| Show 1 7 ving I i i Aid for hr Injured Players I l' l r r Breaks Cub b Record FRANK K BAKER I I Machinery t t o inaugurate a A. colorful and valuable sports feature here t next summer h hi is h been started with the proposal of ot an Star All game to bend It injured players in the Amateur Federation and the State league J l' l The game would be bt patterned after alter the Star All-Star classic In in fl the major leagues herr a picked team from froni the National league plays plas an star all-star S- S aggregation heft f from orn 11 the A American l league gue at The cl lance to see ere the best in III the amateur ur leagues battling against the cream creamy of oC the sta state leau leaguers rs should offer otter an m appealing attraction to fo o the he fa as I It could be made to o accomplish in one con con- effort what several everal benefit games rames have only partially done I heretofore 1 C I M. M f Scanlon v veteran teran umpire and anti manager of the Royal entry in inthe the state stat league Jea ue made the suggestion at the Federations Federation's annual meeting Thursday JC Naturally it fell on receptive ears cars A federation committee i j. j will meo mert with state league officers later in an endeavor to make definite I Protect ct Players Against Loss u They Arc Are Injured Jt t t. t is an excellent idea Blanket Insurance for Jor the protection of In- In I players is too expensive for either baseball organization to UJ buy for lor I ts men Most ost of ot the players layers in either cither league are arc working men If they are cI cri Pled J led as several are each season reason they lose a few lew days days' pay In the past e each ch team has endeavored to recompense Its own men b by playing laying benefit g games mes Sometimes It pays pas and often times it doesn't A serIes of ot benefit games becomes boring for the fans lans The benefits become irksome too for the players who do donate donate donate do- do nate their playing services If one big game can be arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar j ranged it should provide ample funds in a single endeavor and at the same time add a worthwhile attraction to the I calendar J Scanlon suggested that the press pick the star all-star corni corn com r i I l' l believe the big league program could be copied still further Why not let Jet the baseball fans pick the team l I by popular vote The papers could carry suitable ballots arid and the voting g would help create interest in the classic j Election to Board S May l Curtail Umpiring Assignments r Generally the federation did a fine fina piece of work in filling up some t of f the pitfalls in the amateur baseball setup at the annual meeting t r v ir Nevertheless one item slipped sUpped past the members' members attention which I Ic c Imagine may call caU for tor some soine sort of ot readjustment Scanlon was was was' elected a director and member of the board of or control I am wondering how that will affect his status as u umpire In the federation Mick has long been the federations federation's No 1 umpire No NoI No Not t I do doubt bt his official post will c conflict with his umpiring assignments j S As I greeted ted Mick after the session It appears appeals as 1 if the federation federationS S voted you out of a A. paying Job I. I I f I S i Babe Herman Picks D Dangerous Time TimeTo I To St Start rt Salary Fight Nobody can con truthfully call caU Babe Herman a timid soul Thel ig fel lel- low Jaw who has started a salary squabble with th the Chicago Cubs has picked S. S a ft ticklish time to start arguments f t He didn't do enough bustin last season to satisfy the Cubs and S. S therefore ma may find himself sold down the river or on the outside looking k T In if It he becomes becomes' too rabid In his paycheck differences t Herman batted last season and received an estimated salary 0 ot of r i j 1 r P Pr l' l I 4 1 p Disappointed d at Hermans Herman's Ineffectiveness the Cubs bought Chuck Klein Klem the leagues league's leading batter from Philadelphia to bolster r the theL theatt L' L att attack ck With Klein Kiki Cuyler Riggs Stephenson and a A. great r rookie I prospect In Tut S on hand to take care of ot the outfield the Cubs may be in no patient mood when It comes to talking talking- money matters with Herman The Cubs however are c In a stran strange spot over the whole matter maUer They attempted to sell Herman during the trading season and failed fV I Then they picked up the he new and livelier ba baseball and predicted that the Babe WM Wi due for a great t el tom comeback back at bat Its It's an argument t S Babe Is LI almost certain to use L e In the forthcoming forthcoming- conference over his I I contract |
