CHARLES FINLEY Colorful.
Con
Flamboyant.
troversial. Those
are just three of the impressions that URI students got from baseball owner Char
les
O.
who
Finley,
Edwards
spoke
Auditorium
on
at
this
Tuesday night.
Finley,
the
time world
owner
of the three-
crowd
of
Oakland
champion
the
large
1,000
stu
Athletics, delighted almost
dents (about 95 percent male). From the time he walked out
stage and tossed orange baseballs to the crowd, until he left an hour and a half later, Finley proved to be de on
lightfully entertaining. The 58-year old Finley blasted Bowie baseball both Kun, and
commissioner, owners.
his
the
other
He went into detailed
background three
Blue, Rollie Rudi, deals
negated by
selling of ballplayer, Vida Fingers and Joe
on
the
that Kuhn.
were
later
the subject of salaries Finley said, "Six of my players are demanding astronomical, salaries. Don't unjustified
On
blame
the
athletes
Criticize the
owners
He stated that the
players'
salaries,
for this. instead."
higher the higher to charge
the
will have
the owners for ticket prices. "The owners afraid to put their feet down, so prices will con are
tinue to rise."
Cigar