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Page 8 HUNTSVILLE NEWS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1970
                 IN SEA TTLE BASEBALL CASE

  Bankruptcy court referee                                                                                                                              -





  to lift restraints today





   SEATTLE (AP) — The         He said that at a con­   and Seattle to show cause why  $250,000 a month, but th<
  secretary-treasurer of the   servative estimate it would   they should not be enjoined   overhead at this time ij
  Seattle Pilots testified in   require $4.3 million to carry   from interfering with the sale  $350,000 a month because oi
  federal bankruptcy court   the Pilots through next Feb.   of the Pilots to Milwaukee at  spring training.
  Tuesday that the club is losing   28, taking into account a   the agreed price of $10.8   Under cross-examination by
  $12,500 a day and is in a   projected cash loss of $1.56   million.            William L. Dwyer, special
  “catastrophic” financial   million for the 1970 season.  It was scheduled after   state assistant attorney
  situation.                  Soriano was the first witness   Pacific Northwest Sports Inc.,   general, Soriano said:
   Max Soriano, who owns    as the legal battle over the Pi­  owner of the Pilots, filed a   “I don’t think we could
  nearly one-third of the stock in   lots shifted to federal court.   petition in U.S. District Court   continue through the first
  the year-old American League   Many of the figures he cited   last week asking it to order the   month of the season.”                       ’
  team, told Sidney C. Volinn,   had been brought out earlier   sale under provisions of the   He said he signed a contract                !R  J  'JL
  bankruptcy referee, “It has   in the day in King County   Bankruptcy Act. Volinn was   March 8 to sell the Pilots fran­                      V-
  been apparent for several   Superior Court by the club’s   assigned to hear the matter.  chise to the Milwaukee                              „
  months we would be unable to   controller.             Soriano said the corporation   Brewers Baseball Club, Inc.,
  operate without the infusion of   The hearing before Volinn   now has $91,000 in the bank,   pending the lifting of all legal   Welcome home . . .
  new monies.”              required Washington state  has a normal overhead of                                Washington slugger Frank Howard is greeted at home
                                                                                  restrictions, and the sale
                                                                                                             plate by the Senators’ bat boy after hitting a two-run homer
              MET’ SEA VER COOLS YANKS                                            “would be made forthwith if   ^Tuesday. Ed Stroud, rear, was on deck when Howard con­
                                                                                  those restrictions are lifted.”
                                                                                                             nected and Hank Allen lifts bats above his head in joy while
                                                                                   Soriano said the contract
  Powell nowers Orioles                                                           was binding “and we are not  waiting his turn at bat. (AP Wirephoto)
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