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Show DodgerCatcher Demands Raise NEW YORK. Jan. 29 (INS) The third unsigned contract from Catcher Mickey Owen was back in the Brooklyn Dodgers' office today and with it a howl from the Springfield, Mo., farmer for at least $10,000 for the coming season. sea-son. The $10,000 figure was likewise reputed to be gracing the new Brooklyn contract tendered Pitcher Pitch-er Kirby Higbe, recently acquired from the Phillies for a huge sum. Higbe had already signed a $6500 pact with the Phils and under the rules the Dodgers were not required re-quired to raise it. But Larry Mac-Phail, Mac-Phail, the Dodgers' head man, voluntarily upped the stipend. Charlie Keller, outfielder for the New York Yankees, also was given a $10,000 contract. |