Show Landis Shanghais ais Rookies ies By SID MERCER NEW YORK Feb 6 INS INS INS- Ten young Yankee hopefuls hopefuls- coming up for trial at St. St Petersburg Petersburg Petersburg Pe Pe- Pe- Pe next month are in danger danger danger dan dan- ger today of exposure to capture capture capture cap cap- ture by the Philadelphia Athletics Athletics Athletics Ath Ath- the St. St Louis Browns and other more or less permanent perm nent residents of the American l leagues league's second division Should they fail to make the grade with the varsity Yankees by May 15 each and every everyone one of these young men must be subjected to waivers Which means of course that all would be snatched by other ball clubs for the waiver price e of This group represents a potential potential potential po po- po- po value to the Yankees of from anywhere from to Of the 16 Yankee prospects going up for the spring training tests 15 are from two Yankee Yank e AA clubs Newark and Kans Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- s sas s City The sixteenth is Ri- Ri paldo Ardizoia a pitcher from I the Hollywood club i Others who cannot be withheld withheld withheld with with- 1 held from the waiver gantlet if they cannot win spots pots with the Yankees are George Barley Norman Branch Steve Peek and Allan Gettel pitchers and Outfielder Outfielder Out Out- fielder Tommy Holmes On this list also are Gerald Priddy and Phil Rizzuto infielders infielders in- in fielders and John Lindell and Don Hendrickson pitchers all from the Kansas City club Most of these men have toiled for from two to five years with Yankee minor league clubs and their common objective has been a locker at the Yankee stadium Those who are not quite good goodenough goodenough goodenough enough this season to displace McCarthys McCarthy's veterans can then be claimed by tail-end tail ball clubs I J Commissioner Landis has ruled that any young player brought up for a look and thus escaping the baseball draft must be waived out of the majors majors majors ma ma- jors before he can be be- returned to a minor league club Baseball men call the Landis edict confiscation of property rights They will attempt to convince the judge he cant do that to tous tous tous us and if 11 they fail there may maybe maybe be serious trouble I |