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explosvey maintained not long that he wanted to
keep the Senators in forever" back playing
footsie with other interests Minneapolis Dalas-Fort
WORTH Houston and Toronto to be specific Or specific
as Cal is likely to get
Now we have new angle. Horse racing-the flats
and harness akeare choking the Senator'S forcing Cal
to look elsewhere That's what he was saying he de-
parted for Baltimore where today he is asking the Amer
ican League for permission to move the Washington
franchise.
Baseball can't compete with racing" Grif declared,
facing northnorthwes in the direction of Minneapolis
Somebody told me that there 256 days Of racing
within 0-mile radius of Washington 10
But you're making money" it pointed out. an
fact didn't you $4,000 salary increase club pres
dent just recently?"
Chattanooga isn't making money" Cal replied.
Neither Charlotte We have to have farm clubs, don't
we?"
AND HOW DID THIS LATEST craving to pull up
stakes about?
"One of our directors brought it up at board meet
ing" Cal explained. II won't mention his but he
studied the effect of racing baseball He made it
plain that intended to compete with other clubs by
giving bonuses to young players we'd have to borrow
100000 year.
Can you imagine bank loaning us 100000 to
gamble kid players? Most of them hop you know.
Can imagine it when aren't drawing the kind Of
money to pay it back?"
IF you move the Senators" it was suggested wash
ington will get that big beautiful municipal
stadium"
I'm sorry" Cal said. 81 hot for stadium,
anyway Not municipal stadium, I mean. One of
own, fine. But municipal stadums white elephants
Look at Cleveland's. Look at Philadepha's."
SOME PEOPLE ARE UNKIND enough to hint that
Grth is talking of moving to get cheaper rental
when and if stadium is built Cal shrugged this
one off,
We've never had concrete proposal" he Said "but
what stadium terms discussed won't do We couldn't
accept them We'd take in $15O,OOO less season.
Sra
We haven't any But there's site in Washington
big enough and we'd have to build If had the
money that is in Virginia Morris Cafritz has
property not far from the Pentagon but the price is
astronomical Shucks, Cafritz could sell plot to super
market for maybe five six million"
whats this talk of pressure from four-man
realignment committee" Cal asked. Griffith
quoted saying that Del Webb of the Yankees, Joe
Cronin Of the Red Sox Arnold Johnson Of the Athletics
and George Mednger of the Indians urging him to
go elsewhere that when their teams played the Sena
tors they could take some money home.
Nobody has walked up to me and said, Cal, you've
got to move But at league meetings we've talked OF how
little the seven other teams picking in Washington
THANKS TO GALS ANONYMOUS director, the young
and flexible prexy was able to break down into dollars
and cents exactly what visiting teams have taken
out of Washington during 1956-57.
THE Yankees best draw" Griffith said. "In
56 they collected $4257290 and in 81 only $S984080
The Red Sox got $2S43440 and $249844O Baltimore got
$92O42O and, last year. $l7S9S But don't forget the
Orioles in the opening game and that worth
$1,000 alone
The White Sox don't get much $12670SO and
$14,94550 The Indians, $l615770 and $1254820 The
Tigers $lOss9O and s1Os5l5O Kansas City, $s5647O and
$901l40 You can't pay hotel and restaurant and trans
portation bills with that kind of money"
Altogether according to CAL the Senators paid out
$l25000 to the rival clubs last "on
the road paid $l99O00"
GRIFFITH is NOT WILLING to take the rap all by
himself If the Senators should Il wish you news
paper people would get thing straight" Cal said
81 don't control the board There are seven directors
My sister Thelma and Joe Haynes with me. But
can't and don't control the other four-Leo Dorsey
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