European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Post in the stars and stripes december 1964 Abc buys major league to package for million by Joe Reichler new York a major league baseball suld us first regular shut inn  Wick Fie for million Divinc tie american inn the right to Theca so on i National scale1 25 saturday and two Holiday Ramos in rach of he 1865 and i soft the announcement was made jointly by owner John of the Detroit timers and Roone vice president and sex Wii live Pmj Tutt of acc it a press can feretto in Lias Ball commissioner Kord pricks the saturday As it is is a joint project in which the Revenue will be equally divided among 18 of the 20 Thomas hand signs Phil contract Philadelphia a Frank the Philadelphia Phillies Power hitting first came to town tues Day for a checkup of his injured re rat hand and wound up sign ing his 1965 John the phils general Laid John Royal Moore of Temple University Hospital examined the broken thumb and pronounced it fully Thomas suffered the injury on a month and a Day after to came to the Thlu from the new York mets in Exchange for Pitcher Gary Kroll and Outfield Erin fielder Wayne Thomas was out of action in i sept be played 3 games with the As no contract terms were Thomas is the second Man signed by the the first was Pitcher to recently acquired from the los Angeles Angeli of the american big loaf up Only hip new York Yankees Ami Philadelphia Phillies Are not kel7cr said he expected the Phillips to become part of the package i forc the Start of the 1965 season and hoped the Yan Kees would join in the Yankee television con Iriart with the Columbia Broad casting system extends through Hie 1905 the Tor each club the first year have 11 Lii jul sponsorship prob and tin1 Liin to Iron out the Yankee the new contract also Means lbs Deal has Hern in existence that television viewers around the country will not seeing 1 Baselia on Unnic outlet this the Only games thai Arioul in under the terms of the two year the partic Nalini clubs will enriched to the will lie televised nationally Are Lime of million the first the saturday spectacular on year and million the sec1 Abc and the Yankees through this is equivalent to Quinn also announced that Pitcher Ray Herbert agreed by Telephone to terms of came to the Phillies from the Chicago White sox of the Amer ican league for Infiel Crout fielder Danny Herbert was with the while sox last Louis a the Louis cardinals acquired out  Tyllo Franton from the Cleveland indians tuesday night for Cash and a player to be named the Trade came Only a few hours before the inter league trading Francona hit for Cleveland in 111 had eight Home runs and 24 runs batted Milwaukee a the Milwaukee Brunch announced tuesday that Jim for Mer cubs Catcher who became part it hip drives five in has Iwen Naud assistant pc Crul manager of the John braves presi Dent and general said running would assist him and manager Bobby Banigan in the selection and development of the 1905 braves club and will handle Many Dilall matters pertaining to the Enfield fanning has served us a minor league manager most recently with the braves eau Claire club in the Northern league in 1961 and 1882 and has been a special assistant to farm director John Mullen and chief scout Ray Hayworth in supervising the minor league Camp and the Florida instructional stable comeback new Yoke in 1801 Greentree stable failed to win a stakes race in new the following year it led the owners in new York with six stakes Vic the stars and stripes Brown Cleveland quarterback Frank Ryan 13 squirms free upper left from new York Alanl defenders Jim Pulton and Allan Webb 21 to fall into the end nine us new Yorks Yankee As Ryan hits the Lurf upper the Ball squirts Loose and giant Tom Scott 82 pounces on it lower right As Cleveland Brown lineman Dick Scha Rulh 77 charges him of clubs ruled that Uyun had the Browns mauled new to secure National football league Kush run division photo Point hungry Gridiron Goliath matched in nil championship tilt new York a the a Julih the tolls have the most i the no Lionial pm shall league champion1 mid the must Yards in the Floreen Hoy the chs Fullil in saturdays and sundays when they Are playing at baseball is very Happy to have this new association with said head of the Fourman division the club owners feel that our combined efforts will be a significant development for the baseball fans of the the contract is also significant in that it Marks the firs time All of baseball is United in a Tingle while the million plus package is nowhere near the million package engineered by i the National football league Over a similar commissioner frock insisted that the i baseball contract was More prof liable than i you must said that the baseball still maintain their individual rights to negotiate for the Tele at their own games on a local if you want to make a com the commissioner you have to take the total telecasts into the Revenue from All baseball Tele including the world Serles and Allstar prior to this contract was roughly around i would say this far exceeds the amount paid to prestige Factor Tom president of acknowledged that the audience Levels of baseman did not have the level of profession Al football Hill Kidd re we taught it because we be Lieve baseball is a tremendous attraction and it was a a Mcnuge Purchase fur baseball As a National attraction has nothing but Gro Uili and we will do everything in our Power to enhance the enjoyment of the name for one of Hie main features of the saturday spectacular is that there will lie no blackout any where except in the cities of the  this that with exception of the competing of the week will be slip game 27 Between the Baltimore also Colts and Cleveland Browns will match two of the highest scoring teams in the 45 year history of the officials statistics released by the nil wednesday showed the Colls with 428 Noills to 415 for the Only two 1950 los Angeles with 469 and the 1963 new York giants with have scored Nure Points than Cleveland wound up in u tie for fourth place on the Al time list with the 1962 Green buy in i i Colts led the be Mikuc in total offence with Yards Rushing and the Browns were third with a step behind the cardinals Al the Browns had the Best aver ago Yards per Rush at the Best Pun return average at the fewest fumbles with 15 and the most touchdowns passing Lowed the fewest and the fewest finishing first in passing were team or rfcs 2 til 3 was i in Rushin with 2278 the packers dominated the tie pensive leading in total defense with Only Yards Al passing defense with the los in defens against Rushing with a Low of the into All areas of the including cities which have major league i Gamp was permitted to lie Kiili Similly televised into an area within a 50mile radius of a major Ikuwo Imler the two games will be televised each saturday hip Eastern part of the ther in tie there will be a third Semi by grip in event of a Moore said the schedule will be arranged before the Start of the season inn with some degree of  to skip team defense i Milton Uhl Ilu who Tok run at us Tokyo said his Ufa kit Hus him for Over a year Mill to limit Tias conic Nihil Sikic r turnip from trying to rain the ivys Schul but its Boon just too much id i shul said the Kivo bothered him Somp during his training Sis sums in Tokyo but did not Hurt Duermit the a cml indicated he plans comeback i the summer i certainly would like to run in a russian meet and go after world records