Show Whit Wyatt No 1 Woe Of Dodgers Dodgers' MacPhail By JUDSON BAILEY BROOKLYN Feb 20 UP Larry UP-Larry Larry MacPhail is having tro trouble getting a few of his Brooklyn Dodgers into cam camp at Havana but the holdout that he says may ay be the hardest to handle is Whip Whitlow ow Wyatt S I Dixie Walker and rookie Pitcher Jack Kraus Braus also are ere unsigned and Pitcher Kirby Higbe has refused to go to Cuba because he cant can't take his wife along even though he signed his 1942 contract after the world series last fall However the only dispute Involving in involving involving in- in a big difference in money is the one with Wyatt the tall affable Georgia farmer and right- right handed pitcher who bagged 22 vIctories victories vic vie tories in Brooklyn's surge to the National league pennant Asks Too Much 1 MacPhail said Wyatt had asked an exorbitant salary this y year ar When Wyatt came to Brooklyn recently to discuss terms it St was understood that he received approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately last year and asked for 1942 MacPhail said there was no question that Wyatt deserved a material increase in salary and added that he had offered the pitcher what he considered a substantial substantial sub sub- raise with provisions for his getting an even bigger boost if the club fared well financially Down on his Buchanan Ga farm Wyatt said he didn't wish to be classed as a holdout bue he wanted time to think things out He said he made MacPhail MacPhall a proposition when he visited Brooklyn and that nothing was said but a contract forwarded later didn't suit him He sent it back and nd received another the same day which lacked bonus clauses that had been in the first offer That one went back too The chances of getting together soon are not good MacPhail con con- ceded Makes Own Rules Wyatt always wants to make I his own rules he asserted He I always has been hard to get to training camp I think he doesn't want to go to camp again this I year and is asking a lot more money than we Ve are willing villing to pay so he can delay reporting The difference with Walker outfielder who has hit over the last two years for the Dodgers ers era is a matter of ot principle MacPhail MacPhail MacPhail Mac Mac- Phail explained rather than a dispute dispute dispute dis dis- dis- dis over salary He said Walker had made nade a proposition which was not far from the clubs club's offer but that instead instead instead in in- stead of ot coming around to talk things over Dixie had declared the Dodgers could take it or leave it Up to Dixie The next move is up to Walker Valker he added I 1 wouldn't be surprised if he showed up at camp one of these days soon because because because be be- cause there is very little difference difference difference differ differ- ence between us But I just dont don't like his assuming the attitude that he wont won't negotiate and that we will have to accept his terms or else I MacPhail said proper disciplinary ary action would be taken against Higbe but that its nature would depend on how long Higbe took to realize his position It simply was impossible to arrange transportation for the players' players wives to Havana he said and It would obviously have been unfair to have made an exception for Higbe He said Kraus who pitched In the class B Piedmont league last year had been offered double his 1941 salary with the promise of more i tf If he stayed with Brooklyn all season |