MAY CUT MAJOR LEAGUE ]
GAMES OFF TV 1
CHICAGO (I?) The National
'league held out a glimmer of
(hope to the minors in the form
of revenue from a proposed ‘
(television “(game of the week” ;
(broadcast today buit the maj
ors turned thumbs down on
such player requests as $7,200
minimum pay, unlimited win
ter ball and an inside role on
negotiating a new world series
tv contract.
The National went out of its
way to label as “very import
ant” its decision to ask Wal
ter O’Malley, Brooklyn presi
dent, to continue his efforts to
work ouit plans to use income
from a proposed “(game of the
week” tv broadcast of major
league games on Saturday af
ternoons to aid the minors.
OlMalley revealed last
week his proposal to set up a
network telecast iKhat would
neit $3,000,000 with half going
to the minors.
The minors, through the
presidents of their class B, C
and D leagues have asked the
majors to help work out a
plan for “immediate relief of
the damaging effects of tv
(broadcasts into minor league
territory.” Although this re
quest was not acted upon by
the American league and was
rejected by the National be
cause o;f its “intemperate” lan
guage, the National voted to
lend a hand.
The majors also turned
down ithe minors’ proposal to
change the law on returning
servicemen, making them
count on the player limit af
ter 30 days instead of one year
On the player demands, the
majors refused to go along
(with the increase from $6,000
ito $7,200 in minimum pay.
They also rejected a proposal
to let the players negotiate on
their own with winter league
teams and refused to keero the
players informed on the new
world series (tv contract. The
old series pact expires after
(the 1056 games.
NOTICE
i will be responsible for only j
those /bills contracted Iby my
self, afi.er this date.
Jack D. Phillips
Published: Dec. 6, 7, 8, 1955.
Daily Sitka Sentine
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FACE GUARDS USED BY ,
MOST FOOTBALL PLAYERS
by The Associated Press !
“It’s better tto be safe than
sorry” — especially where
your teeth are concerned —
seems to be the belief of 1955
football players.
More and more they are tak
ing to wearing protective de- j
vices, ranging from simple
curved bars to big transpar- ‘
ent plastic affairs that almost
cover the face, attached to i
their helmets.
I
A marked increase in the
use of such devices was observ
ed this year by 133 of 149
sports writers and broadcast
ers replying to the Associated
Press post-season question
naire. Only seven said there
was no increase.
The face guards were the
subject of considerable con
troversy among coaches, rules
makers and sports goods man
ufacturers a few years ago. i
Apparently they now have I
been improved, along with j
other protective equipment, j
so they don’t interfere with;
vision or breathing and aren’t'
likely to break and cause in-1
juries.
But some observers still
class them as dangerous wea
pons.
“The players must wear
them in self defense, since ev
erybody else does, but they’re
wicked weapons,” said one.
Several others subscribed to
the self defense theory and
some maintained they have
become necessary because of
an increase in rough play.
Japan's fishing
iting Japanese boats from
cruising east of -the 175 de
grees east lonigitude. This line
eui.s through the Aleutians
near the western tip and to
' the south about halfway b(
tween Wake and Midway is
lands.
5. The United States has
(taken over former Japanese
islands — the Marshalls. Gil
berts, and Bonins — stripping
Japanese fishermen of some of
their best stopover ports fcr
fuel and water.
6. Red China, with agree
ment of private Japanese in
terests, has set up six author
ized (but restricted fishing are
as in the Yellow and East Chi
na Seas and three refugee
ports. The agreement, signed
April 15, prohibits Japanese
boats from entering a seventh
“war zone” north of Formosa.
Memorial raised
berg, skipper of the Arizona,
perished as the battleship sank
in a rain of Japanese bombs.
The memorial thrusts into
the sky from Ford island a few
feet from the ganlgplank which
lead to the sunken Arizona.
More than 1,000 men of the Ari
zona still are entombed there.
An inscribed plaque on the
stone says: “To the eternal
memory of those who gave their
last full measure of devotion to
their country.”
j Rear Adm. C. E. Olsen, 14th
navy district commandant, ac
, ©epted (the memorial on (behalf
; of the navy.
Olsen said the American peo
jple realize as never before
I that they face “a powerful
force which ha/tes freedom and
democracy and which seeks to
conquer the world.”
PHILADEPHIA COLORED GIANTS
vs. SITKA A.N.B.
Wednesday - Thursday, December 14-15
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