Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-30
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Only a Matter of Time

AT LONG LAST the National League cubowners have
given permission to the Dodgers and Giants to relocate in
California they t and apparently they do see At At
this point only matter of time before have the
Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants
There is some moaning and weeping in New York but
not much might be expected In those man on-he
street interviews lot of people, speaking Of the Giants have
uttered sentiments Brooklyn the fan who
is supposed to be the most abd in the business has displayed
indifference
The baplayers-Dodgers and Giants alike-do not seem
to be mighty upset Moving to the West Coast naturally will
involve air travel and quite few Of the athletes aerg
to planes Don Newcombe of the Dodgers but the
pitcher was quoted as saying
Il I'll have to head-shrinker to my fear
of flying But I'm Dodger and I'll 60 where they long
as they want me-"
ALREADY THE PROFESSIONAL New Workers in news
paper fields mourning the probable loss Of the two
National League clubs "we bush they saying
for fact the worlds greatest city, porswse might become
bush
New York would have the Yankees There is no college
football to speak Of except in the hushed
connection with Columbia. College basketball longer
draws at Madison Square Garden and the running
parks, except for Belmont, from hunger
There are cities in the South and Middle West with only
raction OF New Yorks population yet the folks flip their
lids and with Georgia Tech or Tennessee
or OHIO State or Oklahoma suits up for game
These are among footballs best and New York has
nothing to offer by way of comparison Once upon time
the Big City had Army versus Notre Dame but that
long time ago.
EVEN BEFORE THE RECENT threat of judicial action
against the international Boxing Club charging monopoly
New York long since had ceased be major fight center
These days you almost hear of big title bout in New
York
True Sugar Ray Robinson lost his middleweight crown
10 Gene Fulmer on January 1885, in New York but the
rematch was in Chicago Here too, where the latest
Heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson prevailed over
Archie Moore.
New York will be the site Of Pattersons first defense
against Hurricane Jackson but the city is the fight town
used to be- You have to all the way to September
H. 1854 for the last heavyweight title bouRocky Marciano
versus Ezzard Charles at Yankee Stadium
The stadium stands Marcano and Charles are retired
THERE WAS PERIOD of time when you lined up on
street in New York to buy ticket to college
basketball game NYU st. Olaf or whatever teams were
playing in the double were important Then the
xers got busy and pretty was put on few Of
them and the public got pooy The people wanted no parts
OF suspect sport and, thusly, basketball died
Two ways there are of looking upon possible move BY
the Dodgers and Giants One that the National League is
Ioosn In permitting both Of its New York clubs to shove of
leaving the Yankees in command
The other Is that by tying up Los Angeles and San
francisco the National League beating the American to
cn ana fertile held Prophets have said that as the Los
angeles representatives the Dodgers may draw as many as
70 million customers season.
II So good for the Dodgers But New York without one
National League club