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Richardson Surprise Choice As New IL President In This i Corner george I Group Named To Consider Syracuse Site LOUISVILLE Tommy Richardson's first pressing task as IL president will be the uncovering of an eighth 1 1 0 to Simmons, opposition that would not be swayed. I was willing to give him a try for a year and think he may have been able to do a good job. But he didn't have enough votes, so I nominated Richardson." Vincent McNamara, president of the Class-D NYP League, and Dick Butler, Texas League president, also were nominated on the second ballot. Voting was stopped when Richardson received the five necessary votes, and a motion was made to make his election unanimous. However, all the amenities were not observed.

Frank Pollock, Toronto vice president, abstained. Richardson maintains Eastern League offices at Wil-liamsport, where he also has controlling interest in an automobile agency. He said he would resign as Eastern League president immediately and set up shop for the IL, "at some league city. I haven't decided which one yet and won't make a decision until I've looked around." He said he would ask Simmons to stay on in the league office. Special to The Democrat and Chronicle LOUISVILLE Tommy Richardson, president of the Eastern League for the past 23 years has been chosen to follow Frank Shaughnessy as president of the International League.

Richardson was nominated by Rochester president Frank Horton on the second ballot yesterday and quickly gained the five necessary votes. The 65-year-old, one-time vaudeville song and dance man, received a one-year, $15,000 contract. Richardson was a surprise, compromise choice about midday Wednesday. Harry Simmons, long-time league secretary and assistant to Shaughnessy, was considered a shoo-in candidate for the job as late as Tuesday night. Opposition to Simmons was led by former Richmond general manager Jack White, who now is assistant to New York Yankee gee-em Roy Harney.

"We felt he (Simmons) could not give the league the dynamic leadership it needs," White said yesterday. "We did not think he would be able to move into a new town and sell local interests on backing a franchise or building a ball park." Simmons, a low-pressure type baseball historian and schedule-maker, was the only candidate on the first ballot. He received three votes Toronto, Buffalo and Jersey TOMMY RICHARDSON i succeeds Shaughnessy team and it seemed certain yesterday the search would center on Syracuse despite hopes a franchise could be maintained in Montreal. A four man committee made up of John Stiglmeier of Buffalo, Frank Horton and George Sisler of Rochester and league secretary Harry Simmons was named to visit Syracuse Dec. 7 to investigate conditions there after the league had heard Wednesday from a two-man Syracuse delegation.

The delegation was made up of Francis Judkins, representing the city, and Walter Sports 1 Drmoml dirtnrirl However, Simmons, crushed at the turn of events, said he planned to resign as soon as Richardson is through his shakedown period. Simmons had offered his resignation as Rochester, N. a Dec. 1,1960 4 soon as Richardson was elected, but was asked to reconsider. Fox, representing the Cham Richardson's first baseball connection was as owner of the Williamsport team in 1923.

After becoming president ber of Commerce. The men from Syracuse said no local financial backer was immediately in sight but City. Five were needed to elect. Horton, who passed on the first ballot, said: "I knew when they got to Rochester that, even with our vote, Harry would only have four not enough to win. I also knew that something had to be done today.

The league has a great many problems, and the selection of a ot tne eastern League, he served on the board of the old Philac Athletics and helped negotiate the sale of the team to the late Arnold Johnson who moved it to Kansas City. Richardson said he never had applied officially for the IL post and hadn't been approached formally to become a candidate until Wednesday morning. He said he considered they did offer a stadium at practically rent-free rates. Horton said: "Tuesday we Arnold Palmer Heads Field In Florida Golf new president was a must. "It was obvious that there was some strong opposition 'himself "fortunate" to get the job.

started action which would return the Montreal franchise to the league. A 10-day 'grace' period is necessary before the franchise actually if declared forfeit, but there doesn't seem to be much hope left in Montreal. 100Compztz In Swim At Geneva CLIFTON SPRINGS Ap- So we (the league) have WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. UP Arnold Palmer, the current Mr. Moneybags of golf, heads one of the best fields of the year in the $15,000 West Palm Beach Open starting today.

Palmer, winner of the Tdbacco Auction JOUISVILLE The road to Shively (pop. 15,371) is walled in by cheap signs advertising beanerics spuds, C0ffee79 and third-rate saloons by the and dumpy used-car lots financed This is the gateway, a few miles out of Louisville, to the world's greatest gambling casino. The players are hooked. 'They come from Larue, Meade, Jefferson, Bullitt, Oldham, Grayson, Hardin and Breckinridge counties in Kentucky, and from Harrison, Floyd and Washington counties in Indiana. They have no control over their gambling destinies.

They can blow a year's work in the split seconds that make or break them as mute, helpless sellers while the auctioneer's mumbo-jumbo machine-guns through the warehouses. These players are not fancily dressed. They wear the uniform of the farm worker faded overalls, jaded jeans, tired jackets, mud-caked boots. Their wives and children are there, too, most of them poor looking, with quiet, scared expressions. They wait for the dice to roll, for the climax to a full year of labor in the tobacco fields.

Of the 500 millions of pounds of tobacco to be marketed in eight states, 75 per cent is handled in Kentucky, biggest producer of burley in the U.S. This is a major channel, the Seventh Street Road Warehouse, at the early morning opening day of the two-month sales of the national crop. It has been called the greatest show on earth. It is, for sure, humanity's greatest mass financial gamble. Ten Year Career rjTIE AUCTIONEER is an impressive man.

In normal conversational tones, one sounds like Mel Allen. He is a highly specialized artist, one of fewer than 100 in captivity. He works by individual contract. By the day, by the entire job lot, or by the poundage he moves. One man earns $15,000 for his few months of the tour, starting In Georgia and ending with the.

big show here. Another makes $30,000. He is more skilled. One makes an annual trip to South Africa. He receives $18,000 plus expenses for his tour.

The auctioneer must be as honest as the day is long, or he is blacklisted. He must make his money in a comparative hurry, because his average working life span seldom goes beyond ten years. His voice, tortured by the pungent dust of the warehouses, gives, out in about a decade. The average auctioneer is a solid citizen, not a high-priced carny man. The auctioneer opening the sales on this morning is James Walston, of Pine Tops, N.C.

"Remember," he says, spelling it out, "two words p-i-n-e t-o-p-s. Get it right." Make or Break "WALSTON WORKS1 between rows of stacked "hands" of tobacco in cramped quarters. He operates much like the commander in a military inspection party, walking sideways up the aisles. Alongside him are the sales writers. Opposite him, moving as one, are the buyers from the big cigarette firms.

The farmers, wives and children hang on the outer perimeters and hold their collective breath as the almighty auctioneer approaches their crops. Blood, sweat and tears have gone into this produce and now it will be sold, in mere seconds, at prices varying according to the whim or ability of the buyer and auction eer. When the market is down, and the tobacco sells low, unmon hrnU Hnun and rrv like babies in these warehouses. the franchise. Now we have to put it somewhere.

Syracuse has as good a chance as any city of getting it." Horton all but dismissed proximately 100 boys and, Masters and the U.S. Open I1 1 If: wH 'It: 113iAW L'VWvj i VL 'TOT jr 2 ,1 If' 't 5 A 'Um'X Ayxi the chances of the Los Angeles Dodgers, erstwhile owners of the Montreal club, moving the franchise to Atlanta. "They want to reduce girls of the sixth, seventh tnis vear- last Sunday won and eighth grades at Clifton 2'0 t0P ne thf Z. Mobile Open to boost his of-Springs Central School par- ficial prize earnings to ticipated in the splash party! 716, a record take for one their holdings from three to two tnple-A clubs. I can't see them operating in the IL next season," said Horton.

with swimming races at the Geneva YMCA pool in the last swimming session held. Results: Olrl, 1011 vearj Won bv Linda Barrv; 2nd. Elaine Morris: Rrkv Corwln and Kit Gill tied for 3rd. Boys, 10-11 won bv John Tatro; 2nd, Dick Devereaux; 3rd, Tom Allen. Girls, 11-1J vears Won bv Ann Morrl: Warriors, Sioux Nabs Vins in 2nd, Patricio Price; 3rd, Kathy Smith.

Boys Won by Stanley Griffin; 2nd, Bill Stroup; 3rd, Bill Bird. year. The Ligonier, pro faces formidable opposition over the par 73, course. Only a handful of the "name" players are missing, including Bob Rosburg, Gene Littler, Ken Venturi, Doug Sanders and Jay Hebert. Hebert is recovering from an eye operation and Sanders is suffering from an injured hand.

Burley Mike Souchak was a doubtful starter. He passed up the pro-amateur yesterday because of a touch of the flu. Girls, 14 ond oyer Won bv Sondra Barry; 2nd, Barbara Sullivan; 3rd. Joan Ouellet. Boys, 14 and over Won bv Charles Bennett; 2nd, Charles Spafford; 3rd, Alwvn Darling; 4th, Dennis Baker.

Spa Cage League Anne DeMorco and Patricia Price tied for first place in the divina contest for olrls, and Wendy VonRomer took 3rd place. CLIFTON SPRINGS games in the YMCA Promised Land and win the Queens County Handicap feature at Aqueduct. AP Wirephoto) SNEAKING IN Cranberry Sauce, No. 3, with jockey Heliodoro Gustines up, slides through on the rail to edge Movies were shewn ond refreshments served at the YMCA followina the swim Friendly Indian Basketball ming events. League found the Warriors.

Sioux and Eagles knocking off tne Apaches, Pawnees and Hawks. Cranberry Sauce Good -On Race Track Tommy Ciardi scored 11 of the Warrior points as they iook a 19-b win over the Apaches after building an 18-0 lead at the end of the third quarter. Mike Lindner and By This Famous 48-Y ear-Old Automobile Firm Bob Curran also scored for the winners, while Clifford Converse and Ron Brown from the Maryknoll Farm Stable, was a $9.60 winner in the Pimlico feature. Inside Story, the favorite, was second, IVz lengths back, and Bonzo third. Poppy Jay, ridden by Nick Shuk, covered the mile and a sixteenth in 1:47.

ZD Kl lUJ fT t. PRICE f' WkJ FACT0RY FRESH UOJA LZ3 ZJ BRAND NEW fiOU By The Associated Press Cranberry Sauce was the surprise winner of the 55th running of the $30,050 Queens County Handicap as the 218-day New York racing season ended at Aqueduct yesterday. The 3-year-old son of Polynesian Christmastide, ridden by jockey Heliodoro Gustines, ran the mile in 1:36 15 for a half-length margin over Promised Land. Talent Show was third. Cranberry Sauce was purchased Oct.

18 for $22,000 by Max Gluck, owner of the El-mendorf Farm, from1 the consignment of Mrs. John.H. Thouron. Cranberry Sauce moved up in the final quarter and held were the only Apaches to score. The Sioux rolled over the Pawnees 26-6.

Captain Charles Morphy, Jeff Anderson, Mike Sarr and Yogi Allen hit the scoring column. The Sioux led only 8-4 at the half, but out-scored the Pawnees 10-1 in the third period and 8-1 in the fourth. Jimmy Broomfield, Paul Lasner and Jim York were the only Pawnees to score. The Hawks won a forfeit game over the Eagles, who failed to put enough men on the floor. In a practice game, H.

J. O'Shea's Call Card, getting a perfectly judged ride from A 1 i Baeza, scored by a length in the feature at Tropical Park. Fleet Child finished second and Mal-Don-D, the 8-5 favorite, was third. The winner went the mile and 70 yards in 1:43 15 and, paid $9.60. Isabell Dalton's Freeholder, 1 a 4-year-old gelding, won the the field safe in the final 50 after picking up two players HURRY-LIMITED NUMBER AVAILABLE! yards.

Overlooked in the betting to compete, the Eagles longest race of the New England turf season by 2 lengths at Narragansett Park. Coming from behind in the 2 -mile feature, Freeholder won with a driving finish that beat Nickoforchyn. The win downed the Hawks 21-9. Scheduled games for Saturday list the Warriors vs. Sioux, Apaches vs.

Eagles, Hawks vs. Pawnees. by the crowd of 30,176, Cranberry Sauce returned $43.70, $18.60 and $9.00. Promised Land paid $9.30 and $5.40 and Talent Show $4.90. Cranberry Sauce earned a net purse of $19,232.

Poppy Jay, a 4 -year -old R-G-E-N-C-Y! ner' paid $14 and was timed in 3:53. Mighty Tom third. Even before this, too much rain, or too little rain, can ruin an entire family financially. On this day, this year, thank God, the crops are generally good. Most of the tobacco is going in the 60 to 70 cents per pound range.

The extremes run from 20 cents for second quality, "light to medium color nondescript," up to 72 cents for "good tan lugs." The 1960 tobacco is producing smiles. It is good quality, good weight. And now Walston is ready. Mumbo Jumbo 1E LOOKS to his writers, with their tablets, like yeomen in a Navy party, and he checks with the buyers spread across the stack's in front of him. They are ready.

Somebody opens it loud and clear. "Sixty-four." Most of what follows is decipherable only by the professionals. Even the gaunt oldsters who watch without expression do not savvy Walston here. His voice is whining now, teasing now, cajoling, in rapid-fire, nightmare babble, as he' shuffles along. Occasionally a word may be recognized, as he yammers.

It might sound like this, but in triple-tongue: "Ling a ding ding ding, zing zing harrup iddyaj ling zing ring a ding ding FIVE cura ling ding zing annie ohdeeay gay gay zing zing ding a ring SIX It goes on and on, just like in the TV commercials. When the number is recognized, it is because a bid has gone from 64 to 65, and then to 66. The auctioneer slips the accelerated second digit into his mumbo jumbo when he detects a soundless bid from the faces across the aisle the nod of a head, wiggle of a finger. The buyers use only sign language. Once, suddenly, it seemed corny, Walston droned out, "ni-un (69) Americannnnn." Almost without pause the group slides to another crop.

One bunch went for only 47 cents a pound, and a buyer muttered, "Green, wouldn't give a quarter for it, but he can sell, eh?" "We're breaking the speed limit," said a tabulator. "This guy is really revved up today," said a buyer. Once, with the bid at only 62, well short of the average for good quality, Walston stopped. There was a shocked gasp from a farmer's wife. The auctioneer looked at her and smiled.

"A mistake," he said, softly, reassuringly. He straightened out his buyers, who were mixed up. Then he resumed, and seemed to put a little extra pressure into his sell. He finally got a fat 72 cents for this crop for this farmers terrified wife. And this machine-like man seemed pleased that he was able to do it.

made you feel like crying. NBA Scores Last Night's Results Svrocuse 135. St. Louis 126. Boston 125, Detroit 110.

STANDINGS Eastern Division Pr GB Ronton 14 3 .124 Philadelphia 14 6 700 l'i Syracuse 10 .37 New York 5 15 .250 10' i Western ervision iB St. Louis 12 6 .667 Los Angeles 11 11 .500 3 Detroit 7 12 .38 ALExpansion Meeting To Continue Today NEW YORK LT) Baseball's! disclosed until after it is pre-top brass met for more than sented for consideration at five hours yesterday in the the mai0.r leaue meetings 77 TRADE-INS! All Makes Models "LESS THAN" WHOLESALE COST! office of Commissioner Ford '1 Cincinnati 15 .375 6 Tenlgnt New York vs. Boston at Philadelphia. Los Angeles at Philadelphia. Syracuse at Cincinnati.

Tomorrow Los Angeles ot Boston. St. Louis at New York. Saturday St. Louis ot Philadelphia.

New York ot Syracuse. Portugese Pitchmen Gain in Tourney BUDAPEST UP) Benef ica 12 MOS. GUARANTEE BOTH NEW USED RAMBLERS I I ILH DCtlU. Yesterday's meeting was called by Frick in the wake of apparent National League rejection of the American League's proposed inter-league schedule and continued opposition by the National League to the AL's plan to expand to Los Angeles next season. Baseball has a rule requiring unanimous approval of both leagues when one league wants to move into a city occupied by the other.

Walter O'Malley, owner of the Los of Portugal advanced to the Frick in an attempt to draft an amendment that would clear the way for a 10-team American League in 1961. When the meeting was adjourned about 5:30 p.m., Frick's office said only that there would be another meeting today. In the session with the commissioner were American League President Joe Cronin, National League President Warren Giles, and attorneys representing all three offices. "There will be no statement of progress," a spokesman for the commissioner said. "There will be another meeting." Before they went into ses second round of the European Soccer Cup tournament yes terday despite a 2-1 loss to Hungary's Ujpest Dosza.

OPEN THURSDAY FRIDAY NIGHTS 'TIL 9 P.M. Beneefica won the opening game of the home-and-home, total point series 6-2 Nov. 6 Hockey Results and advanced with a 7-4 goal aggregate. Angeles Dodgers, has led the NL fight against the AL plans, claiming he does not believe there should be two major AMERICAN LEAGUE Lost NlgM'i Roulfi No games scheduled. Standing NATIONAL LEAGUE Ytsterdoy't Remit! Stondlngi Boston 2.

Chicago 2. My to Ik iflSlo Inc. REIMS TRIPS BURNLEY PARIS LP Reims of France Pt CF CA Rtt CP GA 5 2 77 68 Springfield 1 5 0 34 121 50 Cleveland 13 11 0 26 76 80 93 Detroit Montreal 12 Chicago 10 Toronto 10 New York 7 Boston 4 7 7 7 I 13 13 defeated Burnley of Britain, 3-2, last night but Burnley moved into the quarter-finals 73 75 71 80 106 75 76 Buffalo 12 11 1 Hershev 11 12 1 Ouebec 11 16 0 Rochester 11 1 Providence 17 0 Beth Sides Of The Rood 1301 RIDGE RD. EAST sion this morning, the three i league teams in Los Angeles officials said they had agreed until the Dodgers' new park not to make any statement is completed at Chavez Ra-because both Giles and vine. The Dodgers have Cronin must report back to played in Me-their leagues.

morial Coliseum since their Any agreement reached on; shift to the West Coast for an amendment would not be the 1958 season. 1 77 111 of the European Soccer Cup with an aggregate score of 4-3. Burnley won the first match three weeks ago, 2-0. Tenight Boston ot Detroit. Toronto ot Montreal.

Soturdey Boston at Montreal. New York ot Toronto. Tonight Hershey of Quebec. Tomorrow Sorlnofleld ot Rochnter, I p.m. Saturday Sorlngfleld ot Cleveland.

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