Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-03-01 | Page 30 | Lemon Ranks as Highest Paid Pitcher

1 I I. I Lemon Lemor Ra i I i As Highest j I Pak Paid Pitcher LONG BEACH Cal March 1 Bob VP-Bob Bob Lemon who has come to toI terms with Cleveland eland said Thursday Thurs Thurs- I da day y I got a substantial raise and Im I'm Ima a t happy 4 He wouldn't t give gi e the actual figure and wouldn't confirm re reports reports reports re- re ports in Tucson where the American Amer Amer- ican can Lea League ue Indians arc are spring training that it Jt made him baseballs baseball's base bae- balls ball's paid highest pitcher pitcher over over o teammate Bob Fellers Feller's a year earI ear I dont don't know how much Feller FeUer gets was all aU Lemon would say Rested from a winter of playing golf keeping an nn eye eve on a machine shop in near-by near Lynwood which he owns and hunting for a cattle ranch Lemon said I feel fine Yes I think Ill I'll have a n good year Hes He's been looking all aU over o Arizona ArIzona Arizona Ari ArI- zona and Nevada for the ranch he said but so far hasn't found I just what he wants I Signing of Lemon was announced I i just before the last midnight holdI holdout holdout hold hold- I out deadline by Hank Greenberg I Cleveland's general manager Lemon is leaving Thursday to dr drive e to Tucson and expects to toI I check in Thursday night