Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-02-16 | Page 15 | Bryant Signs Cubs Contract

Bryant Signs Cubs Contract CHICAGO, Feb. 16 (INS) The holdout front among Chicago Cuba players was broken today as Pitchers Pitch-ers Clay Bryant and Newell Kimball Kim-ball decided together they would accept ac-cept tha 1939 salary terms offered by ths management. Both Indicated, however, they had won tha argument and that the contracts mailed back to them after af-ter they had been returned unsigned un-signed contained decidedly more tasty figures. Ten Still Unsigned The capitulation of the pair left ten players still to sign up. Owner P. K. Wrigley said ha expected them ail in tha fold without much further argument. Although ha denied tha salaries had been hiked when tha contracts were sent out a aecond time, it was considered likely that some of tha cuts had been shaved and others given somswhat of a boost Wlna 1 for Cube Tha announcement from Bryan and Kimball came from Santa Monica, Mon-ica, Cal, where they are wintering until the early contingent of bat-terymen bat-terymen moves out to Catallna Island tha last of the month. Bryant was among tha mora prominent of the disgruntled group, which includes six other players. He was said to have balked because of the $20,000 salary reputedly given giv-en to Dixxy Dean, who pitched in only a handful of games compared to his own bright record of 19 victories.