oct. 5
The women's intramural season opens at 8 p.m. Oct. 5 when Kappa Kappa Gamma meets Monchonsia hall in a volleyball game.
The Pi Beta Phi team will play the College Aces and at 8:45 p.m. Foster hall will vie with Delta Gamma.
The qualifying round, of nine holes, for the women's golf tournament should be turned in at the intramural office by Oct. 4. Thirty-one women have entered, which is more than any previous year.
Badminton and tennis singles will also start Oct. 5.
be able to play against Colorado at Boulder Saturday in the Tigers' first conference encounter.
Lincoln, Neb.-Coach Bill Glassford said today his Husker T and single wing offense would make it tough on future Nebraska opponents, "but we're still not a Big Seven contender vet."
Glassford put his second unit through a rough workout, but took it easy on his No. 1 boys in yesterday's drills.
Huskers Wait K-State
The Huskers meet Kansas State Saturday in their third time out and their first Big Seven tilt.
Manhattan, Kan. — Coach Bill Meek drilled his Kansas State Wildcats in a short session of play patterns today with his squad at its greatest strength since the first week of practice.
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Meek said quarterback Jack Chilton had apparently recovered from a shoulder bruise and that ends Ed Pence and Ed Linta were back to top running strength. The three missed the Colorado A&M game Saturday.
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