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Show Lou Gehrig Joins List Of N.Y.Yankee Holdouts By LAWTON CARVER International News Sport Writer NEW YORK, Jan. 25 You cn add to the list of New York Yankee holdouts besides the names of Outfielders George Selkirk and Jake Powell, Captain and First Baseman Henry Louis Gehrig, the home-run champion of the major leagues last season. Personally Mr. Gehrig would rather rath-er that the whole thing be forgotten for th time being, and at any mo- ment he and Colonel Colo-nel Jacob Rup-pert, Rup-pert, the Yankee owner, may be posed together by th photographers going through the ritual of aigning each other up for another year. In that case they will have come together on terms, but the iron horse of the Yankees timidly is balking at pres- ,W 'r. VHV Hi H. was also "noncommittal" n whether or not it suited him. He explained at sotne length thst th Yankee club would give out the proper information at the proper time, and begged to be excused. Still, you can put two and two together, to-gether, If you are of a mind to, approximately ap-proximately a follows: He Is th best first baseman In baaeball today; one of the great sluggers and hitters of all time; In the midst of an Iron man streak that has broken ail consecutive game records, and ths Yankees won the world championship last season. On top of that, according to reports, re-ports, the Yankees still offered him scarcely more than th 131.000 he has received in the last two seasons when the Yankees were finishing second in the American league. It may be that Gehrig is traveling th wrong route. It will be recalled that hi. erstwhile teammate and idol, Babe Ruth, got - a lot more mileage out of much leas gas. ent, according to good authority. Gehrig Always playing every peg safe, Mr. Gehrig himself had this to say today in answer to a question a to whether he waa holding out: "I'm noncommittal." He then confessed that he had received hi contract |