Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, March 22, 1991 TAG: 9103220412
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Pittsburgh Pirates chairman Douglas Danforth, the head of the expansion committee, also said the NL and the American League have only one more month to settle the division of $190 million in expansion fees or else commissioner Fay Vincent will decide the matter.
Danforth said he hoped the two leagues would make a final choice on expansion cities at the owners' meetings in Los Angeles on June 12-13. The expansion committee has visited the three Florida cities: Miami, Orlando and St. Petersburg. It will visit Buffalo, N.Y., and Washington on Monday and go on to Denver the following day.
Danforth said he didn't think the 12 existing NL teams would agree to a realignment of the divisions which have been in place since 1969. Because Chicago and St. Louis refused to go to the West Division, they were placed in the East then and Atlanta was placed in the West.
Vincent has said the division of the money must be settled before cities can be selected.
\ Marge Schott, 62, owner of the Cincinnati Reds, remained in a Cincinnati hospital Thursday with an undisclosed ailment. A hospital spokeswoman said Schott would remain their through the weekend.
\ The baseball card of a player who objected 80 years ago to having his name associated with tobacco is expected to be auctioned today for at least $125,000.
The mint condition card of Honus Wagner, a shortstop who hit .327 over 21 years between 1897 and 1917, is part of a California businessman's collection that is estimated to go for between $5 million to $7 million.
by CNB