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Show INJUN SALARY WAR HEAR END All Cleveland Players Except Was Ferrell Sm Satis-fled Satis-fled With 1933 Terms CLEVELAND, Feb. IS (V-Peece seemed near today In the Cleveland Indian' wigwam. Th warrior and their chief appar- snUy had settled what (alary difference differ-ence they might have had, reports to t h contrary notwithstanding. General M a stager st-ager Billy Ivan wouldn't say anything any-thing about It, but the newspaper boy who make It their business to find out about such things said 18 Indiana In-diana had signed their contracts or expressed aatisfac- Farrail tion with th terms offered. Of the eight other who an expected to battle the other American league clubs, only Wesley Ferrell, temperamental a e right-handed pitcher, had idea radically different from Evans. Pitcher Willi Hudlln, Third Base man Willi Kamm and Outfielder Dick Porter, o th story goes, were th only other 1SS regulars who needed to be pacified, and their difference dif-ference of opinion with th man MiMit em aaid tn be aliflhL Thf same applied to Catcher Roy Spencer, obtained In a trade of Luke Sewell to Washington; Pitcher Bill Perrln, young southpaw from New Orleans; Hartey Boss, highly rated rookie first baseman, and Bill Knickerbocker, similarly ranked shortstop. But Ferrelt the highest priced player play-er on the squad who purportedly drew $18,000 last year, figured he should get th same In 1833.- Didn't he win 20 game for th fourth consecutive year? That' a long way from th (12.000 th dopester generally claimed Evans offered bim. Yank Confronted With Holdout Playr NEW YORK, Feb. IS (CTS) In two mora weeks all Yankee pitchers and catchers and severs! of th mora ripened lnfielders are due to be on their way to St Petersburg, Fla., there to surrender to Boss Jo McCarthy after enjoying liberty sine the world' eerie. AU pitchers, 14 left and righthander, right-hander, and their battery companion compan-ion hav been directed to report for training on March 1. Unless a great change cornea over most of th players in the meantime, few of th batterymen who helped subdue the Chicago Cub in October will be eligible to accept uniforms and ration cards from th club quartermaster. quarter-master. The Yankee management Is not In th habit of boarding athletes who have not signed contracts. Although contracts wer sent to SI players nearly a month ago, only two regulars have accepted terms. They are Vernon Ver-non Gomex, th southpaw, and Joe Sewell, third baseman. . Thus E. C. Barrow, business manager, man-ager, is confronted by th worst holdout hold-out problem In years. |