Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-02-19 | Page 17 | Yanks Join Brooklyn Rush to Lead Defense Parade

Yanks Join Brooklyn Rush To Lead Defense Parade I Loop Scoffs at New Idea a By OSCAR FRALEY NEW YORK Feb 19 UP UP- UP The New York Yankees fell partially partially par par- in line today with the war effort program of the Brooklyn Dodgers but National league President Ford Frick deprecated the Flatbush plan as much ado about nothing Ed Barrow Yankee president I yesterday announced a wartime program which was almost identical identical I cal with one disclosed earlier this week by the Dodgers Men Ien in Service Free The world champions he said would be host to uniformed men at each of their 77 home games games e. a total of servicemen servicemen service servicemen men admitted free during the sea sea- son Barrow also disclosed that the Yanks had notified National Physical Education Director John JohnB B B. B Kelly that coaches players and scouts would be available for instruction instruction instruction in in- calls caUs personal appearances appearances appearances appear appear- ances and other civilian duty asked by army and navy officials We also will play at camps during the spring training season and on off days during the regular regular regular regu regu- lar season if we are asked to do doso doso doso so by government officials so long longas as the fields are in playing condition condition condition condi condi- tion Barrow said The Yanks Yanks along along with other major league teams will teams will pay 10 per cent of officials' officials salaries in defense defense defense de de- de- de bonds Dodgers Generous Also the Dodgers and their 10 farm clubs will purchase defense bonds and stamps per cent cent cent- president to bat boys boys and boys and donate facilities of radio accounts billboards billboards bill bill- boards loud speakers and score scorecards scorecards scorecards cards to promote such sales They also will donate receipts of one day at Ebbets field and one road game to a national service agency Fri Frick k said that nearly everything everything every every- thing Larry MacPhail has announced announced an an- for the Dodgers has been adopted by all aU other clubs in the major leagues There is one new proposition in the Brooklyn program Frick asserted It is the intention to donate the proceeds of one league game to war charity Perhaps other clubs also have this in m mind but he is the first to express his plan