The team named Chet Soda general manager and put him at the head of a three-man hiring committee that also included Robert Osborne and Wayne Valley. Soda's position was possibly on an interim basis, but it further enhanced his role as the leading figure of the eight-man ownership group.

Berkeley Gazette

“So We Hear,” Kacy Ward, 11

Oakland Tribune

“Soda GM of Oakland Pros,” Scotty Stirling, 37

San Francisco Examiner

“The City,” Dick Nolan, 29