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To Stay in Charleston Campbell MINNEAPOLIS — Detroit Tiger General Manager Rick Ferrell denied firmly Monday that there is any basis for the report that the Detroit Tigers might take their franchise out of Charleston and enter into a work ing agreement with Denver in 1960. “we've never discussed such a thing,” Ferrell said. And Vice-President James C. Campbell, here for the Association” all-star game with Ferrell, would not comment. Not only has the report cropped out in Charleston, but a story in the Indianapolis Star on Sunday, penned by Max Greenwald, put the bee on Charleston as a dying member of the league and also named Fort Worth, now in its first season in the old triple A circuit, as an outgoing member. It was pointed out in the Star that the Chicago Cubs were fed up with losing money in Fort Worth, the only Texas member of the Association with big league support, and that it would withdraw. The Cubs worked in Fort Worth for several years in the Texas League. For the same reason, the Star said the De troit Tigers would move out of Charleston and go to Denver. Therefore, the paper reasoned, the league would go back to eight clubs and get away from the 10-club, Krise Kross system that has caused to much criticism this season. Regardles of what Detroit officials say, there 's a strong friendship between the Tigers and Denver's owner, Bob Howsam, ' Take these reports for what they may be worth, bub its, the same old story. And Charleston apparently must @01 through another period of anxiety over ‘to baseball fran chise. . Bill Norman Attends All-Star Game Bill Norman, former Charleston pilot who lost his job as manager of the Tigers last may, popped up here for the all-star game In his new role and member of the Chicago White Sox “trouble shooting” department. The Tigers recently paid Bill's 1959 salary as manager In full, thereby enabling him to become active with the White Sox and his old baseball standby, Bill Veeck. John Mellale, former Tiger general manager, offered Bill a job, too, but he had already obli gated himself to go with Veeck. Bill got a happy surprise Monday. Ifis wife, “Bob”, In St. Louis telephoned to tell him that she had finally opened three big boxes that had been sent to the Norman home around the middle of May. In the boxes were three beautiful, stuffed patio chairs with a nole en closed. They had been sent to Bi) by the Netroit Tigers, Including all the players and new Manager Jimmy Dykes. But Bill had not bothered to open the boxes which arrived shortly after he had been fired. He was on the telephone Monday making a belated! rae you to Captain Harvey Kuenn and the Detroit Hub, “It sure was a nice thing for the players to do this.”6 Norman said, “and I'm sorry we didn't get around to opening the boxes sooner.” a Bul hinted that he might be back in a baseball uni form next season but didn’t bother to go into detail. He offered his best to the fans in Charleston and said he would always have fond memories of his man agerial days there. ‘Concerning the Third Major League. Walter Shannon, farm director for the 8th Louis Cardinals, is one who holds firm to the belief that there will be a third major league and a good one. And he says the major league clubs who own good triple A franchises will have an edge over the others. “With 28 major league clubs, there will be a search on for the best spots to set up triple A farms,” he predicts. Hillman Lyons, Charleston G.M., agrees that Charleston will be In a good spot should there come' another big league ... Lhe Association baseball writers” efforts to get the wire services to go back to the old style box scores, which would include putouts and assists, may be futile. Some folks now like the tew style box... Calvin Griffith, the Washington Senator president, is here again and Minneapolis writers feel that he may once nRrabi revive talk of moving his American League eath to the tavincides. ... Burs Boyle, the Cincinnati scout, was here for the all star, hoping to acl another took al Don Lee, the Charleston pitcher. The Reds are really interested in the big right hander. .. Hillman Lyons says he is getting some strong sup port in his campaign for a rookie rule in the Association. He would like to see a rule making mandatory for each club to have four or five players with no experience in a triple A. Lyons also would Ike to see the sched we shortened. J. T. Detral as to move into Denver next year, I's news to Frank Yaraway. Veteran Denver Post scribe, “Bub we sure would like ta see it come about.” he admits.
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Charleston Gazette
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Tue, Jul 14, 1959
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