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Enclosed ate two letters from the World Amateur Baseball Feder
and a reply to the first letter from me.
As you can see, it is entirely possible for the City of Miami, during
the Bicentennial, to host an important sports tournament that could
focus a great deal of attention and interest in our City.
Along with the Dolphins and the Toros, the Miami Golden Cloves Tour-
nament helped to give Miami a sports capital image. With the
improvements of the Orange T3owl, in addition to sUch events as the
Inter -American Rowing Championship, much could be done to further
its positive and healthy image.
Now thatthe touchy Cuban question has been settled, I strongly
recommend that the City of Miami form a committee and proceed with
an amateur baseball tournament of the Americas.
Would you please schedule this matter for Commission discussion, so
that we can set proper policy if the Commission decides to undertake
the project.
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gamy thanks for for letter Of 1:arCh ,
1 ear. Well appreciate your dendeTh5 about the coats and
cempbsitio: s of teats to play in a Tournament as part of your
acentetnial celebration,
Let te assure you, however) that since this tournament
would 1;CT be a 1.:orid tournament, your OrE;atiiting Committee
could invite- and tot invite- any teams it choosey, Tf Ct,tbt
is not invited, arc if a Liaami Cuban teat is, or is not in—
vited, this privilege is entirely up to you. Let's assume that
eight teams participated. They could be I:ia i t.115tars (i:ia i
Cubans if you wish? Canada, 1:icararua,' ;ruerto :ado, Colombia,
I'unama , Venezuela and Argentina. If you desire to get team::
from outside the Americas, Japan, a:atiorl.:'list China,S. i.orea
Italy, Holland may be included;, or substituted for any of the above. Please keep in mind that i:atio_aalist China will be host—
ing C. .iorld Tournament ent in i;o a be_ , 1976, and this tray restrict
some teams frog. tartici;ati;i._, in the Lia^.r i tournament.
The original idea was to hold a "Tournament of the Americas",
something that has never been done before, and possibly would have
more fan appeal than a tournament in'v olvir-m teams fret outside
i nerican countries.
J'oout' the cost: this 1:i11 depend on nur:erous factors: the
number of teams, will all transportation costs be Paid, or IC
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March 12, 19 5
Mr, William P, Pehring, President
World Amateur baseball Federation
1735 Poppy Avenue
Menlo park, California 9402S
Bear Dutch,
Thank you for your letter of February 6th and my apologies
for not answering for a month, but between try trips out of
town, which have taken most of that month, and the official
and business obligations, it has been impossible to do so
before.
Italy's financial problems are not unique, You have my
commitment that I will try to have included in the City of
Miami 1975 Budget, the necessary funds to hold a tournament
of the Americas in 1976.
We must, however, cover two important subjects which are of
course the same as in 1973, when we first talked, and those
are money and Cuba. How much, exactly, would you need as a
commitment from the City of Miami? In your letter of February
14, 1974, you talked about $100,000 as a firm commitment by
the City.
The emotional issue of Communist Cuba participating in such
a series in Miami has, instead of subsiding, become even
more aggravating, and I frankly do not see any practical pos-
sibility of our having anything but pandemonium and violence
if, to the exile capital of the free Cubans, Communist Cuba
sends a representative team.
We also have the additional emotional problem of a strong
contingency of exiled' Cubans who would want to participate in
this series and which, of course,'FEMBA has previously rejected.
Mr. William P. Vehring, President
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Should PtMtA reverse its positintt and accept Ah exile Cu
tearti, 1 AM afraid it would be a ehir:le for political
detaratiotis of both sides.
fielieve ttie, I am t►ot trying to be begstiVe, obstinate, or
an obstructionist. 1 at just being practical. l would love
to see a successful Pan American baseball championship in
Miami, as part of our bicentennial celebration.
look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Sylvan Myers
Norma Hunt
Tony Descalzo
Leslie Pantin
Maria E. Torano
Tony Perez
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\t a recent Meeting of the United States Baseball. Federation, your
letter of September 6, 1974, in which' you wrote, 1l would like to
see the Tournament of Americas held in the city of M ato-"i wa3 dis
cussed. Your idea was, as you can imagine, received with enthusiaStft
Due to financial troubles,. Italy has declined its right to host the
3I FEMBA World Tournament. Nationalist China is bidding to host
this Tournament on approximately hovember 5 - 20, 1976.
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You had mentioned to the rEMBA Board last month that you would sub-
mit, in November 1975, the budget to cover the Tournament of the
Americas in 1976 in Miami. 1 hope that you can and will do this.
All baseball playing countries of north, Central and South America
would be eligible to participate in such a tournament. T'nis would
include Canada, USA, Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Pica,
Nicaragua, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Neth-
erlands Antallis, Aruba, Virgin Islands, Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador,
Argentina, Peru and Brazil.
It is not known at present how many of these countries would send
teams. That would depend on the dates of the tournament, the amount'
of financial assistance extended and perhaps, other factors.
As you know, a tournament of the Americas has never been attempted
before and to be a successful venture it would require a lot of time,
effort and financial support.
With the proper promotion and hard work this could become one of the
most meaningful aspects of any Bicentennial City. We hope it works
and are ready to assist in any ways that we can.
Respectfully yours,
William P. Fehring,
Presieient
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1) Ar tand'o Ale jatfdte if flat out Of tot lilt t the4
2) carlos Arboleya Would like to, out of town,
3) Htnilio Arreohaderra = Will come.
4) Ron 1'raser Would like toi but will be
5) Julio Bianco Herrero a Out of tot4tt.
6) Howard Holman (South Athletic Director) Wi11 comes
7) Jess Losadai Jr. . Will come.
8) Dr. Demie Maneri - Will come.
9) Stan Marks - Wi11 come.
10) Red Morcroft = Will send repr=sentative.
11) Tony Perez - Will come.
12) Anthony Rivas - Will send representative.
13) Luis Sabines Will come.
14) Mr, Charles Seager (Downtown Athletic Director) - Will come.
15) Mr. Ken Stibler (Biscayne College Athletic Director) - Will come.
f' 16) Timothy Sullivan Not able to come.
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