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TOMMY MERCER.....SPOT....
SLIDE COMING...
DESMOND: LIVE
SLIDE: MERCER
DESMOND: LIVEThe fate of the Seattle Pilots is now in the hands
of the American League after the deadline passed
this afternoon for the team to settle its financial
troubles.,A spokes for League president Joe Cronin
said that no action on the team will likely be
taken until the owners meet next Tuesday in Oakland
and receive a final report on the Seattle situation.
Meanwhile, here at home, Tommy Mercer late today
filed an application along with Lamar Hunt for a
transfer of the team to Dallas-Ft. Worth. Mercer
says he believes the chances are excellent for the
team to be moved here. He said the odds"A grown
from 50-50 to 90-10.
Throughout the day, there were all sorts of rumors
about the Seattle team being moved. A Houston
newspaper said the team was definitely headed for
Dallas-Ft. Worth while a Chicago paper said it was
wrapped up for Milwaukee. At any rate,
as it now stands, the Pilots are still in Seattle
until the American League makes a move next Tuesday
in Oakland. Already, Mercer,?unt, and
company are making arrangements to be there to make
another pitch for Dallas-Ft. Worth.*** SPOT ***
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Evening sports roundup], script, January 22, 1970, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1264448/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.