Show Revolts Peril Major I Leagues Leagues' Amity Amily By ny CARL Lu NEW YORK YORI May 23 UP Base UP-Base- Base Baseball ball on the field took A l lb b back ck sent seat to bickering Behind the scenes s to today today today to- to day as Its new era of or bad feeling reached a climax x in feuds involving Imol owners players managers and even city officials Out of or a welter of or fact and rumor this much had been established 1 That the Yankees led Jed by the usually mild mannered Joe DIMaggio gb glo gio were In open revolt against Pres Larry MacPhall MacPhail and that the players will go to any extreme short of at a strike unless MacPhail MacPhall changes hi hl his attitude 2 Pres Pies Bill of or the Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land hand Indians angry because Mayor Thomas E. E Burke permitted erection of or a midget auto race dirt track in Municipal stadium threatened to withdraw his franchise and go EO else else- where He insisted he had received two offers otters one from Los An Angeles eles and the other believed to be from Irom either Baltimore or San Francisco Cutoff Castoffs Mad nd 3 Lesser bitterness exists through both leagues involving players who have ha been cast ot off or traded and who are arc out to vindicate themselves in the eyes of or former owners Other players arc are simply mad at the managers o of the clubs they arc play play- ing lag with In addition there were some first tint class clan f e e d b box o 0 x rumors which though not substantiated were from sources reliable enough to demand publication The hottest o of these were that 1 MacPhail MacPhall because of or his differences differences differ differ- with Baseball Commissioner A. A B. B Happy Chandler his associates ates as Yankee owners Del Webb and Dan Topping other baseball executives the baseball writers and last but not least his own Yankee players would quietly resign Irom from his post In three months Sell the Cards 2 Owner Sam Breadon realizing that the Cardinal farm tarm system is decadent dent that his star tar players are off orf to such a bad start they arc not likely to win another pennant and that the value of ot his franchise is decreasing rapidly is ready to sell the St. St Louis club and subsidiaries for tor 3 3 Leo Durocher banned as Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn for tor a year is seeking financial backing from tram friends and will come back next year as general manager of or another club possibly the St. St t. t Louis Cardinals or the Cincinnati Cin Cm- Reds with his friends as the owners Most disturbing of or all in this year when owner player committees were supposed to have established means of or arbitration for tor grievances was the Yankee revolt DIMaggio most popular popular lar mr Yankee player since Babe Ruth and Lou GehrIg made no secret of oC his anger at fines levied by MacPhail MacPhall Mac Mac- Phail on six players Refuse Tasks The volatile Yankee president ent fined the players for refusal to participate participate participate par par- in the clubs club's promotional activities DIMaggio was fined Charley Keller Aaron Robinson and Johnny Lindell 50 apiece and rookie Pitchers Frank Shea and Don Johnson 25 each cach The row began because of oC refusal of or players to pose for newsreel shots taken by army signal corps carps men There isn't much I can do about it said DIMaggio The management manage manage- ment meat wanted me to pose for the shots during batting practice but I Isaid Isaid Isaid said I wouldn't because I needed all the practice I could get Keller and Robinson also refused to pose while Lindell was fined lined for tor failure to attend a n promotional banQuet banquet banquet ban ban- and for tor advising Shea and Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son sono o to stay away also Ground Cre Crew Eight other Yankees were boiling mad matt over over the clubs club's action in der den du dusting train fares tares from their pay paychecks paychecks paychecks checks because they refused to travel in the clubs club's chartered plane They said they would appeal to League Pres William Harridge and po possibly to Commissioner Chandler MacPhail MacPhall said he was in the right becaUse the club is committed only to o provide first class tion I r believe I am capable of deciding what Is first class and what is not he ic snapped The Yankees s called the clubs club's ground crew or the rail birds are arc Pitchers Johnson Shea Floyd Bevens and Spud Chandler Outfielder Tommy Henrich Infielder George and Coaches Johnny Johnny John John- ny fly Schulte and Frank Crosetti May ny Quit The report that MacPhall MacPhail was asked to resign b by Commissioner Chandler was circulated by two persons persons persons per per- sons who were close to last months month's secret hearing between them In Cincinnati Cin Cm- According to their source of Information Chandler was wu al alleged alleged al- al to have given MacPhall the themore themore themore more dignified alternative of or re resigning resign l nIng n- n ing rather than outright suspension as in the case of or Durocher And both are willing to bet any amount that can be covered that MacPhall will not be In baseball three months from now Players burned up at nt former managers managers managers man man- agers included Howie Howle Schultz of or the Phils Kirby Higbe and Hank Behrman Behrman Behrman Behr- Behr man of or the Pirates and Tom Tatum of or the Reds all peeved at Pres Branch Rickey of or Brooklyn for tradIng tradIng trad- trad Ing them away from n a possible pennant pennant pennant pen pen- nant winner Harry Walker was so mad at nt Breadon for selling him to the Phillies because he wasn't hitting hitting hitting hit hit- ting that he promptly became the National leagues league's leading batter Relie Relief Re Re- lief lie Pitcher Johnny Murphy cast adrift by MacPhail MacPhall and picked up by bythe bythe bythe the Red Sox insists the action was due dur to his leadership as the Yankee player representative in negotiations with with- owners Joe Gordon of or Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land freely admits that Old Liver Liver- lips MacPhail MacPhall sold him because of at ofa ata a personal row Cord Cards WIre Win 4 1 Rain which had no effect on the off diamond commotion caused postponement postponement postponement post post- of or all aU but one major league game yesterday In the In-the the only activity the Cardinals defeated the Pirates 4 to 1 at St. St Louis as Howie Howle Poll Pollet t turned in his best performance of or orthe the the year yeara a seven hitter in which he walked only two men Al AI scored the first Redbird run runoff runoff off ott Higbe on the fifth fUth on an infield out by Whitey Kurowski Manager Eddie Dyer Der protested so volubly that was safe he was ejected from the game Without him the Cards Card put over three more runs on four hits in the seventh The hits were vere by Joe Garagiola Terry Moore and Stan It was Higbe's be third loss while Pollet scored his second win a against five lve defeats |