Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-17 | Page 17 | Raise in Pay May be Reward for Hornsby

Raise in Pay May Be Reward For Hornsby NEW V YORK Sept 17 AP AP AP- Rogers lI Hornsby signed a new V year three-year contract Tuesday manage the St. St Louis Browns of the American league through th the 1938 pennant campaign By HENRY SUPER NEW YORK Sept 17 UP UP-Rog- UP Rog ers era Hornsby Horneby is expected to get his reward Tuesday for keeping the St St. StLouis Louis Browns out of at the tho red red red-a a two two- year contract with a raise Louis Loui F F. von yon president o othe of the club has summoned newspapermen newspaper newspapermen men to listen to an important an and Its It's certain he will L discuss Hornsby's contract and not the name name of ota of-a a new bat b boy y or r a change in the color color col col- x ill or of ot the Browns' Browns f V uniforms w i It Is expected S the new document will boost Hornsby's Horns Horns- Abys Aby's A- A bys by's annual paycheck paycheck pay pay- check from about t JV and 10 per percent cent of the profits 9 to and 10 tf iper i- i oz per cent cent cent-aU all because be be- cause the Rajah Hornsby turned in in a profit of ot last las year and bids fair to finish in that tha vicinity this this' season season Although unable to lift the the Browns Browns above sixth h place Hornsby's shrewd player trading since b becoming coming manager manager man man- ager in July 1933 has enabled the Phil PM Ball estate to make money Around the American league he is called Trader Hornsby because o ohis ot of othis his ability to come out on top in swapping players The Browns' Browns record since July 15 conclusively proves th that t Hornsby with far less less' cash at his disposal than other mn managers ag rs in his league has converted a nondescript n bunch of players into a Ii real threat Only the first place Detroit Tigers have a better winning percentage since that date than St St. Louis The Tigers won 41 and lost 17 the Browns 38 and 26 New York 32 30 and Cleveland 33 A poor early season start has left lef leUthe the Browns in seventh place buat but bu at their present pace they might get as high as sixth And next season season season sea sea- sea sea- son they figure on being up near I the top